Monthly Archives: September 2006

Lonelygirl15 Creators Rely on Open Source

By Craig | Published: September 20, 2006

Creators behind the Internet video phenomenon Lonelygirl15 will rely on open source technology and a newly launched Web site to explore possibilities in storytelling. The inventors — Greg Goodfried, 27; Miles Beckett, 28; and Mesh Flinders, 26 — plan to take the video-saga experiment in social networking much further by using technology to build a [...]

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The Immigration Debate

By Craig | Published: September 20, 2006

Some of the material from Al Gore’s Current.tv has ended up on Youtube. This video about immigration has parallels for Australia. Technorati : video, youtube Del.icio.us : video, youtube

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Australian soldiers use of Youtube

By Craig | Published: September 20, 2006

Here is the article that broke the story about the Australian soldiers in Iraq and their use of Youtube Australian soldiers serving in Iraq as part of Operation Catalyst have become accustomed to bad news and unwanted publicity. The mysterious death of sniper Private Jake Kovco in his room in a Baghdad barracks in April—and [...]

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How to write an academic essay

By Craig | Published: September 19, 2006

Here is an excellent guide by Professor David Gauntlett of the Institute for Communication Studies in the UK on how to write an academic essay (link). Thanks for making it publicly available!

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Bush administration to post anti-drug videos on YouTube

By Craig | Published: September 19, 2006

The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy internet video service that already features clips of wacky, drug-induced behaviour and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants. The decision to distribute anti-drug, public service announcements and other videos over YouTube represents the first concerted effort by the US government to [...]

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hypertextual video

By Craig | Published: September 19, 2006

Youtube doesn’t really do anything new. It it just the ‘delivery boy’ of online video. But how about this innovation? This is similar to what I was trying to do in my own work 5 years ago with milkbar.com.au. It is what you call ‘hypertextual video’ in that it allows the user to embed links [...]

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BBC’s Editorial Blueprint for the future

By Craig | Published: September 16, 2006

BBC Director-General Mark Thompson today launched an extensive cross-media, audience-focussed project entitled Creative Futures which will produce an editorial blueprint for BBC programmes, content and services during the next Charter period. Following publication of the Government’s Green Paper on the BBC’s future last week, Mr Thompson said: “This project is designed to turn the purposes [...]

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