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AHA MEDIA is very honored to speak at today’s ( September 1st) Net Tuesdays at CBC Broadcast Centre in Vancouver

September 1, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA will be speaking on the Vancouver Downtown Eastside, ( DTES ), the evolution from Fearless City Mobile Project, current hyperlocal journalism, mobile media content production and how we use social media for social change.

Vancouver Net Tuesdays – Remixing the Web for Social Change!

Social change makers and web innovators come together at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories, and collaborate on new ideas.

The CBC Broadcast Centre.
775 CAMBIE ST

Tuesday, September 1
6:00pm – 7:30pm

Please use the Cambie St. entrance and check in at the front desk.

We have the following guest presenters confirmed (with more coming soon!)

* Darren Barefoot or Jason Mogus on the TckTckTck campaign
* Jacqueline Cusack McDonald of Fresh Media
* Chris Brand on Fair Copyright
* Tim Wilson on Vancouver’s municipal Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source initiative
* Natalie Sisson of FundRzr
* Alden Habacon of CBC
* Cyrus Irani of TEDxVancouver
* Erika Rathje of the David Suzuki Foundation

PS, not sure what Net Tuesday is?
We’re a global movement coordinated by Net Squared.
Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. These gatherings provide a chance to connect for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change, whether you’re part of a nonprofit organization or a for-profit organization, a funder or a consultant, a developer or an entrepreneur.

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Fearless City Mobile Project, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Nokia N95, Peter Davies, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, W2 Community Media Arts

AHA MEDIA is very honored to be featured in “With Glowing Hearts” the movie directed by Andrew Lavigne and produced by Jon Ornoy of Animal Mother Films

August 10, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

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more about “With Glowing Hearts“, posted with vodpod

A Social Media revolution has been brewing for the past five years on websites from FaceBook, to Wikipedia, to Flickr, and as it spreads throughout the Internet and into popular culture through an increasing number of portals, it is creating a new sense of community and empowerment amongst those who have embraced it.

History has shown that poor and marginalized communities stand to gain the most from leaps forward in the democratization of information, so the excitement in areas like Vancouver’s maligned Downtown Eastside about the possibilities of Web 2.0 and beyond is palpable.

With the Winter Olympics less than a year away, billions have been spent in preparations and many poverty advocates are concerned about how the city’s several thousand homeless and working poor will fit into the equation as Vancouver puts on its best face for the world.

Against this background the film examines Social Media in action as a group named Fearless City embarks on a campaign to empower and protect its neighbours with cellphones, video-streaming, and the World Wide Web.

With great thanks to both our mentors, Andrew Lavigne and Jon Ornoy for a wonderful movie trailer! 🙂

Thanks to all our friends and our colleagues in the film ” With Glowing Hearts” 🙂

AHA MEDIA is exploring more livestreaming software and platforms to increase our mobile media production in Vancouver and Downtown Eastside ( DTES )

July 11, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

We at AHA MEDIA are striving to be even more mobile with our media production.

We have been busy testing and exploring different livestream software and platforms with cameraphones and laptops.

Among the following software and sites we’ve explored or will be testing…

Qik – http://www.qik.com/ahamedia

Bambuser – http://www.bambuser.com/channel/ahamedia

12 seconds – http://www.12seconds.tv/channel/ahamedia

Livestream – http://www.livestream.com/ahamedia

Ustream – http://www.ustream.tv/ahamedia

We livestream during many events – art shows, music performances, social media meetings, business functions, community gathering for ourselves, our friends, and our colleages in Vancouver

Our ongoing professional contracts are with

Fearless City Mobile http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile

W2 Community Media Arts http://www.creativetechnology.org.

AHA MEDIA got our start with Fearless City Mobile and W2 Community Media Arts as they peer trained us in learning about mobile technology and helped us bridge the digital divide in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) – a marginalized inner- city of Vancouver.

