I have no idea what 2007 will bring for me. I'm still very new to this whole game. But I will tell you this, I do plan on meeting a ton of great people. I just hope the video blogging calender keeps up to date.
steve garfield
· 2 years ago
I need to take a breath and think about 2007. you've done a good job getting some thoughts down.
To start 2007 off, the Boston Media Makers are going to 'make a movie'
We'll be meeting on Sunday Jan 7th at Sweet Finnish in JP and make a video of Sweet Finnish. After that we are going to help pucsh Ravi's car into the new Axiom art studio at Green Street and film that too.
There's going to be lots of cameras and computers and video making...
Everyone is invited. No agenda, no real plans, other than mingling at 10:00. Then we'll see what happens...
Steve Sherlock
· 2 years ago
2007 will be a good year. The Joyful Jubilant Learning group is going to get into high gear. We collaboratively put together our own 12 days of Christmas. A simple start but indication of more to come.
Thanks for the link love bro! You're right about old media not going down without a fight. Imagine if limitless oil popped up in everyone's backyards. Exxon/Mobil would DEFINITELY have something to say about that. I think social media pioneers need to stay focused on what they do best - create community/belonging, facilitate discourse, and empower participation/collaboration. My network still doesn't get that. Reading cherry-picked viewer emails on TV just doesn't cut it. I commented on Amanda Congdon's new vlog the other day (as did many others), And she responded back and forth with me numerous times. This helps distill ideas down and create conversation. At the end of it, perhaps we both came away thinking about how messages are conveyed. Would Russert or Williams spend the time to do this? Never! I have tremendous respect for both of them, but that's just not how NBC is structured.
I also think we need to keep an eye on net neutrality. Despite the election of a neutrality-friendly congress, don't underestimate the power of big lobbyists and parlimentary tactics.
What I did NOT get for Christmas was a buyout offer from NBC (sigh). I guess they still like me. Alas, i must continue to toil away in the salt mines of old media, while i designing communities and getting episodes in the can for my emerging new media venture.
Here's to a prosperous 2007 for all new media pioneers!
Jim
Whitney
· 2 years ago
I started reading Wikinomics- I think some of the principals are the same as the Spider and the Starfish. I think many of us see a tipping point coming, where things will either do great or totally implode. The point is not to make the mistakes of the last dot com boom where sillier and sillier ideas were funded out the ying yang- (If one of your ideas does get funded- put your money into a very safe place- don;t suffer the fate of Enron employees and leave it all in stock options.) Look for things that meet the value add rationale- who is making a difference and truly meeting a need- and who is only meeting a want, a fad, a passing fancy. In my opinion, there are a bunch of these things making some headway, but they are destined for the fate of the pet rock. Other tools really make a substantial difference in how information is processed or communicated. And again- it's not about just copying someone else's idea and trying to be the next (fill in your example here- You tube, Digg, etc.) but it's about originality and value add- how are you improving someone's life in a tangible way? And use the mom and dad test- if your relatives can't understand what you are talking about or why they need this new thing, then it probably won't be around that long.
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· 2 years ago
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To start 2007 off, the Boston Media Makers are going to 'make a movie'
We'll be meeting on Sunday Jan 7th at Sweet Finnish in JP and make a video of Sweet Finnish. After that we are going to help pucsh Ravi's car into the new Axiom art studio at Green Street and film that too.
There's going to be lots of cameras and computers and video making...
http://bostonmediamakers.wordpress.com/
Everyone is invited. No agenda, no real plans, other than mingling at 10:00. Then we'll see what happens...
http://www.joyfuljubilantlearning.com/joyful_ju...
Enjoy!
Thanks for the link love bro! You're right about old media not going down without a fight. Imagine if limitless oil popped up in everyone's backyards. Exxon/Mobil would DEFINITELY have something to say about that. I think social media pioneers need to stay focused on what they do best - create community/belonging, facilitate discourse, and empower participation/collaboration. My network still doesn't get that. Reading cherry-picked viewer emails on TV just doesn't cut it. I commented on Amanda Congdon's new vlog the other day (as did many others), And she responded back and forth with me numerous times. This helps distill ideas down and create conversation. At the end of it, perhaps we both came away thinking about how messages are conveyed. Would Russert or Williams spend the time to do this? Never! I have tremendous respect for both of them, but that's just not how NBC is structured.
I also think we need to keep an eye on net neutrality. Despite the election of a neutrality-friendly congress, don't underestimate the power of big lobbyists and parlimentary tactics.
What I did NOT get for Christmas was a buyout offer from NBC (sigh). I guess they still like me. Alas, i must continue to toil away in the salt mines of old media, while i designing communities and getting episodes in the can for my emerging new media venture.
Here's to a prosperous 2007 for all new media pioneers!
Jim
And use the mom and dad test- if your relatives can't understand what you are talking about or why they need this new thing, then it probably won't be around that long.