....remember that the story that is being told is the single most important ingredient in the whole of the project. It MUST be compelling, nice, engaging, entertaining... and suitable for 360 exploitation. Now "exploitation" is not a nice word in itself, but exploitation is exactly what a cross media concept needs to be just that…Read more When developing cross media content…
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Required reading, and some other stuff
With a lot of people going on about "GREEN SHOTS" and a recovery in the financial industry, please read the following article by Karl Denninger which pretty much sums up the situation.If you can't be bothered to read it, please just take this advice - exit the stock market you're in, NOW. There's no point…Read more Required reading, and some other stuff
If you read anything today…
...read this, required reading for anyone interested in a) the economical collapse, b) their own strategies for the future and c) getting themselves fired up with righteous anger a little bit. Read Karl Denningers ticker from yesterday here.Hedge your positions, plan for the future. Be safe.
Not the easiest of times for a format developer…
...seeing as I was, before vacation, wondering why Distraction Formats hadn't returned any of my previous mails. The last exchange was them explaining how we could proceed, with them distributing some of our formats - especially a football quiz show, GAME ON, that some of their clients were interested in.I had replied and was awaiting…Read more Not the easiest of times for a format developer…
Back from vacation + Miniwebs new effort
So, back at the desk then, quite a lot of projects in the air at the moment (and one of them going to be ON air as well, next month, more about that one when I have some links to post).Trying to get to grips with how the economy is affecting the tv and media…Read more Back from vacation + Miniwebs new effort
Humanity and social media
These thoughts have been in my head for a while now. I thought it best to write them down, before they disappear :)Humanity and social mediaWhen I was ten years old I, for a brief moment, regained my faith in Santa Claus. See, it’d been a Christmas Eve like all others, with family and dinner…Read more Humanity and social media
Workshop at EuroITV 2009
Talking about experiences the whole day, which is interesting. No matter if you're a designer, a developer, a researcher or a producer, what you are aiming for and looking to research into is a desired experience amongst the users. To put it briefly, what we've come up with so far is that you have a…Read more Workshop at EuroITV 2009
Meanwhile, in Germany…
...visiting my sister in a small village in western Germany called Dornholzhausen. Funny, the village has some 1000-1500 inhabitants, but there is absolutely NOTHING here. Well, a local butcher, and someone repairing computers. That's it. Anything else, you have to get your car out and drive to the next village (which admittedly is only a…Read more Meanwhile, in Germany…
Google Wave, looks promising
Check out this presentation of Google Wave. It looks like it will be something really nice... Looking forward to testing it!Also, another interesting projekt is MyHandle. Have a look!
Updates? What updates?
Been a month or more since I've updated anything here. I'll try to get on to it, but Twitter / Facebook are my social media of choice at the moment. I've just finished a report on the development and marketing of television and cross media formats, which will be published shortly. I'll link to it…Read more Updates? What updates?
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