Read Write Web has published an article on the top 60 Web 2.0 companies in Australia: At Future Exploration Network‘s Web 2.0 in Australia event on June 6, we are including a showcase of the top five examples of Web 2.0 coming out of this glorious country. Identifying who we wanted to invite to the … Read moreGo Aussie Entrepeneurs! Top 60 Web 2.0 Companies in Australia
I stumbled across this video by Mickey Gilchrist and Scott Bartlett that is titled “transmedia”. The inference, then, is that this video is a collection of transmedia examples. Have a look: [youtube QBusjqW7wRA] Now, in an effort to demythologise what ‘transmedia’ and ‘cross-media’ etc is, I’ll take the opportunity to unpack the relations between the segments … Read moreUnpacking a "TransMedia" video
Kyle Redinger has started a blog to discuss the business side of new media: Kyle started The Media Age because he felt that there was a lack of business focused blogging regarding the New Media world. Kyle’s degrees in Finance and Anthropology speak to his unique approach and thoughts on the New Media world. Kyle believes … Read moreBlog about New Media Business
After my post about the great efforts of Lance Weiler, I’ve come across another example of good thinking when it comes to creation and distribution of what was previously called cinema. This project is called quite aptly A Swarm of Angels: A groundbreaking project to create a £1 million film and give it away to over … Read moreAnother WoW!, really: "Cinema 2.0"/"Open Source Cinema"/Kiva for Filmmakers etc
In this second part of my series of posts (part one) about my recent cross-media tour of five countries, I cover my trip to Sweden to deliver a keynote at the First International Conference on Cross Media Interaction Design. Very exciting it was (she says with Yoda grammar). It was held in at a … Read moreSweden: First International Conference on Crossmedia Interaction Design – Day 1
I love this. This free (for now): RobotReplay lets you record and watch your website visitors in action. View recorded sessions of every mouse movement, click and keystroke: Improve your site’s usability See where your readers get bored Convert more visitors to buyers It’s usability testing for the rest of us. Check it out: http://www.robotreplay.com/
Here are some great “web 2.0” web TV betas that are buzzing around at the moment: * UStream: 24 hour live streaming to the web. Rather than precorded moments, you get it live. * Kyte.tv: Well designed site that makes creating your own channel, polls, slideshows etc so easy. You can watch put video all … Read moreSome Great "Web 2.0" Web TV Betas
Whew! What a title. AXMEDIS looks interesting. The conference is being held on the 28-30th November at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. In the Internet as well as in the digital era, cross-media production and distribution represent key developments and innovations that are fostered by emergent technologies to ensure better value for money while optimising … Read moreCFP: 3rd International Conference on Automated Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-channel Distribution
His Awesomeness Leslie Nassar, a good mate, was interviewed by Microsoft Geek Nick Hodge on his Geek Stories. Leslie talks about his work on the ABC producing their podcasts. He also talks about why podcast networks suck — the problem he cites can be solved by networked & non-networked media becoming networked (a solutin for many multi-platform forms). He … Read moreLeslie Nassar on the ABC, why podcast networks suck and the circles of Hell
Cyberpest Prokofy comments in an post by Eric Rice about the cost of conferences and free conference streaming. Prokofy cites the cost of Virtual Worlds 2007 and says: “couldn’t ever dream of paying the cost of an SL island to go to an ephemeral thing” So, a conference is ephemeral and a virtual island in … Read moreQuote of the day: Battle of the Ephemerals