27 September 2002

Interesting post from Doc Searls about a KPMG study on the media/entertainment industry, and their stupid attitude to file-swapping and online access to media.  Seems to me those guys need a swift kick up the butt, or some consultancy to make them see the error of their ways.  I like this quote: It was clear to me at Digital Hollywood this week that Hollywood — at least at the top level — has no clues about what the Net is, much less about how to exploit its nature, which puts demand in direct contact with supply and gives both equal power to work things out. Together.   One non-Hollywood panelist said something like "When old industries meet new technologies, they always come up with wrong answers." Update:  Doc reports in depth about the Digital Hollywood conference, and also links to JD Lasica's report. 3:32:28 PM    comment []

Here is an interesting set of links to follow at my leisure: It was with that in mind that I created the Carnival of the Vanities. Blogging, if nothing else, is the bleeding edge of vanity publishing. If we didn't think we had something valuable to say, we wouldn't be doing this. We're not stupid, we don't expect Art to appear from the rearranged electrons when we write a post, but we do know when something we've created is a little bit better than the things we have done before. And we cast the child of our mind out into the ether, where it's derided, laughed at, ignored, and sometimes praised, pointed out to the world by a complete stranger who, simply by the act of pointing says Hey, that's pretty cool. 10:01:40 AM    comment []