As usual, I will be transcribing the talks and posting the notes. Analysis may follow later. Unfortunately I did not make this panel in time for the introductions, so did not capture names of those speaking, and I was not close enough to read the name cards so quotes are not attributed, unless someone was […]
PSFK Conference – Inspiration from commercial art
Interview: Inspiration From Commercial Art – Wendy Dembo How do artists use their inspiration to develop commercial art for brands and their agencies. Wendy Dembo interview leading artists Scott Campbell and Laurie Rosenwald. Although listed as an interview, both artists actually gave a presentation about how they worked before being asked a few questions. Both […]
PSFK Conference – Eco-shift or Greenwash
Eco-Shift or Greenwash? – Tamara Giltsoff (OZO Car) Brands and organizations seem to be taking up the call to ‘get green’ – but how much of this is misleading posturing? Panelists: Marc Alt (MAP), Jill Fehrenbacher (Inhabitat), This wa a general panel on sustainability and green credentials; there were a lot of examples given in […]
PSFK Conference – Dave Rosenberg
A Whole New World – David Rosenberg (JWT) What is driving the widespread adoption of video gaming and online worlds? What cultural shift is video gaming defining? I work with Dave on a day-to-day basis, so it was interesting to see what he had to say about a space we donlt spend too much time […]
PSFK Conference: Elizabeth Speirs, Dead Horse Media
The conference opened (at the early hour of 830) with a talk from Elizabeth Spiers, founder and publisher of Dead Horse Media. Tomorrow’s Media Today – What are the key developments in media publishing in terms of genre, format and functionality? What should we be reading, watching, interacting with? 10 years ago, we were expecting […]
Events this week
Monday Night Tuesday Friday
MoMoNYC February
Mobile Monday this week was set up as a demo night, with 8 companies presenting for 6 minutes. The host (Dan?) did a brilliant job of keeping everything moving and ensuring no-one lasted longer than their allotted time. I did not make all of the presentations, but here are brief notes from those I saw. […]
Blogher Business
I’m quite excited to be on a panel at Blogher Business 07, in New York in March. A 2 day event, looking at how social media, including blogs, can be used in a corporate or marketing environment. The event is split into 2 distinct days; the first focusing on getting everybody on the same page, […]
Google Speaker Event – Adam Bosworth
The second event on Monday was the first in 2007 Google Speaker events. This looks to be the start of a series of events that Google is planning in their new space in New York. And a good, large space it is, even if painted a depressing battleship grey. But the lovely spread of food […]
NYC January Mobile Monday
Update: I got the wrong impression from the talk (see, told you that this was all new) and Chaals has updated more in the comments and gives me a far clearer picture of what I was trying to understand. On Monday I went along to Mobile Monday, this month a 5 hour celebration of SVG […]
Get a First Life and take a Blog Survey
You will, I hope, have seen Darren’s Get a First Life site, a call for people everywhere to sign up and try some of this real life stuff; you have to scroll down to comment 16 to get the real social impact of this, with Linden Labs posting their take on it and giving a […]
SXSW NYC drinks and Social Media Club
In between work, I managed to get out to two interesting gatherings this week. The first was a pre-SXSW reception for people who have been to SXSW or are planning to go. For a couple of hours we got to gather and socialise, making new acquaintances to chat to when to get to Austin. The […]
BarCamp London 2
Ian’s updated the BarCamp London information and spaces are going quickly by the look of it. The main sponsor is BT, who are providing the venue and the wifi. Get over here and sign up! Update: The sign-up went live about 1pm GMT this morning and an hour latr about 60% of the places are […]
Loïc’s answer
Loïc has finally worked his way through the multitude of feedback around ‘his’ conference last week (I know it’s not just his but he is the face of it) and responded with a comprehensive and well thought out answer. Reading through his thought process for why he altered things and where he wants to go, […]
Virtual Worlds – Futures of Entertainment
Not the Real World Anymore Virtual spaces are more than sites for emulating the real world. They are becoming platforms for thought experiments — some of which involve fantasies we would not like to enact in the real world, others involve possibilities that we may want to test market before putting into practice. Much more […]
Fan Cultures – Futures of Entertainment
The first session today is on Fan Cultures. Once seen as marginal or niche consumers, Fan communities look more ‘mainstream’ than ever before. Some have argued that the practices of web 2.0 are really those of fan culture without the stigma. Courted, encouraged, engaged and acknowledged, fans are more and more frequently being recognized as […]
Opening Remarks – Futures of Entertainment
Josh Green gave the introduction speach this morning – Viscerality and Convergence.  A very image driven presentation so no live notes taken.   The key message is about the reactions to technology; how we bash hit and play technology until it makes our rules. Look at the reactions, in images, the doctoring of the advertising, that […]
Futures of Entertainment Day 2
Waiting for Day 2 of the conference to start, hopefully my arms will stand up to more typing today.  We only have 2 sessions, the first on Fan Cultures and the second on virtual spaces. The speaker list is over here and the conference blog is here.
Transmedia – Futures of Entertainment
Transmedia Properties  Paul Levitz, Michael Lebowitz, Alex Chisholm Moderator: Henry Jenkins What are the resistance points to transmedia?  Alex: transmedia is the intersection of TV and UGC.  It is the cost…the economics of creating things across the media is difficult.  It is very expensive given unions/guilds need to have a piece of the […]
Transmedia Properties part 1- Futures of Entertainment
Transmedia Properties  Paul Levitz, Michael Lebowitz, Alex Chisholm Moderator: Henry Jenkins What is transmedia? Paul: if transmedia was taking an idea and putting it across different channels – as an owner.  Aobut 1710, copyright emerged. Mary Midnight, Christopher Smart in 1749-1752, a book and stageplay. In US, J Fenimore Cooper, novel in 1821 and […]