Analee Newitz is the moderator of the Social Networking Coups panel. She says there are three kinds of user revolts: anarchist-style pranks grassroots protests op-ed / open letter from high-profile users Also on the panel is Jessamyn West, Jeska Dzwigalski (aka Jeska Linden, as in Linden Labs, as in Second Life. Duh), and Gina Trapani. […]

The Onion does all of its web video in house because they didn’t want to lose creative control. They wanted to have high quality production to rival the evening news. The majority of anchors are actual reporters with news experience because actors couldn’t successfully reproduce the blandness of news anchors. One Onion anchor actually ended […]

Four men walk us through the essentials of video production on the go, whether film, clips or television. Moderator Hank Blumenthal covers what it means to produce content across different platforms and what kind works best in which medium. The second part of the speech is more of the technical aspect of what to do […]

Two topics where discussed: what it means to produce content for several platforms and technical constraints when producing video online. Meil works for currenttv, and oversees a few units of content production. Content acquisitions, and vc squared which is user generated content. Al Gore-chairman of current. Todd-worked for Mp3.com, Mp4.com, Msn music. Started ispot, became […]

On my way in, I saw some remediation in law enforcement: Almost like being at GenCon 😉 Okay, now I’m listening to Jenkins discuss how the culture of Blood Elves in WoW can lead back into the collaborative movement of interactive democracy he sees manifested in Obama’s campaign. It’s a wild, but insightful talk. I […]

There is an entertainment and gaming convention on the first floor. Participants and sights include a Magic the Gathering playing card setup, Dungeons and Dragons playing card setup, Guitar Hero III play station and a championship gaming series contest for serious gamers. There is even a guy dressed up in Halo gear to take pictures […]

There was so much of interest to me in the opening remarks with Henry Jenkins and Stephen Johnson that I couldn’t possibly speak to it all. It was both validation of things I’d pondered, back in the 1990’s and new questions and issues to think about. I’m looking forward to when this one is available […]