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Posted in IPTV, Citizen Journalism, Long Tail, Internet, News, Pro Am Journalism, Free on November 30th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
A flight across Europe for $10 is indistinguishable from magic
Is there really such a thing as a free lunch? Actually, there sometimes is. Craigslist really is free. Wikipedia really is free. Nobody is “monetizing your attention”. It’s all thanks to a combination of the falling technology costs of Moore’s Law with the Gift Economy.
Other times, there are strings attached. Advertising clutters your page. You’re pitched upgrades. Limits are imposed. You’re upsold to different products or locked into something very much not free. The difference is this latter category used to be the only category of free. Now it must compete with really free. And the newer category is growing fast.
MTV To Give South Park Episodes For Free
MTV Networks will make every episode of South Park available for free online next year. The important part of this news is the fact that MTV is not doing this to make you happy; they’re doing it to make money.
Business Cards: Drawing your Company’s ID...
Posted in Visual, Design, Typography on November 30th, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
[Detail of Koichi Sato’s business card]
Being able to define a concept visually is the big challenge for all visual creators. That is, in fact, the essence of our work: there is the objective information to be transmitted, but then also the values (more…)
Media Convergence...
Posted in MCWC on November 30th, 2007. By Manuel Castells.
Convergence is the buzz word in the global media industry nowadays. But its meaning is unclear, and its use is often misleading.
For most media companies, convergence refers to the technological synergy between various delivery platforms of content. In this view, digitization allows the same audiovisual product to be distributed in different formats via open TV; pay per view, cable or satellite TV; the Internet; dvd and video; mobile phones, radio (in the case of audio); podcasting, videoconsoles, books, magazines, and any support platform that can be formatted to specific versions of a given product. (more…)
Key Articles of the Week...
Posted in Publishing, News on November 23rd, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Everyone at Amazon’s Kindle press conference (which I liveblogged earlier today) received one of the electronic book readers. I played around with mine while I was waiting to interview Jeff Bezos. My initial impressions (…)
(…) The fact that it has a functioning Web browser, though, means that you can follow links in the feeds you subscribe to. More importantly, it opens up the world of linking to book authors. Now books can have links, and not just for citations. Authors who take advantage of the electronic book format will start to include hyperlinks for curious readers to follow, and books could become more tightly interwoven with the culture of the Web in general. Reading a book will no longer need to end with the final chapter. Rather, it could literally open up a whole world of information on the Web, just as blog posts or online news article do today.
Jan von Holleben...
Posted in Visual, Photography on November 23rd, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
[Detail of “Superman” by Jan von Holleben]
Jan von Holleben is a 30 year old South West German very attached to Berlin and London, where he studied photography. Today, his work is widely published in magazines and books and he has had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Berlin and Paris. (more…)
Key Articles of the Week...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Music, News on November 17th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Rebuilding Hollywood in Silicon Valley’s Image (via Digg)
“The writers’ strike, and the studios’ response to the strike, may radically accelerate a structural shift in the media industry — a shift of power from studios and conglomerates towards creators and talent.”
“I believe the entertainment industry is in the early stages of being rebuilt in the image of Silicon Valley.” (more…)
Raquel Marín...
Posted in Visual, Illustration on November 17th, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
[Detail of “Sombra” by Raquel Marín]
I first saw Raquel’s work last week in Le Cool, and it had such a good impact on me. I love simple illustrations that trick your eyes enough to allow you directly inside the scene. (more…)
Egomedia: the creation of your own image...
Posted in Visual, Animation, Design, Illustration, Video on November 11th, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
We’ve seen it in contents: Internet is the citizen media and citizens have created the tools that let them express in a variety of ways. We can reflect a point of view, a feeling or even what we are (or what we’d like to be). (more…)
Key Articles of the Week...
Posted in Television, Publishing, Mobile, News on November 11th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.Google Launches Mobile Phone Platform, Android: What it Means, What Experts Think
A fully integrated mobile “software stack” that consists of an operating system, middleware, user-friendly interface and applications. It will be made available under one of the most progressive, developer-friendly open-source licenses, which gives mobile operators and device manufacturers significant freedom and flexibility to design products.
Trends in Media: Freemium...
Posted in Television, Publishing, Music, Mobile, News, Free on November 2nd, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.Freemium is business model that works by offering basic services for free, which potentially attracts a large customer base, and then charging a premium for advanced or special features. Let’s see how this Web 2.0 trend is working (or could potentially work) for media, from mobile platforms to publishing. (more…)
