Tag Archives: webstock

A few notes on innovation

By Julie Starr | Published: June 12, 2011

I’ve just enjoyed reading The Medici Effect after picking it up on impulse a week or so ago. Frans Johansson’s 2006 book looks at how innovation is enhanced when people from different disciplines come together to tackle problems. He calls it the intersection. When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines or cultures, you [...]

Posted in Innovation, Journalism | Also tagged Amabile, Bob Sutton, deadlines, Harvard, ideas, innovation, Innovators Dilemma, JK Rowling, Journalism, Medici Effect, nat torkington, Picasso, stanford, startups, TED | 3 Comments

The Media7 Webstock special – pics

By Julie Starr | Published: February 20, 2011

A few pics from the taping of a Media7 #Webstock special in Wellington last week. It’ll be airing soon – check for details here.

Posted in Featured | Also tagged Amanda Palmer, media7, Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay, russell brown | 1 Comment

We’ve sweetened the pot for our first media scholar – apply by Sunday January 30

By Julie Starr | Published: January 25, 2011

We’ve sweetened the pot for our media scholar, adding a free ticket to WordCamp - which takes place on the weekend following Webstock - to the winner’s package. Wordcamp brings together people who use WordPress in interesting ways – whether journalists striking out on their own, journalism school publications, newspapers, bloggers or a whole range [...]

Posted in Featured | Also tagged AllAboutTheStory.com, awards, journalism awards, Onyas, WordCamp | 2 Comments

Fun with Matt Jones at Webstock

By Julie Starr | Published: February 25, 2009

One of my favourite presentations at Webstock this year was from Matt Jones. Happily, he’s posted his slides on slideshare.net. Not quite the same without his animated presentation, but still good. Look out for the tweeting pot plant. The Demon-Haunted World View more documents from Matt Jones. (tags: sensors archigram)

Posted in Featured | Also tagged design, matt jones | Leave a comment

Online community management 101

By Julie Starr | Published: February 23, 2009

Here are some notes from a workshop I participated in at Webstock about managing and sustaining communities online. It was led by Heather Champ, community manager for Flickr, and Derek Powazek, founder of Fray and more recently MagCloud, a web-to-print publishing site I've been meaning to link to for a while (but that's for another post).

Posted in Communities, Tools for Journalists | Also tagged Communities, flickr, Fray, management | 12 Comments