Blogging Open for Debate: Blogging and Photo Sharing Ethics Here’s a fun situation for you: you’re in a limo with a well known lifecaster – you know, one of those people who shares everything they’re doing on the web. She spends a good chunk of the ride talking about lifecasting. You’re on your way to a blogger party. You take a couple pictures (with […] Written by David Berkowitz February 9, 2010November 26, 2020
Conferences and Events Technology Paying $20 for the Privilege of Trying Square, Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey’s New Payment Startup At the It Won’t Stay in Vegas blogger party at CES, the same place I got to check out the Quadricopter (see a video at that link), I had the pleasure of meeting Dom “@dom” Sagolla, author of the book 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form. He happens to be friends with […] Written by David Berkowitz January 10, 2010November 26, 2020
Fun Games Technology Geeking Out with Parrot.com’s Quadricopter and Robert Scoble at CES A now annual tradition at the Consumer Electronics Show is the It Won’t Stay in Vegas party for bloggers – it’s a total geekfest within a geekfest, and more or less what you’d expect. This year the scene stealer (besides LeVar Burton and Brent Spiner) was the Quadricopter from Parrot.com. I’ll admit I couldn’t remember […] Written by David Berkowitz January 10, 2010November 26, 2020
Columns Conferences and Events Social Media Spitting & Twitting – plus more on WineTwits in Social Media Insider Originally published in MediaPost’s Social Media Insider It’s tempting to say the best thing about the wine-tasting event Spit & Twit was the name, and maybe it was, but what made an even bigger impression was how social media is changing the nature of real-world events. It also showed the limitations of being digitally and […] Written by David Berkowitz November 12, 2009November 26, 2020
Uncategorized McDonald’s Social Media Case Study Presented at BDI – Tweet Roundup I didn’t get to blog the McDonald’s case study from today’s Business Development Institute (BDI) The Social Consumer: B2C Case Studies and Roundtables event. Instead, I’ve curated the best tweets (plus a few of my own, since it’s my blog, so there). The speaker here is Heather Oldani, Director, Communications, McDonald’s U.S.A., L.L.C.. mpranikoff: Attending […] Written by David Berkowitz November 12, 2009November 26, 2020
Conferences and Events Media Glum and Glummer at Future of Media Forum: Quotable Quips but No Answers on Monetizing Media Today I sat in on the Future of Media summit from MediaPost held during Advertising Week. Mark Cuban, Chairman & Co-Founder, HDNet / Dallas Mavericks owner Vivian Schiller, President & CEO, NPR Bob Garfield, Columnist, Advertising Age Martha Stewart, Founder, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Reid Hoffman, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder,LinkedIn Susan Whiting, Vice Chair, Nielsen […] Written by David Berkowitz September 23, 2009November 26, 2020
Arts and Entertainment Social Media Flickr Comments Stir Hatred – It’s Time to Speak Out This post isn’t funny. I’ve covered “Jewdar” in a couple recent posts, rather jokingly noting advertisers on Facebook trying to target people based on their religion, an option not available to these advertisers so it leads to some funny situations, and some tongue in cheek musings about it all. For the second time in a […] Written by David Berkowitz July 29, 2009November 26, 2020
Conferences and Events Social Media 140 Characters Conference Panel: Video Edition For what should be the end of my 140 Characters Conference coverage, I’ve posted the video from my session. You can find a lot more at Blip.TV. Lastly, you can read one more recap I posted on 360i’s blog, covering the event in less than 1,400 characters. "twitter as the GPS for the Greater Social […] Written by David Berkowitz June 22, 2009November 26, 2020
Conferences and Events Social Media 140 Characters Conference Multimedia Recap It was an honor to be part of Jeff Pulver’s first 140 Characters Conference. I’m still trying to figure out what it was, what happens, and what it means. It was a two day conference on Twitter, one of a bunch of Twitter conferences going on. If you consider going in the future, know that […] Written by David Berkowitz June 19, 2009November 26, 2020
Uncategorized Twitter as a News Gathering Tool at 140 Conference Twitter as a News Gathering Tool Participants: Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) – News Anchor on NBC’s Today Show and host of Dateline NBC Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) – Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) – Producer, NBC Today Show Clayton Morris (@claytonmorris) – Anchor, Fox and Friends (he shared a pic […] Written by David Berkowitz June 16, 2009November 26, 2020