I’m going to the Battle of Ideas conference later this month. I do recommend that (London-and-environs-based) readers take a look. Despite it being at the weekend, which might understandably dampen the ardour of any self-respecting new media flâneur, it’s looking like a veritable cavalcade of fresh ideas, innovation and debate across the disciplines. Not
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Update: seems like I’m not the only person who prefers Jaiku. [nb: Jyri Engestrom spoke at NMK Forum in June. We always knew he was destined for big things.] Jaiku is nicer-looking and more functional than Twitter, and has a kick-ass mobile app for series 60 Nokia phones. However, I have about 3 Jaiku pals Maybe this is just nonsense. I don’t know, and it reads like fanboy ramblings. I’m only half-way through the game, as well. The world of computer games and the world of cinema have had a constant and uneasy relationship since I started gaming. By and large, film-related computer games have been some sort of crap merchandise created At FOWA yesterday, one of the most interesting presentations came from the founder of etsy — a marketplace for handcrafted items — Robert Kalin. Kalin is like a Web 2.0 version of Holden Caulfield — he starts his talk: …dropped out of high school at 15. ran away to live in boston with And so to Mashup* DEMO: fifteen-or-so five-minute presentations from new or new-ish web companies, presented one after another, without questions. I quite enjoy this style of event, though I reckon an additional three minutes for questions to each of the outfits represented would have added a lot of value. At the very least, though, it provided a bit |             | |||
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