When it comes to cell phones, I haven’t exactly been on the cutting edge. I’ve long carried around an Ericksson mobile that doesn’t do much more than voice (how old-fashioned!). Before jumping on the moblogging mobwagon, I’ve been holding out for technology to catch up with my needs. Specifically, a 2- or 3-megapixel camera/video/text-capable phone […]
iMovie6: Almost there
After catching Steve Jobs’s salesmanship at Macworld last month, I went out and plunked down $99 at Fry’s for iLife ’06. Haven’t played with all the new features yet — iPhoto certainly looks more robust — but the chief reason for buying it was to pull together a dazzling video for some presentations I’m about […]
Amanda & ‘Rocketboom’ on ‘CSI’
Just got around to watching last night’s “CSI” on TiVo. How cool was it to see Amanda Congdon in a bogus segment that played into “CSI’s” episode about a multiple killer in Las Vegas. The Rocketboom team spoofed their appearance today in their typically lighthearted way. Taylor Barcroft posted the Rocketboom scene here (from an […]
International Digital Storytelling Conference
My friends Joe Lambert of the Center for Digital Storytelling, Daniel Meadows of Capture Wales and Karen Worcman of Brazil’s Museum of the Person (she’s on Ourmedia’s Board of Advisors) are all attending the three-day International Digital Storytelling Conference, which begins today in Melbourne, Australia. Writes Joe: As a follow-up to the 2003 BBC Digital […]
Witness putting tools for empowerment online
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been having discussions with the good folks at Witness.org about how Witness and Ourmedia could work together. Witness has announced an ambitious plan to build a set of publishing tools that would let those in repressive or abusive conditions shine a spotlight on what’s happening in their countries. […]