Category: Media

The Social Media Grand Central Station. Seesmic Desktop 2.  It's Badass.

The Social Media Grand Central Station. Seesmic Desktop 2. It’s Badass.

Earlier today, while monitoring some feeds on Tweetdeck, I was thinking about how handy it would be to check on all of my facebook pages, my twitter feeds, my Rss feeds, my favorite forum threads, etc… and boom Seesmic releases their new Desktop 2.
It doesn’t add forum threads, that was my idea… [...]

Fast Company Influence Project: Why I Am Participating

Fast Company Influence Project: Why I Am Participating

There has been a lot of talk and maybe a little drama surrounding the Fast Company Influence Project and I wanted to write a little something about why I wanted to be a part of the project and why I continue to ask for the support of my friends and colleagues by the way of [...]

Harley Davidson Markets to Women & It's Working, After 90 Years.

Harley Davidson Markets to Women & It’s Working, After 90 Years.

When my business partner Jeanette and I were asked to attend a Harley Davidson luncheon to kick off the Women Riders weekend we said yes faster than you can say Women Riders! Having never been on a Harley, I was more the excited to go check it all out and learn about the culture.
Harley Davidson [...]

Mobile Local Social presents Podcast 001 the Mobile Media Club

Mobile Local Social presents Podcast 001 the Mobile Media Club

Greetings Earthlings. The team at Mobile Local Social, has connected with some amazingly bright minds here in our hometown of Kansas City, and are forming a Mobile Media Club to connect with businesses and show them the error of their technological ways.
What we have here is the very first podcast / experiment of this [...]

Identity Theft Via Used Copier Machines: Who Needs Social Networking?

Identity Theft Via Used Copier Machines: Who Needs Social Networking?

This is one of the most disturbing FAILS I have ever heard of.
“(CBS) At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret.
Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive [...]

Best Music Visualizer EVER?

Best Music Visualizer EVER?

I freakin’ LOVE this. Unfortunately, this isn’t an app, but some code created to play this song with Processing.org. So, you can’t download a player that does this… but WOW, someone talk to Pandora. I’d LOVE to sit with this rocking on my iPad, reading the words to the song as it [...]

Steve Job's:  Freedom of Expression vs. Invention

Steve Job’s: Freedom of Expression vs. Invention

Steve stands by his capatalism. And rightfully so. Over at Valleywag Ryan Tate and Steve Jobs have a conversation about freedom of expression vs. invention.

Hey BP, Welcome to Social Media.

Hey BP, Welcome to Social Media.

Ok, we all know this is a very shitty crisis going on down in the Gulf of Mexico. I have to say that it seemed like only a matter of time for one of these offshore oil wells did something crazy like explode and completely pollute the surrounding waters. It had to go [...]

Blogosphere Protects Source Anonymity By Posting Source's Face, Name

Blogosphere Protects Source Anonymity By Posting Source’s Face, Name

Who needs a shield law when other journalists will be more than happy to out your sources and then try to interview them for their own stories?

WWE's 'Smackdown' Gives Syfy Brand a Piledriver

WWE’s ‘Smackdown’ Gives Syfy Brand a Piledriver

Okay – looks like I’m the last kid on the block to get the news. I read today at  The Hollywood Reporter that Syfy is stepping into the ring of prime time wrastlin’.
You heard right. The brand once known as the Sci Fi Channel that built a following by airing cult classics like Rod Serling’s [...]

Professional Sports Should Boycott Arizona

Professional Sports Should Boycott Arizona

With the new (unconstitutional) anti-Mexican law having been enacted in Arizona, professional sports should give back and take the lead in the 21st Century’s civil rights movement. In doing so, they might even win a new audience.

Vote Daisy

Vote Daisy

While catching up on some reading on one of my favorite eco friendly blogs, I came across this post by Lloyd Alter as well as this one by Stuart Elliot of the New York Times and could not believe that a company would actually claim to own the daisy.
You heard me. the daisy. My *favorite [...]

Bob Dylan's Take On Jason Chen

Bob Dylan’s Take On Jason Chen

The Jason Chen saga as told by Bob Dylan

iPhone 4G - A Compilation of Gizmodo Articles on How They Beat Apple to the Punch

iPhone 4G – A Compilation of Gizmodo Articles on How They Beat Apple to the Punch

 

In a nutshell:
Apple engineer has birthday (27), get’s tipsy, and leaves prototype iPhone at a German bar in the San Francisco Bay area.  Finder attempts to give phone back to Apple.  Apple doesn’t believe them.  Finder contacts Gizmodo.  Gizmodo pays 5K for phone.  Reviews and dissects iPhone 4G.  Apple asks for phone back.  Gizmodo complies.
Details [...]

Whither The iPhone 4G?

Whither The iPhone 4G?

Yesterday, Gizmodo posted a teardown of the potential iPhone 4G, revealing an updated exterior and a plethora of new features, such as a front-facing camera and a better still camera with a flash.  It also has a larger battery and possibly a higher resolution display.  The announcement is expected in late June with a release [...]

I'm Sorry About The Hipster Commercials

I’m Sorry About The Hipster Commercials

Microsoft has just pulled a “controversial” ad for the new Kin phones, citing complaints that the ad encouraged sexting. There were also furries in it so that could also be the reason.

Email Tip: Don't Forward, Just Delete

Email Tip: Don’t Forward, Just Delete

New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino landed in hot water this week when it was discovered through a leak that he had been forwarding emails that contained racist remarks and rants, extensive pornographic content, and, in at least one, an image of an woman performing fellatio on a horse.

