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Archive for September, 2007

My Yearbook

Icon Written by Adam on September 14, 2007 – 2:19 pm

My Yearbook is a success story the likes of which the internet hasn’t seen since web 1.0. A couple teens (with a lot of help from their older brother who owns a company) created a site around being in an American high school.
C|Net has all the information and then some on this site that is [...]



Links links links Sep. 13

Icon Written by Adam on September 13, 2007 – 11:48 am

BlogTV Integrates Streaming Video into Facebook

‘Saturday Night Live’ Has a New Rival: P&G - Soap operas for the 21st century.

Warner Shifts Web Course, Shouldering Video Costs - the bigger companies are finally learning!

Email Promotions - A Powerful Way To Network AND Promote Your Content - Complete with an example of success.

Open Source Cinema - neat [...]



Info Literacy ARG

Icon Written by Fono on September 13, 2007 – 11:38 am

Researchers and educators in the US will soon be launching an ARG to develop information literacy skills.
During the fall term of 2007, a team of faculty, librarians, instructional designers and student volunteers will be hosting an internet-based alternate-reality game (or ARG) designed to teach critical thinking and information literacy skill. The game will be targeted [...]



U.S. Broadcaster’s Streaming Services Compared

Icon Written by Adam on September 12, 2007 – 4:48 pm

Major networks are finally understanding that people watch shows on their computers, but they still don’t have it right at all.
Last100 has reviewed them to figure out who has the best online service.
Their online offerings remain sporadic; their Internet strategies feel like “we have to” rather than “we want to”; and — worst of all [...]



Spout it out

Icon Written by Adam on September 11, 2007 – 1:53 pm

Spout is another social networking site that wants to provide trusted reviews from friends. The site creators wanted to create a space that was somewhere between the theater and the film festival in terms of suggestions and reviews.
The basic idea is that we all know someone who we trust when it comes to their [...]



List of Stuff Sep 7

Icon Written by Adam on September 7, 2007 – 10:07 am

Interesting ARG stats - numbers, lots of numbers.
Sony Bets Big on Video Downloads- Sony can’t set itself straight. Are they going to encourage user engagement or lock it out with DRM. I wish they’d just take a side instead of all this lallygagging.
Social networking news sites that are gaining popularity
Online Branding [...]



HBO and Showtime Begin to Get it

Icon Written by Adam on September 5, 2007 – 12:53 pm

HBO and Showtime are both catching on to this whole “internet” fad far better than a lot of other broadcasters. One is buying up content made online while the other is generating content online.
HBO has purchased a machinima video made entirely in Second Life. The video was originally conceived to be sold to broadcasters, [...]



O HAI TV EXECS

Icon Written by Adam on September 4, 2007 – 12:38 pm

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