Is technology about more than buying the new MacBook Air or downloading an application that links your fridge with your Facebook account? Lauren Movius, a PhD student at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California, sees in new technologies not just the potential to make comfortable people more comfortable, but also […]
The social web depends on content, tagging and utility created or improved by the good will of the people formerly known as the audience. Where does good will end and greed take over? That depends on whether you’re a giver or taker. Dan Gillmor at the Center for Citizen Media is bothered by the free […]
By Vinita Srivastava Vinita Srivastava, an assistant professor of journalism at Ryerson University, is no old-school j-prof. A children’s-book author, culture writer and founding co-host of radio programs Masala Mixx and the Asia Pacific Forum, she teaches innovative courses on global multimedia reporting at Ryerson. She also directs VerseCity.com, a project that’s all about putting […]
Facebook and other social networks are a new tool for citizen-powered justice. See, for instance, Witness Hub, which focuses the tools of media – video cameras and web video – to document, draw attention to and underscore campaigns against human rights abuses worldwide. But social justice is in the eye of the beholder. Recently a […]
What’s that feeling you often have when leaving an exciting conference? “Dang it, I didn’t get a chance to talk to X or Y or Z.” Face time is what a conference is all about, and we want to help you maximize it at We Media Miami. With that in mind, we’re going to start […]
Having started out this week as iFOCOS’s new part-time communications editor, I sat down with Dale and Andrew to ask some probing questions about the upcoming We Media 2008 conference in Miami. I wanted to know from Dale, in all honesty, “Why should someone attend this conference?” I pointed out there are one-thousand-and-one interesting conferences […]
It’s a widely used open-source blog platform with enormous potential for future growth and evolution – and some think it’s a viable alternative to Facebook-style social networking. (It’s running this site). Analysis: News companies remain painfully focused on their internal woes and remarkably disengaged from investments in innovative new opportunities. The New York Times Co., […]
You could and probably should dive into Jeff Jarvis’s reports from this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, where the theme is Innovation. I found his report on an exchange between Al Gore and Google Foundation head Larry Brilliant extraordinary in revealing the amoral flaw of Google’s famous "do no evil" mantra. Moderator Thomas Friedman […]
Bring your new business or product idea to We Media Miami and pitch it to the leaders and innovators of the connected society. Get your 10 minutes in front of a panel of experts who can help you bring your idea to life. Here’s what you need to know: Application deadline is Noon ET Tuesday, […]
Five years ago we boldly forecast the “Digital Everything,” a future where information, communications, entertainment, business, home life, transportation and the interconnected pieces of personal, daily living are conducted in an always-on mediascape. That future arrived in Las Vegas this week at the Consumer Electronics Show. It comes to your homes, offices, vehicles, and life […]