What and interesting couple of days - Twitter knocked back a takeover from Facebook, our first big corporate (AstraZenica) embraced CLIVE on mydr.com.au, the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) tender closed yesterday with Telstra outlining what it will and won't do;  whatever happens next is too hard to say. 

Can the network that will lay down a communications and future economic infrastructure for the country been built without Telstra? 

Whatever, we'll soon know BUT the future is digital irrespective if Gerry Harvey thinks online is a waste of time.

First, I have the utmost respect for Gerry Harvey, he's done a great job in building his retail operations over the last 50 years - BUT the times they are a changing and the future ain't rocket science!

The Net Generation - the Future is Video - Telstra Business Conference - Sydney, 30th October 2008

I've been asked to showcase CLIVE this afternoon at a Telstra Business Conference of the "Net Generation" - the future is video

A few of the people in the audience may have seen similar video overlay technology on some website in the US but will not of heard of the CLIVEvideo Project; what we are doing here in Oz nor the video functionality and production quality.

Format

Our part is pretty informal - the meet and greet during registration, the coffee breaks and after.

Digital Paper Evolution

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Much is said about the end of print and television - yes and no.  Of a weekend I still like to read the newspaper or magazine down the beach or the coffee shop of a morning but yes, day to day, news is mostly delivered via internet news feeds, blogs and email report subscriptions.

Like we've seen in music what we'll see is more of convergence and transformation from analogue to digital - like old vinyl records to CD to online. Conventional media will increasingly incorporate digital elements - website addresses, semacodes, interactive advertising and so on.

The hardware may change - paper vs electronic but not the central communication.

This month Esquire magazine launched a new digital cover - very cool.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS TODAY: INTERNET ACTIVITY AND CONTENT
Australian Communications and Media Authority

Email, on-line banking, paying bills and news and weather updates are the most common uses of the internet by Australians this year, according to research by ACMA 

http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310210/report_6_telecommunications_today.pdf