The Intel Insiders program just marked its first anniversary, so it’s worth mentioning a few highlights over the past year. We advise Intel on social media matters. (I wrote about the program at its launch a year ago and posted this disclosure statement.) I’m glad to see Intel taking out an even greater public presence […]
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NBC News’ Ann Curry on Twitter
NBC News' Ann Curry on Twitter from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Ann Curry, news anchor of NBC’s “Today” show, spoke animatedly at the 140 Character Conference in New York last Monday about the importance of news and journalism as a public service rather than a business and the growing impact of social media services like […]
Michael Phelps, Olympians galore at swim meet
We’ve said from the beginning that this would not just be a business blog but also a news blog about interesting things we’re involved with. So here are some oustanding photos I managed to capture this past weekend at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim tournament down the road in Silicon Valley. It was […]
PNN: A blog platform for women
Personal News Network from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s an 8-minute video interview with Leigh Behrens, president and editor-in-chief of PNN.com. The Personal News Network is a community site and blog platforms that targets mostly women, “the fastest-growing segment of user-generated content creators,” Leigh says. PNN allows you to easily get up and running with […]
How an LA Weekly journalist uses social media
How LA Weekly uses social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s a 7-minute interview with the utterly charming, thoughtful and geekworthy Alexia Tsotsis, the tech and business reporter for the LA Weekly newspaper. The bangin’, off-the-hook tech columnist talks about how how the LA tech scene differs from the scene in Silicon Valley: In […]