Friday, August 21, 2009
World of Warcraft Jumps Into Print
You might think that starting a brand-new, high-quality, full-glossy magazine in one of the worst publishing environments in years would be a suicidal business idea.
Monday, June 15, 2009
‘#CNNFail’: Twitterverse Slams Network’s Iran Absence
As the Iranian election aftermath unfolded in Tehran–thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to express their anger at perceived electoral irregularities–an unexpected hashtag began to explode through the Twitterverse: “CNNFail.”
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Lessons of ‘Mad Men’ on Twitter
For many fans of the hit TV series “Mad Men,” one of the biggest events of 2008 was the sudden emergence of a number of the show’s characters on Twitter.
At first, it seemed as though whoever was posting regular tweets from within the fictionalized 1960s world of the AMC network show was doing so on behalf of the producers. But as is well known now, they were a group of people who had taken on the task themselves, and who quickly found their project shut down.
Monday, June 2, 2008
NASA to Put Buzz Lightyear on International Space Station
Talk about cross-promotion. One of the closest things to Disney World’s Orlando, Fla., home, is NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, and this is relevant because on Friday, it was announced that among the objects expected to be blasted into the sky with the planned Saturday launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery is a figurine of Toy Story space ranger Buzz Lightyear.
Friday, April 4, 2008
My Take On Calacanis’ View of the TC50/Demo Kerfuffle
I’m reading Henry Blodget’s story reporting on Jason Calacanis’ rant about how it’s the Demo conference organizers who are to blame for the scheduling conflict that pits TechCrunch 50 against DemoFall, and I have to say, I’m a little dubious about Calacanis’ statements.
According to Calacanis–who gave Blodget an “exclusive” interview on the matter despite telling [...]
Friday, March 7, 2008
Egad! Has SXSWi Lost Its Edge?
These days, Twitter is a worldwide phenomenon, a household name, and has even spawned a verb, “to Tweet.” But before the second week of March of last year, when thousands of geeks began arriving in Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest Interactive festival (SXSWi), few people had even heard of the nascent microblogging service. Within days, however, Twitter had taken the conference by storm. The story of how Twitter took over SXSWi, and how it spread to the outside world because of the many influential early adopters in attendance, is well known. Whether it’s because of Twitter’s SXSWi emergence or all things cybergroovy becoming part of pop culture, one thing is certain: SXSWi has gone mainstream. Does that mean it’s also lost its edge?
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