Archive for January, 2006

Plus ca change

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

The Changing Media Summit 2006 looks fascinating. Some great speakers (Cory Doctorow, Tom Coates, Jon Snow, one of the last.fm crew) and subject matter that, for once, really does matter.

No surprise that The Guardian is behind it; they probably outrank even the BBC in terms of “getting” new media and shaping its direction. However, I’m a little surprised at the choice of sponsorship: MSN and Windows Live.

Yes, we know the portal companies (and, no matter how much they deny it, this includes Google) are positioning themselves to take down the TV networks. They probably will, and good for them. But I really don’t think conference sponsorship is the way to go. Microsoft may well have a legitimate contribution to make, but I’m sure they’ll be seen as hucksters elbowing their way into a grass-roots debate. Nothing new there, I suppose.

If only I could justify spending your hard-earned taxes to attend.

Categories: newmedia, guardian, msn, portal

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Soft launch

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Enough foreplay, might as well go live with the new design. I hope you like it. I think I do. Some things still aren’t quite polished: permalinks, comment font size, but I don’t have time to see to them right now. I also need to find a picture of me after puberty hit.

The remants of the old blog(s) are at www.cennydd.co.uk/old – seek and ye shall find. Don’t expect layout and images to work quite right though.

What, you were hoping for a real post? Sorry, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow for that.

Categories: launch, blog, cennydd

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