So half way through the conference and what are my impressions? The internet of things is complicated. Is it just on your phone? Is it the quantified self? Is it toys? Is it switches and buttons that you put round your house? is it embedded processors in cars and coffee machines. One thing that is […]
LeWeb 12: Amber Case and Cyborg interfaces
Liveblogged – may be mistakes Amber Case, Director of Esri R&D Center Portland, Cyborg Anthropologist & Former CEO, Geoloqi, Inc. We have devices that need to be looked after, fed and comforted. With our phones, we are all cyborgs. It is a symbiotic interaction between you and a machine. It is about having devices that […]
LeWeb 12: the Data of Things
liveblogged – there will be mistakes Dr. DJ Patil, Data Scientist in Residence, Greylock Partners It’s about the data of things, rather the internet of things. The power of the things is that they produce data. The phone, the tablet, the PC. But there’s more. The fitbit, the jawbone. Things that measure sleep or activity […]
LeWeb 12: Nokia and Design
Liveblogged – there will be mistakes Marko Ahtisaari, Executive Vice President, Design, Nokia – an Internet of Small Things THe internet is everywhere around us, on a multitude of devices. With a bunch of sensors connecting them to the world. We move from multiple screens to more and more things that are on. in around […]
Le Web 12: Tuesday Notes
The first afternoon of the conference was characterised by lots of small talks – product announcements and quick snippets instead of any indepth look at a subject. In general, my takeout from the first day of the internet of things is around household objects and toys – those are the main areas of focus. The […]
Le Web 12: Google, Twitter and Facebook
Liveblogged – so mistakes On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from Google, Twitter and Facebook were on stage. The Google talk was an interesting insight into how search works and the ways Google are thinking about ‘things’ – objects they can build search results around, where there is context. (couldn’t capture all of this due to some […]
Le Web 12: Muse, Soundcloud and SmartThings
Some notes from the shorter sessions on Morning 1 of Le Web Ariel Garten, CEO, Interaxon This is Ariel’s 3rd appearance. Now they finally have a product to announce. They do thought controlled devices. Shared with us about thought controlled technology 2 years ago. Last year, showed you how the tech connected you with your […]
Le Web 12: Scott Harrison and Charity:Water
Liveblogged – possible mistakes Scott Harrison, Founder & CEO, charity:water Will be talking about how he got into Charity:Water. The Water Crisis etc. A little about him. Started as a nightclub promoter. Got paid to ‘promote’ things like vodka and beer – get photographed. Looked good – no heart to life. Decided to make a […]
LeWeb 12: NASA and Mars
LIVEBLOGGED = there will be mistakes Benjamin Cichy, Chief Software Engineer, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Talking about Mars. For years we knew little. It could be like earth. It had seasons, polar ice caps, had winters and summers. It could have had a rainy season. It has always fascinated us. It could […]
Le Web. Again
It’s December, that means’s it’s time for Le Web? Not strictly true this year, as they also had a London edition in June, for the first time. But the Paris version is the main one and I’m looking forward to being one of the official bloggers again this year – and meeting up with the […]
Motorsports Business Forum Austin: Sponsorships
The Motorsports Business Forum holds regular events around the business of Motorsports (unsurprisingly). The latest edition was held in Austin, where there were 200+ attendees, most of them local. I went along to listen to teams and sponsors talk the business of F1, rather than the sport, which was the topic of the previous day’s […]
Motorsports Business Forum Austin: Nick Fry
The Motorsports Business Forum holds regular events around the business of Motorsports (unsurprisingly). The latest edition was held in Austin, where there were 200+ attendees, most of them local. I went along to listen to teams and sponsors talk the business of F1, rather than the sport, which was the topic of the previous day’s […]
FOE6: the future of storytelling and sports
Liveblogged – there will be mistakes Throughout the history of mass media, sports programming has been an innovator. In today’s era of online circulation, transmedia storytelling, and 24/7 access to engaging with sports stars, teams, and fellow fans, sports franchises could be argued as the most immersive of storyworlds–with drama playing out in real-time, and […]
FOE6: The Future of Video Gaming
Liveblogged..there will be mistakes Many innovations in the creative industries owe their roots and inspiration to the gaming world, from audience engagement and storytelling techniques to distribution methods and cross-platform integration. This session examines some of the critical questions facing those working in the gaming industry as large companies and indie developers grapple with the […]
FOE: Rethinking Copyright
Liveblogged. There will be mistakes..this was also a very lively and passionate panel, with some strong language Rethinking Copyright: A discussion with musician, songwriter, and producer T Bone Burnett; Henry Jenkins, Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts, and Education at the University of Southern California; and Jonathan Taplin, Director of the Annenberg Innovation Lab […]
FOE6: Curing the Shiny New Object Syndrome
Liveblogged – there will be mistakes! With the constant barrage of new technologies, platforms, and services vying for attention, media producers and marketers are frequently lost among the potential places–and ways–of engaging with their audiences. Before they have ever truly figured out one technology, they’ve already moved to another, because of an intense desire to […]
FOE6: From Participatory Culture to Political Participation
Liveblogged, There will be mistakes Around the world, activists, educators, and nonprofit organizations are discovering new power through their capacity to appropriate, remix, and recirculate elements of popular culture. In some cases, these groups are forging formal partnerships with media producers. In other cases, they are deploying what some have called “cultural acupuncture,†making unauthorized […]
FOE6: The Futures of Public Media
Live blogged – errors possible Public media creators and distributors often face a wide variety of strains on resources which impact their ability to innovate how they tell their stories. Yet, in an era where existing corporate logics often restrain how many media companies and brands can interact with their audiences–or how audiences can participate […]
FOE6: The ethics and politics of curation
A One-on-One Conversation with Brain Pickings’ Maria Popova and Undercurrent’s Joshua Green We live in an environment where the power of circulation is no longer solely–arguably, even primarily–in the hands of media companies. However, if that means we all now play a role as curator and circulator of content, what responsibilities does that bring with […]
FOE6: Listening and Empathy and making Companies more Human
Liveblogged at Futures of Entertainment. Some summarisation on the fly took place! Media properties have long measured audiences with Nielsen ratings, circulation numbers, website traffic and a range of other methods that transform the people who engage with content into that aggregate mass: the audience. Meanwhile, marketing logic has long been governed by survey research, […]