I caught up with Austin Hill, one of the founders of Akoha, at the last Podcamp Montreal. We sat down to chat, and Austin told me how Akoha is a web-based game with reality-based play (very cool), and how he hopes it will make the world a better place by changing the way people think about acts of kindness. In another part of our conversation, Austin discusses Akoha’s revenue model.
Monthly Archive for September, 2008
Okay, so some of you know who he is, some of you don’t, and a lot more of you (few of which are reading this, granted) couldn’t give a shit either way. But Loren Feldman is a talented guy.
His talents, mind you, don’t exactly lie on the surface. To those of us who know who he is, Loren is firstly, a video blogger; secondly, a tech commenter; and thirdly, a comedian. Below the surface, however, he’s part schmuck, part genius, and part mensch. Continue reading ‘Loren Feldman: Schmuck, Genius, Mensch’
So last weekend marked the first ever Podcamp Montreal. It was f**king awesome, and attracted the likes of Wanker Girl, Eden Spodek, Laurent Lasalle, and many, many more. The real fun, though, was on the first night when I dragged my roommate and a couple of non-geeks to the opener. Here’s an account of that opener — from what I’ve been able to piece together from the hazy bits in my memory, that is…
So at last week’s (first ever), I found out that Michelle Sullivan not only played a role in organizing Podcamp Montreal, but a kind of important one. Because Michelle didn’t get enough credit where it was due, we thought we’d add a multi-media-memo to the record and clear things up for once and all (even if Julien Smith tried to steal the spotlight). In any case, let it be know that Michelle was part an parcel of this magnificent event, and may her client (present and future) forgive her for trusting a video blogger with footage of her while her guard was down.
I came across this in the archives of Chris Brogan’s blog. Even though I share Lynch’s frustration, I feel that product placement is kind of paradoxical (at least for my generation): we’re more likely to notice if an actor/character is consuming a non-branded product
For example, I’ll notice it if Brad Pitt is drinking Acme Cola; but if he’s drinking Coca Cola, my brain will tune it out altogether (or will it?).
Where product placement becomes problematic is when superfluous shots are set up not only to get the product in there, but to feature them. That’s when marketing starts circumscribing art instead of vice versa.
Because I’m into me, myself, and I, here’s me opening up a workshop on social media and the mobile web in a business setting at Nokia Open Lab 2008. Since leaving Helsinki, I’ve been thinking a lot about social media and the mobile web, and it might just circumscribe a lot of what I produce in the near future, but we’ll see how much time I have to post in the coming weeks. Also, if you’re interested in what some of the workshop groups concluded, here are some links: Part II - Part III - Part IV
I came across this on Matt Singley’s blog. It’s Microsoft’s rebuttal to the Mac ads and, I think, a much more effective approach than the Seinfeld/Gates ad.
The only problem is (and I pointed this out on Matt’s blog) is that the ad’s lexicon (it’s language and vocabulary) was defined by Apple, the ad’s main competitor. Of course, I say the “ad’s main competitor” because, let’s face it, Apple is still not a threat to Microsoft’s marketshare.
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