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WELCOME You have found yourself in the terrific treasure trove that is Matmi's magical world of digital musings. Here is an ever growing collection of stories on digital media matters found while mooching through the web. Ranging from info on the latest games to new media design to trends in the digital marketing stratosphere (and the occasional post that just makes the Matmians' smile). - (curated by the eclectic tastes of the Mini Matmian ^SL...and a little help from his Matmian friends)
Showing posts with label digital media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital media. Show all posts
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
The Return of Real-Time Social Environments
Via Scoop.it - New Digital Media
The last few months have seen an explosive resurgence in real-time environments, last popular in the late ’90s. The interesting thing is that this new zeitgeist seems to have taken root in multiple places within the space of a few short weeks. I’ve seen this all before: I was one of the founders of an avatar chat company called The Palace, Inc. back in 1995. Although quite popular (10 million users at its peak in 1998), The Palace never found a revenue stream that worked. As Jake Winebaum once told me, Palace was a phenomenon, not a business. He was right. But that was then, and this is now.The New Real-Time Landscape
Let’s examine a few examples. Avatar-based chat room Shaker took the gold two weeks ago at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Created as a Facebook app, Shaker lets users enter an isometric environment that resembles a bar. You can see and interact with other fully articulated avatars that look like mannequins. Users can chat, dance, give other users virtual drinks, see which of your Facebook friends are nearby and invite them to join the party. There is no “point” to Shaker interaction; it’s simply fun and engaging.
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Monday, 10 October 2011
The Year of Awards rolls on…
Matmi have had a fantastic year so far regarding recognition for our work.
We have won at events such as The Big Chip Awards, The Digi Awards, How-Do Awards, nominated for Best Use Of Games at theCannes Lions and received a special honoree mention at the Webby Awards (first time of entering too). Enough awards to make the little Matmian eyes pop.
And our run keeps on going. Only last week we were nominated for a BIMA award for our work on the Optathlon Campaign.
However, that was not the end of our amazing week. Our chief Matmian Jeff Coghlan was nominated at the DADIs for ‘Individual Of The Year’ (fear not, my fellow Matmians shall keep his feet on the ground). Matmi itself was also nominated for ‘Agency of the Year’.We are all obviously very proud of the work we do but it’s always nice to be recognised by others.
The winners of the DADI awards are based on an open vote. If you feel the Matmians and their ever-so humble leader Jeff Coghlandeserve this recognition, you can vote here: http://vote.dadiawards.com/
If you need some persuading, check out our some of our latest work:
Matmi need your vote!
Thank you for listening to this self-promotion. You regularly scheduled updates will continue shortly 8¬)
Mini Matmian.
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