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Boston Media Makers, Meeting Notes, March 2, 2008
Written by David Tames on March 2, 2008
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Gadgets and Devices, Media Literacy, New Media, The Media, Video on the Web, Web
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Here are some highlights from the March 2, 2008 meeting of Boston Media Makers. Continue Reading…  Read More →

Comcast does not want public voices heard
Written by David Tames on February 27, 2008
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Law, Media Literacy, The Media
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On Monday, February 25, 2008 the FCC held a public hearing, hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society on the campus of Harvard Law School. It turns out that Comcast was paying people to fill seats in the Ames Courtroom to prevent net neutrality supporters from participating in...  Continue Reading...

Time viewers spend on then net is rivaling TV time
Written by David Tames on December 7, 2007
Filed Under Media Literacy, Television, The Media, Video on the Web, Web
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An IBM survey of consumer behavior, reported by the Hollywood Reporter in the article “Study: TV is taking a back seat” by Georg Szalai, documents that the time consumers spend on the Internet is rivaling their TV time. I took away two interesting data points from the article:...  Continue Reading...

Boston Media Makers, Meeting Notes, December 2, 2007
Written by David Tames on December 2, 2007
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Gadgets and Devices, Media Literacy, New Media, Podcasting, The Media, Video on the Web
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It was another inspiring, interesting, and entertaining meeting of the Boston Media Makers , which has become carved in stone in my calendar for the first Sunday of every month. We meet at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain with founder and master of ceremonies Steve Garfield. Continue Reading…  Read More →

The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media literacy
Written by David Tames on November 2, 2007
Filed Under Copyright, Media Literacy, New Media, The Media
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The Center for Social Media has released a new report titled, “The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media literacy” which is available as a pdf download. The report sheds light on the fact that media literacy education is compromised by unnecessary copyright restrictions and lack...  Continue Reading...

Information R/evolution
Written by David Tames on October 17, 2007
Filed Under Media Literacy, New Media, The Media, Video on the Web
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Here’s the sequel to Michael Wesch’s Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us, which I blogged about a while back and another example of using the medium of the web to communicate ideas about the web, I’m sure this one will spread just as the first one did. Thought provoking,...  Continue Reading...

If it’s not on Flickr, did it happen?
Written by David Tames on September 20, 2007
Filed Under Media Literacy, Photography, Web
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I’ve been saying for a while now, I don’t like it when I go to an event and I don’t shoot photos and then experiencing the feeling that, if it’s not on Flickr, it did not happen, this has been troubling me, and now I read “Will You Marry Me? Say Cheese!,”...  Continue Reading...

Boston Media Makers, June 3, 2007
Written by David Tames on June 3, 2007
Filed Under Events & Screenings, General, Media Literacy, The Media, Video on the Web, Web
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It’s been a media saturated weekend, first was at the Making Media Now Conference at Boston University on Friday and now its Sunday morning and I’m attending the monthly Boston Media Makers meeting held the first Sunday of every month at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain. The...  Continue Reading...

Making Media Now (slides from Opening Remarks)
Written by David Tames on June 2, 2007
Filed Under Books, Business, Filmmaking, General, Media Literacy, Sticky, The Media, Video on the Web, Web
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Here are my slides from the Opening Remarks I made at the Making Media Now: Filmmaking in Transition conference held yesterday at Boston University. A special thanks to Jennifer Kaplan, Bonnie Waltch, and all the people and sponsors who made this lively and engaging event possible. Continue...  Continue Reading...

Jenkins’ nine big ideas regarding YouTube (plus one more)
Written by David Tames on May 30, 2007
Filed Under General, Media Literacy, Video on the Web, Web
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I’ve been a fan of Henry Jenkins’ writing and media analysis ever since I read Textual Poachers in graduate school. Last year I read his book, Convergence Culture, back to back with Yochai Benkler’s The Wealth of Networks and together they present a must-read pair for anyone...  Continue Reading...

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