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Speaker Introduction: Greg Liberman of Spark Networks


Greg Liberman is not a person; Greg Liberman is a machine. Anybody suspecting otherwise has been ill-informed and is probably susceptible to influence from the darker regions of the Sprawl and Wintermute. If this is the case you should consider jacking out now to avoid Tessier Ashpool’s black ICE.

If They’re Getting Paid to Write, Why Can’t You?


My thoughts exactly.  We find so many blogs where it’s just people writing down stupid celebrity gossip (Perez Hilton, WWTDD), stupid things they see at Walmart, or stupid drunk texts they send out, and make money from it.  Have we sunk to the lowest common denominator that this is what the Internet is now being used for?  Yes.  And god bless it, because writing

Industry Round-up: 4.4.2011


GOOGLE

No stranger to the public eye, Google has been keeping busy this week with several announcements about feature upgrades, patents and leadership changes, just to name a few:

Tonight’s speaker was going to be Simon Mainwaring from We First, but he canceled.


Simon Mainwaring is the founder of We First and not only has Simon worked with almost every different type of product and service one could think of, but he’s did it with some of the biggest brands and ad agencies in the corporate world. He’s worked with Philadelphia Eagles, Nike, Kia, Jaguar, DirecTV, ABC, Diet Coke, Red Bull, Bud Light, Rolex, Holiday Inn, Hotels.com, McDonalds, Carl’s Jr, Project Peace on Earth, GE, Intel, CVS….there’s many more, but I think you’re starting to get the idea.

We WON! We Won the Annenberg Innovation Lab Crunch Design Challenge!


UPDATE: WE WON!! We took first place in Transmedia Story Telling and our project will be featured at TEDxUSC! Click around links below for more info! Like this one:

http://henryjenkins.org/2011/04/check_out_student_work_from_an.html#

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Book Review: Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins.


Decker’s a Replicant.


“The older American folk culture was built on borrowings from various mother countries; the modern mass media builds upon borrowings from folk culture; the new convergence culture will be built on borrowings from various media conglomerates.”
– Henry Jenkins

“My name is Legion: for we are many.”
- Gospel according to Mark, 5:9

Social Media is a Cocktail Party (and you’re all invited)


Social Media is a Cocktail Party

By Jim Tolbin Feat. Lisa Braziel

Community Review: Corporate Communities


Whenever I think of the term “corporate community”, it almost feels like an oxymoron. I am of the mindset that my work is my work, and my personal life is my life, and if I can keep those two areas separate from each other, then so much the better. After all, who wants to see the same people all the time – complaining to your friends Saturday night about your whiny staff could be a little awkward, especially on Monday morning.

LA Residents


Since I’m new to Los Angeles, one of my new favorite online communities is Downtown LA.

You can follow it on Twitter and Facebook…. it feeds you information about what’s going on in downtown Los Angeles. For example, there are 3800 Followers on Twitter and most are residents of Downtown LA exchanging events, tips and interests about hyper local restaurants and activities.

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