http://www.joshuanard.com/blog A random collective of progressive, new media developments for conversation. Fri, 16 May 2008 14:04:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although there has been much speculation on whether or not the country's economy is in a recession or just in flux, consumers are going to discover smarter ways in buying when they need to make a purchase.  The slowing market will force consumers to become more educated about their options ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/05/online-advertising-may-benefit-in-a-recession/ After a tumultuous battle between two HD formats, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, the war was declared over in January this year when Sony's payout to Time-Warner pictures shifted the balance of studio adoption into Blu-ray's favor.  Toshiba, the major hardware supporter, announced they would stop production of HD-DVD players.  The consensus appeared to ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/05/hd-dvd-is-dead-blu-ray-might-die-with-it/ We internet as we knew it, is dead.  The idea of sending bytes of data back and forth for what it was originally intended for, has passed.  Today it has evolved into many different forms.  The definition of what it was, metaphysically, no longer applies.  We certainly don't say "answer ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/05/we-need-to-stop-calling-the-internet-the-internet/ Local news in Chicago is a very competitive environment.  With the promotional clamor to be one step ahead of the other, especially in superior picture quality, you would think broadcasters would understand the importance of streaming media on the internet.  Unfortunately, I still wonder if they really do.  With some video screens ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/04/some-broadcasters-still-dont-get-streaming-media/ After hearing a snippet of the banned keynote speech by Tim Robbins last week, I can understand some people's frustration towards network news.  Having worked in an owned and operated CBS affiliate, I have seen the difficult balance that broadcasters play.  It is important to note that most journalists I ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/04/the-problem-with-network-news-is-not-the-journalists/ There is a convergence in media today that happening but has not quite taken a polished form.  You might have heard about internet citizen journalism growing in popularity.  The problem is that these streams can be easily lost in the endless world of RSS feeds within the internet.  Consumers have ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/04/will-networked-distribution-break-capsulized-media/ Yesterday at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas, Red announced their new 5K Epic and 3K Scarlet camera continuing to push the industry in a direction that is very exciting.  Although they are not taking pre-orders, with a delivery of early 2009, the rumor is the 3K Scarlet camera price is ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/04/will-new-media-overtake-broadcast/ For ten years, I have devoted my career to the profession of content creation in television and new media.  New media, to clarify how I am defining it, is spot media on a non-traditional network of remote public displays: digital signage, DCNs (Digital Content Networks) or kiosk displays are terms ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/04/is-broadcast-losing-to-the-internet/ This is a difficult subject to write about but I thought it was important to discuss it from a media angle.  Being a parent, and having been bullied as a kid, my heart goes out to the parents who had their daughter savagely beaten by a group of peers.  Aside ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/04/is-myspace-the-anti-christ-or-the-redeemer/ I've been going to NAB for years now.  I started attending in 1998 just before my graduation to start networking as a junior artist.  Much has advanced over the years, especially eliminating the need to bus between the Sands and the unexpanded LVCC.  For many years NAB has been the ... http://www.joshuanard.com/blog/2008/04/is-nab-becoming-nabt-not-applicable-beyond-today/