Revised walk starts at Online / Learning Zone

Zone-online

Thinking about Online Information it seems to me that the Apps World aspect has changed things. The apps may not have been part of the main show but most people in Olympia were aware of the apps aspect. The average age of the people there was probably lower than most of Online but not just student types. So the background of BETT must assume that mobile devices are available, at least outside of school hours.

So the direction of the walk can change, not just because of the sequence of the shows, The technology is now reaching consumer electronics and challenging the education.   

Experimentation and social media / video

Thinking about "experimentation" as a phase between buzz and maturity. The details of the Online keynote are not out yet but probably something will turn up. Experimentality is sort of closed as research topic at Lancaster but I am still getting interested. There could be more about business and organisations in relation to experiment.

the blog is still being updated but chronology is not obvious.

Web video may be still at the buzz phase, experiments imply some developed theory as to what is being tested. I have several clips from Online yesterday including a copy of European Council video. the sound is not good, too much background but the lighting could be fixed.

Tomorrow I will be at the CQI for a meeting looking at case studies for MoSO, a model of sustainable organisation.

I am trying to think about the structures for video. There will be a proper video this time. Previously I tried to record the launch event but there are issues with lighting and sound. 

Maybe for Youtube etc this is less of a problem. The audience have various ideas about acceptable production values. An event has multiple camera angles / edit versions. search results start somewhere and then various routes are on offer.

The MoSO process starts with an existing situation. Television in general has a changing model. My situation is currently casual but there will be a model around social media including video. Experimental phase coming up. 

Flickr from Online Information and Apps World

apps world had more buzz to it and could have filled the space at the back of #online10

The central IT department is not the only option.

The Keynote

 previously

can't find the diagram about "buzz, experimentation, adoption, and maturity" but it sounds interesting.

Definitely right about the move to mobile, even if apps world was a bit hard to find.

appsworld takes mindshare from Online Information

At Olympia today. The Online Information space is not full. There is no IMS show but XML and Library specific software survive.
 
There is an appsworld next door in Olympia 2. It is possible to connect but not obvious. The badge works but there is a barrier on the stairs. I found a lift going down but none coming back.
 
Highwire one of several publishers ofering mobile options. So should the apps connection be a bit more obvious?
 
Come and have a look. Two more days.
 
Online Information had been heading mobile for ages.but sometimes there is disruption.
 

Walk arrives at Learning Zone / Online Information

Zone-online

The Learning Zone is one side of Alexanderplatz, opposite the library and bookshop. Online Information has always been about online but recently the publishers involved have put less emphasis on hard copy. How will libraries and bookshops adapt as this continues? there is a display of the Sony Reader in Waterstones but it is not often in the window as is the case for Waterstones in central Lancaster.

Online Information is this week so could offer clues on how this walk will continue.

Blogs display in posted order so go back four for the start of the walk.

Walk starts with BETT / InfoLab 21

Bett

I am rethinking the walk on Lancaster campus. Time and place are getting even more tangled. The Winterlude has started because the online presence of actual events extends time. The InfoLab is an architecture for technology visions and BETT is now the only UK tech show with any depth of range. It will cover all netbooks etc and phones will be in the background. So the walk starts here or in the new year.