Beyond Broadcast 2007
February 25, 2007
On Saturday I attended the Beyond Broadcast 2007 conference held at MIT. The theme of the conference was “from participatory culture to participatory democracy†and well over 400 people attended. The live face-to-face discussion was paralleled in Berkman Island in Second Life and in Teen Grid too.
The conference web site set the context for the conference with this description, “For 50 years broadcast media have played a powerful role in shaping political culture and mediating citizen engagement in the democratic process. Now a participatory culture is putting the tools of media creation and critique in the hands of citizens themselves.” Here are some of my notes and impressions of the day.
Boston Media Makers, February 4, 2007
February 4, 2007
Today I attended the Sup*r B*wl Sund*y meeting of the Boston Media Makers and rather than prepare for the big game, several media makers gathered for what has become a first Sunday of the month tradition at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain.
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us
February 4, 2007
The video “Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us” by Michael Wesch (embedded below) was recently posted on YouTube. It’s about Web 2.0 and the rapid spread of links to it via many blogs and Digg.com is a perfect example of the communication technology the video is about in action. Is the medium the message, or is the message the medium? A very elegant articulation of Web 2.0 technology, albeit in under five minutes. It’s fun, clever, and has spread like wildfire, Bravo!
17th Annual Pro Video Show to be held March 9-10, 2007 at Stonehill College in Easton, Ma
February 3, 2007
If you live in the Boston area you will not want to miss the 17th Annual Pro Video Show sponsored by The Camera Company to be held Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, 2007 at Stonehill College, in Easton, Massachussetts (Exit 17B off Route 24). This annual event provides local media makers with the opportunity to check out new equipment, talk with fellow media makers, and attend a wide range of workshops and seminars. Yours truly will be presenting two of the seminars, “Delivering Video on the Web” and “Champagne Production Values on a Beer Production Budget.”
