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The end of publishing.

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:53 +0000

This video was prepared by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books. Originally meant solely for a DK sales conference. (Watch to the end.) >>Thanks @timoreilly!

Mumsnet – ‘An octopus with pre-menstrual tension.’

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:20:07 +0000

Justine Roberts was describing the audience of Mumsnet, her very influential website, at a very thought-provoking meeting of The Albion Society, which discussed ‘Digital Democracy’ in London recently.

Alan Rusbridger also had some interesting comments about the business model Rupert Murdoch is considering for the New York Times. This ‘pay wall’ move could make his paper, The Guardian, the most read English language ‘paper’ in the world.

Here’s the video of the event:

Here’s what Brand Republic and the Telegraph thought of it.

Only 11 years ago? Wow!

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:40:06 +0000

The Google Story from Nick Scott Studio on Vimeo.

Google Wave. Huh?

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:04:01 +0000

Is this the end of the web ad model?

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:33:21 +0000

A very interesting discussion of that question by some savvy media folks.

Adventures in community organizing, new media, entertainment, narcissism, PR, theater, and perhaps art.

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:43:05 +0000

Antony Gormley, a very well known, and award winning British sculptor has a new project which he describes in this video:

Antony Gormley on the Fourth Plinth from One & Other on Vimeo.

He calls the project ‘One & Other’ and has permission to video 2400 people on top of the plinth in Trafalgar Square for one hour each. He’ll then stream the live video on the web.

Mr. Gormley said the work would be “about putting the living body in place of a statue and learning how people feel being that alone in such a public place”.

Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth is normally used to display contemporary art, in contrast to the other traditional bronze hero statuary. Visit the One & Other site to find out more. He ’s nothing without participants.

(I wonder how they will share the rights. Also if ‘advertising,’ or commerce, is allowed.)

Vanessa Feltz on the Fourth Plinth from One & Other on Vimeo.

Get inside Twitter.

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:48:36 +0000

Spend a little time with Biz Stone and Evan Williams, two Twitter founders, via Kara Swisher’s (WSJ’s Boomtown) interview. Note the nice art direction with the bird sitting on Mr. Stone’s head.

She also toured their HQ. Nice digs and nice guys.

Thanks Kara! Boy these lines are blurring — newspapers /video /broadcast / blogs /Twitter, etc. Old media functions with new media tools. We need some new words to describe what’s happening.

The end of print media was news in 1981.

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:14:34 +0000

KRON in San Fransicso reported on a new idea bubbling up at the San Francisco Chronicle — reading your newspaper on your computer. Imagine such a thing!

They called it the ‘telepaper’ and didn’t think they would make money. But they also thought they ‘wouldn’t loose a lot either.’ Good reporting KRON! — who now covers news on the internet itself.

Stephan Rothman who writes the blog Steve’s Social Media Soapbox Twittered a link to this video. Thanks Steve!

It there a circle forming here?

The future sounds great!

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:51:33 +0000

BBC covered the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. These talented guys all have their own slanted pitches. But geez — I can’t wait!

Janis Krums interviewed on Twitter.

admin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:26:44 +0000

Ross McCulloch of the ThirdSectorLab interviewed the now famous (at least on Twitter) Janis Krums, who took the first photo of US Air Flight 1549 with his iPhone and posted it on twitpic.

The interview was conducted through Twitter on the ThirdSector blog. Interesting how many of the questions came from both old and old media. And how it was all done through tiny format Twitter and published on a long format blog. He was even asked the boxer or briefs question.

Is this a first? I don’t know.