"The Second COMMUNIA International Conference 2009 is scheduled for Sunday 28, Monday 29 & Tuesday 30 June 2009 in Torino, Italy…" Visit COMMUNIA Conference 2009: Global Science & Economics of Knowledge-Sharing Institutions | Communia
Affine looks like another one to watch in the video search/image recognition space, along with Viewdle, and some of the TREC contestants. Visit Video search: Affine Systems
Affine looks like another one to watch in the video search/image recognition space, along with Viewdle, and some of the TREC contestants. Visit Video search: Affine Systems
Notes on talks by various luminaries on the state of preservation of the nation's newspapers. Hardcopy and microfilm are becoming passe, but digital isn't quite here yet, and newspapers are disappearing. interesting quotes, e.g. "Google has been quite clear that their mission does not include preservation or archiving" — fAndrew Madden, Director of Strategic Partnerships, [...]
The headline is contested in comments and later revs of the story, but it does prove the necessity of having multiple backups. Visit Techcrunch: Online Backup Company Carbonite Loses Customers’ Data, Blames And Sues Suppliers (Updated)
This ability to link to, and thus annotate, segment, and remix is a big deal, and who knows, might lead to standardization across the web. via <a href="http://www.researchbuzz.org/">ResearchBuzz</a> Visit Deep linking into YouTube videos
An astonishing remix. Good tools + OCD + a large pool of amateur video to draw from + creative imagination = art. Visit THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube
Wow. Passed by Unanimous of the Faculty, March 18, 2009 … "The Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the following policy: Each Faculty member grants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [...]
"Of PBS stations, 125 will transition on June 12." — Via http://www.current.org/ Visit DTV Transitions in the PBS System
USC, Berkman, ASOC … Henry Jenkins as a keynoter. Visit Beyond Broadcast 2009 – June 3-6 at USC
The "detect and punish" approach to curtailing "piracy" is a losing model, but so far, the music and movie industries have had a hard time imagining something else. Auditude's service, which fingerprints broadcasts and then identifies pirated clips to which it attaches advertising is at least a step towards turning uploaders into content distribution partners. [...]
TV also is linked by other studies to obesity, diabetes, smoking, and promiscuity. Visit Slashdot | Asthma Risk Linked To Early TV Viewing
"Patent and copyright law are stifling innovation and threatening the global economy according to two economists at Washington University in St. Louis in a new book, Against Intellectual Monopoly." Visit Economists Say Copyright and Patent Laws Are Killing Innovation; Hurting Economy
NRK is using OpenTracker code to distribute selected broadcast in full res, sans DRM. NRK is also promoting Miro. Visit Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Using BitTorrent for Distribution …
… now available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Visit Sita Sings the Blues
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Ik R.I.P. Asks 'What Will Happen to Your Digital Remains' at Mediamatic Amsterdam Mediamatic offers a memento mori sort of perspective on our digital shadows. And it's in their new digs. (tags: PersonalArchiving personal lifestreaming mortality archiving) Computer Data Storage Through the Ages — From Punch Cards to Blu-Ray | Maximum PC [...]
Mediamatic offers a memento mori sort of perspective on our digital shadows. And it's in their new digs. Visit Worldchanging: Bright Green: Ik R.I.P. Asks ‘What Will Happen to Your Digital Remains’ at Mediamatic Amsterdam
Video: Jon Stewart Goes Howard Beale on CNBC | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Used to be it was almost impossible to assemble this kind of summary of past news coverage. It's amazing how much worse it looks in retrospect. (tags: news archives propaganda dailyshow predictions television) MediaNotes : improve skills through video-recorded practice [...]
Streamingmedia.com: Advanced Learning: Education Year in Review Overview of people and projects involved in putting university lectures online. (tags: video education podcasting)