This Wednesday evening (Aug. 29) I’ll be one of the judges at the fourth Pier Screening put on by NewTeeVee, featuring citizen media videos. The event takes place outside on Pier 38 in San Francisco in all of its splendor and heat lamp warmth. Other judges are Wall Street Journal tech columnist Kara Swisher and […]
Micki on exposing yourself in social media
In my talk with Micki Krimmel at Pixelodeon (see yesterday’s post and 4-minute interview), we also discussed the growing number of people who are exposing themselves on social networks. Micki, who mostly works in social change media, says she thinks of herself in some ways as "an art project." Here’s our 3 minute 20 second […]
Micki Krimmel: How to make yourself more green
One of my last interviews at the recent Pixelodeon video festival in Hollywood was with my friend Micki Krimmel, whom I met two summers ago when she was with Participant Productions. She then moved on to become Revver’s community manager, and recently left to work as an independent agent of change and freelancer. Today here’s […]
Tom Green on his Internet TV show
From the NY Times the other day: Tom Green works from home (you can watch). A rundown of Hollywood actor Tom Green’s go-it-alone Internet TV show. I interviewed Green a year ago in Hollywood as he was just launching his channel.
Back from Barcamp
Spent the afternoon at Barcamp Block in Palo Alto, Calif. Mostly hung with Socialtext founder-CEO Ross Mayfield, above (good shot, no?), and Valerie Cunningham of PodTech. Did some people watching — Peter Kaminsky, Tantek Çelik, Jay Dedman, Chris Messina, Tara Hunt and Kaliya Hamlin were among those on hand today — and enjoyed the Government […]