The fifth annual Shorty Awards was held Monday night at the Times Center in New York. Hosted by actress Felicia Day, the event honors top short-form content creators on popular social media platforms. Checkout my article on NBC New York! Here’s George Takei’s Shorty Awards Acceptance Speech for Distinguished Achievement in Internet Culture:
Image source: http://blog.collectivebias.com As brands explore the plethora of ways to advertise their products using social media, we see an increased market behavior: website banners and sponsor advertising dollars are still spent, however, companies are dialing up their investments in two-way conversations with consumers by hiring community managers, being more personable, and sometimes featuring real [...]
White smoke came out of the conclave’s stove today and the Vatican announces Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the new Pope. He will take the name Pope Francis I, he is the first Jesuit, first South American, and first pope named Francis. Source: NBC News Web Reactions Social media feeds were filled with [...]
Rachel Maddow The featured session for SXSW Interactive Day 3 was A Conversation with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. The conversation started on a serious tone, Rachel talked about her new book, Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power. She talked about how the U.S. became a nation that frequently sends its military to war in remote [...]
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