By Ian, on February 9th, 2010
A presentation I wrote for a meeting today about where our media are heading in the next 5–10 years. It doesn’t make a lot of sense without my accompanying narrative, I realise. Nonetheless, I wanted to keep it safely bookmarked and you might enjoy a round of Powerpoint-Karaoke against it. Also, no image sources are acknowledged *slaps own hands* Continue reading Mass Media Trends for the Tweenties By Ian, on February 8th, 2010 While the UK slept last night, it appears there was some sort of sporting tournament across the Atlantic and that the world’s most-used search provider advertised its search capabilities and new(ish) browser. It’s quite a nice advert, telling a (cliched) story in an original manner with a clean style. The excitement over Google advertising Continue reading Hell Freezes Over: Google and the Super Bowl By Ian, on February 4th, 2010
On most news organisations’ websites, you’ll find a widget called ‘most read’, ‘most shared’ or ‘most commented’, possibly all three. The Guardian’s Zeitgeist experiment suggests an interesting alternative. Typically, the content found in the most-X sections provides a salutary — if depressing — reminder of humanity’s baseness and stupidity. Continue reading Taming the Spirit of the Times By Ian, on February 1st, 2010 In mitigation of my not being able to think of anything interesting to write about today, I shall pass on several thousand words by other people, published by The Society of Digital agencies (SoDA). It’s a survey and editorial on what members of the society think 2010 holds for digital media marketing. It’s a 70-page PDF, but Continue reading Digital Marketing Outlook By Ian, on January 20th, 2010 I want to remember this: (via Swissmiss), the CMYK embroidery project. CMYK embroidery is a hand-made printing process, based on computer generated halftone screens. Images are halftoned according to conventional screen angles: Cyan 105, Magenta 75, Yellow 90 and Black 45. Dot screens are the transformed into cross-stitch screens, printed on paper and marked Continue reading CMYK Embroidery By Ian, on January 20th, 2010  When people were asked where they found out about news stories in a new Pew Research Center project, their answer was old media, predominantly newspapers. This is the headline table: Sector From Which New Information Reported (Six Key Storylines) Sector % of All Stories Print 48% Local TV 28 Niche media 13 Radio Continue reading News Comes From Newspapers Shock Page 2 of 10«12345»Last » | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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