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Leslie Nassar on the ABC, why podcast networks suck and the circles of Hell

2007 by christy

His Awesomeness Leslie Nassar, a good mate, was interviewed by Microsoft Geek Nick Hodge on his Geek Stories. Leslie talks about his work on the ABC producing their podcasts. He also talks about why podcast networks suck — the problem he cites can be solved by networked & non-networked media becoming networked (a solutin for many multi-platform forms). He … Read moreLeslie Nassar on the ABC, why podcast networks suck and the circles of Hell

Quote of the day: Battle of the Ephemerals

2007 by christy

Cyberpest Prokofy comments in an post by Eric Rice about the cost of conferences and free conference streaming. Prokofy cites the cost of Virtual Worlds 2007 and says: “couldn’t ever dream of paying the cost of an SL island to go to an ephemeral thing” So, a conference is ephemeral and a virtual island in … Read moreQuote of the day: Battle of the Ephemerals

Me in the Sacramento Bee!

2007 by christy

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by a journalist for the Sacramento Bee newspaper. The article, Beyond the Box: Games, Role-Playing, Virtual Worlds: TV goes interactive on the Web, was written by Rachel Leibrock and features quotes from Matt Bostwick of MTV (who I’ve posted about recently) and Tim Stevens. It is funny what … Read moreMe in the Sacramento Bee!

Discover Manoa!: Second Life RPG & the problem with ARGs

2007 by christy

Oder Skall of the Second Life Herald posted about this latest ‘experience’ in the online virtual world Second Life. The press release about the experience sounds quite enticing:

"Aporia Cross-Media Entertainment"

2007 by christy

“Aporia Cross-Media Entertainment” is the new name for a company set up (formerly Naked Rabbit Studios) by Jason Chrest and Jessie Greene. Their “main goal is to provide the best service and product possible by creating valuable multi-media entertainment with mass advertising appeal”. From their website: As a grassroots development group, Aporia CME has produced low budget games … Read more"Aporia Cross-Media Entertainment"

Telecommunications Research Portal: Budde.com.au

2007 by christy

Jak Bouman told me about this research resource developed by Australian Paul Budde when I was in Sweden! Here is a bit from his bio: He specialises in the strategic planning of interactive services such as video media, Internet, multimedia and intelligent and value-added networks based on telecommunications, broadband and satellite networks. His particular expertise lies … Read moreTelecommunications Research Portal: Budde.com.au

MTV's "4D"

2007 by christy

Just recently, at the Virtual Worlds 2007 Conference, Matt Bostwick of MTV spoke about MTV’s use of virtual worlds. They have created virtual worlds for the television shows Laguna Beach and The Hills and soon also for Pimp My Ride. Bostwick has stated the metrics for the ‘worlds’ created with There.com technology: [T]he metrics for … Read moreMTV's "4D"

Stitch Media is here

2007 by christy

For those who have attended or heard any of my presentations I’ve given to industry over the past couple of years, you’ll recall that I praise the design of the multiple award winning “extended reality game” created by Xenophile Media for the Canadian TV series ReGenesis. He also worked on The Ocular Effect ‘alternate reality … Read moreStitch Media is here

IDEA Conference podcasts

2007 by christy

The IDEA Conference on ‘designing complex information spaces of all kinds’ was held in Seattle October 2006 has podcasts and slides from the presentations online. There are interesting presentation styles from Bruce Sterling and Dan Hill among others. Check out: http://www.ideaconference.org/blog/

Nine Inch Nails: glimpses of the intermedia artist

2007 by christy

I know this is a late post about the Nine Inch Nails ARG, but gee it is interesting. Here is a ‘quote’ by Trent Reznor posted by ‘mpf’ on the 2nd of March: “The term “marketing” sure is a frustrating one for me at the moment. What you are now starting to experience IS “year … Read moreNine Inch Nails: glimpses of the intermedia artist