Archive for 'Creative Industries'
A little reflection on modern life..
I was visiting a couple of friends this evening when the landline rang. “It’s for you” said Matt to Eli, “I spoke to my mum yesterday”.
Full StoryWishful Linking: Daily Links for Creative Professionals
Mark McGuinness’ new project is a must for anyone working in the creative sector. I’ll let him explain: I’ve just created a new blog, Wishful Linking, to share links that may be useful and/or interesting to you as a creative professional. So if you’d like me to send you links to web pages about creativity, [...]
Full StorySocial Media: Better left unfinished
I’m making the fifth and final New Media 4Cast at the moment. This episode will look at social media for creative people. It’ll be a good way of bringing together everything we’ve been discussing over the last year. For this episode I’ve interviewed two of Brum’s most illustrious social media gurus Pete Ashton and Nick [...]
Full StoryReality Estate: Singing Birmingham’s Truths on 28th October
Reality Estate is a rather large performance art event happening in Birmingham on October 28th 2007. From the website: 300 participants 3 venues 3 professional, 3 community and 3 estate-led choirs An audience of 3,000 1 aim: to sing Birmingham’s truths On 28th October 2007, REALITY ESTATE will transform the Five Ways Estate, Shopping Centre [...]
Full StoryNew Media 4Casts Episode 4: Online Music
We’ve just uploaded the new edition of The New Media 4Casts. (I actually finished it before I went away but just didn’t have time to get it up here!) This month’s show focuses on online music. We’re looking at how the internet has changed the way people are buying, selling, distributing and marketing music. We [...]
Full StoryTool Tips: 10 sites that make running a business easier (Digital Central)
Post of the week this week goes to Stef Lewandowski for Tool Tips: 10 sites that make running a business easier on the new, improved Digital Central website. Whatever kind of business you’re part of, check this out. You’re bound to find some useful stuff in here. Great stuff. Great to see that one of [...]
Full StoryBBC Innovation Labs: How the West Midlanders got on
(NB apologies if you saw an earlier, mangled version of this post yesterday – my mistake!) Last Friday (30th March) I went to the final day of the Southern BBC Innovation Labs on behalf of Digital Central Here’s a quick run-down of the day, including a few interviews I did with some of those involved. [12:00pm] I’ve come [...]
Full StoryCoworking Spaces: Update
A quick update on the post about Coworking Spaces. The response to this was very positive – as well as getting in touch with Ben from Inventicus who has already been researching the idea (and was looking for partners), Laura from Unlimited also responded saying she’d been looking into setting up something similar to The [...]
Full StoryNew Media 4Casts Episode 3: Film, Documentary and the Internet
This month’s show is for Film and Documentary makers and looks at how new internet technologies are changing the landscape of this industry. Includes interviews with Patrick Walker from Google, Fabien Rigall from Future Shorts and Emily Renshaw Smith from Current TV. For more information on the shows and to subscribe to the podcast, please [...]
Full StoryCurrent TV looking for film and documentary makers
I spent an enjoyable half-hour this afternoon interviewing Emily Renshaw-Smith from Current TV for the next show in the New Media 4Casts series for 4Talent. The show will look at the opportunities opened up by new technology for film and documentary makers. It’s been a really interesting one so far and we should be online [...]
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