The headline of Mike Langberg’s column in today’s San Jose Mercury News says it all: ‘An Internet fed mostly by amateurs is frightening.’ He cites author-blogger Nicholas G. Carr, who doesn’t seem to understand Web 2.0 very well, and then goes off on a rant against the amateurization of the Web and the rise of […]
Who will help with Ourmedia’s next projects?
Wow, just got out of the Open Media Developers Summit at NYU in Greenwich Village. About 70 developers, filmmakers, citizens media advocates and other creative people came together, exchanged ideas, and agreed to continue the conversation. Ourmedia received an extraordinarily warm reception there. I’m in a taxi as I write this (don’t think it’s wired […]
Tools for citizen journalists
I just received an email from the wonderful Micki Krimmel of Participant Productions, the organization behind the release of the new George Clooney movie “Good Night, and Good Luck,” and this week’s release of “North Country,” starring Charlize Theron (above). I saw a preview screening of “North Country” in Berkeley last night and liked it, […]
Daniel Meadows on the power of storytelling
I cornered Daniel Meadows, one of the icons of the digital storytelling movement, a week ago at the Digital Storytelling Festival at KQED in San Francisco. Daniel talks about his personal journey from journalism ("doing media to others") to storytelling ("enabling people to tell their own stories"). If you’re wondering what digital storytelling is all […]
Video iPod: Where’s discussion of free video?
I was sorely disappointed by today’s coverage of the unveiling of Apple’s new video iPod in the press. The San Jose Mercury News, for instance, had three long articles, on page 1 and the front of its Business section: Apple deal with Disney to offer top TV shows IVideo needs one big thing: content Networks […]