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Imagine a world without free knowledge
Written by David Tames on January 18, 2012
Filed Under Law, Politics, Web

Right now the U.S. Congress is considering legislation (SOPA and PIPA) that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, Wikipedia is blacking out their English language edition beginning at midnight...  Continue Reading...

A framework for thinking about cyberspace
Written by David Tames on December 1, 2010
Filed Under Books, Critical Theory, New Media, The Media

Daniel Downes suggests in Interactive Realism: The Poetics Of Cyberspace (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005) that it is people who construct social reality through their interactions, critiquing the “transformative turn”...  Continue Reading...

Four books covering Internet and Web
Written by David Tames on October 14, 2008
Filed Under Business, MassArtDMI, New Media, The Media, Web

If I had to pick four relatively current books that will help readers develop a better understanding of the World Wide Web, I would suggest the following books. It was hard to narrow down the list to four, but sometimes less is more....  Continue Reading...

Distribution in the Digital Age
Written by David Tames on August 2, 2008
Filed Under Business, Distribution, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, Handout, Web

With technology changing at a rapid pace and media content more plentiful than ever before, the question becomes, how do filmmakers find an audience for their media and make the best use of online distribution avenues to sell their...  Continue Reading...

New Technology Presentation at Rio International Film Festival
Written by David Tames on September 30, 2006
Filed Under Business, Events & Screenings, New Media, Presentation, Video on the Web, Web

On Thursday, September 28th I moderated a Rioseminars Panel at Festival do Rio 2006 (Rio International Film Festival) titled “New Technologies / Digital Market” with Irina Neves (COO, Cine Mobile), Fabio Lima (COO, Rain...  Continue Reading...