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the tapeless workflow – Videoforum

Feb 8, 2008

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in London, Post-university life, tech related, videoforum

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tapeless workflow is a term used to describe video production without the use of tapes. That is to say that from the point the material is recorded in camera to the point it is distributed it never changes from being data. In other words television production has become a profession of…

The Social Media Morning

Feb 1, 2008

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richard

in London, Post-university life, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went to the Social Media Coffee event this morning and met quite a few of the usual people including Deek, Sizemore, Londonfilmgeek and others. I got to know a few more twitter users a little better and that’s where I stayed for part of the morning. I’ve been networking a…

Screening: Kosovo, the Valley

Jan 21, 2008

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richard

in Post-university life, reviews

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I went to watch an observational documentary called Kosovo, the Valley, about the conflict in Kosovo in 1998. The event took place at the Frontline club in London. The documentary starts with a graphic scene of the aftermath of an attack and takes a look at both the Albanian side…

Likemind Coffee morning in London

Jan 18, 2008

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richard

in facebook, Post-university life, social media, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo nights ago whilst having a conversation about technology with Fooz on twitter I got a message from Jamie about the Likemind coffee morning in Central London that she thought might be of interest to me. I decided that I would go and it was worth the effort. From what I gather…

Blog Wars at the Frontline Club in London

Jan 16, 2008

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richard

in London, Post-university life

Reading Time: 2 minutesBlog Wars is a documentary taking a look at how bloggers influenced the political debate in the state of Connecticut. It’s 58 minutes long and covers some interesting points but that’s not what I’m going to write about. For me what was interesting was seeing who was present. For a start I…

On the Importance of understanding what you are writing about

Nov 27, 2007

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richard

in observation, Post-university life, random, social media, social networking, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNick O’Neill needs to do more research. Most of what he writes is speculative based on two or three months of research rather than sociological research. He goes after trends and gut feelings. As a result whilst his content is interesting to keep a track of it’s not relevant to the…

The new social scene – Seesmic and Twitter

Nov 8, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life, seesmic, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow many of you have a wifi enabled laptop. How many of you have a wap enabled phone. How many of you have msn messenger. The reason I’m asking you this question is the following. I’ve been using twitter for several months now and it’s whilst working on my dissertation that I…

Why people going to the graduation are enjoying a farce

Nov 6, 2007

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richard

in Post-university life

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf I came from a prestigious university like Cambridge, Oxford or many others were the university is steeped in century old traditions then I would feel a great inclination to go to my graduation. As things stand I don’t feel any need. Everyone else would go to lectures and leave as…

Learning more about Dziga Vertov and his views on cinema

Nov 2, 2007

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richard

in fun, Post-university life, social networking

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDziga Vertov is an interesting personality because of his ideas of the Cinema eye. His notion was that with the cinema eye, the Kino Glaz you could capture life unawares whilst being involved in the creative treatment of actuality. After making some quick money by answering some social networking questions I…

Black Gold – Documentary about ethiopia and coffee

Oct 28, 2007

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richard

in observation, Post-university life

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst in Paris I was given a coffee due to a misunderstanding between the waitress, a friend and I and as a result this was the first coffee I ever finished. It’s almost a week later and I’ve just been to see the documentary Black Gold which discusses the plight of…

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