We live in the age of new media; blogs, podcasts, YouTube. More and more consumers are creating their own media, rather than relying on broadcasting institutions to provide it to them. Despite the hype, most attempts at new media are rubbish, often because of a lack of the right skills to do the job, whether technical or artistic. As a result, many people who have a great idea produce mediochre media.
Chris Van Patten, a friend of mine and Peter’s (and designer of Gizbuzz), has launched YouMakeMedia, a blog about new media, aimed at the people trying to produce it. He’s been posting to it for the past few days, and there’s already some great content there. He dissects the LonelyGirl15 saga, reviews Flixn the new webcam video publishing site, explains how to track viral trends and much more.
Chris really knows what he’s talking about in this field as well - he’s been running Comitar Studios for a while now which has been producing some great short films, one of which (The Bet) you can see in the sidebar of YouMakeMedia.
I really recommend that you go over and have a look, apart from anything so that the quality of new media on the internet improves!
Thanks for the GizBuzzing, Huw!