Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Social networks becoming more relevant to offline lives I have been to every Web 2.0 Summit since its launch except for one (when I had a speaking commitment in Toronto), so it was good to be back at the venerable technology conference in San Francisco this week. This […]
Takeaways from Blogworld Expo
Anthony Edwards of “ER” fame did his first tweet — to raise funds for the first children’s pediatric training hospital in Africa. Bloggers, journalism, celebrities and what the future holds There was a little bit of a SXSW vibe at the just-ended Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas — a communal feeling where the goings-on in […]
Oakland Local: Community news hub goes live
Dia de Los Muertos dancers, photo by Kwan Booth Today, after months of planning and programming, a new community news site went live: Oakland Local. And while there are now thousands of hyperlocal, city- or region-focused citizen media sites around the world, Oakland Local is one of the few that offers a blend of nonprofit […]
Top 10 pharma efforts in social media
Top 10 Pharma Efforts In Social Media View more documents from JD Lasica. This slide show on Top 10 Pharma Efforts In Social Media has been getting traction on Slideshare.net (2,400 views and 20 people have “favorited” it), so thought I’d share it here as well. I’ve been doing social media consulting for a company […]
BlogHer, the FTC, ethics and conflicts of interest
How BlogHer deals with reviews and conflicts of interest from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I‘ve been struck by the varying reactions to this week’s news that the Federal Trade Commission will now begin to regulate product endorsements not just in advertisements but also on blogs and other forms of social media. (PDF here; the regs […]