March 19, 2013
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I saw this while waiting in line at Booths today… and thought The cord cutting group think is starting to take root… Of course i’d advise against it Interesting to see the whole cord cutting thing is starting to come … Continue reading
February 1, 2013
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I was half watching Newsnight and working on my laptop, on Thursday 31st January on BBC2. Newsnight finished and the weather came on. Now the #uksnow is pretty much out the way, I’m not so interested in the weather. Anyway … Continue reading
December 15, 2012
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Laura Sharpe my new girlfriend (yes I’m off the dating market now) made me this for a Christmas present. She was worried I wouldn’t like it but I think its flipping great. For me Back to the Future was the … Continue reading
December 11, 2012
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Someone from the BBC’s Future Media PR pointed out to me that I was in the latest issue of Wired UK. The whole thing isn’t online yet but I’ve made a manual copy (thanks to Laura Sharpe for buying the … Continue reading
December 3, 2012
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Ok its not exactly #perceptivemedia but its certainly got elements of perceptive media… Trying to remember who posted it to me? Maybe I’ll add credit later, for now Dara can take the credit.
November 28, 2012
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Been a bit of noise about the UK darknet from a survey OFCOM did recently, a lot of the findings Musicmatch already highlighted in their study previously… Pirates Are Big Box Office Spenders the comprehensive study suggests that many pirates … Continue reading
November 8, 2012
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Another thing I saw from Hugh Garry which got me thinking… Switching ‘on’ your phone during a movie is something that the film industry is going to have to get used to. It’s a new rule of cinema – people … Continue reading
September 18, 2012
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I really wanted to work with Musicmetric to do something like they have now done. Gain some real insight into what media habits people really are and highlight the very interesting innovation happening on the dark/undernet. Interestingly Manchester was named … Continue reading
July 7, 2012
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If you’ve not experienced Perceptive Media yet, stop reading and go to futurebroadcasts.com to listen to the Breaking Out audioplay. We’ve been sitting on Breaking Out for months slowly improving it as the browsers caught up with what we were … Continue reading
July 1, 2012
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As most of you know BBC R&D have a demo of Perceptive Media which we’ve shown a few places including the EBU in Copenhagen. Its been a hidden gem for a long while and its been amazing to see what … Continue reading
April 11, 2012
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I assume this was recorded during or just before Facebook decided to buy Instagram? Very interesting interview like most of the Foundation interviews. Kevin Rose and Instagram founder Kevin Systrom sit down to chat about Systrom’s growing up with computers, … Continue reading
April 6, 2012
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Talking to Adrian late last night… He mentioned something to do with weight and video. Then today, I started thinking wouldn’t it be interesting to apply a weight model to films/media based on their attention required? For example: Tinker tailor … Continue reading
March 12, 2012
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Does anyone remember welcometothescene by Jun Group? I wrote about it a while back here and here. For me this was way too early for a lot of reasons but in a world where hackers are dominating the headlines and … Continue reading
March 8, 2012
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@tdobson asked me on twitter what I thought of the above problem with Google Play/Marketplace. This tally’s with a post I was going to write about how DRM only hurts people doing the right thing and how a generation are … Continue reading
February 8, 2012
by ianforrester
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Some people may have heard me mention Perceptive Media in conversation before but it wasn’t till yesterday than most people hasn’t ever heard of it. At Social Media Cafe Manchester (now named #SMC_MCR after the hashtag) it was revealed to … Continue reading