First Up technology discussion from Mark Lyndersay on Vimeo.

Many thanks to Derren Joseph for asking me to participate!

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BitDepth 705, a report on a talk given by Dr David Pensak at a TTCSI session as part of Services Week is posted here...

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BitDepth 699, a report on a recent presentation to technical professionals on web engagement is posted here...

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Soyini Grey was a delight to work with on this clip for CNews' technology segment. Smart, funny and accommodating, she allowed me to ramble on for what seemed like way too long about Twitter, traditional media and the elections in Iran.

Some thoughts that didn't make it into the final edit include...
Twitter succeeded in Iran because it was diffuse and invisible. Traditional media was easy to find, target and neutralise. Licensed, official reporters are known to the authorities, dozens of people with cellphones and laptops are not.

The authorities in Iran tried to stop information from getting out, blocking access to the preferred social media network in Iran, Friendfeed, but young people simply switched to Twitter and went on sharing links and news updates. Multiple sources of information and multiple points of access for publishing make traditional methods of information supression more difficult, if not impossible to implement.

In embracing new media, traditional media sources need to cultivate the savvy to separate misinformation from fact, opinion from reporting. Life magazine, busy reinventing itself as a source for impactful photography on the web did exactly that by making contact with a photographer who posted some of the best imagery coming out of the protests and gathering that person's work into a striking gallery.

The photographer's identity remains unknown and has since been reported missing by their family. See those images on Life's gallery here...

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BitDepth 686: How to use Twitter
BitDepth 685: Twitter 100 Days later
BitDepth 672: Tweet, tweet, twiddly tweet
BitDepth + Notes from the Twitterverse

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On Thursday, Georgia Popplewell and I gave presentations on the Future of Media at the Caribbean Media and Communication Conference in Grenada. The presentation slides in PDF format and an audio recording courtesy of George Grant can be downloaded here...

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Posted reports of launches of the new Blackberry Storm and Windows RC1 in Trinidad and Tobago to Other Writing...

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BitDepth #670, posted here, explores the potential of Palm's new Pre smartphone to reverse the company's fortunes. If you're subscribed to the current RSS feed for BitDepth, please take a moment to resubscribe. I've had to change the URL for the feed to reflect the current year.

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BitDepth 665, the story of Derren Joseph's adjustment of his ticketing service to encompass calypso tents is posted here...

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BitDepth 657 on the value proposition of HDTV is posted here...
BitDepth 658, the annual gift guide for tech lovers is posted here...
BitDepth 659, a look at Quantum of Solace and The Day the Earth stood still is posted here...

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Notes on the Futurist event at the Hilton Hotel on October 08, 2008. Read More...

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Additional notes from an interview with Gerd Leonhard and a link to the BitDepth interview with him. Read More...

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Notes on a cooling system I built to reduce heat on my laptop are posted here...

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BitDepth#640, notes about the need to backup in the face of potential drive failures is posted here.

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BitDepth #637, a look at a new report from the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago is posted here...

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BitDepth#633, a hands-on look at Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader is posted here...

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Phillip Emeagwali is an African scientist who has done pioneering work with parallel computing. Read more here...

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There are only two kinds of people, people who have a hard drive fail on them and those who will. Guess which kind I am. Read More...

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