DIY Media and Collaboration KCB201 Virtual Cultures Barry Saunders [email_address]

Long history of DIY Media Music Electronics Film

Media

Music

Electronics

Film

Zines and pamphlets

Punk and folk

Community radio and TV

Indymedia

Blogging

Electronics

Open source software

Blender

Citizen journalism Youdecide2007 Multi-format citizen journalism project Hyperlocal Anyone could join and participate

Youdecide2007

Multi-format citizen journalism project

Hyperlocal

Anyone could join and participate

Youdecide2007 YouDecide2007 Video interview http://www.youdecide2007.org/content/view/377/101/

Livejournal and fanfic

webcomics

Current TV

Current TV Sony Ad http://current.com/items/76314302_sony_v_cam_transformation

Swarm of Angels

Archive.org

machinima Red Vs Blue http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/archive/

Ask a ninja Killacon http://askaninja.com/classickillacon?video=flash

Sky Captain Trailer created at home with homemade bluescreen and Macintosh Iici Used to generate interest in film financing

Trailer created at home with homemade bluescreen and Macintosh Iici

Used to generate interest in film financing

Flickr

Flickr - HDR http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/

Johnathon Coulton Still Alive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUcVj31QaM

1000 true fans Idea that 1000 fans are sufficient to have a successful (as in, sustainable) career Reduced entry and development costs Johnathon Coulton is an example of this http://www. kk .org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans. php

Idea that 1000 fans are sufficient to have a successful (as in, sustainable) career

Reduced entry and development costs

Johnathon Coulton is an example of this

http://www. kk .org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans. php

Nine Inch Nails Encouraged piracy of his album when he found out the price in Australia No longer on label Made album at home studio in 10 weeks sold online for $5 - $300 Made $1.6 million in first week.

Encouraged piracy of his album when he found out the price in Australia

No longer on label

Made album at home studio in 10 weeks

sold online for $5 - $300

Made $1.6 million in first week.

DIY Long history More popular in economy with lowered costs of entry Pathway to professional work Strategy for established professionals to lower costs, reach audiences in a different way

Long history

More popular in economy with lowered costs of entry

Pathway to professional work

Strategy for established professionals to lower costs, reach audiences in a different way

Links from slides http://zinebook.com http://www.zinegeek.com/?page_id=127 http://www.4zzzfm.org.au http://www.31.com.au/ http://www.nirs.org.au/ http://indymedia.org http://boingboing.net http://www.popularmechanics.com/ http://www.makezine.com/ http://www.chumby.com/

http://zinebook.com

http://www.zinegeek.com/?page_id=127

http://www.4zzzfm.org.au

http://www.31.com.au/

http://www.nirs.org.au/

http://indymedia.org

http://boingboing.net

http://www.popularmechanics.com/

http://www.makezine.com/

http://www.chumby.com/

links http://www.us.debian.org/ http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.blender.org/ http://youdecide2007.org http://livejournal.com http://pvponline.com http://dieselsweeties.com http://current.com http://aswarmofangels.com/ http://archive.org

http://www.us.debian.org/

http://www.ubuntu.com/

http://www.blender.org/

http://youdecide2007.org

http://livejournal.com

http://pvponline.com

http://dieselsweeties.com

http://current.com

http://aswarmofangels.com/

http://archive.org

http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/home.php http://askaninja.com http://www.skycaptain.com/ http://flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/ http://www.jonathancoulton.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUcVj31QaM http://ghosts.nin.com/

http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/home.php

http://askaninja.com

http://www.skycaptain.com/

http://flickr.com

http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUcVj31QaM

http://ghosts.nin.com/