Archive for the ‘convergence’ Category
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Interesting links for May 5th 2008 through May 6th 2008:
Little Brother » Download for Free - Cory Doctorow's new young adult novel "Little Brother" is out and is also available, in its entirety, as a free download. The novel explores issues of privacy and surveillance (among others) as they ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Interesting links for May 1st 2008:
Free game hopes to save gorillas [BBC NEWS | Technology] - "Campaigners hoping to preserve Rwanda's endangered mountain gorilla are attempting to raise awareness of its plight by making a game simulating the lives of the animals free to mobile phone users."
Sweet Hollywood hoax with ...
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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 »
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Interesting links for April 6th 2008:
Study: Violent Games Relax Players [Next Generation - Interactive Entertainment Today, Video Game and Industry News - Home of Edge Online] - "People who play violent videogames online generally feel more relaxed and less angry after they have played, according to a new study by ...
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, advertising, convergence, del.icio.us links, marketing, politics, videogames | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Interesting links for April 2nd 2008:
Bringing the cloud with you [Official Google Docs Blog] - Google edges even further in Microsoft's heartland as Google Docs becomes available offline!
Google April Fool's Jokes Galore [Google Blogscoped} - A round-up of Google's extensive April Foos offerings. The best one, of course, was ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Interesting links for March 31st 2008 through April 1st 2008:
Police take a tip from YouTube [Australian IT] - "Call it BlueTube. Citizen-supplied video evidence of crimes appears set to take off with police forces around Australia."
Embracing the torrent of online video [BBC NEWS | Technology] - Very positive piece from ...
Posted in advertising, australia, bittorrent, convergence, del.icio.us links, participatory culture, tv, youtube | No Comments »
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 »
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Web 2.0 remains one of those wonderful catch-all phrases which is employed in so many different ways to support a host of different ideas. Rather than leave the term to gain even further layers of hype as it rolls down the digital hillside, a new special edition of First Monday ...
Posted in convergence, participatory culture, web2.0 | 1 Comment »
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
The answer to 'who owns web2.0?' should probably be 'everyone who uses it', but a recent post by Amy Webb uses a very simple but important image to remind us all that convergence isn't just a technical or cultural term, it's an industrial gameplan for everyone from Google and Yahoo ...
Posted in Google, convergence, microsoft, web2.0 | 3 Comments »
