…months later, a new post.
Being under Non Disclosure Agreements left, right, and centre makes it hard to find a work-oriented topic to post on that doesn’t violate someone-or-another’s intellectual property.
As I pointed out to Gavin Heaton, we should all be bound by FriendDA and leave it at that.
Seriously though, I’m working my way through industry topics such as convergence and media management in digital media, and finding a few nuggets to share.
Why strive for authenticity?
Because authentic stories tell themselves, over and over, without needing to be propped up.
Any agency worth its salt can make a viral-style campaign that’s really convincing.
Naked was caught…well…naked. Because everything seemed a little not-quite-real from day 1 of it appearing in public. Hey, I don’t slag people off: but even they must realise that the negative backlash is not the outcome they wanted.
Let’s all end on a high note.
I tried to offer my services via Twitter, and had zero takers. Fair enough, maybe my circle is too small.
So, I blog it here, out in the open.
You could take this opportunity to “hand me the keys” and go to the beach.
Or, you could take the chance to get some project work done, or done faster.
You could use me as an extra pair of hands.
No, I will not be a slave, Man Friday, or workplace masseur, or anything similar.
My offer is serious, if you want to take me up on it.
Location: Sydney, or you pay me the cost-price of travel to/from your preferred location.
What do I do?
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Stacey Higginbotham has done a short writeup of Christos Lagomichos’ comments on standalone set top boxes.
Getting content from the web to your TV is driving the release of several new set-top boxes such as the Roku, Apple TV and ZeeVee. And yet one of the top chipmakers in the set-top box market doesn’t see those types of appliances winning out over the set-top boxes you get from video service providers (cable, telco, satellite, etc.) anytime soon.
I both agree and disagree with the comments, and the angle. No, it’s not fence-sitting, it’s a case of “different horses for different courses”.
A highly-evolved set top box needs to earn its place in the livingroom of today. Most consumers I talk with, from all walks of life, have a good understanding of what they want, and what might be possible, for a “converged TV” experience.
The carriers and TV companies want to you go into their very vertical, tightly-controlled product lineups: and stay there! The independents, or meta-TV operators, would like you to pick their particular flavour of vertical, tightly-controlled product range.
And the hackers have to stand alone, or find a provider for the in-between. “What if,” they say, “I could have a box that works with my chosen TV bouquet, yet can see and use all the media in my home, and can give me some options for having-it-my-way?”.
For your chance to win a CD, make a sensible, helpful, decent comment on this post, which might help a fellow reader with a tried-and-tested-and-not-made-of-Unobtanium answer. The subjectively-best/most creative answer before midnight AEDST wins two CDs. Read the rest of this entry »
Not confident you’re going to get something good for Christmas?
How about a CD?
Gkoya will give away six new, recent, CDs over the next few days: starting Monday.
What do you have to do, to get yourself a musical masterpiece?
Just answer the simple question/challenge that will be given to you each giveaway day. Really easy.
You have to have a mailing address in Australia to win, and you need to provide that address (and a real email address, which will never be used after this promotion) within 24 hours of the giveaway day.
Which CDs are up for grabs?
TZU, Smiling At Strangers
Kisschasy, too b or not too b
Metro Station
Hercules and Love Affair
So Frenchy, So Chic
Goldfrapp, Seventh Tree
See you Monday!
