Content Archives
Shameless Plug II
Ever wonder how to get children interested in art? Publishers Weekly suggests no better way than the 12-book series How Artists See. Author/teacher Colleen Carroll finds just the right tone as she introduces great (and not so well-known) works of art from around the world with inquisitive and entertaining text.
One For My Baby
If you're a fan of Frank Sinatra ... or of old-school show biz ... or of delightful storytelling ... enjoy this remembrance from writer/actor/standup comedian Larry Miller.
Britney Breakdown
Time was you needed your own late-night comedy show to do parodies of current news and pop culture events. But the advent of video sharing websites like YouTube has given a new generation of comedy writers a platform to showcase and promote their productions. For a timely and funny take on Britney Spears' latest sad turn, enjoy "Britney Breakdown".
Measuring the Blogosphere
Think you know everything about the world of blogging? Click here (.pdf file) for a quick primer on the latest blog research, courtesy of the folks at AdAge.
Exploring The US Army's Web Strategy
For an inside look into how the United States Army develops and implements its internet strategy, watch this interview from blogger and Forrester Researcher Jeremiah Owyang.
Internet TV Grows Up?
For a thoughtful post on the professionalization of internet video, see Laurie Sullivan's NewTeeVee article.
Ephemeral Networking
One under-reported (in my opinion) aspect of broadband video has been how the internet enables ad-hoc networks to spring up around time- or location-specific events. An entire channel devoted to G8 summit coverage is exactly the sort of promise (from a programming perspective) internet video is meant to fulfill and is a fantastic way for a micro-broadcaster to excel where the traditional networks and even cable news organizations fall short.
Is The Internet Outdated?
Recent exponential growth in broadband video, social networking tools, and IP telephony have relied on the ability of the Internet to support such huge data traffic. Now early Internet pioneers are pointing out that the web of webs was never designed to support such bandwidth. Luckily, being pioneers, they're hard at work on the next generation of technical underpinnings for the web. Read about it here (.pdf file).