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Wisdom of crowds in a virtual shoot
The dynamics of social enterprise to create online encyclopedias, open source software and alternate reality games has proven itself as an effective model for creativity as well as engagement.
However, we haven’t really witnessed this kind of remote collaboration when it comes to producing TV shows apart from the webcam social TV model - which is […]
Sustained engagement with brands supporting creativity
Earlier this week we filmed our weekly Real Biz in SL show, hosted by Cybergrrl Oh, on Orange Island. I had the pleasure of meeting Fab Outlander, the island manager, at the Second Life Community Convention in Tampa, Florida several weeks ago.
The show did a tour of the Mad Pea game environments. Mad Pea […]
Virtual world conferences
I’ve been woefully silent on my blog of late. No excuses but there has been a lot going on! I am about to head to the USA where I will be attending the Virtual World Expo in Los Angeles. Directly afterward I’m crossing the continent to Florida for the Second Life Community Convention.
The Expo in […]
TV coverage of SLCN
A few weeks ago freelance journalist Sonia Lear produced this news story on virtual television production. It aired on News Hour Asia Pacific. Paisley Beebe, the host of our weekly evening talk show Tonight Live, was also included in the story and following her blog post about the feature I have had many compliments from […]
Somewhere in the not too distant future
On SLCN.TV we have a quiz show called The 2nd Question. One segment features a notable quote each week. Today it featured Ray Kurzweil:
I’m an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.
After […]
Skating on frozen moments in time
Today I was watching a wonderful presentation by Mark Pesce, a futurist and thinker who I greatly admire and I am lucky to know quite well.
His presentation titled “Those Whacky Kids” talks about the phenomenon of co-presence (a term that emerged out of research in Japan by Mimi Ito that analyzes mobile phone behaviour) where […]
Real vs Virtual Cost Comparison
Now we have blogs everyone is a journalist and with You Tube everyone is their own TV network - right? Well, not quite, however, you get my point. The barriers to entry are considerably lower than they used to be and people are able to express themselves and reach an audience relatively easily.
For those who […]
Social production & user generated animation
Collaboration between geographically dispersed people, who have no formal commercial relationship, has resulted in some significant bodies of work - take Wikipedia, Flickr and Delicious as examples.
I recently watched the TED Talk by Yochai Benkler, where he argues the disruptive power of social production represents the next evolution beyond past industrial models.
So what motivates the […]
Analysis Paralysis??
Just like in the supermarkets packed full of 100 varieties of everything, the infinite sea of content online has most consumers bewildered and simply not willing to commit the hours needed for selection and filtering necessary to watch great stories and entertainment.
Viewing the Apple TV in the optimal conditions of unlimited download quota, a high […]