Entries for October 19 2007
Possible Partnerships
[SUMMARY—International collaborations.]
(WORLD) After our podcast with Cathy Davidson, the co-founder of HASTAC and the guys who are administering the new $2 million Digital Media and Learning Competition, MediaSnackers was honoured to be approached by two organisations to become a delivery partner in their proposal to the competition
Not only have we featured these guys work on our blog, but we have conducted podcast interviews with them and simply admire their focus and operations:
• Global Kids Inc (podcast link)
• Project Happiness, part of the Dalai Lama Foundation operations (podcast link)
The competition has had 1010 entries and we'll have to wait till February 2008 to find out if the proposals are successful—we're just chuffed to be asked.
Digital Media and Learning Competition
Filed by DK on October 19 2007
The MediaSnackers Meme #5
[SUMMARY—Keeping track of the growing MediaSnackers Meme.]
(WORLD) We probably weren't the first to apply the 'snacking' metaphor to media, although there seems to be a growing adoption in terms of describing the new youth-media landscape—we thought it would be good to keep an eye on the growing MediaSnacking meme:
To cater to what it believes is the short attention span of online audiences, the network today is launching CBS EyeLab, a digital-production studio that will create and distribute short clips cut together from the network's most popular shows.
Attempts by one of the biggest TV netweork to win back viewers through the web.
If velocity is indeed one of the prime attributes of Social Media )you can argue the point—but heck, speed is screamingly important these days) then Snackbytes are my way of ensuring that I share my thoughts in the moment so that they retain relevancy with the many topics and conversations I follow and engage in on-line.
From the weblog from Deborah Schultz.
Tweets keep everything short and sweet, perfect for sound-bite nation or media snackers.
John Johnston about his experiences of following a presentation via Twitter.
The MediaSnackers Meme #1, #2, #3 & #4
Filed by DK on October 19 2007
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