Attended bTween 2008 on Thursday. Really good, more industry focused than Futuresonic. Interesting to see how companies and corporations such as Orange, BBC, Channel 4 etc are adapting to these new forms of media. Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing was very good ,a lot of exciting ideas about the future of all forms of creative media, issues of copyright and distribution. I liked his argument that good or bad doesn't really matter. The majority of stuff published online is shit but this is a positive thing. It means the technology and means of production are cheap enough for people to experiment, test and make things without worrying.
It's always good to be in a room interested in similar themes and ideas. Makes arguing my case in the learning agreement web.2.0/web.3.0 as a design form a bit easier when you see how others are using it.
One thing I liked was the live streaming they had on stage. At the same time they had the speaker, the webcast behind, the presenters slides and a Twitter/chat feed. What was interesting was how the chat feed started to shape some of the presentations. These weren't scripted questions and they hadn't planned to use it. It was an interesting example of author and viewer and the blurring of those roles.
Print this post
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
