http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/ en-us 2006-10-07T10:12:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/055585.html Please note that the New Media Research Breakfast for October 5th (Thursday) has been cancelled. Instead the breakfast series will commence on November 2nd at 8:30 am in Murphy Hall #100. The breakfast series will feature the work of one... Events 2006-10-07T10:12:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/052081.html The New Media Research @ UMN conference, sponsored by the Institute for New Media Studies, will take place Thursday and Friday, September 14th and 15th. The conference is a chance to learn about new media research happening at the University... Events 2006-09-08T22:28:21-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/052082.html Full papers for the upcoming New Media Research @ UMN conference are starting to trickle in. You can download them from the conference website at: http://www.inms.umn.edu/events/past/newresearch_2006/papers.html... Network News 2006-08-18T20:00:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/046463.html We've received a lot of great proposals for the New Media Research at UMN 2006 conference. Propsals are currently getting reviewed and acceptance notices will be sent out soon. Looking at the submitted abstracts, I think this conference is shaping... Network News 2006-05-22T11:03:55-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/043651.html Since last year’s New Media Research at UMN conference was such a success, we’ve decided to gather again! For: The University of Minnesota New Media Research Community When: Thursday, September 14, 2006 – Friday, September 15, 2006 Where: Thursday, Sept.... Network News 2006-04-18T21:41:31-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/042034.html Open Source, a public radio show that initiates conversations on the internet and carries them onto the airwaves, just aired a discussion about Second Life. Discussion revolved around identity, love and making money in this new kind of online environment.... Articles 2006-03-30T11:06:38-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/041227.html Laura Gurak, director of the Internet Studies Center here at the U, is quoted in Duluth News Tribune article on the phenomenon of "cybersmearing." From the article: Terence Banich had been outed as a bad tipper, and he didn't even... Articles 2006-03-23T10:21:48-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040731.html The good folks at the SXSW Conference are slowly putting up the audio from the interactive panels. You can get what's available at: http://2006.sxsw.com/coverage/podcasts/... Events 2006-03-15T15:55:21-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040664.html Panel Description: Open source software business models have gone from theoretical to profitable over the past half decade-companies like Red Hat, MySQL, JBOSS, and IBM. How will peer production business models prove out in the content space? Learn how pioneering... Events 2006-03-14T11:23:31-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040591.html I'm at the Maintaining a Design Playground panel. Description from SXSW site: Everybody needs a place to fail, but a commercial design project is not that place. Design playgrounds are personal, pressure-free, online environments that encourage free design play and... Events 2006-03-13T09:59:18-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040571.html I'm currently in the Roll Your Own Web Conference panel. The panelists here are: Bruce Livingstone, iStockphoto Inc Eric Meyer, Complex Spiral Consulting Maxine Sherrin, Westciv Jason Fried, 37signals Jeffrey Zeldman, Happy Cog Studios, Moderator for this panel Molly Ditmore,... Events 2006-03-12T17:08:35-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040569.html The DIY: Now More Than Ever panel was a great dicussion between a few people who have had some success starting their own web business. Legal issues, identity, marketing, and saving your sanity were among the topics. Presenters included: Mike... Events 2006-03-12T16:59:26-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040554.html I sat in this morning on a panel session on tips and tricks for podcasting. The conversation touched a lot on technical issues like microphones and encoding, but shifted later to what kind of events are best suited to podcasting... Events 2006-03-12T10:37:51-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040551.html Check out J's flickr stream for photos of Austin and the conference. To see what all of the conference attendees have been snapping pics of, look at the SXSW 2006 flickr stream.... Events 2006-03-12T00:12:55-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/inms/network/040401.html I will be attending the South by Southwest Interactive conference this coming saturday through tuesday. SXSW started as a conference for indy music types, but has since branched out into film and new media. I'm riding down to Austin on... Events 2006-03-09T11:14:53-06:00