mediageek

Month: August 2004

  • Protester Tech Against the RNC

    Writer and blogger Paul Schmelzer has posted a “writer’s cut” of a piece he’s written for the upcoming issue of Adbusters that gives an overview of the guerrilla technologies that will be used by RNC protesters. Two of the technologies use unlicensed radio to spread information. The more interesting, and disruptive, application is: Flash radiojacking:…

  • FCC Workin’ Too Hard

    Last week the FCC seemed to be in overdrive, having an open meeting, issuing rulings and putting out proposed rulemakings like mad. We covered most of it on last week’s radioshow, but for those who prefer to read I’ll post the text of the news (something I probably don’t do often enough). Click MORE to…

  • Friday’s Radio Show Now On-Line: Public Access TV

    Last Friday’s radioshow featured a fun interview with Greg Boozell, an articulate guest, and the technical director for the Chicago Access Network and a member of the Urbana Public TV Commission. It’s now on-line for listening and download at the radioshow page.

  • More Radical Reference

    There’s a little bit more information on Radical Reference from the NYC IMC. My partner, Ellen Knutson, is one of the radical librarians fielding questions. She is one of the founding radical librarians at the U-C IMC Library, as is another one of the radical reference librarians, James Jacobs, who has since moved on to…

  • New York Sun Sheds Light on Radical Reference

    The New York Sun has a short article on the Radical Reference effort, including short quotes from some of the principals. There’s even a tidbit of information I didn’t know (even though I share a house with one of the radical librarians): But Radical Reference is more than a Web site. During the convention, it…

  • My Hi-MD Almost Here, but May Not Be All That’s Promised

    I just received word from Minidisco that my long-pre-ordered new Hi-MD recorder is just about ready to ship. I bought the top-of-the-line MZ-NH1 because it has a docking port, good battery, and I want to really leverage it for audio production. Hi-MD was first announced back in January, with the promise of units to arrive…

  • Radio and Reference Against the RNC

    Organizing against the Republican National Convention in New York City at the end of the month is going full-steam, and from my outsider’s persepctive, the planning seems to be very together. One of the most interesting and innovative efforts is Radical Reference, in which a team of radical librarians around the country will help answer…

  • On Friday’s Mediageek: Public Access TV

    Mark you calendars, I’m trying to post show topics ahead of time! On this forthcoming Friday’s edition of the mediageek radioshow, we’ll be talking to Greg Boozell, who is a member of the Urbana Public TV Commission, which oversees public access TV in Champaign-Urbana, and who is also the technology director for Chicago Access Network…

  • Last Friday’s Radioshow Now On-Line: Report-back from DNC

    Last Friday’s radio show, featuring an IMC report-back from the DNC, is now on-line at the radioshow page.