Topic: Media
The Metaverse: the social, media-rich, 3-dimensional Web. In this panel at Accelerating Change 2005, entitled "Building the Metaverse", two examples of the emerging Metaverse are demonstrated. Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab, shows off Second Life and David Alan Smith, creator of "The Colony", demonstrates the Croquet project. What emerges are two similarly powerful interactive systems that are allowing people to interact and be creative together in ways never before possible. As computation spreads ever deeper into our lives, we will all increasingly live in the Metaverse. When you can build the ideal world, what do you build?
A diverse panel of players in the current and cutting edge of entertainment discuss the future of entertainment at this panel discussion from Web 2.0. Mark Cuban, Michael Powell, Evan Williams, and Reed Hastings share insights about the effect of the increased availability of broadband on entertainment delivery and discuss the conflict between the forces of control and the forces of freedom. They also discuss the future of content delivery, the inherent differences between audio and video, and the trade-off between convenience and quality.
Felix Miller, co-founder of Last.fm, wants you to join the social music revolution he and his partners envision by sharing your musical tastes and listening history with others. Your generosity will be rewarded by the creation of a community knowledgebase that enables its members to harness the collective wisdom of the crowd and discover new music. Utilizing a process of collaborative filtering on an index of over 25 million tracks, Felix invites you to discover a new path to musical pleasure and enjoy a richer listening experience.
Larry Magid speaks with Andy Halliday, founder of OurStory.com about his company's new social networking site that allows individuals and families to share and unfold the stories of their lives. Unlike other social networks, OurStory focuses on allowing users to create and share tales with select groups or the whole world, and offers tools like text, photos and videos to help make the stories better.
Yahoo! has been one of the leading companies in the field of content syndication. and has been working to create a Content Syndication Ecosystem where publishers, advertisers, and customers are able to interact. Scott Gatz, Yahoo!'s senior director of personalization products, describes how Yahoo has been able to create an environment where customers get the experience they need; while allowing publishers to develop a repeat daily relationship with their users.
David Sifry is the founder & CEO of Technorati, one of the most popular blog search engines on the Internet. In his second annual "State of the Blogosphere" address, Sifry talks about the phenomenal growth of blogs, the rise of blog spam, and the signs that the ice-cold relationship between bloggers and mainstream media is starting to thaw out.
Larry Weber, Chairman and CEO of W2 Group, Inc. asks the question: "Why in a world of micro-segmentation, have we created the two largest media companies in the world, who do not develop any content themselves?" From nearly 20 years of leadership experience in technology marketing and public relations, Larry develops a case for how and why the media landscape is changing so dramatically, and what marketing must do to keep up with the pace.
What does the future hold for citizen journalism? In a world where media is democratized, many organizations have responded by increasingly trying to control the message and the dissemination of information. In this edition of Sound Policy with Denise Howell, Dan Gillmor reveals that the distinction between the mainstream journalist and the citizen journalist has become increasingly blurred by the act of journalism itself.
The internet is starting to completely transform the distribution of multimedia content, and it's more than just delivering video over IP. At the 2005 Syndicate conference, Jeremy Allaire of Brightcove explains how using the internet is revolutionizing the distribution of video and multimedia products, creating a richer user experience and allowing producers greater freedom and reach for their products.
As many American innovators are pleased with the defeat of the broadcast flag in the United States and move on to other concerns, the television and motion picture industries have turned their attention to Europe as the next battleground in the copyright and infringement war. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cory Doctorow calls on open source innovators in Europe to fight for their rights as well.
