Comments on: Convergence of Social and Indie Media

By: Thomas Cermak

Thomas Cermak — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:13:50 +0000

Hi Brian,

This is great feedback. I'm sending this blog off to others.

Thanks again for talking at the Indie Media Fair.

Thomas

By: rubynadler

rubynadler — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:51:03 +0000

Yup that's me, and you can see the LondonFuse main page in that picture too, awesome.

There can definitely be a disconnect between indie media and the digital world but groups who were in attendance, like The Iconoclast (http://iconoclastmedia.net) also have websites where you can check out their zines online as well as other content. Most of the people selling their art and other products have etsy.com accounts, facebook groups, and/or their own websites, so the digital presence of their work might not be apparent at the fair but it exists. I'm not sure how the digital aspect could be emphasized better but it could be helpful to outline some ways people can take advantage of the digital side to better showcase their work.

By: Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:51:27 +0000

Thanks Ruby -- I looked through Kevin's pictures trying to see if I missed anyone but couldn't figure out for sure if this was you.

Looks like there's a groundswell starting to form around the need to be more active in our mutual support. Savanah Sewell said it well in the last FUSEcast. Can't wait to see what happens (and add my 2¢ of course).

One more correction of my post: in hindsight the tone was far too negative about the analog aspects of indie media (typical self-righteous blogger that I am). It wasn't so much that the fair was analog-centric that surprised me, but rather that there wasn't also more of a digital aspect to complement it.

Conversely, someone like me can be criticized for being too digital-centric, I'd like to do more analog & in-person.

By: rubynadler

rubynadler — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:37:13 +0000

Hey Brian, just a correction with regards to last year's indie media fair, Thomas and I were at the fair last year promoting the beta version of LondonFuse. We were in a side room though so it's very likely that you missed us, it was great that everyone was put in the main corridor this year for that reason.
There was some discussion last night about the need to have a more than annual indie media meet up, to promote collaboration and networking. We'll see how organizing that goes. :)