Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Last weekend was Australia's first Podcamp, right here in Perth. It was pretty good with an engaging mix of tech, talk and interesting folks. I don't have time to hunt down all the many, many blogposts and photos from Podcamp, but Simone van Hattem links to most of them ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Murdoch, a Folk Hero in Silicon [New York Times] (Huh?!?)
I think Dan Gillmor's retort is most appropriate: "But his publications and broadcast outlets have done more to poison the public sphere than any other media empire, by far. This is not heroic..."
(tags: murdoch myspace media digitalculture)
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
BSG Razor Flashback 04 [YouTube]
Young Bill Adama fights one-on-one with an OLD STYLE CYLON CENTURION!
[Better Quality Torrent]
(tags: battlestargalactica bsg webisode tyrannyofdigitaldistance)
‘CSI:NY’ Meets ‘Second Life’ [Clickable Culture]
"I wasn't able to catch the recent CSI:NY / Second Life crossover, but thankfully other bloggers were on the case. Here's a link-dump from ...
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
A hearty congratulations to the Aotearoa New Zealand Creative Commons folk who announced yesterday that they've successfully ported the Creative Commons licenses to the Aotearoa New Zealand legal system!
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
So, as I'm sure you remember, Australia's first Podcamp happens today in Perth. It's a free event and is held at Central TAFE in East Perth, so if you're just remembering now, please still feel free to come along! Sue Waters and I are facilitating a session on ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
As the description tells us, "Short propaganda philosophy tells tale of mighty Rudd ascension" ... Without a doubt, one of the best political satires, and mashups, of the 2007 Federal Election campaign thus far. And, yes, for those who watch The 7.30 Report, I am getting YouTube pointers from ...
Posted in australia, marketing, mashup, participatory culture, politics, web2.0, youtube | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
I'm entrenched in marking first-year Flash animation projects today, and so have been thinking about creativity in various ways, but without much time to blog. So, I thought I'd share two YouTube clips which have made me laugh this morning, instead. The first clip is 1776... ... which is what ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
MySpace is just so 2006 [The Age]
"MySpace, the website that redefined the meaning of friends in cyberspace, is showing signs of fatigue, with latest figures indicating that Australians - or at least hip ones - are deserting it for rival Facebook."
(tags: myspace facebook socialsoftware socialnetworking digitalculture)
Radiohead cashes in by letting ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
As Asher Moses reports in The Age, Australia's censors have banned yet another videogame:
Australia's draconian classification regime for video games has taken yet another scalp, with local retailers banned from selling the upcoming shooter title Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back. The highly anticipated game, which was to be released on ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
BSG Razor Flashback Minisode 03 [YouTube]
The third minisode/webisode leading up to Battlestar Galactica: Razor. See young Bill Adama dogfighting with original Cylon raiders! [Better Quality Torrent]
(tags: bsg battlestargalactica tyrannyofdigitaldistance webisode)
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