Mary Hodder vlogged Nathan Eagle‘s talk at Where 2.0 wherein he discussed MIT Media Lab’s Reality Mining Experiment. RME is presence information analysis using mobile phone data. The dynamics of individual and group behaviour are modelled and extrapolated.
Archive for June, 2005
MIT Media Lab’s Reality Mining Experiment
Posted in PARTICIPATORY MEDIA, SNA & ONA on June 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Wine Distribution Distortion, Unplugged
Posted in DISTRIBUTION, ECONOMICS & FINANCE on June 25, 2005 | Comments Off
Controlling distribution has always been a good way to make a good buck. And protecting that buck has not been too difficult for wine distributors, it didn’t cost them very much to maintain the favour of those who made the rules that disallowed direct sale from wineries to consumers. Good news for wineries (particularly the [...]
Max Levchin Opines On Google’s Wallet
Posted in ECONOMICS & FINANCE, PEEPS on June 24, 2005 | Comments Off
The Register interviewed Max Levchin asking what he thought was cooking over at Google regarding their entrance into the payments biz. In case you don’t remember Max was one of the founders of PayPal, the other was Peter Thiel. Methinks despite everyone already having email accounts Google have managed to attract a decent following. If [...]
344x For Kleiner And Sequoia On Google
Posted in ECONOMICS & FINANCE on June 24, 2005 | Comments Off
Bill Burnham posted an analysis of the ROI Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia each earned on their initial 12.5M 1999 investment in Google. As it currently stands, both Kleiner and Sequoia have already distributed the vast majority of their stakes to their LPs. Thanks the wonder of the SEC’s Form 4, it’s possible to go back [...]
This baby revs up to 125,000 FPS, I would love to know who is doing what with this. Me want one. Check the demo videos.
Music Clearance Optimisation
Posted in DISTRIBUTION, FILM, MUSIC on June 23, 2005 | Comments Off
via: Lessig The makers of the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom had a bit of dancing to do themselves to manage their costs and exposure in securing the rights for music in the film. As mentioned in the interview with Mad Hot Ballroom producer/writer Amy Sewell, she and director Marilyn Agrelo smartly pre-cleared most of the [...]
Regarding The Film Experiment, Three Notes
Posted in 24x7 FILM EXPERIMENT, FILM on June 23, 2005 | Comments Off
First of all and again, thanks to everyone who participated. Second, a few peeps have expressed interest in seeing certain footage and we’re trying to figure out the easiest way to handle this. On one hand it would be really cool to show it all, and on the other if we post it on the [...]
Broadcast Flag Alert
Posted in DISTRIBUTION, ECONOMICS & FINANCE, POLITICS, TV & RADIO on June 22, 2005 | Comments Off
via: boingboing If you are not up to date on the broadcast flag, Susan Crawford‘s piece The Biology Of The Broadcast Flag (.pdf format) is a must-read. Here’s the quote from boingboing: Slashdot the vote: We’re beating back the Broadcast Flag! Donna sez, “EFF Activism Coordinator Danny O’Brien shares inspiring stats from the 48-hour campaign [...]
Used Hydraulic Fluid For Soap
Posted in WTF? on June 22, 2005 | Comments Off
Wouldn’t you think that disposal of waste products is part of the job. What could these guys have been thinking? Management has a responsibility to ensure stuff like this doesn’t happen. And for this to happen in a hospital environment, geez. “We regret when any patient suffers,” Duke said, adding that there is “always some [...]
They Finally Go Home Together
Posted in DISTRIBUTION, ECONOMICS & FINANCE, FILM on June 22, 2005 | Comments Off
The aphrodisiac of economies-of-scale may have had something to do with the announced combination of AMC and Loews. Back in 2004 both groups were bought up by private investors, not much later the brotherly love develops.
Beeb news published a nice piece on Niklas Zennström and his Skype and Kazaa home-runs.
via: Rodrigo Sepúlveda Schulz KiSS Technology (Denmark) produces a DVR with ethernet connectivity, programmable via an intraweb electronic programming guide. And your PC and Mac can FTP video and audio files to/from the box. One drawback for us USA guys is it appears these boxes have SCART connectors and no DVI.
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