by • April 21, 2009
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YouTube is about to hit a curious milestone with the singer Susan Boyle’s video aggregating more than 100 million views in less than ten days, according to Wired’s Epicenter blog. I was only able to track down the 37+ million views version (with disabled embedding),…
by • April 20, 2009
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Like many of my colleagues, I frequently have to answer the question of why your company needs to be on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. This seemingly straightforward advice is an ongoing battle where corporate reluctance, internal business complexities and/or genuine misunderstanding of the medium win…
by • March 16, 2009
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We all love the way YouTube lets you embed videos, right? It’s pretty easy: You go to the video’s YouTube page, grab Embed code and paste it into your website or blog. Boom. Done. But what about when the page’s dimensions don’t match the videos?…
by • January 28, 2009
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Last week, in his annual message for the World Day of Communications Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his blessing on Facebook. OK, perhaps to call it a blessing is a bit of a stretch, let’s just say he endorsed it. From the AP story on the…
by • January 23, 2009
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As Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th US president (twice as it turned out), the world watched via numerous media outlets. But fittingly for a president who, as a candidate, used social media to such tremendous effect, the world did more…
by • December 5, 2008
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Many of us have been wondering in the past few weeks about the future of the Big Three. While the arguments go in many different directions and the consensus on the potential bailout is yet to be met, it is fascinating to see how the…
by • November 25, 2008
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The new standard YouTube video player is now widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio). YouTube increased the width of their site to accomodate the new player size, but now old videos will play with black bars on the left and right side of the player. But the…
by • November 14, 2008
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It has been reported today that Barack Obama will begin recording a series of weekly Internet videos to, and for, the American people. The 21st Century version of Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, it’s the administration-to-be’s ongoing effort to use technology to communicate its messages to its…
by • October 20, 2008
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Someone messed up over at John McCain’s campaign headquarters. It appears the campaign actually quick-turned a user-generated video contest that will create authentic stories to engage the base and resonate with undecided voters. What? Really?!? You mean the same campaign that built a disappointing donation…
by • September 4, 2008
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Way back in the dark ages (2004), protesters wishing to hurl a figurative or a literal rock in the direction of the Republican National Convention had to know where to meet fellow protesters. This information could usually be found online (newspapers generally only list big…