Had a fantastico time last night at a blogger dinner organized by Paolo Valdemarin, a consultant who’s one of the big thinkers in Italy’s social media scene. The gathering at Il Verdi Trattoria in Milano brought together 17 people, including Massimo Esposti, whose new Unwired Media publishing venture (see the Area 51 blog) will debut […]
Meeting Al Gore
Got back a little while ago from an event sponsored by HSBC Bank at the Four Seasons in San Francisco, where about 100 of us got to see Al Gore’s remarkable presentation about global warming. (That’s a file photo above.) I got to shake hands with the former vice president and introduce myself, but the […]
Social networks via your TV
Next week I’ll be staying at Lake Como in northern Italy for a couple of days with Deirdré Straughan, a videoblogger as well as Director of Customer Experience for TVBlob. They’re onto something pretty cool and just announced a beta program that I thought would be worth sharing, especially with my friends in Italy: We […]
Citizens reporters forum
Last June, Oh Yeon Ho, founder and CEO of the pioneering South Korean online news publication OhmyNews, welcomed a global gathering of citizens media representatives to Seoul. This July 12-15, OhmyNews is doing it again, with a kicker: They’re paying for round-trip air fare and deluxe hotel accommodations for three representatives from Ourmedia. (I’ll be […]
Videos from OnHollywood
At RealPeopleNetwork.com I have three short video interviews I conducted during OnHollywood this past week: Steven Starr, CEO of Revver Tom Green, Hollywood actor Valerie Cunningham, OnHollywood organizer