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Blame Canada: 7 Ways We're Ahead in New Media with Kris Krug - SXSW 2008
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The SXSW folks are posting podcasts of the plentiful presentations including one featuring our fellow Canadians discussing the pros and cons of rolling a new media company in this culturally diverse, and geographically huge country.
Raincity Studios' Kris Krug moderates and is joined by:
- Steve Bocska Sr Dir of Gaming, Cambrian House
- Keith Clarkson Production Exec, Xenophile Media Inc
- Jennifer Ouano Pres, Elastic Entertainment
- Ron Thiele Pres, Xpan Interactive Ltd
(note, i seem to recall another panelist) ...
You are encouraged to subscribe to the SXSW podcast feed for all the presentations (but honestly the distribution scheme could use some help in general). In the interest of posterity, i am posting the unedited Blame Canada audio here so it doesn't get lost in the tubes or some forgotten silo - plus Kris' mom will want to hear his witty stand-up to kick off the spiel.
Blame Canada: 7 Ways We're Ahead in New Media
Cross-border markets, geographical challenges, and a highly ambitious and mobile workforce have forced Canadian interactive companies into thinking differently about how to conduct their business. The result is a nation of highly competitive companies with a keen awareness of global market potential, superior strategies for attracting and keeping talent, flexible and versatile outsourcing production arrangements, and a keen ability to harness the potential of broadband technologies.Photo: Blame Canada by Dvanliet on Flickr.
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Checkin' In From CBC's Digital Development Labs
BlogChecking in from the basement of CBC's Vancouver headquarters as we kick off an event which is bound to be quite remarkable - the CBC Digital Development Labs.
This morning was introductions by the entrepreneurial-minded attendees chosen to display and refine their ideas for possible development by CBC. I'm participating as a mentor (along with others) here to advise, gut-check, collaborate with (and learn from) the emerging visionaries.
Our secret lair (which is very cool by the way - set up with a variety of workspaces, conversation breakout areas, Mac labs, gamer stations - feels like jPod) is also loaded with industry types acting more as observers to see how projects come together in the new media paradigm.
