[Phpwm] [OT] Midland New Media

[matt zb]

I hate the term "Web 2.0" more than I hate the term "New Media", but it's a
convenient technology-agnostic catch-all term for personages doing
techie-creative type stuff.

You're probably right though, the term "multimedia" ceased to really mean
anything around the time Adobe/Macromedia stopped developing Director. But
that doesn't mean I'm going to stop using it ;)

In Brighton we have a mailing list called BNM - Brighton New Media - which
is populated by programmers, designers, photographers, film makers, sys
admins, project managers, all kinds of people. Majority techies though. They
have a very high volume of traffic[1] and a very active community (every job
I have had in the last 5 years has come via that list in some way or other).

[1] http://www.brightonnewmedia.org/pipermail/bnmlist/2008-January/date.html

I've been looking for similar in the Mids, but I've never found one. I even
set up my own a few years back: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/mnmlist/
(but didn't really get round to telling anyone)


M

  

On 8/1/08 09:59, "Alex Mace" <alex at hollytree.co.uk> wrote:

> My personal thought that "New Media" was a bit old hat these days,
> like "MultiMedia"...
> 
> It's all Web 2.0, Rich Internet Applications, etc, these days. How
> many people on this list are doing that sort of thing I don't know,
> but the list itself seems to be much more vibrant than any other PHP
> list I've looked at in this country. Whether that means there is more
> going on here in the West Midlands is another question...
> 
> Alex
> 
> On 7 Jan 2008, at 10:09, matt zb wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Cheers Rob. I'd happily buy a round when I'm in town.
>> 
>> So what are your thoughts on West Mids New Media as an entity? I was
>> really
>> hoping that when I made a claim that it didn't exist I'd get shot
>> down in
>> </flame>'s, but does my claim actually have some credence?
>> 
>>> From my perspective, I can only see the nodal points[2]. You're the
>>> guys on
>> the ground, so please tell me I'm wrong.
>> 
>> M
>> 
>> [2] http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=502270
>> 
>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rob Allen"
>> 
>>>> On 4 Jan 2008, at 16:04, matt zb wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyway, hi. That's all I wanted to say. Hope you're all well. I'll
>>>>> go back
>>>>> to lurking now.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> matt zb
>>>>> 
>>>>> [1] http://zenbullets.com/blog/?p=142
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Matt!
>>>> 
>>>> You are very welcome here regardless of where you live. Of course,
>>>> it'll be a fair old trip when it's your turn to get the drinks in
>>>> at a
>>>> meet...
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Rob...
>>>> 
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