Twitter has announced a new site, election.twiter.com, that tracks Twitter conversations of politics in real time. During the first presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi and each subsequent debate leading up to and beyond election day, Twitter plans to perform real-time algorithmic analysis on millions of unedited public reactions.  The site is addictive and it should […]

CBS has launched EyeMobile (iTunes link) – a free citizen media iPhone application. The application lets you browse the latest CBS new reports, but also lets you contribute to news coverage by submitting images.  EyeMobile is part of CBSEyeMobile.com‘s take on social media news.  The iPhone/Web site combination lets you: submit images as you capture news; […]

The U.S. Department of State has launched a worldwide competition aimed at “enhancing the global dialogue on democracy”. The launch is timed to coincide with the United Nations’ first International Day of Democracy, September 15, 2008. With the contest, the Department of State is making a big Web 2.0 leap, complete with a YouTube channel and […]

Home Movie Day, a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking held annually at many local venues worldwide, is Saturday October 18, 2008.  Home Movie Day events provide the opportunity for individuals and families to see and share their own home movies with an audience of their community, and to see their neighbors’ in turn. It’s a chance […]

Video sharing site Dailymotion has announced a partnership with the One Laptop Per Child Foundation to let OLPC XO computer users share videos online. Beneath its toylike exterior, the XO is an advanced device with a rotating screen, dual laptop-tablet modes, a regular color display for photos and videos and a high-contrast black-and-white mode for […]

In July, we reported on the open-source movie community A Swarm of Angels – a group that hopes to update “the current filmmaking models of Hollywood and independent film to create cult cinema for the digital age.” They’ve announced what they are calling the world’s “first open source film trailer,” for The Unfold, a sci-fi thriller being made […]

Dozens of people are being arrested in Minneapolis ahead of the Republican National Convention, apparently in a pre-emptive attempt to stifle protest and independent media coverage. The people arrested appear to fall into two general group, liberal protestors and video bloggers. The New York Times reports “Dozens Detained Ahead of Convention“: On the weekend before […]

On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina‘s devastation along the Gulf Coast of the United States, another huge hurricane, Gustav, is howling around Cuba and heading for New Orleans, which was devastated by the 2005 hurricane. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is calling Gustav “the mother of all storms,” and has ordered the mandatory evacuation […]

The Disposable Film Festival celebrates the artistic potential of disposable video: short films made on non-professional devices such as one-time use video cameras, cell phones, point and shoot cameras, webcams, computer screen capture software and other readily available video capture devices. You can see examples at the DFF site. Here are the details:

Make magazine has announced a new project a new national public television series, Make: television, coming in January, 2009, and is looking for Makers to submit projects to be featured on the show: Each week, Make: television will showcase the best projects from Makers who submit their videos, a segment of the show we call […]