POTD | The Erosion in The Paid Media Pyramid

December 3rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

The media business is changing — and fast.

As Seth Godin notes, just about anybody can produce almost anything digital these days and the lines between free and mass content are blurring dramatically. The traditional definitions of content (packaged assets like article, song, or show) have blurred with the rise of social media and the remix/mashup economy.

The Erosion in the Paid Media Pyramid

At the same time, the massive increase in connected distribution means that producers can reach consumers with bespoke or limited content ways never seen before.

The likely winners in all of this: those producers or aggregators that can capture consumer attention and move beyond the selling of mass digital assets to providing either limited goods or marketing ongoing entertainment experiences.

Roomba Light Art

December 3rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

My kids love our Roomba. Who knew it had an artistic side?

IBR Roomba Swarm in the Dark IV

Roomba Art by Tobias Baumgartner, Marcus Brandenburger, Tom Kamphans, Alexander Kroeller, and Christiane Schmidt

Now, if it could only code HTML5…

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