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New Media Days Kick-Off
This year’s conference programme is well under construction and while we can’t disclose any speakers just yet, we can tell you that exciting news are right around the corner. But we’re always game for more input! So if you’ve experienced a magnificent speaker or want to point out a hot, new media topic to consider for this year’s New Media Days in Copenhagen, don’t hesitate to drop us a comment right here, right now.
Best of New Media Days 08
At the New Media Days office we’re still processing the great attendee feedback we’ve received, but for now we thought we’d share some key findings with you; namely which sessions people thought were the very best! Interestingly, it was an art project that dazzled the Danish media business. {read on}
Quality rules in Ben’s Web 3.0
Why would anyone work for old, print media? It’s just dead trees sliced really thin, isn’t it? Ben Hammersley is the Associate Editor of Wired Magazine and disagrees heavily with old media giving way to new media. Actually he thinks that web 2.0 is the longest suicide note in the history of media as such.
Feeling ourselves at New Media Days 08
Jonathan Harris is showing Danish media pros the awe inspiring We Feel Fine project that visualizes feelings expressed in the worldwide blogosphere. Linking to the previous talk by Weinberger, We Feel Fine provides valuable metadata and doesn’t try to control the content. Miscellaneous feelings become intelligent connections across time and space. /read full blogpost…
Library Love or “How To Frame Future Media”
The ongoing debate on the future of libraries in a world of digitized content is not in any way irrelevant. We need libraries to inspire future generations, but in a world of many media outlets going increasingly mobile, it’s time to think hard about how you frame the media on display and make it inspiring instead of awkward.
Missing out on New Media Days? Go for a PICNIC.
Today is exactly 4 weeks before New Media Days kicks off with two conference days of inspiring media talks and entrepreneurial networking. Last week we were happy to feel that all the hard planning had paid off as we put … Continued
Copyright violation = Viral marketing
Some day soon we’ll be able to look up ”piracy” in the dictionary and find a favorable description like “peer-to-peer sharing of commercial products for the benefit of creator and consumer alike.” Face it: Illegal sharing of copyrighted music, movies, software etc. is a business model the industry just can’t afford to be without because it’s an effective adoption driver.