Meeting of Minds: The User is the Content: I will be present at the Meeting of Minds in Antwerpen (Belgium) on April 26th-27th. It will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the societal implications of the Web revolution, that has empowered us all to create, publish and share massively online. The people formerly known as the audience are no longer merely consumers, and the old-media players have lost their monopoly on content delivery - or as McLuhan exclaimed: the user is the content. His wor...

Online communities and selling opportunities for artists: A few weeks ago, I reported about Humble Voice , an online community for artists to present their work. Here are a few more arts communities that have recently launched, or received extra funding to pursue their mission. First Sistino , offering artists the opportunity to sell high-quality prints of their works. Sistino has been created by Art.com . Then there is Imagekind , by "Curious Office Pa...