ReadWriteWeb:
This is an exciting week for us here at ReadWriteWeb. We just recently announced the ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, which is gearing up to be an excellent event on the state of the real-time Web and the challenges ahead. See (Read More)
Innovation in College Media:
Photo by Flickr user cole24 used with Creative Commons permission.Below are the results from most of the categories in the 2nd CICM contest. We had 30 schools enter, and some impressive entries to boot. There are still a coup (Read More)
Mashable!:
Leah Betancourt is the digital community manager at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, Minn. She is @l3ahb3tan on Twitter.When you think of YouTube, you probably think of viral videos such as choreographed wedding procession da (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
IT'S A GAME THAT HAS PRACTICALLY BECOME THE national pastime in South Korea. Professional players earn six-figure salaries and enjoy the benefits of hefty sponsorships from big corporations and the Korean Air Force. Two telev (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Ultimately, online video ads have an advantage that display does not: They combine the storytelling of TV with the metric accountability of the web.So Dina Kaplan, blip.tv Co-Founder, remains optimistic about the profitable f (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Here is this week's ReadWriteWeb events guide. Remember to download the calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide (Read More)
MediaShift:
This is one in an occasional series on MediaShift where I discuss issues in-depth with thought leaders in online media. The format has changed to give you a profile of the person, as well as more of our dialogue -- including (Read More)
New York Times:
Rebecca Loncraine means to apply a Freudian logic to the stimuli that shaped the storytelling of L. Frank Baum, the author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”
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readwriteweb:
A couple of interesting new events this week on the ReadWriteWeb events guide, including a Twitter-driven documentary about Twitter. Download the calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also im (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Last week, I shared the syllabus for my Transmedia Storytelling and Entertainment class and was blown away by the intensity of interest out there. I don't expect the same level of excitement over this class, since there are m (Read More)
Voice--A Storyteller's Lifestyle:
A storyteller adopts the imagery of weaving stories together whether or not there is a love of sewing fabric.Why is that exactly?Let us explore the terms we use to explain our art form inspired by the needle and thread.First, (Read More)
Web Worker Daily:
Last week Sam explored trends in the technology jobs market, suggesting that significant opportunities only reveal themselves when examining both the available jobs and the underlying trends in demand for skills. Coincidental (Read More)
Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Given the interest out there in transmedia or cross-media entertainment, I thought I would share the syllabus for the course I am teaching this fall at the University of Southern California. I am still shifting some details, (Read More)
Mashable!:
David Spark (@dspark) is the founder of Spark Media Solutions, specialists in building industry voice through storytelling and social media. He blogs at The Spark Minute and is the author of “14 Successful Techniques for Bui (Read More)
Submitted by emmeffe2
from Google Reader:
Canstruction is a foundation which organizes design competitions in cities throughout North America, Australia, and other locations around the world. Groups of architects and engineers mentor students to compete in the constr (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
1. “Long-term forecast? Your guess is as good as ours.”WEATHER FORECASTERS have gotten pretty good at nailing the outlook two to three days ahead. The problem is, “everyone wants to know what the weather is going to do next w (Read More)
Submitted by Avi
from Google Reader:
In 2009 we are in the midst of an interesting era for data visualization, particularly as it becomes coupled with the social web. Increasing processing speed, bandwidth and storage capacity are making it relatively simple to (Read More)
Umair Haque:
Dear Newspaper Magnates,So you're going to try and charge people for news yet again. Cart, meet horse.Journalists didn't make 20th century newspapers profitable — readers did. 20th century newspapers were never supernormally (Read More)
mashable:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on t (Read More)