by David | Nov 7, 2008 | new media
Quick hit: from the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco (h/t Techcrunch):Huffington says flat out that if it wasn’t for the Internet, Obama would not be president. Trippi notes that Obama’s YouTube spots gathered an aggregate of 14.5 million viewing hours. The...
by David | Oct 16, 2008 | new media
It’s still kind of a guessing game as to the motivations behind it, but Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey is out, and Evan Williams, the co-founder of the addictive microblogging service, has moved back to CEO from chairman. Suspects in the shakeup include: The...
by David | Sep 11, 2008 | advertising, Design, Digital Migration, google, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers, Online Video
Packing up for the trip back down to LA, but couldn’t let these little tidbits from the CTIA pass without at least acknowledging them. 1. Yahoo is trying to drum up some support for its Blueprint mobile platform. They claim that it’s going to allow...
by David | May 27, 2008 | Online Video
Weezr’s Pork and Beans video turns the whole “viral fame” process on its head, taking in the personalities made famous in the last year or so by YouTube, and biting off their fame. It’s funny, self-referential and the tune burns (Full...
by David | May 26, 2008 | Blogging, Blogs, Design, Digital Migration, journalism, Newspapers, Online Video
I’ve been blogging for more than three years now on the Typepad platform, and have finally taken the leap to WordPress. It’s not because Typepad was bad – although it was a little clunky at first, and I haven’t ever really been happy with...
