Chris Unitt

* 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

A few months back I won a photoshoot with the estimable Lee Allen of Lee Allen Photography. I first met Lee a while back at a lacklustre gig at the Barfly – I was reviewing, he was photographing. Since then we’ve covered a fair few gigs together so, uncomfortable as

Or maybe not lessons but inspiration. Or something. I’m not sure yet. I stumbled across Club Mumble (NB: link disabled cos Google’s reporting malware) yesterday. I’m not quite sure how/why but I’ve been looking at doing a new project and have been finding all sorts

It was a while ago now, but I’ve got a few notes left over from a couple of panels I went to and I may as well dump them here in a single post – you never know what someone else will find useful, so here they are: Regional Whuffie

Three of my favourite mixtapes of recent times have come from local promoters. These are thems. Sam Redmore – A Party Mix I keep hearing Sam’s name around at the moment. I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve got my ear that close to the ground so I’m guessing

Website visitor figures are one of those things in life that you tend to assume are slightly exaggerated (I’m not naming the others, this is a family blog). Which is why I was surprised to see the following numbers quoted in a press release from Advantage West Midlands (also

As a little light relief from the semi-coherent notes from SXSW that I’ve been posting, here’s something a little different. On the last night in Austin we were at the Brit Bash, having a merry old time and looking forward to seeing the headliners when a wall

Remixing the Museum Exhibition Speakers: * Jim Forrest  – Peabody Essex Museum * Ben Tucker –  GreenRiver.org * Ellis Neder   – Creative Dir,   Sway Design * Steven Alvarez –   Dir of Programs & Media,   Alaska Native Heritage Center Museums can be conversational – you can go with friends and chat about the exhibits. Museums have not generally translated

Building Strong Online Communities * Ken Fisher –   Editor-in-Chief,   Ars Technica * Alexis Ohanian   – Prod Mgr of Awesome,   reddit.com * Drew Curtis –   The Member,   Fark.com * Erin Kotecki Vest  – BlogHer Inc BlogHer started from a flame war about where all the female bloggers are. (Liked the line “We decided to do

HOWTO: 149 Surprising Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog With Credibility! Speakers: * John Gruber – Raconteur, Daring Fireball * Merlin Mann – You Look Nice Today Talk about everything and you talk to no-one. Who is your ideal reader? If you’re going to copy something successful make sure you’re copying the