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I'm not here yet, but the new site is almost done and the network launch is coming soon.

Thanks to anyone visiting me from Mashable today, and check back or send me your email, and I'll be sure to let you know as soon as things are rolling. I hope you like what you'll see.

-james erik abels (james@threeminutemedia.com)

On April 23, Three Minute Media hosted the first Life After Digital forum. Four speakers discussed how they are using digital tools to build media businesses today before a crowd of roughly 100 people. Three Minute founder and media reporter James Erik Abels kicked off the event -- his first -- with a vision of the future.

Here are three simple ideas that came out of the event:

(1) The market approves of professional content creators who hustle, embrace risky business, and develop material defined by the quirks of the Web environment, such as the time of day stories are "consumed";

(2) The future of editorial is bound up with marrying quality content -- both professional and user-generated -- with valuable information repositories, or databases of relevant information;

(3) Working in an online environment means journalists and other content creators are closer to the market than they have been in generations, e.g., the wall between editorial and business is thinning.

Without further ado, below is a video recap of the evening, as edited by photojournalist Michael Colin.

As for Three Minute, keep watching. Abels will be launching its first show, Three Minute Media News, shortly (just as soon as his right hand heals after being broken while hiking in the Adirondacks over Memorial Day.)

Life After Digital, James Erik Abels, Three Minute Media

Life After Digital, Ty Ahmad-Taylor, FanFeedr

Life After Digital, Sara Clemence, Recessionwire

Life After Digital, Thomas P. Farley, New York Insider TV

Life After Digital, Brian Farnham, Patch