Monthly Archives: October 2007

Last big revolution in home phones was 25 years ago, with mobile handset. Digital home phones are coming as part of convergence of networks, applications, and content. Etiquette is changing. Kids now think it’s okay to break up via text … Continue reading →

Moderator Hiawatha Bray, technology columnist for The Boston Globe: How many people actually watch TV on their cell phones or laptops? Ted Malone, VP of SlingMedia: You can use SlingBox to load TV shows to Mac, PC, and cell phones … Continue reading →

Click above to play Part I of the talk. Click above to play Part II of the talk Phil Campbell videoed my PodCamp Boston 2 presentation this morning, “The Arts 2.0.” You can watch it in the embedded players above … Continue reading →

Bryan Person is doing a good job making this Podcamp Boston 2 session interactive, prowling the packed room with his microphone. His co-presenter is Doug Haslam. A good team. Lively discussion going on about companies’ blogging policies. Some don’t allow … Continue reading →

David Tames: Good quality begins with audio. His first purchase was a quality lavalier microphone. Get the mic as close as possible to the subject. It’s okay for the mic to be visible. If using a shotgun mic, remember they … Continue reading →

Adam Weiss, creator of the excellent Museum of Science podcast, estimates there are about 200,000 podcasts currently, and an audience of about 8 million. The first podcast was published on July 9, 2003. A survey from Pew/Internet showed the percentage … Continue reading →

Before heading for the Denver airport today, I had coffee at Starbucks with Jim Copenhaver, a very creative guy who served with me for a while on the board of the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF). We had a great … Continue reading →

I came real close to winning a contest today. On the bus to the Pittsburgh airport, I was listening to new-marketing guru Joseph Jaffe’s podcast, waiting to hear if my submission of an Experimentation Case Study would be chosen as … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Perry of Pittsburgh is giving a presentation on “Helping the Internet to Surf Itself: RSS and You” at the Technology in the Arts conference at Carnegie Mellon. She’s giving a well thought-out overview of RSS, introducing concept to novices … Continue reading →

Monica Pa’s “Copyright in the Digital Era” presentation: How not to infringe a copyright: a defense can be that you took the idea of the work, not the work itself. De minimis use is not a protection. Think you’re okay … Continue reading →