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December 1, 2005

La-la-la (is this telephony?)

A week or two ago I attended Dorkbot Alba, a gathering of eclectic people and techno-centric ideas.

I really liked the presentation by artist Zoë Irvine. She's putting together Dial-a-Diva, which runs THIS SATURDAY, 3 DECEMBER. Get that?

It's a global 24-hour concert of singing from performers around the world. And you can just dial-in and listen.

It's a return to the roots of telephony, as it was first deployed and conceived -- a broadcast medium. So by not IP streaming, she isn't being ostentatiosly retro, but is reminding us of -- and reviving -- the medium's origins.

Posted by Martin Geddes at 10:02 AM
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