Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Interesting links for March 30th 2008:
Getting Started [Photoshop Express] - Great set of simple explanations (in video) for making the most of Photoshop Express.
Adobe Photoshop Express - Adobe's push into online applications continues, this time with a (very) scaled-down version of Photoshop as an online tool. Adobe are clearly getting ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Do the Test. [Via Graeme's Training Wheels]
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Does making a book freely available online hurt or enhance the sales of the hardcopy? Advocates suggest that if you read a bit of the book online you're more likely to buy the hardcopy if you like it and finish reading it on paper. You're also more likely to recommend ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
I'm very pleased that the 'Beyond Broadcasting' issue of Media International Australia is out, not only because it features some excellent articles asking some great questions about the future of television in the era of digital communication, but also because it features an article of mine that I've been thinking ...
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Ponderings, convergence, fan culture, participatory culture, personal, tv, tyranny of digital distance | No Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
2007 YouTube Video Awards [YouTube]
And the YouTubers have voted. Good to see Felicia Day's The Guild, Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Rain" and the Harry Potter Puppet Pals all taking honours!
(tags: youtube digitalculture)
Jericho Is Really Really Really Really Really Really Cancelled by CBS [TV Decoder - New York Times Blog]
Jericho, revived ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
We've been talking about all sorts of things to do with media production these past few weeks in my Digital Media unit, including some conversations about stock footage. So, it's rather timely to see that, as has been widely blogged elsewhere, one of Hillary Clinton's campaign advertisements has turned back ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
First thought: if we've learnt anything at all from Battlestar Galactica, shouldn't we know better than to make a Cylon? (Intelligent machines evolving and rising up against their human oppressors and so on...) That said, when MAKE, DVICE and the SciFi Channel team up and recruit Cylon actors ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Schoolgirl 'blackmailed' by networking site [NEWS.com.au]
A 15 yo Brisbane schoolgirl is struggling to get a profile removed from the US 'Dating Psychos' website, and has been told by the site managers she'll have to sign up and pay for the website before they'll do anything!
(tags: cyberbullying youth digitalculture)
Battlestar Prequel Caprica ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Teachers warn over cyber bullying [BBC NEWS | Education]
A survey of [UK] Association of Teachers and Lecturers members says more than half know of pupils being "cyber bullied" and 16% have been victims themselves. Union leaders said schools should use the available sanctions, such as confiscating phones, more
(tags: cyberbullying mobilephone ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Last night Emily and I enjoyed the 2008 installations for Sculpture by the Sea which is in its final few days this year. For those of you unfamiliar, this wonderful annual effort sees one of Perth's best beaches suddenly populated with all manner of installation art and sculptures for ...
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