Media Convergence and how to spend a rainy afternoon…
There is a fascinating organization at MIT that is working on media convergence that along with the Comparative Media Studies department organizes the futures of entertainment conferences and publishes dozens of podcasts of their colloquia here.
The topics are fantastic. Here is an example that takes on how the internet has challenged how storytellers (in this case writers) present their public and private selves to the world.
A rainy afternoon in front of the computer wouldn’t be complete without trolling the wonderful and provocative ideas that emerge at the TED talks. Clicking at random will always bring you something unexpected. Here’s an 18 minute one that blew me away tonight:
