Online popularity continues to fluctuate as the web continues to develop and more and more people continue to engage in activity online. Recently, the investors of web start-ups have been taking the spotlight due to their willingness to be transparent online. For example see: Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures Susan Wu at Charles River Ventures Steve Jurvetson at DFJ
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Podcast Video Rachel Sterne and I went out to report on people’s stories with the economy. Rachel is the founder and CEO of Ground Report, a place to share stories and participate in citizen journalism, and she frequently submits reports. Rachel says, “GroundReport.com is a citizen journalism platform that lets people share their stories and earn money based on traffic. Our goal is to democratize the media. We ventured out onto the streets… to ask people for on-the-ground perspectives of the effects [...]
Online Video Podcast Video Other Media Podcast Video I stopped by Beet.TV to check out Andy Plesser‘s Manhattan studio and find out more about what Beet.TV is up to.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Color war started with Ze Frank and has become a popular meme on twitter. The game has an official website with the registered teams, challenges, and rules. To follow who is in the lead of the games an official website is devoted to ranking the teams. For today’s episode, I conducted a few quick interviews with Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV, Matthew Ebel and Christopher Penn to find out why they joined Color War. The Sky Blue Team is [...]
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video I have received several emails asking what equipment I use to make my daily show so I thought I would show you how it’s done in today’s episode. My set has low budget basics including lighting, microphone and a HDV camera. If you have any questions leave a comment or email me: Sarah at Pop17 dot com.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Story Links: Last year Twitter came out of SXSW. This year Sarah Lacey’s interview with Mark Zuckerberg has everyone talking. Two other platforms being discussed are SocialThing and FriendFeed. Other social networks that took storm in 2007 are Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Bebo and YouTube.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Media Summit 2008 held the Digital Hollywood conference in New York City from the 12th-13th of March, 2008. The conversations revolved around advertising and marketing on the Internet and mobile devices. Patrick Crane from LinkedIn, Matt Bostwick from MTV and Andy Plesser from Beet.tv were present and nice enough to allow interviews.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Story Links: In today’s episode of Pop17 I was lucky enough to interview some of the most awesome video bloggers at SXSW. Lisa Nova, Zadi Diaz, Kroosh, Clarence Smith Jr., Lux Alptraum, and Violet Blue.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Other Media Story Links: Matt Mullenweg and I sat down to talk about how he got his start and came up with the idea for WordPress.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Story Links: Jake Jarvis was nice enough to give me an interview about his Facebook application, courses, in Austin, Texas at SXSW. He just sold it to Cramster! This is big news for a 16 year old.
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video Story Notes: What is it about stunts and pranks that cause such a large following online? That’s what I investigate in today’s Pop17. I pulled a stunt where I dressed up as Optimus Prime from Transformers and tried to order from McDonald’s for Gizmodo in San Francisco. The Tokyo Dance Trooper pulled his stunt once and it grew to be an overnight hit. So he did it again and again. Improv everywhere is the best example of a group of [...]
Podcast Video Online Video Other Media Podcast Video MoMa in NYC has an amazing new show out, Design and the Elastic Mind, that I highly recommend you check out. If you would like to read more check out my blog post about it in more detail on the Pop17 blog. I found out about the exhibit via Dave Troy’s blog. Congratulations to Dave for getting Twittervision on display there! See the MoMa website for more information. Also check out A Realtime Ethnic Guide to New York.
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