I love this, and my day is now a little less sucky, thanks to an invitation from Blogads founder Henry Copeland (aka @HC): SUXORZ: the worst social media campaigns of ’09.
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Update Feb. 8, 2010 Sorry, the New York breakfast mixer planned for March 2, 2010, with Tom Curley has been canceled. Please join us for a conversation with Mr. Curley at We Media Miami. What’s in store for the business and enterprise of news – and for the Associated Press, the world’s biggest news-gathering cooperative? […]
We’ve just posted the Community Choice finalists for the 2010 We Media Game Changer Awards. Check them out, share, tweet, add your comments and cast your vote! Your vote for the winner counts and will make a difference. The Community Choice winner, selected strictly by online voting, will make a keynote presentation at our upcoming […]
Going boldly where everyone has gone before, the Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into the future of news. Yesterday the FCC issued an 11-page request for information about the state of the news business and announced it plans to examine the current state of the news industry, industry trends and what the agency […]
Two projects featured at We Media ‘09 are leading the use of digital media and technology in Haiti’s rescue efforts. Ushahidi, which was named a “Game Changer” at last year’s conference, is utilizing digital mapmaking technology and social media to map and verify vital information in Haiti. Ushahidi plots key information on a Google map […]
Maybe I was just wary of thin networks, shallow relationships that have become “friends,” the shameless self-promotion of celebrities, opportunistic brands suddenly going social, and a collective culture that celebrates the trivial above the meaningful through the madness of crowds. I was having second thoughts about collective awareness and the promise of unifying knowledge through We Media. Then this happened: #Haiti at 90999.