Being a girl in tech is great! We stand out like a soar thumb at E3 in attendees, however, are abundant in booth babes. Why is that? We need more girls at E3 because statistics show that most gamers are girls. Girls are generally casual gamers and dominate social games on Facebook. There needs to be more representation of the casual gamers like Sarah Carroll, 1/2 of Sparah, who gained some serious geek and digital cred from her appearance at [...]
What a better time to start a new Pop17 show than for the YouTube NextUp program? At midnight last night, YouTube creator’s channel closed it’s application process after being extended a few days. The contest is for an initial seed funding from Google toward any content creator’s channel. Hermione Way and I decided to collaborate on this unique opportunity for the possibility of funding, but more importantly the promotion and support from YouTube. What’s the future of TV? Possibly the [...]
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Our greatest challenge yet is not just one gadget, but an entire conference for Apple fans. MacWorld 2011 takes a win after a challenging fight. The conference had some pretty cool gadgets and a silly iPhone app, but all and all Apple fans live on victoriously. It’s a great conference for Apple fans to come out and celebrate their favorite products and accessories.
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Drew Curtis is micro famous for his large presence online and involvement in off beat news aggregation. Fark started because Curtis liked to share news stories with his friends when in college and channeled his hobby into a website. Once Fark took off, he leveraged his fame into a multi-million dollar business and a best seller book on Amazon.
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Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Last week, at the Fort Mason center in San Francisco, while attending the PSFK conference, I met up with Amit Gupta. Gupta is the founder of Photojojo, a newsletter and website for photographers, and also helps to organize Jelly, collaborative meet-up style working events.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Jonathan Coulton is an excellent example of someone who took his internet fame and turned it into a thriving career. He is a musician with a heavy geek heart who resonates with geek cultures online. Coulton has one of the largest and strongest followings of internet fans – they totally lift him up and push his music forward. See also: music, wikipedia bio. Listen to this audio podcast interview of JoCo with Tara Hunt.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox are known around the world (on YouTube) by millions of fans for their comedy series, Smosh. The two met in Junior High School, found that they shared a similar sense of humor, and eventually began posting lip dubs to YouTube. Fast forward to today: YouTube: #1 – Most Subscribed (All Time) #1 – Most Viewed (All Time) – Comedians #11 – Most Viewed (All Time) Now Smosh also has their own website which is gaining [...]
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video As part of Internet Week, Wiimbledon, a tennis tournament played with the Wii, attracted enthusiasts from all over to come out, drink a beer and compete for a grand title. Other winning categories included most athletic, most dangerous, best costume and shortest shorts. Barcade in Brooklyn hosted for the second year in a row. Music by Podington Bear
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Nate Westheimer, born on April Fools day, is a 25 year old entrepreneur in New York City. Westheimer is the CEO of a wiki called BricaBox, a contributing writer to the Silicon Alley Insider and will be launching a live weekly tech show on the Mogulus platform.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Brooke Allison Brodack, aka Brookers, was one of the first ever YouTubers. She’s really sweet and super fun too. Check out her YouTube channel, her twitter, and her live broadcasts on blogtv to interact with her live.
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Other Media Arnaud Muller, aka RNO, is one of the first live video broadcasters with a consistent, regularly updated show on Justin.tv. RNO’s work is outstanding for utilizing the medium’s interactive potential, bringing on guests from afar and provoking a lot of real-time conversations. Arnaud recently gained experience in film and television in France and then relocated to New York City at the end of last year. Check out his show every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm ET, on Justin.tv/fromparis.
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Other Media I went to Prospect Park in Brooklyn and met with the team at Indy Mogul to celebrate their one year anniversary. Indy Mogul releases three shows a week that help people find out about film making. They show you everything from how to make a web show on a low budget to creating special effects. The crew is with Next New Networks producing 5 minute episodes for the web full time. On their YouTube channel alone they are just about [...]
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Other Media Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld work at College Humor and run a one-of-a-kind serial web show called Jake and Amir. The show runs twice a week and has seen enormous traction on Vimeo and College Humor, however, they have yet to syndicate it to other video hosting sites. In short, these guys are a riot! I look forward to watching their shows and seeing what wacky and fun ideas they come up with.
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