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Barrie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for July 8th from 06:42 to 06:42:

BBC NEWS | Technology | Digital champion targets the poor – She needs to commission some digital "technology changed my life" stories.

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Barrie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for June 16th from 20:46 to 20:46:

Department for Culture Media and Sport – final report – Digital Britain – the report. his will either open u[p a whole new range of opportunities for community based broadcasting – or it will be a shambles. Only time will tell. I fear that a 2015 deadline for digital switchover for radio is unrealistic. It fails to take in the impact on the listening habits of millions of radio listeners who have no intention of changing their receivers. It also fails on the resilience test. Analogue radio signals are better than current digital broadcasts in adverse conditions. Power consumption is an issue too. I have both digital and analogue digital receivers that power earpieces. The analogue runs for weeks on a AAA cell. The DAB rx has to be recharged every day.
More widespread use of broadband connections and improved training in its use is to be welcomed. I think digital storytelling has a big part to play here.

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Barrie — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for May 30th from 06:16 to 06:20:

Final Report « Digital Britain Unconference – The outcome of the adhoc digital britain unconferences organised almost spontaneously across the UK
Welcome – SoundCloud – Interesting service primarily for musicians but could be used to move and deliver any audio

No – Wi Fi, t-mobile broadband or live blogging

Barrie — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:17:22 +0000

Here on the west coast of Wales at the UKs only digital storytelling festival I have connection to the outside world only through my iPhone. Access to the university’s wifi network is denied to all but staff and students, t-mobile supplies no signal to my broadband 3g dongle and the nearest public wifi point is half an hour’s walk away. So my intention of live blogging events here is thwarted. So today we’ll continue to discuss the glorious possibility offered by connectivity, web 2.98, broadband, etc etc and it will remain theory only until I escape on the 7.27 train out of town tomorrow morning. I’ll just have to wait till then to blog from the train and bring these pages up to date on the journey home.
In the mean time I’ll continue to enjoy this festival of ideas and the good company of the delegates.