Archive for December, 2006

We are the people we have been waiting for

Thursday, December 14th, 2006Bruce Sterling writing his last post in Wired Magazine saysThe future of the Internet lies not with institutions but with individuals. Low-cost connections will proliferate, encouraging creativity, collaboration, and telecommuting. The Net itself will recede into the background. If ...

You are jokin’ me?

Thursday, December 14th, 2006Players and creators of video games could face imprisonment for acts of virtual violence under draft legislation being drawn up by two of Germany's state governments.Politicians in Bavaria and Lower Saxony have proposed a new offence that will punish ...

Shot on a nokia N93

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006The world of the Pro-AmViral video and the death of the broadcast casino

Hurricane Arianna

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006She's the Blackberry-toting, Bush-baiting Queen of the Blogosphere who has made her two-year-old website the most potent force in American politics.A well documented insight into the phenomenon of Arriana Huffington founder of the Huffington postArianna states...

Communities Dominate Brands: New Line Cinema learns the hard way ..

Saturday, December 9th, 2006Great post by Ajit at Opengardens on Peter Jackson not being given the job to direct the Hobbit because of a commercial dispute, much to the ire and frustration of the Lord of the Rings community....

Experience, media and engagement in the networked economy

Friday, December 8th, 2006The Financial Times reports that BSkyB and Google have agreed an advertising alliance. Well documented in the pressThe partnership will at first see Google provide its user-generated video, e-mail, search and targeted advertising tools to customers of BSkyB?s ...

The revolution of the connectedness of all media

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006[caption id="attachment_3249" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="French Revolution - Delecroix"][/caption]The day before his James Murdoch's Barcelona trip, he warned the Interactive Advertising Bureau that advertisers were not grasping the opportunity of new technology by treating the Internet as a separate marketplace. "This ...

Coming soon – our post on Sneakerplay.com

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006I spoke to Rob Jama who set up Sneakerplay Which like spreadshirt.com is a fascinating story.Believe me the world is PULL, its passion driven, its global, and its niche mass markets.I am just waiting on Richard ...

Temporal, connected, networked, and collectively joyful

Monday, December 4th, 2006IntroTomi and I were approached by a Tim Harrap, who posed some interesting questions about our book. We thought they were interesting enough to post on our blog.We thank you Tim for taking the time to read our book and ...

21st Century broadcast will be about community

Monday, December 4th, 2006Shelly Palmer, makes some observations about how broadcasters seem to be hitting the problem of declining audiences with the same hammer.Rather than understanding the benefits of living in a networked world - because networks are sticky in ways ...

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