Colin Rhinesmith

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Well, this blog’s back from break to share the exciting news that our course video from last semester, “Re-Imagining Boston City Hall Plaza Using Second Life,” just made it onto the front page at Boston.com under the “Your Videos” section. The exposure has generated over 2,500 views of the video on YouTube so far. And there’s some good discussion about how people feel about the real life Boston City Hall Plaza and using virtual worlds, like Second Life, to re-imagine our public spaces.

Watch the video and join the discussion.

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Over at Community Media in Transition, I’m beginning to focus in on my research topic for this year. Here’s a bit from a recent post:

“Over the past year, I’ve been exploring online, and talking with community media workers about, a variety of “web 2.0″ tools being used at Community Media Centers. Blogs, podcasts, wikis, social bookmarking, video mapping, and other social media platforms have generated much interest and discussion around which tools are most relevant to their center’s work and community’s needs.

Out of all of these areas, participatory Internet video seems to be the most exciting and relevant discussion most directly related to the medium of PEG access TV. So, I’ll be moving towards developing a framework upon which to further investigate, provide context, and invite feedback on the uses and narratives (e.g., YouTube v. Public Access TV debate, etc.) surrounding the implementation of participatory web video at community media centers.”

I’ve also posted a number of questions that I hope will generate some response and, more importantly, discussion around this topic. To learn more, visit Community Media in Transition.

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“Pacifica Radio WPFW 89.3 FM - The Messenger since 1977″

If you care about local noncommercial radio or independent media of any form, then you must watch this new video produced by Jessica Duda of American University. It’s an excellent short (8 min 39 sec) available on YouTube featuring many of the people behind the microphones and their views on what makes WPFW such a great station.

Please watch it and share it with friends.

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I just learned from Larry Gallagher over at MIT about their new blip.tv powered MIT TechTV. It’s fun to see how they worked with blip.tv to reconfigure the interface to suit their needs. The layout is similar to some of the ideas found in the demo/mockup of our Open Media Library project (insert shameless plug). I also like how they’ve brought in the feed from their MIT TechTV blog.

Only folks at MIT can upload. The terms of use are laid out very clearly. I would think they might be helpful to other academic institutions looking for examples of guidelines to promote institution-wide video creation and sharing.

Another very cool thing about the site is they’ve got the feed coming in from the Yahoo Groups Videoblogging List. They’ve also included a nice list of on-campus Camera Access, Editing, and other production resources available on the site.

There’s a lot going on here. I look forward to spending some more time “tuning in”.

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