• Interview with Lev Manovich by Daniel Palmer

    I just found the Interview that Daniel Palmer did with the renown Professor of New Media, Lev Manovich in 2001 for the magazine Real Time. It is interesting; he explicates the term ‘new media’ well. Q. Why the language of ‘new media’ – which would seem to be an historically variable term – and not,…

  • Resurrecting the Dead

    It is strange where historical significant video footage ends up. Here is the only remaining footage of a Tasmanian Tiger taken at the Hobart Zoo in 1936 (that somehow ended up on Youtube.com). Now, just imagine in the BBC or the ABC digitised and provided access to their vast archives. This footage is ‘public domain’;…

  • A blog’s life

    A blog's life – Technology – theage.com.au This is a good interview with a 'Professional Blogger' (Jason Hill talks to professional blogger Darren Rowse).

  • YouTube allows mobile video sharing

    YouTube allows mobile video sharing – Technology – theage.com.au YouTube, one of the internet's leading video-sharing sites, is accepting clips directly from mobile phones and personal digital assistants with built-in video capabilities. Bands can share footage of performances from the road; protesters can circulate video of rallies as they happen.

  • Miners Trapped in Tasmania

    Last night (like every one else) I was watching the news about the trapped minders in Tasmania who had just climbed out of the hole in the ground and everyone was happy. I grew up in Tasmania, in fact I am 5th generation Tasmanian, but for many of us, being Tasmanian means something very different to…

  • Mash: Second Generation Searching

    There was an article in yesteraday's age about 'mash' or the reuse of Internet data to make data maps of geographical locales or other mappable regions. 'Mash' is interesting because according to Baudrillard, 'our society has become so reliant on models and maps that we have lost all contact with the real world that preceded…