Archive for the ‘Interactive Media’ Category

The Internet and the Reinvention of the Media

I found this presentation interesting and I thought I’d share it. It covers the evolving landscape digital media — online video, ecommerce, mobile, social media and gaming. nextMEDIA Market Report View more presentations from AchillesMedia
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Posted In 2 September, 2011 by Kyle, in Interactive Media with No Comments

Qwiki’s Video Search Engine On The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

In honor of today being the 1st anniversary of the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics here in Vancouver, I thought I’d see what Qwiki had to say about the sporting event. If you aren’t familiar with Qwiki, it is a video search engine that narrates your search query in short multimedia video clips. Think ...
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Posted In 12 February, 2011 by Kyle, in Interactive Media with No Comments

Are You Ready for the 21st Century?

This short video provides an interesting look at the transition from the industrial revolution in the 1700s, to the factory-oriented mass markets of 1900s and now to the more customized, niche-oriented markets that the digital revolution has made possible.
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Posted In 22 November, 2010 by Kyle, in Interactive Media with No Comments

Influencers: How Trends and Ideas Become Contagious

If you’ve ever been fascinated by the ideas of thinkers like Malcolm Gladwell and his classic book The Tipping Point, you’ll want see this short documentary. It examines  how creative people living in communities all over the world influence styles and trends in our culture. If you like the show, check out the Influencer website ...
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Posted In 6 November, 2010 by Kyle, in Interactive Media with No Comments

Creative Labs @ Google Spotlights Innovative Uses of Web 2.0 and Social Media

The amount of awesome ideas, inspiring video and creative uses of Web 2.0 collected in this presentation is astounding. Good to see that Google continues to give its very talented employees their “20 percent time” to work on creative projects.
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Posted In 21 October, 2010 by Kyle, in Interactive Media with No Comments

Groundswell: How Disruptive Social Technologies Level The Playing Field

I’m currently reading Groundswell: Winning In A World Transformed By Social Technologies. Of all the social media books I’ve come across, I’ve found this one to be the most engaging and interesting (despite being written in 2007). The groundswell phenomenon is defined in the book as: A social trend in which people use technologies to ...
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Posted In 5 June, 2010 by Kyle, in Interactive Media with No Comments