Now that I have your attention. Cheryl Lead, Online Manager over at Virgin Money sent me this info: In June we are lucky to have Joseph Konstan, a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota and President of ACM SIGCHI talk to us about bridging computer science and behavioral science. Please note, as Joseph is only in Sydney for one day, this event will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month – which is Tuesday the 13th of June. Further details of the event are provided below. ‘Bridging Computer Science and Behavioral Science: Research Continue Reading…
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On Monday December 5th, Ross Levinsohn, President of Fox Interactive Media, shed light on the strategy behind his company’s high profile acquisition of sites like IGN and Myspace.com in “Storming the Walls: Media Breakout!” You can read up more fully here. The key points, as far as I understand, were that young people don’t read newspapers or watch much telly. That Fox’s antiquated infrastructure for circulation, advertising etc needs to be revamped to allow seemless purchasing across multiple sites. That there’s a whole mess around distribution rights and whether content broadcast on tv can be broadcast on the Internet. And Continue Reading…
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