Read the press release. The content companies are joining up with AOL, MSN, MySpace And Yahoo! to provide premuim video content – does this mean DRMd and subscription? “This is a game changer for Internet video,” said Peter Chernin, President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation. “We’ll have access to just about the entire […]
Blogher Business Conference
I’m sitting here at the start of Blogher Business conference getting introduced to the format and kickstarting the day with some networking. I’ll be blogging the sessions throughout the day, subject to connectivity.
Google Personalisation
Google have long been known for their clean simple interface – a search box and a few links, making it simple to understand what to do. And then they brought out their personalised pages, for you to add your own data feeds, widgets and tools. Now they take this a step further, with the ability […]
Twitter – A study
This is a tale of Twitter, about what it is, what it does, what people think about and what people have done with it. It’s more of a case study, pulling together lots of posts and articles out there already. Yes, I could use a bookmarking tool to collect them, but I need to put […]
Dinner with Ewan Spence
Ewan Spence is visiting New York for the next few days, so Eric and I thought we’d see if anyone wants to meet up and grab dinner. Tomorrow evening, Two Boots pizza, Grand Central food court, 7.30pm. We’ll be easy to spot, Ewan’ll have a kilt on!
Tony Blair on Comic Relief
I’ve just seen this, one of the clips from Friday’s Comic Relief show. I just can’t quite imagine George Bush doing this. Watch..and donate!
Ze Frank End of Show party
IMG_6124.JPG, originally uploaded by RachelC. On Saturday, fans of Ze held a party to ‘celebrate’ the end of show. Most people there had never met each other but had the common lik of watching the show and connecting online via the forums and the ORG. I volunteered to take the group photo, to go with […]
Video Popularity – Views or Links
Update: I’ve updated this post with further comments from Bri at Holt Labs For a while now, I’ve been using a couple of video tracking sites for work-related reasons, both to see what is popular and to track some of our own videos. The two systems use different tracking methods, one is on views and […]
SXSW – Is Google Evil
Read this from Ewan, notes from a SXSW Music Panel on Is Google Evil? With no consumer representation on the panel and no questions from the floor without being written down and screened by the moderator and I forced my question into the discussion flow. “Can we ask who represents the consumer on this panel?†[…]
Red Nose 2005
Red Nose 2005, originally uploaded by RachelC. The Red Nose from 2 years ago. Don’t have one this year as not there.
Shaggy Blog Stories
In 7 days, from idea to publication, Troubled Diva has produced a book of 100 blog posts to raise money for Comic Relief/Red Nose Day. Go and read the story of the publication.and buy!
Conferences, diversity and planning travels
Now back to the reality of work after SXSW, I’m looking at where to go next. And with prefect timing, an email from Reboot arrived in my inbox this morning. This is an event I’ve attended for the last 2 years and intend to go again; it seems to fot quite nicely with some other […]
SXSW – Creating a Global Microbrand
Again my rough notes; this was one of fun ones here, i recommend you grab this podcast when it comes out. Blogger Hugh MacLeod has espoused the notion of “The Global Microbrand” or a small, tiny brand that sells globally. The Global Microbrand is nothing new but with the advent of the Internet and blogging […]
Business PCs
After 5 days at SXSW, surrounded by a sea of Macs, the Continental lounge at Austin Airport is different beast…full of PCs, primarily IBMs This is obviously a business clientel, not conference goers.
SXSW – Will Wright Keynote
These are the live notes from Will Wright’s Keynote. no context or analysis yet. Some insiders believe that SPORE may be the most ambitious most highly anticipated computer game in history. USA Today calls it “gaming’s giant leap.” The New Yorker says it explores the “limitless possibility of life itself.’ And the New York Times, […]
Flickr Collections
Flickr have finally (after what appears to be a couple of years of asking in the forums) released their sets of sets feature, calling it Collections. It enables you to pull together sets, nesting them up to 5 deeps, arranging as you may organise your photos into nested directories on you hard drive. So for […]
Spectrum Emulator
Ewan has just shown me the Sinclair Spectrum emulator on his Nintendo DS and I’ve just been playing Jet Set Willy. My sisters and spent hours playing this as kids, so all the memories came flooding back when faced with the music and gameplay. Now I want one 🙂
SXSW – MMORPGs in Austin
Over the years, Central Texas has emerged as the mecca of massively multiplayer game development. Why did this happen and what does this mean? How will the massively multiplayer market change in the next five to ten years — and, assuming such changes occur, will Austin be able to retain it’s position as the geographical […]
SXSW – Pervasive Electronic Games
Pervasive Electronic Games Julian Bleecker (USC/Near Future) Dennis Crowley (Dodgeball/Google) Aaron Myers (USC Interactive Media) Kevin Slavin (Area/Code) This panel presents and discusses unique aspects of the design issues and technologies involved in developing “pervasive electronic games.” Pervasive electronic games are experiences that move game play into the real world, outside of the usual venues […]
SXSW – Convergence Culture an conversation with Henry Jenkins
Whole new cultures are emerging around convergent media, an example of which is The Matrix Trilogy, the narrativeis which is contained, not just in the films, but also in comics, animé, games, and web sites all serving acommunity of participants – they’re actually more than “fans.” Henry Jenkins’ latest book, Convergence Culture, isan in-depth review […]