Please see AHA MEDIA’s livestream site for updates

http://www.ahalivestream.wordpress.com

Stephen Hill and April Smith were doing experimental aerial videography through kite flying for Fearless City Mobile and W2 at Crab Park on Canada Day

July 6, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

Stephen Hill and April Smith were doing experimental aerial videography through kite flying for

Fearless City Mobile http://www.fearlesscity.ca/mobile

W2 Community Media Arts http://www.creativetechnology.org

Stephen Hill’s first test of Nokia N95 in kite holder during Canada Day Celebrations at Crab Park to begin to experiment with aerial videography through Kite Flying

In this video, April Smith films Stephen Hill doing a test flight with the Nokia N95 in the Kite holder to see if the Kite can bear the weight of the cameraphone ( The Nokia N95 was NOT recording during this time)

April Smith films a second cam documentation of Nokia N95 recording and doing experimental aerial videography with a Kite during Canada Day Celebrations at Crab Park

This video is a second cam documentation by April Smith with another camera of the Kite holding the Nokia N95 as it RECORDS during the short flights off the ground

Stephen Hill puts the Nokia N95 into Kite holder to RECORD while doing experimental aerial videography through kite flying at Crab Park on Canada Day in Vancouver

April Smith’s Nokia N95 while RECORDING, gets placed into the kite holder by Stephen Hill at Crab Park during Canada Day Celebration.

One can see the unique perspectives of the Nokia N95’s recording during the short flights with the Kite off the ground at Crab Park!!!

This is a very wonderful way to experiment creative and technological ways of filmmaking 🙂

AHA MEDIA at the PopVox awards 09 for Vancouver Digital Week 09

May 15, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

AHA MEDIA livestreamed, did photography/videography and live twittered for Fearless City and W2 at the PopVox Awards with Suez Holland – VJ electrabelle 🙂

In this photo, April Smith kisses Buzz Bishop, MC of the evening hello 🙂

In this video, before the #PopVox09 event starts at Workspace in Vancouver, I film Hendrik Beune and Peter Davies livestreaming while Suez Holland sets up the VJ equipment.

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

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In this video, before the #PopVox09 event starts at Workspace in Vancouver, I film Hendrik Beune livestreaming with Buzz Bishop at the crowded event

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In this video, during the #PopVox09 event starts at Workspace in Vancouver, I film Hendrik Beune livestreaming with Buzz Bishop and Gillian Shaw at the crowded event.

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Below is a photo of our screen where VJ electrabelle used our livestream, and live twitter to animate the scene

Below is a photo of Kirstin Richter, Producer of PopVox Awards 09

In this video, I film Kirstin Richter thanking us for coming to #PopVox09 before announcing the winners!

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In this photo, we’re gearing up for the announcements of the winners!

Here’s the full list of PopVox winners:

Best Digital Animation
“Pride of Frankenstein”
Jibber Jabber

Best Digital VFX
Inside Out
Switch Interactive

Best Digital Learning Initiative (Technology)
The Film Lab
thesubstream

Best Digital Learning Initiative (Instructional Design)
Comix 101
Zeros to Heroes Media

Best Game
A Puckoff Christmas
Switch Interactive

Best Mobile Application
Georgia Nicols 2009 Annual Forecast

Best Social Media Application
Hootsuite
Invoke Media

Best User Generated/Crowd-sourced Content Site
Pixton—Interactive Web Comics

Best Company Use of Social Media
I Love Heartland
Zeros to Heroes Media

Best Viral or Digital Advertising Campaign
Zombie Singles
Noise Digital

Best User Experience (Website)
Interior Designers Institute of BC
Switch Interactive

Best Design (Website)
BC Business Online

Best Do-Gooder (Social Change Initiative)
O-Vert
Switch Interactive

Best Start Up
Hootsuite
Invoke Media

Best Student Project
Tiki Wiki The Art Institute of Vancouver

Individual Stand Out: Industry Advocacy
Danny Robinson, managing director of Bootup Labs and cofounder of Launch Party Vancouver

Individual Stand Out: Digital Education
Gerri Sinclair, executive director of Masters of Digital Media Program

Individual Stand Out: Social Media
Kris Krug, president of Raincity Studios

Individual Stand Out: Visionary Leadership
Michael Tippett, founder and chief marketing officer at Now Public

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In the following photos and video, Kris Krug accepts his award 🙂

In this video, Kris Krug jokingly leads us to believe that he was chosen to be the leader of an dangerous expedition going to Antarctica, and that’s why he wasn’t able to make it to #PopVoxAwards09!! He is thankful for the recognition and wishes he was here with as he going to “Media that Matters” on Cortes Island.

In this photo, Hendrik Beune shakes Michael Tippett’s hand 🙂 http://www.nowpublic.com

AHA MEDIA is very happy to support PopVox Awards with our livestreaming, photography, videography and live twitter! We congratulate all the winners this year! 🙂

AHA MEDIA – Left to right- April Smith, Hendrik Beune, Peter Davies 🙂