CNM Editorial
Media | 07/12/2000 4:00 am EDT
The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports. Those not in attendance at Net 2000 sponsored by CANARIE Inc missed an educational and eye-opening conference. There are few other events each year which bring policy-makers, infrastructure builders, content providers, researchers and educators together in a single forum. The lesson was clear: exploiting the Internet is about more than converging technologies; it is about the convergence of disciplines. Lawyers, engineers, writers, politicians, teachers and designers are being thrown into a maelstrom of new possibilities and the result has been a new way of thinking about communications. A common charge leveled against the Canadian new media community is that it is too insular, however. The creators of multimedia often work in isolation, moving from project to project as the commercial imperative dictates. That’s mostly a result of time constraints, and it’s a shame that more of our talented designers
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