links for 2007-11-02
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“Joss Whedon is heading back to TV– along with his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” ingenue, Eliza Dushku. Dushku will star in the Whedon-penned series “Dollhouse,” which has been given a seven-episode order by Fox.”
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“Hip British graffiti artist Banksy, whose true identity has long remained a mystery, was thrust into the spotlight on Wednesday after the publication of a snatched picture allegedly of him at work.”
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“Video game developers are jubilant after the [Australian] federal Opposition signalled it might extend a 40 per cent tax break to their industry if it takes power in the November election.”
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“What amazed me the most was how [Barack] Obama’s 1 Million Strong Group took more than 8 months to get about 380,000 members, but Colbert’s 1 Million Strong Group took less than a week to get 750,000 members,” Mr. Vachhani wrote …
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“High-school teachers and college professors receive next to no training on copyright law and fair-use doctrine, a new [US] report argues, and their students are suffering as a result.”
Podcamp Perth Wrapup
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 in her blog, or else you can check Technorati or Flickr. I was intending to add audio to my presentation slides, but the audio didn’t quite eventuate. However, Stewart Greenhill did an excellent job capturing video of many of the Podcamp sessions, and so if anyone wants to hear the session on Podcasting in Education which was led by Sue Waters and I, here you go:
(Yes, I do use a lot of gestures!)
For those who prefer a static image, here’s one picture of me attempting a ‘Presentation 2.0’ style of slides mainly because I wanted to try something a bit different (but also to keep my co-presenter Sue happy):
I also rather like this photo, of white and black Macs at play:
(Photos by CW.)
PS Yes, it’s October 31st, but, no, most Australian don’t celebrate Halloween. However, if we did, I’d definitely give the most candy to anyone who knocked on my door who was geeky enough to be wearing this.
links for 2007-10-31
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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…”
links for 2007-10-29
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Young Bill Adama fights one-on-one with an OLD STYLE CYLON CENTURION!
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“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 around the blogosphere about this TV / virtual-world mashup…”
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“Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded the skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated it. Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz. …”
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Is the Joss Whedon-helmed Buffy Season 8 comic book a harbinger of the shape of comics to come, with TV names embracing corss-media and drawing more readers to comic books than the usual demographic?
Creative Commons New Zealand
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!
Podcamp Perth
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 Podcasting in/as Education at some point during the day (we sort the actual schedule out first thing in the morning). Here and the few slides I’ll be using:
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There aren’t that many slides, as the whole point of an unconference is that everyone participates, so the sessions should be a lot more like a conversation that just presentations. My understanding is that the short presentation bits are really to help focus the conversation, not dominate it.
To check in on the blogging and podcasting during the day, and afterwards, watch the tag “podcampperth07“.
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