You know, there’s a lot of mistrust out there in the world, and one Sydney based company, Naked Communications, is out there doing more than its fair share to fuel cynicism. In fact, whenever I hear “Naked Communications”, in my mind’s eye I see a guy in a ponytail. Slick, confident, out of touch, total [...]

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In January this year, 128 year old newsmagazine, The Bulletin was shut down by its publisher. Although there had been attempts to keep the mag relevent, including a move to online, it wasn’t successful enough to justify the cost of publishing. There are a lot of news magazines / papers who must be looking at [...]

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There are lots of ways to tell a story these days: websites, comicbooks, videogames, movies are but a few… So if you’ve got a great story to tell, which should you choose? Increasingly, the answer is “as many as make sense”… Welcome to transmedia storytelling. The Matrix is an example of Transmedia storytelling, as there [...]

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“The media don’t tell us what to think, but they tell us what to think about, which can be just as powerful.” I remember noting that learning back at university when I was studying communication. Back then, the conversation was about the ‘mass media’, and the incredible grip TV, radio and print media had on [...]

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I’ll be speaking on one of my favourite topics on the 14th, so come along if you haven’t seen me give a broad overview on the Future of Media. I’ll leave time for questions so come along and stump me in front of an audience. Here are the details… TOPIC: The Future of Media The [...]

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