March 2007 – Page 2 – Universe Creation 101

Cross-Media Interaction Design (CMID): a primer

2007 by christy

The first International Conference on Cross-Media Interaction Design (CMID) is happening very soon in Sweden. As some of you are aware, I’ve been asked to give a keynote address there. Very exciting! In preparation (mine and yours) I’ve written a primer paper. The primer outlines issues that I feel need to be considered in CMID. These issues, … Read moreCross-Media Interaction Design (CMID): a primer

Cross-Media Event in Italy #2

2007 by christy

Max Giovagnoli — a long-time cyberspace and cross-media colleague and Head of Cross-Media.it, Link Campus, University of Malta Rome — is running the Cross-Media event in Italy. This is Max’s second cross-media event. It will be held in rome on the 24th of March and it looks like he has flown another colleague, Drew Davidson of … Read moreCross-Media Event in Italy #2

Assholes, Dinosaurs, Cables & Entrepreneurialism as Activism

2007 by christy

I’ve known as few nasty people in my life. Who hasn’t? I have always been surprised, however, at how many people in positions of power (leadership?) are actually not nice people. Indeed, I have actually found that in many situations people are leaders of companies or organisations because they believe/assume they should be rather than being the best person for the job, and because they bully, intimidate and manipulate people into supporting them. Fear is the oily rag that keeps these people going — both their own and that of those around them. But is this the only reason why these people stay in power? Are there business reasons? In other words, do they do good with their bad?

BarCampSydney v0.1: Conference for Initiates

2007 by christy

An ‘initiate’ (noun) is a person who begins, creates, invents things. They initiate (verb) rather than (ironically) being ‘initiated’ by others. Yesterday, after a few years, I was once again in the company of initiates. Sure, I’ve met plenty of wonderful initiates over the last few years, but I have not been in a situation where the majority of people are initiates. Where was I? BarCampSydney. Why was BarCampSydney brimming with such self-driven people?

BarCampSydney happening tomorrow!

2007 by christy

Oh my. It was six months ago that I put my name down to organise the first BarCamp in Sydney, in Australia. I wasn’t alone for long, within a couple months a mighty team came on board: Russ Weakley, Jason Yip, Mick Liubinskas and Rich Buggy. We’ve got Microsoft, Google, Linux etc sponsoring us and about 200 people from major corporations, startups and individuals coming. It is going to be big and exciting and fun. But what am I talking about when I say ‘BarCamp’?

Transliteracies blog launched: PART

2007 by christy

De Montfort University have launched another initiative (they have so many!): Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms and tools from orality through print, TV, radio and film, to networked digital media. The PART (Production and Research in Transliteracy) Group is led by Professor Sue Thomas at De … Read moreTransliteracies blog launched: PART

CFP: Interactive Entertainment 2007

2007 by christy

I’m on the Conference Management Committee of this wonderful event. I hope to see alot of you there… The Fourth Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, 2007 3-5 December 2007 Storey Hall, RMIT University Melbourne, Australia http://www.ie.rmit.edu.au/ SUBMISSION DEADLINES: *Proposals for panels and abstract for individual papers: 30th May 2007 Full Papers (max 8 pages): 15th … Read moreCFP: Interactive Entertainment 2007