“We have severe attention deficit disorder in our organization,” quipped IDEO CEO and Co-Founder Tim Brown during a panel discussion called “Design Thinking Out Loud: Exploring Innovation and Creativity with IDEO” at the Palo Alto Art Center on June 21st. [See the full post…]

Deborah Nadoolman Landis, president of The Costume Designer’s Guild, Local 892 in Hollywood, emphatically asserts that costume designers help actors discover their characters. And while big budget movies give designers plenty of resources, it’s not about the budget says Landis–it’s [See the full post…]

The 2006 LA Film Festival, featured the documentary “East of Havana”. In this podcast, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with the films directors Juaretsi Saizarbitoria and Emilia Menocal, as well as the producers, Juan Carlos Saizarbitoria and actress Charlize Theron. The [See the full post…]

Film Independent, the Los Angeles Film Festival organizer, threw a “Porch Party” at the Armand Hammer Museum in Westwood, Los Angeles. PodTech’s Michael Johnson spoke with some of the revelers as well as Film Independent’s Educational Director Maria Bozzi, and [See the full post…]

Film Independent, the Los Angeles Film Festival organizer, threw a “Porch Party” at the Armand Hammer Museum in Westwood, Los Angeles. PodTech’s Michael Johnson spoke with some of the revelers as well as Film Independent’s Educational Director Maria Bozzi, and [See the full post…]

This panel discussion focuses on key issues facing US companies investing in emerging companies abroad, including cultural approaches, customer preferences, marketing efforts and more. Panelists include Mintoo Bhandari, The View Group (moderator), Bob Nephew, Korn Ferry, Dr. Shan Nair, Nair [See the full post…]

The director of the Los Angeles Film Festival, Richard Raddon, says that being overshadowed by Hollywood isn’t the challenge one might think. He says it’s a plus that Hollywood directors and actors live in the neighborhood, literally. The LA Film [See the full post…]

Intel helped bring together movie and technology experts to show and tell how the Internet is changing the entertainment industry. Plus, festival goers saw the future of home entertainment and got to test drive the latest home entertainment systems powered [See the full post…]

Analysts predict mass adoption of digital IP-based media only when consumers able to easily download and watch movies. The technology is here but the will apparently isn’t. But the makers of films aren’t letting that stop them from using the [See the full post…]

Randy Thom, one of the film industry’s leading film sound designers, says he appreciates the capabilities of faster computer chips and higher performance storage in systems. But he echoes the sentiments of every I.T. manager: he doesn’t want to be [See the full post…]

It’s not a matter of if we’ll be watching movies downloaded on our home theater systems, it’s a matter of when. James Ackerman, CEO of the film producer and distributor Clickstar, points to the convergence of faster chips, media friendly [See the full post…]

Ask Craig Newmark why he hasn’t made multi-millions off of Craigslist and he’ll look at you as if it’s an odd question. Try asking him why Craigslist is such a great site to avoid being bombarded by ads. There, that’s [See the full post…]

Six Apart founder Mena Trott says the blogosphere is probably smaller than most people think. She defines it as the space inhabited by people who are “the pundits” trying to get a lot of readers. The blogging universe is much [See the full post…]

Independent media distribution over the Internet was once talked about–by independent content creators–as if it were a real option. But it was never realistic on a wide scale basis. The bandwidth, hardware and audience weren’t there. But times have changed. [See the full post…]

Philip Rosedale, Founder and CEO of Linden Lab, developers of Second Life says that the immersive experience is circumventing some traditional ways of accessing search. He spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at Supernova 2006 in San Francisco. More info: Supernova2006.com [See the full post…]

Jeremy Allaire, CEO and Founder of Brightcove, speaks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about the shifting paradigm of video distribution in the age of broadband access. Brightcove helps video content providers, both independent and industry level, with publishing and distribution. More [See the full post…]

Corporate Podcast Summit – Redwood City, CA – Pod Summit’s second day kicked off with PodTech’s own John Furrier speaking on the new possibilities for marketing, distribution, and end-user loyalty in the brave new world of podcasting. Click here for [See the full post…]

PodTech’s John Furrier answers questions from the audience at Corporate Podcast Summit 2006 – Part 2 of 2 Click here for part 1 More info: podcast-summit.com/

June 15, 2006 (Boston, Massachusetts) The final night of TechEd 2006 was celebrated in Boston’s Fenway Park with Train providing the entertainment, complete with a cover of Aerosmith’s “Dream On”. PodTech’s Michael Johnson talks to a few attendees about the [See the full post…]

At Supernova Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia talks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about Wikia.com, online communities, and the new definition of community in online social networks. More info: Wikia.com Supernova2006.com See also: Podcasts from Supernova

Saul Klein, VP of Marketing for Skype talks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at Supernova about the new areas Skype users are taking the voice communication software, both on an individual and enterprise level. More info: www.skype.com Supernova2006.com

PodTech.net and Supernova focuses on the technology-driven transformation of computing, communications, digital media, and business. Now in its fifth year, Supernova brings together leading industry influencers to make business connections, explore emerging technologies, and discover innovative new ideas and companies. [See the full post…]

“Strong personalities have strong opinions, and most of the time, those opinions may differ. Being able to resolve those conflicts is challenging,” said Harry Ruda, the founder and CEO of Softricity. Ruda was one of four panelists who discussed how [See the full post…]

“The pace of paradigm shift is growing exponentially,” said author and futurist Ray Kurzweil in his keynote speech at TiECON East 2006. Kurzweil talked about exponential growth of information technology, what comes after Moore’s Law, and reverse-engineering the human brain. [See the full post…]

S. Ramadorai considers a round of questions about serving markets and building businesses in an increasing complex global marketplace. More info at: TieCONEast.org See also: TiEcon 2006 Podcasts