We are not the only group smart enough to host a discussion with really smart people about the future of media and technology in Miami later this month. Our friends at FOWA – the Future of Web Apps – have put together a big conference at the Adrienne Arsht centre in Miami on 23rd & […]
The platitudes replay and recycle like a broken record: news is a conversation, it’s networked, it’s all about the crowd, we’ve got to preserve the values, the traditions, the jobs, and above all we need to discover and exploit the fucking hell out of whatever “the” business model turns out to be.
Another podcast! WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media, technology, and social change figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news. This is the fifth episode. Our goal is to help the WeMedia community understand the roots of the changes taking place in our society, hear […]
I made a mistake. In putting together the announcement of the finalists for WeMedia Pitch It, I left two people/ideas off the list. It is my honor and pleasure to let you know that Brooks Lindsay from Debateapedia (http://wiki.idebate.org) and David Stern from MixedInk (http://www.mixedink.com) are finalists for Pitch It. That means there are eighteen […]
One of the highlights of the upcoming WeMedia Conference in Miami is the WeMedia Pitch It competition. We are looking for ideas for new services, experiences, products and business models for media and technology – coupled with a potential for social impact and social benefit. We will award up to $50,000 in seed funding to the […]
In a Harvard Business post that has tongues wagging in Cambridge and Davos, Umair Haque trashes a century of capitalism. Twentieth Century growth was not only dumb, but it is now eating itself. A hearty appetite, apparently. Hague posits four pillars of smart growth for economies, communities and corporations for this century: 1. Outcomes, not […]
Occasionally I am reminded of the paradox that we each have a limited existence in the limitless framework of time. Or so reads the clock at the funeral home.. In a favorite movie, a jaded, cynical and arrogant weatherman covers the same, old story on February 2: the faked emergence of a groundhog from his […]
President Obama has pledged to run a more open, participatory and collaborative government, and coming off a political campaign powered by unprecedented digital organizing, we have every reason to take him at his word. The relaunch of the White House web site minutes after he became president on Jan. 20 was more than symbolic. It […]
Another podcast! Whoa! two in one day… WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media, technology, and social change figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news. This is the fourth episode. Our goal is to help the WeMedia community understand the roots of the changes taking […]
We’ve recorded another podcast! WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media, technology, and social change figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news. Today marks our third installment. Our goal is to help the WeMedia community understand the roots of the changes taking place in our […]
With February approaching, and snow falling across most of the east coast over the next couple of days, another plug for WeMedia in Miami seems appropriate. Forget for a second that this will be a must-attend, everyone-talks-about, where-were-you? kind of event… and just imagine warm temperatures, sunny weather, and relaxing surroundings. That’s Miami in February […]
We are just over a month away from the beginning of our annual WeMedia event in Miami — and I assure you, it is going to be an incredible, must-attend event. I strongly suggest you join us. I can prove it to you. I am going to use this space on the blog each day […]
I am not impressed by The Printed Blog — a Chicago start-up that plans to reprint blog posts on regular paper, surrounded by local ads, and distribute the publications free in big cities.
[UPDATE: We are aware that the application for the Pitch It competition is not working properly at the moment. What great timing. Sorry! If you have any trouble submitting your idea, email all the information directly to me (brian [at] ifocos dot org) and I will make sure your entry is recorded and you are […]
Google announced yesterday that it will close its business that sells advertising space in newspapers, saying the effort failed to deliver the impact it wanted (article). The program, which had attracted more than 800 US newspapers since it began in 2006, produced “good results” for some advertisers. But as the director of Google Print Ads, […]