I'm always watching ad agencies and social marketing firms to see how they're adapting the latest web tools. Why? They're in the business of selling things: products, ideas, even sentiment. It's one of the reasons I haven't missed a single episode of Mad Men. I'm endlessly fascinated with what drives trends, and more importantly, our inevitable acquiescence to many of them.
I'm a huge Billy Joel fan, and this makes me like him even more. Every budding entrepreneur should watch this vintage footage of Billy Joel explaining how to be an entrepreneur. Proto-social media, self-publishing, viral marketing. And that was almost 30 years ago.
In 2008, I assembled my crack team of graphic artists (read: me and a box of colored pencils from Muji) and created a flow chart showing how content should be reported, edited, published and propagated in our digital age. I posted it on the original MyDigimedia blog, and it was tagged and reposted throughout the web thousands of times. The chart even made its way into a few journalism textbooks both here in the U.S. and in Europe.
Here's a meme I just don't understand. The bit about the Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers survey which found that 80% of its members have used Facebook and other social networking sites to gather evidence for cases. The AP ran the story a few days ago. None of the lawyers would divulge the details of cases, but they...
Israeli developers just unveiled new software that can out depressed bloggers using sentiment analysis. After initial testing, the software pegged about 80% of the bloggers correctly.
For those of you interested in writing Flash apps for Android, the fine folks at Adobe have just released a new tool allowing developers to test their applications without actually owning a phone running Android.
It's official! Knowledgewebb has relaunched, and we're giving away lots of swag to celebrate our one-year anniversary this week! We have Knowledgewebb wristbands, athletic towels, $10 Amazon gift cards and free Knowledgewebb memberships for you and a friend!
Welcome (welcome back, really) to the MyDigimedia blog. I started MyDigimedia back in 2005 as a forum to discuss tech trends and how they affect various industries. In the past five years, MyDigimedia tackled all kinds of topics, from an all-digital media diet I underwent to early Yahoo and Google acquisitions. I've criticized mainstream media organizations for making foolish business decisions and showcased lots of entrepreneurial success stories.
By now you’re familiar with the story of a young man who 
It's the end of summer, and for many that means a dreaded first day at school or in a new office.
