Update Your C.V. for the Digital Age
2008-03-12 15:01:58 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Business
Marci Alboher of the New York Times writes an article about Christopher Penn's idea for a 'social media resume.' Tired of the warnings that people's online presence will come back to haunt them, Penn believes that people should highlight and promote their online lives to potential employers in the digital age... Christopher's Online Resume UPDATE |
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2008-03-11 17:31:16 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Remix Culture
The Irish Blog Awards, held in the Alexander Hotel on Saturday March 1st, were a resounding success for everyone involved. Organised by Damien Mulley, the annual awards are a celebration of the journalistic and literary talent of Ireland's blogging community. Here's the winner's list
and here are a few of the George Bush video intros that were used to introduce the award categories on the night... UPDATE |
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2008-03-11 00:20:00 Posted
by: aoife Category: FilmMaking/Editing
The 2008 National Association of Broadcasters Conference takes place in Las Vegas between the 11th and the 17th April 2008. Here's some blurb from their website:
"This is where it originates...An extraordinary experience, over twice the size of any other tradeshow centered on content: creation, management, commerce, distribution and delivery. The NAB Show™ is the ultimate destination
for a global audience of media professionals who seek to deliver enriched content from concept to consumption...If You See Yourself Here...the NAB Show is Your Show." UPDATE |
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2008-03-10 17:12:10 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Politics
Gabriela sez, "Lawrence Lessig, renowned expert in intellectual property and founder of Creative Commons, recently changed his mission to combat the influence of money in American democracy. In commemoration of Sunshine Week, the Sunlight Foundation and Omidyar Network will host a press briefing featuring Lessig, who will announce the launch of his new 'Change Congress' project. The event will take place on Thursday, March 20 from 1:30-3:00 pm at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Seating is limited, so please RSVP soon. For those who can't attend in person, the event will also be webcast." [from BoingBoing.net ] UPDATE |
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2008-03-10 01:30:22 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Business
Social media optimization is a term that’s been floating around a lot lately, and there are certain strategies at your disposal that can help you use social media to successfully market your website or blog. Here is a list 16 of the strategies that are used most which, if used correctly, will help you optimize your social media efforts: LINK
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2008-03-08 23:46:01 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Technology
The hot rumor of the day, brought to us by the inquisitive lads at the Financial Times of London, says that Sony has been in heavy talks with Microsoft to bring the Blu-ray player device to the Xbox 360.
The rumor has expanded throughout the Internet, with some groups believing that once Warner Brothers dropped the hammer at CES 2008 and chose the Blu-ray consortium, the Redmond group all but cast off the HD DVD format immediately, despite their public support for more than a month. In the ensuing weeks, with more and more studios and retailers going Blu, and Toshiba finally deciding to drop their High-Def baby, the talks between Sony and MS have gotten way more intense.
There are a few possible results here and like everything else, they all have to do with money. Consumers could easily switch up to a Blu-ray player, but only if there's a significant savings difference between the Blu-ray XBox player and the other separate Blu-ray players out there. And Blu-ray players are expensive. Remember that at one point, the XBox HD DVD was one of the best HD DVD player deals out there, just like the Blu-ray PS3 was finally thought to be a good buy when it went down to a reasonable price.
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2008-03-07 20:48:08 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Remix Culture
YouTube is investigating a sudden surge in traffic that has seen a fan-made video clip featuring a quirky Brazilian pop band rocket to the top of its most viewed video chart.
The clip, Music is My Hot Hot Sex by the Brazilian electro band Cansei De Ser Sexy, has collected over 40 million additional views in just three weeks to push its cumulative tally to an impressive 90 million.
In that period, it jumped from tenth place on YouTube's all-time leaderboard to first, overtaking American motivational speaker Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance which has held the top spot unchallenged for over 18 months.
In September, a British student a the University of Leeds, 18-year-old Nick Haley, discovered the song and turned it into a homemade advertisement for Apple's new iPod touch media player - which he then also uploaded to YouTube. [by Stephen Hutcheon, The Sunday Morning Herald]
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2008-03-06 04:09:01 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Remix Culture
Nine Inch Nails have released their new album, Ghosts I-IV, as a free download under a remix-friendly Creative Commons license. The band is selling a selection of collectible, high-margin media with the music on it, and will presumably tour and sell tickets to people who got turned on by the freely copyable music. [from Boing Boing] UPDATE |
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2008-03-05 01:49:18 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Movies/TV
On Monday, February 18, Adbusters lost its court battle against two of Canada's television networks that refused to sell airtime for its commercials. Adbusters claimed the CBC and Canwest Global had violated its right to free speech under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by refusing to sell air time, but the court decided that the Charter does not apply to private corporations.
"It's outrageous that the fast food, oil and automobile industries can buy as much TV time as they want in order to promote their agendas, but citizens are not allowed to talk back," said Adbusters Editor-in-Chief Kalle Lasn in response to the ruling. "Canadian democracy will not work properly until we the people have the same right to buy airtime as corporations do."
The rejected Adbusters ads pointed out that over 50 percent of the calories in a Big Mac come from fat, called for an end to the age of the automobile, and promoted Buy Nothing Day. While Court Justice William Ehrcke ruled that private broadcasters have the right to run whatever ads they like, Adbusters feels the case raises some troubling questions.
Firstly, why are Canwest and the CBC selling as much time as they possibly can to corporations, while fighting expensive legal actions to keep citizen-produced messages off the air? Why does the CBC call itself "Canada's Public Broadcaster" if they won't sell airtime to citizens?
Secondly, why is the CRTC not standing up for public access? When they grant licences to broadcasters, why is the right of Canadian citizens to access their own "public" airwaves not being guaranteed? Thirdly, why is our freedom of speech being suppressed? Why can corporations buy airtime while citizens cannot? Why doesn't the Canadian Charter apply to the most powerful social communications medium of our age - television?
"This case goes to the very heart of what our democracy is all about," says Lasn. "A healthy society allows its citizens to walk into their local TV stations and buy airtime under the same rules and conditions that corporations do. Adbusters has been given 30 days to challenge the ruling. This legal battle for media democracy will go on." [from Adbusters.org]
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2008-03-04 05:11:11 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Digital Rights
From Wired:
The "world's first free, legal P2P service," Qtrax, has deals with EMI Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and TVT Records, Listening Post has learned.
Qtrax raised quite the furor in January with its announcement of a free, legal, ad-supported P2P service, after reporters realized that the company didn't have active deals with enough labels and publishers to offer any songs. (We hear the Los Angeles Times had to stop its presses over the confusion.)
These new deals indicate Qtrax could eventually make good on its ambitious promise to offer all of the music available on P2P networks as free, legal downloads.
Downloads will be wrapped by Microsoft subscription DRM, as one might expect, considering that the plan is to offer unlimited major label music -- including everything that's available on LimeWire -- for free. Qtrax CEO Allan Klepfisz said plans are on hold to offer the music in an iPod-compatible format, and the company will instead focus for the moment on getting licensing deals in place. [by Eliot Van Buskirk]
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