• Digital Storytelling Seminar

    This seminar on digital storytelling in St Kilda here in Melbourne on the 18th of August looks interesting. ACMI runs workshops on this stuff and early last year I helped make a documentary about the history of waterskiing on the Yarra river (which was sort of fun). And of course, there is milkbar.com.au ACMI held…

  • How News Travels on the Internet

    This graphic has been around for a while now, but it is a useful visual representation and starting point for understanding how news may travel around the Internet. I would really like to see more research in this field; especially in terms of visualisation. There is some more analyses on Stephen VanDyke's Blog (link). Technorati…

  • OurMedia (Community Media) Conference: Sydney 9-13th April 2007

    The conference series ‘OurMedia’ is coming to Sydney in April of next year. The last conference was in Bangalore in India; which unfortunately I missed because I couldn’t get a plane on that date. It is a strange leap from Bangalore to Sydney. Sydney is just so Third World when it comes to ICT compared…

  • Why did Rupert Murdoch buy My Space?

    One can have free web hosting but then special features like backup or data saving or even domain names of your choice are seldom available. _____________________________________________ Here is the interview that Wired Magazine did with Rupert Murdoch about why he bought MySpace for $580 million. Thanks to Rory of BKK Architects for the link. Perched…

  • Chancellor of Germany makes first political podcast

    In a world-first for a mainstream political leader, the Chancellor of Germany has made a political podcast. In the history of innovation in political communication, this is equivalent to Hoover and his political innovations with radio and his famous ‘fireside chats’ . Technorati : germany, podcast, politics, web2, web2.0 Del.icio.us : germany, podcast, politics Ice…

  • A Stoaway’s Guide to the Pacific

    The new batch of interactives or ‘online documentaries’ (or what ever you call them) from the ABC are really wonderful. Check out the Stoaway’s Guide to the Pacific. It’s a wonderful story, rendered well in flash, with some truly bizzare side journeys. (Produced by the Melbourne-based crew, Arcimedia Technorati : abc, australia, documentary, pacific, video…