Spent the day at Challenge Day at Supernova. Not sure if I’ll be able to attend the rest of the conference Thursday and Friday, but today was rewarding. Spotted, met or spoke with: Susan Wu, Kevin Marks, Liz Lawley, Raph Koster, Deb Schultz, Mary Hodder, Jeff Schwartz, Brian Solis, Esme Vos, David Weinberger, Doc Searls, […]
Zadi Diaz on video storytelling
I spent some time last week with Zadi Diaz, one of the organizers of the firstl Pixelodeon festival in Hollywood. Zadi’s one of the coolest people I know in the videoblogging world — high-energy, bursting with dazzling ideas and super nice. Says Zadi: "This is a new language. People are telling their stories with their […]
Jarvis: 3 ethics the news media can learn from bloggers
Blogger-Prof Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine is on tonight’s NewsHour on PBS, interviewed as part of a discussion about the mix of facts of opinion in the media today, and whether that’s a good thing or not. Jeff offers up “three ethics” that the news media can learn from bloggers: (1) The ethic of corrections: Be […]
Quotes and photos from Pixelodeon
I had more fun at the first Pixelodeon videoblogging/filmmaking conference in Hollywood than I’ve had at any conference this year. Made some great contacts and learned a few things, too. Congrats to Jay, Ryan, Zadi and Steve for putting on a great event. I put on an hourlong workshop with Markus Sandy on Ourmedia’s new […]
Daniel Weintraub on transparency
Not long ago I appeared on a panel at UC Berkeley with Daniel Weintraub, who writes the California Insider political blog for the Sacramento Bee and a syndicated column on California politics. He’s well known as a mainstream journalist who has absorbed the ethos of the blogosphere. In this 6-minute video interview he discusses transparency […]