Posts in the "Social Networking" Category

• Is emerging media part of your routine?

  Courses
  

  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 [...]

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• Fake Stephen Conroy Outed

  Emerging Media
  

  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 [...]

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• Obama’s online community mobilisation

  Innovation
  

  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 relatively [...]

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• Is LG15 the future of TV drama?

  Emerging Media
  

  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 [...]

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• My World

  Innovation
  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. [...]

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• Miniclip vs Facebook

  Casual Games
  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 [...]

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• Who’s afraid of MySpace?

  Education
  I don’t know what social networking guru Danah Boyd would have made of Melbourne’s RACV club where I heard her speak last week. It’s a such a weird architectural collision of old and new Melbourne Australiana with a massive wood panelled foyer overlooked by two huge silver kookaburras. What better place for an [...]

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