Chris Unitt

Speaking at TED is a big deal being, as it is, a conference that offers ‘knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired thinkers’. Browsing the site just now, I was a hugely surprised to see my old neighbour, Willard Wigan, now numbers among TED’s speakers. Let’s

* journalisted.com – “Journalisted is an independent, non-profit site run by the Media Standards Trust to help the public navigate the news”. So if you want to see all the articles printed by any particular journalist then you can * Elatable : Bradley Horowitz: Creators, Synthesizers, and Consumers – Content production pyramid – a breakdown

* Frontline Club – News: Broadsheet – Blog produces broadsheet. £15 a year sounds like a bargain * Disney Takes Web Surfers to the Lab to See Which Ads Work – NYTimes.com – “To find out what ads work and why, Disney researchers developed an array of research tools, including goggle-based eye tracking, stereoscopic camera-based

* Flavorpill London – “Flavorpill is an open network of culturally connected people. Our intuitive platform empowers Flavorpill’s eagle-eyed editors, savvy users, and the world’s best venues to share the most exciting and worthwhile events happening in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and London — with more cities

SXSW was good but some of the panels weren’t – too many sessions were the result of concerted ballot stuffing by well-connected and determined groups of people (especially that one about the LA tech community). However, this year I’m aware of various friends and acquaintances who have panels shortlisted

* D’log :: blogging since 2000 » Spezify – “Spezify has just launched with an impressive and different take on delivering search results. It’s primarily a visual search-engine aimed at designers and creatives, but also slips in relevant text and audio links”. Wow. This is nice * blip.tv (beta) – You can upload

The other week I attended Shift Happens, an arts/digital conference at York Theatre Royal. In short, it was good and I got a lot out of it. I decided not to sit there making copious notes as I did at SXSW, but instead let things wash over me a

* Social Media Releases for the music industry – MonkeyWatcher – Advice for bands – “send a quick press release by email, and provide a link to a social media release (SMR), or, in other words, a page aggregating the various items you want to share (music, pictures, videos, blog posts, tour dates, etc.

(Pic via Pete Ashton) This isn’t yet another post banging on about how great socia media is, ok? It’s a glorified links round-up. Sure, I might want to prove a point, but it’s mainly a round-up of useful scraps of info. Just wanted to make that clear.

* VideoLAN – Open Source multimedia and streaming solutions – The only media player you’ll ever need (although you may want others). It loads quickly and plays everything and has just been released in it’s first proper full version * FREE (full book) by Chris Anderson – The manifesto for making money by