Posts Tagged "user generated content"

• Is There a Downside to the Upside of Social Media?

  Social Media
  

  Between the Susan Boyle phenomenon, participating in a panel discussion on the importance of social media in business as part of NYC Entrepreneur Week and watching clients eyes cross when I urge them to Twitter, I’ve been thinking a lot about social media lately. Is it only today’s flavor? Is there a downside we’re not [...]

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• Susan Boyle Meets the (Social) Media

  Social Media
  

  Just minutes after West Lothian phenom Susan Boyle walked onto the stage of Britian’s Got Talent last Saturday night, even snarky Simon Cowell’s heart was melting under the brilliance of her song. So too everyone fortunate to be watching the show live across the UK.
  Back in the day (i.e. around the turn of the millennium) [...]

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• My TV, My PC

  Business & Marketing
  

  For years I’ve been my own best Guinea pig for testing new tools, technologies, techniques… anything I could use to tell a story or that might impact my customers and audience. And because of my first career as  producer and director, web video has held special interest that way.
  Years ago when a defense industry client [...]

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• Burning Down the TV

  Next Tech
  

  David Byrne sang about burning down the house and now it’s time for burning down the TV thanks to Miro, the open source video player.
  Think TIVO for web, but without buying any hardware or software (sorry AppleTV). Think millions of programs packaged as pre-programmed channels, or search the web and make a channel with the [...]

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