And there’s digital joy in London this weekend too – Digital Bootcamp is coming back to the Frontline Club (where it all started back in 2009 – which is a long time in technology years!) Digital Bootcamp is a master class designed to help you and your film navigate the rapidly evolving digital landscape. Shooting People’s James Mullighan will guide you through a series of case studies and practical examples (with a focus on documentaries) to help you get up…

Are you interested in interactive, dynamic, cross-platform storytelling? If so you’ll want to join TFI and BAVC at the BAVC Producers Institute for New Media Technologies Public Conference Day in New York City this Saturday! The conference features a fantastic line-up of speakers covering everything from data mapping, immersive production, gaming, interactive media, mobile tools, Augmented Reality and much, much more. Come along to find out more about the emerging tools and platforms that are changing the face of filmmaking…

Those who have been following the recent is-the-sky-falling-on-independent-film debate might be interested in The Conversation “a two-day conversation — definitely not a conference — about the future of cinema, video, games, and telling stories with new media” coming up in Berkeley, CA later this year and bought to you by Ken Goldberg, Scott Kirsner, Tiffany Shlain and Lance Weiler. Here’s more info about some of the speakers and subject areas to be covered: Reed Hastings / Founder & CEO, Netflix…

Finding useful tools for downloading video from the web can be very confusing. Check out Liz Gannes’ article on newteevee.com about the different options, their perks and their pitfalls.

The Participatory Culture Foundation are the forward-thinking people behind Miro (formerly Democracy), a great open-source internet TV platform. In the spirit of openness they have also created a very handy website called makeinternettv.org (does what it says on the tin!). The site covers everything from the equipment you should use to licensing issues to how to promote your work through RSS feeds. It’s not exhaustive but it’s a really good starting point if you’re dipping your feet into the water…