Well, I ‘ve just experienced a rite of passage that every researcher goes through at some time: a loss of alot of data. Since I’ve moved interstate I’ve been trying to get my data off an old Linux server. Finally, last night, the system had enough and for some uncanny reason purged the one database I … Read moreRite of Fire
I’m still sorting through old files and finding lots of items I’ve been meaning to share. One is this report which is 4 years old (yep, I’ve been busy), but it is well worth knowing about if you missed it the first time around. French, Swiss and Danish Scientists were studying the ant colonies in … Read moreDid you say Teamwork?
Yahoo Videogames has just started a weekly feature on film and game convergence: Hollywood Byte. “The Hollywood Byte makes a weekly visit to the converging world of video games and traditional media.” Each week they interview a director. Unfortunately, they do not supply a top-level link, only direct links. Here is what they’re done so far: … Read moreFilm & Game Convergence
I’ve been sorting out old files and came cross one of my favourite quotes. I thought I’d share it with you. It is from a book written by Victor Sanchez, a book that illustrates lessons from Carlos Castaneda’s books on Yaqui sorcerers. In this section, Sanchez is explaining the difference between a warrior who goes to war and the … Read moreThe Joyful Fight
Excellent line-up at sagasnet: Developing Interactive Entertainment Workshop Headed by: Greg Roach / Guest Speaker (on ARG): Dave Szulborski/ March 03 2006 – March 09 2006, Academy for TV and Film Munich, Germany In this intensive workshop the relationship between storytelling, visual media techniques, game design and interactivity will be explored in depth. Participants will … Read moreSome great interactive narrative workshops
Inspired by a map created for botmasters, I’ve created a Frappr map for us! The map allows you do add a pin (like Google Earth, indeed, running with data supplied by Google). So, every cross-media researcher can add themselves to this map. We’ll see then just how many are in Europe! Add away! http://www.frappr.com/crossmediaresearchers Note: … Read moreWorldwide Map of Cross-Media Researchers
I’ve still got UGC (user-generated content) on my mind as I’m writing an article on the topic at the moment. Something I forgot to mention in my last UGC post: Australia’s “multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster”, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), is starting a UGC site called Freeload. It launches on 20th Feb. Freeload will bring together, … Read moreUGC & Broadcasters in Oz
Tracey Swedlow, of [itvt], has put a few short videos of talks given by top interactive tv producers online. They are all relevant to CME design: Brightcove’s VP of advertising products and strategy, Adam Gerber, talks about enabling the producer in a fragmented market John Davis, president of Eco-Nova Productions, and Daniel Myrick,president of Gearhead … Read moreVideos about CME issues
We’ve got .tv and soon we’ll have .mobi. Late May will see the beginning of .mobis being registered by companies with trademarks, and then general registrations in August. Dotmobi is unique – the first top level domain dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices. Scheduled for launch in May, dotmobi will revolutionise the use … Read moreDevice Domain Names
Nielsen Media Research teamed their research with Comcast’s to establish data on audience usage of VOD. They tested 180 households in Philadelphia during June-August last year. The key finding, for me, is that audiences are still using VOD AND scheduled TV — I don’t like using “scheduled TV” as part of the TV experience, for me, is serendipity: how … Read moreAudience Update: VOD, TV & Net