C.C. Chapman interviews me on SXSW for Newbies
March 24th, 2008
While at SXSW, C.C. Chapman created a video series called SXSW for Newbies using mDialog.
Here’s my interview with him, where he asked for advice for Newbies:
We also recorded a quick demo of Nanoloop, the Gameboy music creation cart I’ve been working with.
What is Barcamp
April 21st, 2006
BarcampBoston is coming up, and one of the members of an email group I’m on wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. The following was my response. I think it sums up barcamp fairly well from a personal perspective, so I’m reposting it here.
Barcamp is, simply put, an
unconference. No vendors, no high level keynote speakers, no preset
agenda.
People get together in a space (which is often loaned by a local
business) and talk about things they want to talk about. You’re very
much encouraged to present if you go. Attendees are also enlisted to
run all the tech, bring wifi nodes and projectors, and do just about
everything (including developing the presentation tracks) themselves.
It ends up working surprisingly well.
Oh yeah, and it’s free.
At BarcampNYC, I heard presentations from people who were actually
excited about what they were doing. I chatted with Andrew Baron of
Rocketboom and got inspired. I gave
a well-attended talk with John Resig on “gaming social networks” and using myspace for
promotions. I met and began working relationships and friendships with Amit Gupta, Chris Messina, and Tara Hunt. I connected with
bloggers, podcasters, coders, and “web 2.0″ business people.
At BarcampAustin, I chatted with Matt
Mullenweg from wordpress and sat next to Doc Searls for hours as we attended
the same talks. I heard about the municipal wifi network Austin is
building and the business and technological opportunities there. I talked endlessly with
folks about the potential of IPTV and why 100mbps to the home might not
be enough. I heard the beginnings of Tara’s Pinko Marketing and how
she’s using and building upon the cluetrain to promote Riya. I learned more and interacted more in
the 1 day at BarcampAustin than I did at the whole of the much bigger
and more expensive SXSW.
People don’t just present, chat, and connect at barcamp. Sometimes they
just sit right down and code. Mashups and new projects have resulted.
It’s an incredible event that’s spreading across the globe like
wildfire. You don’t need a massive convention to convey and consume
good ideas… We don’t need a “convention industry.” We don’t need to
fly all over creation to meet the movers and shakers - we’ve got plenty
in our own backyards. We just need to start getting together.
That’s what barcamp is about.
Launch Day is April 1st - No Joke!
March 26th, 2006
SXSW has come and gone, but I’m still catching up on the sessions I missed by listening to the podcasts. Just the fact that you can listen to many of the keynote talks on your own time on your own device is pretty amazing and there’s lots of good stuff to hear, but many of the conversations that I’m really interested in happened outside the traditional keynote sessions, and don’t appear to have been caught on tape. Perhaps more will show up as part of IT Conversations, caught by attendees.
In the meantime, things are rocketing along here, Flu and Bronchitis be damned! Sara and I spent yesterday with some of the other wonderful “Felt Up” crew and churned out at least 3 great bits, which means that with the pilot, we’re good for an April 1st launch! I’ve been hesitant to talk too much about Felt Up here on the blog for fear of over-hyping it before it became a reality, but at this point we’re 95% of the way there and it’s looking amazing!
For those that don’t know, Felt Up is a short-format internet comedy series for portable video devices featuring puppets.
That’s a mouthful, so I’ll explain. We know a lot of great comedians here in NY, and our network of friends includes filmmakers, writers, and other amazing creative types. Getting everyone together (especially the hyper-busy comedians,) is really tough, but getting them to lay 5-10 minutes of audio down (whether reading a part for a sketch or improvising) is pretty doable. Once we’ve got funny audio by notable comedians we can act it out with puppets, taking our time with multiple takes, lots of angles, etc… While we’re at it, we get to play around and improv our own sketches as well!
You can see some production photos over at the Flickr tag FeltUpTV and keep your eyes on FeltUpTV.com, we’ll be launching soon!
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