Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Looking from certain corners of the internet today you'd be forgiven for thinking that the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) had caused all other events in the world to pause. There has, simply put, been an avalanche of press for the video game. Apparently it ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
You should probably listen to The Facebook Anthem:
This one has to be for Jean! [Via Alex]
Update: And what would Facebook be like in the "real world"?
Posted in web2.0 | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Interesting links for April 28th 2008:
Viralcom [Joey and David] - Wonderful satirical series of high-end videos which look at user-generated content, looking at the imagined high-end producers behind each viral hit! (Boy puts mentos in sister's coke doesn't just come from nowhere!) :)
Mobile phones outnumber Australians [ABC News (Australian ...
Posted in australia, del.icio.us links, humour, marketing, web2.0, youtube | 2 Comments »
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Interesting links for April 27th 2008 through April 28th 2008:
Nielsen Online: Produsage Trends in Australia and New Zealand [Produsage.org] - Using details from Nielsen Online, Axel gives an outline of how many Australians and Kiwis are using Web 2.0 tools, and how many are "produsing" (lowdown: a lot use, less ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Who: Professor Gerard Goggin , University of New South Wales
Where: Alexander Lecture Theatre, UWA
When: 6pm, Monday, 5 May 2008
The Blurb: From networked computers and Internet platforms such as blogging, YouTube, Second Life, and social software, through mobile phones, digital television and entertainment, digital technologies are at the ...
Posted in Ponderings | 10 Comments »
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Anyone who has ever tried to explain the importance of Creative Commons licenses to a new audience has probably played them the wonderful CC Mayer and Bettle Animation which was created back in 2005 by Pete Foley and others gathered together by CC Australia. The video features two animated ...
Posted in australia, creative commons, participatory culture, teaching and learning, web2.0 | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Interesting links for April 17th 2008:
TV takes the online challenge [The Age] - '"The reason people are illegally using P2P [peer-to-peer] networks is simply because content isn't available elsewhere," says Ten's general manager, Digital Media, Damian Smith.' (So give me a legal way to download Battlestar Galactica today and I ...
Posted in Google, australia, convergence, del.icio.us links, tv, tyranny of digital distance, videogames, youtube | No Comments »
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Did I mention I've been teaching in Blade Runner's Los Angeles William Gibson's Night City Hong Kong this week? The first time I came to Hong Kong, it was like stepping into a city I'd already met - it was total immersion in the world of cyberpunk, where unashamed ...
Posted in Blade Runner, personal, photography | No Comments »
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Interesting links for April 14th 2008:
The new digital paparazzi [On Line Opinion - 14/4/2008] - Peter Black discusses "the new digital paparazzi" which are more likely friends, family, or even ourselves, posting photos online with little concern for personal privacy. Black argues that this is evident of a shift ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Following on from my previous post about Mars and the wonderful work of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) project, I just had to post the image above which is of "Marshine" (sunlight reflected off of the surface of Mars) on Phobos, one of Mars' moons. You ...
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