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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}
Days pass, poverty lasts
New Media Days 08 came and went. We’ve spent the past week feeling equally exhausted as conference organisers and ecstatic about the great feedback we’re getting from our guests; it’s an invaluable resource when planning for New Media Days 09 and we love you too!
Speaking of days past: Last Wednesday was Blog Action Day … [continues]
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…
New Media Days 08 is off to a blast
Litteraly. With conferencier Mads Brügger demonstrating the old media qualities of a party popper. Consider the content distribution model! Not very targeted though… Unfortunately the Minister of Culture, Carina Christensen, had cancelled, but instead Brügger shared his thoughts on corresponding … Continued
Survival of the digitally fittest
On Wednesday you have the choice of spending the last 20 minutes of your lunch break in the ambient company of the young and talented Mike Sheridan, who will perform from his debut release “I Syv Sind.” Mike will stay on stage for the following panel session that has representatives from the Danish music business debating the role of record companies in a world of digital content.
Digital Natives in Copenhagen tomorrow!
Students of today are digital natives: They were born into a world of internet and mobile technologies and feel right at home using them. If you’re able to reschedule your afternoon today, Tuesday 30th, Innovation Lab has reigned in Marc Prensky, inventor of the term ‘digital natives’, to give an exclusive talk on the subject at the IT-University in Copenhagen.
“New Media of the Year” nominees announced
Again this year New Media Days has nominated 7 media business initiatives from Scandinavia for the “New Media of the Year” award. Let’s take a look at the nominees:
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
The Dearth of Great Newspapers
Hate him or hug him, Tyler Brûlé should be respected as an active spokesperson for the resurgence of print media. While it’s true that many magazines and newspapers have made obituary headlines over the last decade, Tyler Brûlé has shown that it’s indeed possible to survive the maelstrom of digital content by transforming commodity news into customer experience.