2 March 2007
Go geek with BBC
'Backstage ' Tour
MEDIA, film and art students at MMU are 'going geek' with the help of the BBC.
MMU is forging a range of links with the Beeb ahead of its partial move to Salford Quays in 2010 which will create up to 10,000 jobs and add £170m to the regional economy.
The latest development is a series of events with BBC Backstage, the corporation’s techno-geek design team who promote new ways of re-using BBC content in interesting and imaginative ways.
On March 5, Head of BBC Backstage Ian Forrester and podcasting expert Matt Cashmore visit MMU’s Department of Information and Communications for a talk and networking about new creative industry.
Next generation
In "New Media is Dead", the pair will talk about why much of New Media is old hat.
Lecturer Richard Eskins said: "With more people taking control of how they consume, participate and create vast amounts of data and media, they will explore how this new world presents a new challenge for people in the creative industries.
"Is the Alpha Geek now calling time on the mega corporations, and how will mash-ups, networked apps and new social patterns of behaviour impact on the daily lives of the average users.”
‘New Media is Dead’ takes place at MMU’s Geoffrey Manton Building on Oxford Road, lecture theatre one, 4-6pm. Staff and students are welcome.
For further information about this event, please contact: Richard Eskins r.eskins@mmu.ac.uk
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Notes: Ian Forrester heads up the BBC's Backstage, a developer/designer network like no other. He is well known for geek social events across the capital including London Geekdinners, BarCampLondon, BBC Backstage London Christmas Bash and recently the BarCampLondon2.
Previously, he worked for the BBC World Service as a New Media Software Engineer. His background is in design and information architecture, which stems from lecturing at Ravensbourne College and working for a design agency during the dot-com era.
Somehow, Ian finds time to blog at cubicgarden.com and think about the next generation of the web at his new blog called flow.
