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Tonight Dj David Star played in Eclectro Directo, a weekly talent room on Eclectro. In Eclectro Directo we ask a Dj to broadcast a dj-set live from his or her living room using Ustream. We visited David Star and helped him out with some of the technical details and made some promotional material.
We did two pilot episodes of Eclectro Directo and I think the idea is great. After the summer holiday we will launch this for real. We are looking for partners, sponsors and dj’s. Contact me if you are interested in participating in any way.
We thought up something new at the Eclectro Music blog. Every week at 21.00 C.E.T. we will do a live Dj set on the web using Ustream.
A Dj streams his one hour set via line-in and webcam from his living room and we just gather on Eclectro to listen and chat.
Since I opted the idea I was the one to start the first show. This was fun after not using the dj-set (or buying records) for over a year.
Next week Dj David Star will be showing his skills. If you are a dj or electronic artist and would like to perform live on the web in front of a live Dutch audience, send me an e-mail.
All these things are on a high amateur level right now, everything is an experiment. But all these experiments are great and taking interactive communication to the next level. The web was always about publishing and pre-recorded material (you needed serious infrastructure to stream). These new applications are all about interactive streaming of words, images and sound. Right here, right now.
Below is the Dj-set I did last night. This is the recording, it was much more fun live ;) See you next friday @ eclectro.
Grip is a video clip for the band zZz. Grip is a one take, top shot videoclip with professional trampoline gymnasts simulating typical video effects. The video has been recorded live as part of the opening ‘Nederclips’ at the Stedelijk museum ‘S-Hertogenbosch SM’S (Curated by Bart Rutten).
Next year is an election year in the US. This isn’t probably news to you. In this upcoming election year the web will play an even more substantial role in fundraising and community building then ever before.
The past US election was all about blogs and bloggers, about articles, essays, the truth. This online election race will be about social networks, friends, and your face on YouTube.
Elections connect to people personally. When people get involved into something they believe in it stimulates them to be creative. I’m sure we will see a lot of really interesting, confronting, critical and funny things this election year.
Instant YouTube hero ParkRidge47 made the video above this blog post. The changed Apple commercial is so right for many reasons. A social web isn’t just a channel for spreading your word it is about communicating. If you’re not joining the conversation you’re not there.
Last week I was reading a Wired article (March edition) about how the video rental service Netflix is awarding $1.000.000 to the person or group who can improve its recommendation algorithm by 10%.
Todays popular websites use smart algorithms to determine what we want or might like. Google is famous for its mix and so is [...]
At the Next Web conference there was an overall urge for relevancy. You noticed it in presentations and startups. Unfortunately there weren’t many speakers that had exiting answers. In his presentation Robert Scoble made clear that for most new web applications ‘The first experience sucks‘.
Why?
This is inherent to how these new web applications work. The [...]
Since we started with the concept of EN we had a certain idea of what it would be like. Now we have the first working version the possibilities seem endless, but what is the killer application or function? What is it that gives new options to the things we do with news?
In this post I’m [...]
EN.nl (and.nl) is a new project where we are experimenting with new media, users, technology and journalism. This project is an open project where the public process plays an extremely valuable part in designing and shaping the news website.
The online news industry really changed over the last years. I think we’re at a point where [...]
Last week I did an experiment with a linear story and loading photos from Flickr. This week I made a second experiment using the same code and adding a map. I will try to tell a second story.
About the story
This story is about how fast urban areas are growing. These growing areas aren’t in the [...]
Welcome on my blog, it's my personal space about things I like, projects I do and thoughts I share. Feel free to comment, I enjoy reading your ideas and opinion.
