May 2006
The Archives
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05.26.06Free games for your media centerKMS Software has a nice little package of games available as a free download on their site: * Solitaire: A game of strategy * Memory Game: Find the matching pairs * Sliding Puzzle: Piece together your favourite photos * 4 in a Row: Be first to get four counters in a row Download them here. As far as I know they are only working for Windows Media Center Edition.
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05.24.06BMW does cool marketing (again)They had huge success with BMWFilms.com. Now they're on to something again. Because I have been discussing new forms of marketing here at eirikso.com lately I find this very interesting. BMW in conjunction with Random House release a series of short stories featuring their cars. The stories are distributed as audio books. DRM free. On a site with an RSS feed where you can subscribe to updates. With a possibility to write comments on the stories. They're playing around with some classic Web 2.0 features here. I haven't had the time to listen to the stories, but if they hold the same ...
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05.24.06Eirikso at EBU Connect in CroatiaI am going to speak at EBU Connect 2006. Place Dubrovnik, Croatia Host HRT, Croatia Date 7 to 10 June 2006 , including arrival and departure. The conference dates are June 8 and 9. Language English and French My session will be at 11:15 thursday 8. From the programme: How will portable media players, mobile phones, broadband and media centers change the way we use media? Some devices are alreday way beyond the phase of being "technical gadgets for the geeks". New markets have developed. Still, it's interesting to have a look at what the advanced users are doing and outline some of the biggest challenges for the broadcasters. ...
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05.23.06The future of TV distributionChapter 3 of my presentation from the Nordic Media Festival. You find the articles I have produced so far from this presentation here. Some history Six years ago I made some slides for a presentation at a big media conference in Stockholm. I suggested that we should have a look at how TV is distributed and take a closer look at the business model. Could new technologies change that model? To illustrate my point I made a comparison with the software industry. This is how the business model worked when I bought my first license of Photoshop back in 1994. Adobe makes the ...
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05.18.06The celebrity oystercatcherIf you are an oystercatcher and decides to place your nest on top of the science building of the university of Bergen you are up for some fame. A pair of oystercachers has decided that this is a good idea. They have been there several years and the very scientific people at the university distributed the hatching through a web cam last year. New this year is high quality live video streaming. Due to the very long days during the Norwegian summer you will get quite nice shots even late evenings and early mornings. The picture in this article is from ...