There's certainly a groundswell of interest in emerging media from TV and radio broadcasters, telcos, converged media companies, digital agencies and even the funding agencies. A lot has changed in three years and there is now much more openness to considering content propositions which aren't limited to a single media platform or format. But I [...]
Currently the public service is grappling with policy for how it should deal with employee's use of social media. What are fair guidelines for online behaviour? Am I allowed to blog at work, what about if I talk about my work while I'm blogging at home? Tricky territory indeed unless agencies are generous with their [...]
I saw a great presentation today by Ben Self from Blue State Digital who was one of the driving forces behind Obama's online campaign. Self worked with Obama in the lead up to securing the democratic nomination and then throughout the campaign itself. What was immediately evident was that this was a well executed but [...]
Last year I was lucky enough to meet Miles Beckett, one of the creators of Lonelygirl15, when I moderated a symposium for the Portable Film Festival team. Young British director Luke Taylor and Australian actress Tara Rushton were also on the panel and were promoting the Kate Modern series which had recently been launched in [...]
A student at Arizona State University has posted on a Mac rumours forum some observations about a new 3D social network being developed and tested there. The blogosphere has since come alive with rumours that Google is about to launch 'My World', a virtual world/social network which may link to Google Earth and Maps applications. [...]
Ever thought that there are more popular activities than social networking and media sharing on the web? Apparently online gaming - particularly of the casual variety - is the most popular activity on the internet as attested in a recent article in gamesindustry.biz which you can read here. And for those hardcore gamers who don't [...]