AT&T Fails At Being Not Evil

AT&T Fails At Being Not Evil

I am the Lorax and I speak for the trees. AT&T earthy-crunchiness doesn’t justify fees.

Microsoft Pink To Be Microsoft Kin; No Word On Where The P Went

Microsoft Pink To Be Microsoft Kin; No Word On Where The P Went

The Pink Phone is now the Kin. Let the name hate begin.

Marty Markowitz Is An Apple Fanboy

Marty Markowitz Is An Apple Fanboy

Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Borough President, has his priorities way out of whack and clearly does not know what Brooklyn, home to more blogs per capita than any other place in America, really needs. (Warning: Contains my angry salty language)

The good, the bad and the iPad coverage

The good, the bad and the iPad coverage

Cory Doctorow, Joel Johnson, you’re both wrong when it comes to the iPad. I’m probably wrong, too. But that’s never stopped me from pointing out errors when I sees ‘em.
First up: C-Doc, I love you and your can-do spirit, but Joel is right. A lot of people want something that just works. The trick is [...]

Mobile Media Club

Mobile Media Club

Mobile Local Social is proud to announce the creation of the Mobile Media Club. Mobile Media Club is a community of mobile enthusiasts, designers, developers, user experience professionals, marketers and business people cooperating, educating and learning through virtual and live networking events to share knowledge about the global marketplace. We are starting our first local Mobile Media Club in Kansas City, and mobile enthusiasts from all over the world are encouraged to join.

Calling all bullshittapotomuses...here kitty kitty

Calling all bullshittapotomuses…here kitty kitty

In the perfect world, a client needs someone who knows the Social Media scene & not only gets it but can set the tone for a brand. Oh yeah, and someone who knows that control is futile.

Google Data Center Fire Returns Worldwide 404 Errors

Google Data Center Fire Returns Worldwide 404 Errors

A fire at a Seattle data center, nicknamed “The Googtopia” has affected over 42,000 servers, bringing down search engine results pages across the globe.

Interactive Digital Magazines Are Coming

Interactive Digital Magazines Are Coming

While it may not be neccesary to have this type of living content within every article, it definintely makes me think about how many stupid ads I would end up reading just for the visual/audio effects.

If the consortium of “Hulu for magazines” sign-ups join this artistic take, well then consider me a subscriber.

First Look: How Penguin Will Reinvent Books With iPad

First Look: How Penguin Will Reinvent Books With iPad

As the race to be be ebook format of choice hots up, Penguin is making some bold, experimental bets. These first-look demos of forthcoming books from iPad’s iBook Store, presented by Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson in London on Tuesday, give an idea how publishers might approach Apple’s tablet…

“The iPad represents the first real opportunity [...]

Evidently, FoxNews Doesn't Like Back-Waxing

Evidently, FoxNews Doesn’t Like Back-Waxing

Fox News has a DNC ad based on a Greta Van Susteren interview pulled, citing copyright violation. The central issue of the ad: whether a GOP Senate candidate got a hair cut or a back wax.

Apple's Claims In The iPad Ad Copy Are All Probably False

Apple’s Claims In The iPad Ad Copy Are All Probably False

Apple’s ad copy regarding the iPad is nothing but an assortment of lies and fabrications. These ridiculous claims can be disproven without even seeing the iPad.

Lindsay Lohan Meet Social Media

Lindsay Lohan Meet Social Media

There is a big difference between a milkaholic and a delusional alcoholic, right? Some attorneys do not seem to agree, and decided to take on E*Trade for $100,000,000 (yes, one hundred million dollars).

Sony Says "No More CDs"

Sony Says “No More CDs”

Sony Music delivered what some consider a knockout blow to CDs, announcingrecently that on May 1, it will cease sending promo CDs to critics and journalists, and instead only provide them with digital previews. Sony is the second-largest music company in the world, and the first major label to do digital-only promotions–hopefully it’s not the [...]

"Human-Flesh Searching" Groups in China Oust Those Committing Acts of Immorality

“Human-Flesh Searching” Groups in China Oust Those Committing Acts of Immorality

The New York Times released a fascinating article on what the Chinese are calling “human-flesh searching”. It seems that social media has spurred an underground group of moral heroes in China. A collection of people banding together from the Internet to cast out perpetrators of heinous and immoral actions, unifying together to ban the accused parties from certain jobs, lifestyles, or even to force them to move away from their home city. Excerpts and a link to the full article after the jump.

Google Screws With China, Italy Screws With Google

Google Screws With China, Italy Screws With Google

Google threatens to pull more services out of China. Italy convicts three Google employees for being in the same world as people who beat up autistic kids. Google Politics now in Beta.

Apple: The Scarlet Letter Of Removal

Apple: The Scarlet Letter Of Removal

Yet another app has fallen victim to Apple’s opaque approval/removal process. The Suicide Girls’ app has been removed from the App Store, while SI’s Swimsuit App, the Playboy app, and numerous sex apps remain. This practice will not likely end.

Era of The Social Media Dubeshag

Era of The Social Media Dubeshag

Social media vernacular is amazing in its reach, and often hilarious in its final accepted form. Crowd sourcing is certainly interesting, and when you apply it to linguistics you never know what you may get. There is usually a semi-logical genesis for the terms we use. For example, in the world of online gaming the [...]

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