by Allen Weiner | March 19, 2009 | Comments Off
After a delayed screening of “The Yes Men Fix the World” at SXSW, I was able to catch up with Mike Bonnano, one of the Yes Men, and ask him some questions about what’s next for the corporate pranksters as well as film funding issues. While not a prank, one of the memorable scenes in [...]
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Category: citizen media Conferences film Newspapers Tags: Andy Bichlbaum, HBO, MIke Bonnano, SXSW, The New York Times, The Yes Men
by Allen Weiner | March 18, 2009 | Comments Off
Last year, I wrote about the concept of turning the mobile phone into the ultimate device for mobile reporting (a concept which applies to any content creator). Publishers, in keeping with the Web 2.0 notion of timely information in a variety of formats, would arm journalists with a tricked-phone phone from which they could write, [...]
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Category: blogging citizen media Conferences Mobile Publishing Tags: Dell, Flixwagon, journaist, netbook, Nokia, platypus journalist, Qik, SXSW
by Allen Weiner | March 17, 2009 | Comments Off
After two-plus days of panels, meeting and briefings (as well as just bathing in the spirit and energy at SXSW), the interactive (web/internet) portion of the show ends and the music takes center stage. Film continues throughout the week with a mix of indie films, short films and some world feature film premieres. Spike Lee’s [...]
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Category: blogging citizen media Conferences Tags: "Over the Hills and Far Away", Austin, Spike Lee, SXSW
by Allen Weiner | March 16, 2009 | Comments Off
I had the opportunity to sit down with Bob Alexander, president of Indiepix Films, an independent film distributor, and discuss the role the role technology is playing in the creation and distribution of independent films. The interview is about 20 minutes, but very interesting for those who follow the movie industry. Indiepix’s film, “The Least [...]
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Category: citizen media Conferences film Tags: Bob Alexander, films, Indiepix, movies, SXSW, The Least of These
by Allen Weiner | March 15, 2009 | Comments Off
After arriving on the third full day of SXSW in Austin, I was quick to get the lay of the land and begin meeting some of the hot, entrepreneurial companies at the show. The show includes an interactive portion (through Tuesday), film (all week long) and music (all week, but picks up after Tuesday). The [...]
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Category: citizen media Conferences social media Tags: Alltop, Austin, Guy Kawasaki, Onespot, Otherinbox, Quickpod, SXSW, Texas, Twine
by Allen Weiner | March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
Sunday, March 15 marks my introduction to the multimedia wonders that await me at SXSW in Austin. Until Tuesday, the focus is on “interactive” followed by music from Wednesday on with film running throughout. It will be a busman’s holiday (there’s a term you just don’t hear enough) in that I will be “reporting” from [...]
Category: blogging broadcasting citizen media Conferences Tags: Nokia, Now Live, SXSW, Twitter, YouTube
by Allen Weiner | February 26, 2009 | Comments Off
As Yahoo enters the command and control part of its evolution, new CEO Carol Bartz sums up on the company’s blog the reason for a new, more centralized corporate structure: “Mention Yahoo! practically anywhere in the world, and people yodel. But in the past few years, we haven’t been as clear in showing the world [...]
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Category: blogging citizen media Publishing Search social media Web 2.0 Tags: Carol Bartz, Yahoo
by Allen Weiner | February 24, 2009 | Comments Off
As a part-time resident of Austin, Texas and music/movie/interactive sort of guy, it’s fairly obvious I will be at SXSW. It will be my first time at this megaevent, so as a conference veteran, I know somewhat to expect, but in Austin “weird happens” (which is why we love it), so it could hold many [...]
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Category: citizen media Conferences film Publishing Television Video Tags: Austin, Conferences, South by Southwest, SXSW, Texas
by Allen Weiner | February 23, 2009 | Comments Off
This one hurts. I grew up in Philadelphia when it was a two newspaper town–actually three if you include the Daily News which had the best sports section in a brutal sports town (who did not love/hate Stan Hochman). In fact, when I was in graduate school, I did freelance work for the non-defunct Philadelphia [...]
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Category: blogging citizen media Newspapers Publishing social media Tags: Philadelphia, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer
by Allen Weiner | February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
For a few months now, I have been putting my Kodak Zi6 videocamera loaner through its paces, and the verdict is quite positive. Slightly larger than the Flip Mino pocket-sized HD camera, Kodak’s version-one that has been in market for quite while—has received far less fanfare but is comparable in many ways to the Flip [...]
Category: blogging citizen media Video videocameras Tags: Flip, Flip Mino, HD cameras, Kodak, Kodak Zi6, videocameras
