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Comment on The Medium is the Message on the Web by The Medium is the Message « Mrb303's Blog

The Medium is the Message « Mrb303's Blog — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:54:40 +0000

[...] The Medium is the Message What comes to mind when you hear or read the phrase “The Medium is the Message”? I went out and did some research and I found a particularly good post from a member of twitter (using search.twitter.com). Here is the link to the twitter posting: http://www.r4isstatic.com/?p=102 [...]

Comment on The Medium is the Message on the Web by McLuhan’s The Medium is the Message | Miriam's Blog

McLuhan’s The Medium is the Message | Miriam's Blog — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:53:16 +0000

[...] 3, 2010 by Miriam R4isStatic tweeted a link to his blog post this morning. Check it out http://www.r4isstatic.com/?p=102. Blogger Paul Rissen delves into his interpretation of what McLuhan meant when he coined the [...]

Comment on This is the News by Sprinkles on top — live from the DDJ

Sprinkles on top — live from the DDJ — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:32:47 +0000

[...] We’re stuck in the perpetual now. Each day we churn out new stories, and it’s getting really hard for people to keep on top of that information flow, and to really learn something about the larger issues that are at hand. [...]

Comment on On Avatar, 3D, Augmented Reality and Truly Interactive Television by StoryGas

StoryGas — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:55:47 +0000

Hello

- this is an awesome post — so forgive me if this isn’t on topic — I was a writer on series 2 of the lonelygirl15 spinoff series, KateModern…

…and was astounded when I stumbled on the lgpedia
http://www.lg15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Main_Page

It wasn’t so much the depth of content (story arcs, threads, transcriptions, screengrabs, running gags, quotes, instances of a certain character etc etc etc)
that threw me so much as the fact that it was ‘filled in’ by fans, not the show.

The community seemed to decide what elements it wanted to catalogue, which is probably different from what the show’s creators would have chosen to highlight.

It felt odd. Very odd, having worked previously solely on conventional tv shows. Usually a Researcher would curate an online ‘show bible’.

But what was exciting was that, at first, feeling overwhelmed that I as a writer joining the show couldn’t possibly know as much as the rabid fans who had already been folowing the show’s canon develop over 18 months — I soon realised that instead of being on the crew… actually, I was just another ‘fan’.

I was a ‘fan’ who happened to know the show’s storyline 6 weeks ahead of the rest of the community, nevertheless, I’m just another fan. The cast and crew were also ‘just fans’.

It meant that we felt that we were all part of the show.
It gave us licence to deliberately confound the community (eg giving longer episodes to the characters being ‘booed’ in the forums or acknowledging poor comments)

Legacy media organisations (production companies, broadcasters and distributors) find it difficult to ‘let go’.

We feel like it’s our job to provide all the content – but actually, lg15 showed that we don’t.

Our only commitment, really, was storylining and producing the daily 1-3 minute video – all the rest of the site’s activity – the comments, forum discussions, lgpedia entries is as much a part of the show, but we didn’t have to create it.

Anyway, I’m rambling now — enjoying the posts — hope the BBC will have the courage to allow the audience the keys to the engine!

All the best,

NEIL

Comment on The Mythology Engine by Paul

Paul — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:29:35 +0000

Tim,

Thanks for the comments – at the moment we don’t have many tools beyond what was made for the (relatively!) quick-and-dirty prototype as shown on the BBC Blog. It’s certainly on my radar to start building proper tools, I’ll let people know when we do.

As for the ontology, you can find lots of detailed information about it here: http://www.contextus.net

Comment on The Mythology Engine by Tim Nowaczyk

Tim Nowaczyk — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:08:33 +0000

I’ve been following these developments with much excitement. I am a fan of the American TV show “Lost”, which also has multiple time-lines and parallel realities. Any chance that your ontology and other tools could be released so that I could play with it?

Comment on The Mythology Engine by Faith

Faith — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:03:38 +0000

Great to see it announced!

Comment on On Avatar, 3D, Augmented Reality and Truly Interactive Television by Paul

Paul — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:50:53 +0000

Yes, very true – my thought was that a 3D representation may be easier to ‘explore’ and look at from various angles, and represent the wealth of the information more than a flat structure. That said, I’m not fully convinced either – and I certainly wouldn’t dismiss the 2D before we’ve even started…

Comment on On Avatar, 3D, Augmented Reality and Truly Interactive Television by Tristan

Tristan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:49:55 +0000

I’m not sure why a balls-on-sticks/dots-and-lines visualisation would be any better in 3D than it is in 2D, in fact it could well be worse. A successful visualisation would represent useful information in a clear and appealing manner, isn’t that the challenge? Agree about Avatar btw.

Comment on The Web as a Creative Tool by Paul

Paul — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:29:03 +0000

Thanks, Dan – I like the idea of piracy being a KPI – because yes, that’s (in some forms) exactly what it is – a measure of how interested people are in something, how ‘desperate’ they are to get their hands on it etc.

I also agree that obviously it’s probably easier given the resources the BBC has to do the semantic stuff, but I’d also make it more explicit – we can show it working within our own domains, but *also* link out as well, in order to encourage others and draw them in – benefits both the audience and the Beeb.