http://www.corante.com/amateur/ en-us info@corante.com 2005-09-24T06:36:21-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2005/09/tests_1.php test... 36514@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ Blinks › 2005-09-24T06:36:21-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2005/09/testing.php test... 34973@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2005-09-24T02:37:59-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/07/google_buys_then_gives_away_pi.php Picassa, a relatively powerfull photo management tool was purchased by Google a couple weeks ago. . Assumably we'll see some interesting integration of Blogger and Picassa in the near future.... 14040@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-07-21T11:04:14-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/07/free_comic_book_day.php Free Comic Book Day is being held in conjunction with opening weekend of Spiderman II (man was there a crowd at the opening the other night at the Buckhead Backlot, first run movies and beer are doing some business in... 14039@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-07-02T14:26:50-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/06/bloggers_to_get_democratic_nat.php It's obvious that both parties are thrashing a bit in last minute conversations about including amateur journalists in their conventions - interesting coverage from Wired News.... 14038@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-06-21T14:21:31-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/06/audiomulch_shareware_audio_fer.php 14037@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-06-15T17:08:36-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/06/the_coming_explosion_of_amateu.php Jeff Jarvis has a long piece on the fast approaching explosion of Amateur Television. Many people have been predicting this for some time, but Jeff has some good thoughts about why TV will happen first: - TV is more exciting... 14036@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-06-10T14:56:15-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/05/star_wars_kid_remixed.php If you were living under a rock and didn't see the Star Wars Kid video, it has now spawned a whole video remix subculture. The Star Wars Kid is a 15-year-old from Quebec known as Ghyslain Raza. Back in November... 14035@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-05-04T15:26:25-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/04/remix_fight.php Photoshop tennis or fightclub has been around for a while as a mechanism for graphic designers to collaborate and riff off each other's idea. Remix fight does the same thing for DJs and remixers. Really, really cool seeing people essentially... 14034@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-04-22T12:44:02-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/04/giving_it_away_for_free.php A nicely researched, long article on Creative Commons and the gift economy from Business 2.0. Ton's of great examples and righteous quotes: The sharing economy is already worth billions of dollars, but its direct beneficiaries aren't mainstream entertainment companies. Instead,... 14033@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-04-22T12:33:06-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/04/london_calling_to_the_faraway.php On the heels of DJ Dangermouse's Gray Album and Cheap Cologne's "Jay-Z vs. Metallica: The Double Black" reworkings of Jay-Z's Black Album (both of which have some great moments), comes something nearer and dearer to my heart: London Booted -... 14032@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-04-21T14:36:11-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/04/garageband_and_musical_amateur.php At Game Girl Advance a couple of months back, Sandford parodied the ilife suite by "announcing" the release of "attic author" (thanks to matt jones for the link):[...]Apple is proud to announce an add-on package to our popular iLife '04... 14031@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-04-19T20:44:01-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/04/ishkurs_guide_to_electronic_mu.php Don't know your darkstep from your neurofunk? Check out Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music - A sweet Flash application that interactively maps out the various micro-genres and history of ectronica, from Kraftwerk to Kid606 with music samples and screamingly funny... 14030@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-04-16T10:25:01-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/04/charles_leadbeater_and_the_pro.php Allow me to take this opportunity to warmly welcome myself to Amateur Hour ;) By way of introduction, I thought I'd repost a couple of recent entries from my own blog on the topic of amateurism, new media and digital... 14029@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-04-16T01:16:30-05:00 http://www.corante.com/amateur/archives/2004/04/the_irony_of_intellectual_prop.php Microsoft has just settled a lawsuit over Digital Rights Management technologies for $440 Million. It's telling and ironic on multiple fronts. Microsoft had stolen intellectual property from InterTrust and used that technology in it's music products. "Licensing InterTrust's patent portfolio... 14028@http://www.corante.com/amateur/ 2004-04-13T16:10:26-05:00