I recently had the experience of throwing a block party in my neighborhood, and was amazed at the number of neighbors who showed up. It was a great experience, and I attribute a major part of its success to one factor: my wife and I take daily walks through our neighborhood. We don’t necessarily interact…
The iPod Nano and iPod Touch – Implications for Podcasting and Podsafe Music A few highlights from Apple’s refresh of the iPod line for podcasters and new media makers. 1. The iPod nano now plays iPod video – 320×240 H.264 video. With this, video iPods are much more affordable and in reach of more of…
In my work, I get the opportunity to talk to a lot of interesting people, as both part of the Financial Aid Podcast and PodCamp. Last year, while I was doing outreach for the podcast on MySpace, I got a chance to talk to a kid who has had a decidedly different educational experience than…
The buzz this weekend was clearly about Q – the first TRUE viral marketing product I’ve seen in new media. It’s viral just like a real virus – it spreads to everyone you’ve come in contact with, and the power of its infection is multiplied by the level of contact you have with others. We’ll…
For every light that shines, a shadow falls. – munk Last year, 19 close friends and colleagues contributed $2,010 towards leukemia and lymphoma research. This year, my wife and I are walking again in the Boston Common to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Research program. What’s being researched? This caught my eye: Multiple myeloma is…
I’ll be off the grid until 9/4/07. If it’s urgent, call me if you have the number. Play nicely with each other!
Today we’re celebrating BlogDay 2007, and in honor honour of PodCamp UK, I thought I’d highlight the blogs of PodCamp UK’s organizers organisers and sponsors. So, in no particular order: John Buckley Linda Mills Simon Toon Phil Campbell Dean Whitbread If you’re in the UK and are free 1 September and 2 September, stop on…
This is the New Media Fishbowl. A commenter on Mitch Joel’s blog pointed out a Facebook Application that could draw a hyperbolic map of your friends in your network and how they were related. I was stunned to see a true, graphical, and clear representation of the New Media fishbowl, the echo chamber, whatever you…
iPhone. Bacn. Chocolate Rain. LOLcats. Copybot. Bum Rush the Charts. Lonelygirl15. What do all these have to do with each other? They’re all “viral” memes – high speed, high attention, sticky microcontent that spread like wildfire in various online communities. Just a mere mention of them on a blog can, if caught early enough, drive…
Based on what’s in the book of Genesis from the Abrahamic bibles, God created everything in six days. Day 1. Universe. Day 2. Earth and water. Day 3. Land and shrubbery. Day 4. Seasons, day, and night. Day 5. Critters. Day 6. Mankind. Day 7. Break. If you assume that God’s calendar works differently than…
