Disposable Content
the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria… the MGM version… This morning we had a meeting with the head of one of the largest newspaper groups in the world, based in the UK. We were early…(which I think...
Read moreThis Is What Journalism Has Become….
June 8, 1972. Nick Ut, (Huynh Cong Ut), captures this Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Phan Thị Kim Phúc. The 9 year old girl running toward the camera to flee a South Vietnamese napalm attack on the Trang Bang village...
Read moreThe Empire Strikes Back
“….gimme a sec Vader, and I’ll be right with you…..” A few days ago we wrote about the rise of the ‘peasants’ as they took control of the media. As in the 15th Century, the nobility is pissed off....
Read moreWhere Are We Going?
“….are we there yet?…..” In the first half of the 20th Century, we had an economy that was based on manufacturing stuff. That is, the bulk of the economy was based on making physical, tangible things, like bricks, or...
Read moreWhat’s Your Trip…..
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSaY3TSOP6c] Guy Bauer’s video submission on his trip to Ireland made it into the pilot for What’s Your Trip with Anthony Bourdain. But I also loved Bauer’s travel video to Poland. The home page for the show is finally...
Read moreThe Peasants Are Revolting!
…. storming the CBS Building….. The printing press unleashed a revolution unforseen by Gutenberg. The ‘people’ were suddenly in control of information. And those who had until then complete power over information did not like this at all. The...
Read moreMaking Air
Erika Graffeo, from airline stewardess to television personality…. What we are talking about here is ‘video literacy’. That is, the ability to tell a story in video.
Read moreNo Arguments Here
..”hello room service? Can you send up a LaCie drive?….” BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: The arguments about the cameras are endless. The small cameras are toys. They are not professional. They are for amateurs. Ironically, they are also the least...
Read morePlugged Into The Future
A trillion dollars in a wire…. if you can see it… As we pointed out on last week, technologically driven change can be traumatic and disruptive. It can cause formerly stable jobs and industries to disappear almost overnight. But...
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