NZ on Screen: An Archive of Aotearoa New Zealand Screen Culture
"In 2007 NZ On Air initiated the NZ On Screen project as an integral part of its digital strategy. Since 1989 NZ On Air has funded over 15,000 hours of local television production. Much of this content, as well as thousands more hours supported by broadcasters, film investors and other funding sources, is not easily accessible to the public.
NZ On Screen is unlocking the treasure chest, providing access to the wealth of television, film, music video and new media produced in NZ, along with knowledgeable background information."
(New Zealand on Screen)
Fig.1 Murphy, G. (1981). Goodbye Pork Pie. Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Film.
Fig.2 Tamahori, L. (1994). Once Were Warriors. Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission
Fig.3 Ballantyne, A. (2009). The Strength of Water. Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Film.
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Design in the knowledge economy 2020
"By 2020 the UK must create a balanced and sustainable knowledge economy with design as a critical and central part. There is no other option. ...
In 2010, as we emerge from one of the most severe economic crises of the last century, it is clear that the balance of the economy must change. The country, brutally, is going to have to work and innovate to make its living. There are no more easy pickings off the back of a credit boom. Britain is going to self-consciously create a national innovation ecosystem to drive new growth sectors and companies - and design must be a critical part of that effort. Successful companies will be those which develop innovative products and processes, so creating new markets and reputations for themselves.
New ways of intervening have to be found. Public spending commitments or tax concessions - the traditional ways of achieving public policy goals - are going to be extremely constrained by the necessity to reduce Britain’s budgetary deficit. The quest is on for policy levers that can deliver changed behaviour as effectively but more cheaply. ...
Design is the bridge between the consumer questing for the experiential and the company trying to meet that appetite with an offer that presents the new in a user-friendly and innovative way."
(Design Council, UK)
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Kea New Zealand: Nation Branding Through Networking
"Kea is New Zealand's global network. Our mission is to connect New Zealand with the rest of the world by building a network of global citizens who take an active interest in the future of our country.
Kea's ultimate goal is for the home of the world's greatest travellers to become the world's leading nation without borders - for New Zealand to think, act, and engage more globally by utilising our offshore population of expatriates and honorary citizens.
While founded as the Kiwi Expat Association in 2001, Kea's activities are relevant to more than just 'Kiwi expats'. We are building a truly global network for New Zealand, which is equally important to New Zealand based organisations and individuals who are pursuing global opportunities, as well as citizens of other countries who have an affinity and interest in connecting with New Zealand.
Kea is especially committed to supporting organisations and individuals who help grow the New Zealand economy through international trade and investment, or help build New Zealand's brand and reputation on the world stage."
(Stephen Tindall)
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EM Media: Screen Agency for the East Midlands region of England
"EM Media is the Screen Agency for the East Midlands region of England.
EM Media invests in East Midlands based creative talent, supporting and developing projects and activities which meet our business aims....
EM Media works in partnership with a range of organisations at a local, regional and national level including the UK Film Council, the East Midlands Development Agency and Screen England; the network of English Screen Agencies."
(EM Media)
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Web 2.0 on the Ropes. . . Kleiner Perkins Halts Investments
"Whenever I meet with VCs lately I've noticed they have a growing distaste for Web 2.0 startups. The 'Web 2.0' term, in connection with a startup, and as a collection of concepts, is very tired in this community.
For example, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silicon Valley's leading VC firm, has stopped investing in Web 2.0 startups.
'We have absolutely no interest in funding Web 2.0 companies,' says Randy Komisar, a partner at Kleiner Perkins. He mentioned this during an after dinner conversation last week. He said he had recently told John Battelle, one of the organizers of the rapidly growing Web 2.0 Summit conference, that the term no longer had the same positive cachet it once had. In the VC community it clearly has a negative one.
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Reinvent, redefine, and reprint
Web 2.0 companies will now have to reinvent and redefine themselves. And reprint their business plans. They should also remove any mention of 'long tail economics.'
I have a bad feeling about the longevity of that term in the investment community. It sounds a touch too W2.
Nixing anything 'long tail' is an easy way to future-proof a business plan for a few months longer.
'Social graph' is doing great right now, so make sure you pepper your business plan with that term. 'Social platform' still has legs. And 'attention economy' is a ricochet term with a bullet.
. . . too 1.5?
Steve Rubel won't be crying for Web 2.0 companies. [The Web 2.0 World is Skunk Drunk on Its Own Kool-Aid] And other people are certain to find pleasure in the very possible demise of Web 2.0.
My line has always been that 'The thing about Web 2.0 is that it is so 1.5...' Because Web 2.0 as a concept grew out of an intermediate time in the evolution of the Internet.
We are witnessing an emerging Internet better described as an 'Internet 2.0' world, where technologies such as RSS have nothing to do with the 'Web' yet are unique to this phase of the Internet. It clearly looks to me that we are building an Internet 2.0 world and anything 'Web 2.0' would be a subset."
(Tom Foremski, 4 November 2007)
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