Author Clay Shirky gave a speech at the Web 2.0 conference, April 23, 2008, that touched on his idea of the social surplus – the vast quantity of people’s time that is being freed up to do user-generated media, Wikipedia and other useful things as they move their attention from television to the Internet Along […]

Podcamp NYC is coming up this weekend, April 25-26, at Brooklyn Polytechnic. Podcamp NYC is an unconference focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share all kinds of new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. The conference is free to attend, but you must register in advance. […]

YouTube and C-SPAN have partnered to launch a program to allow voters the opportunity to voice their views on the issues most important to them in the 2008 election. YouTube Voter Video on C-SPAN is encourages voters to respond to the question “What issue in this election is most important to you, and why?” From […]

The Citizen Media Law Project has published a free online legal guide. The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) is jointly affiliated with Harvard Law School‚Äôs Berkman Center for Internet & Society, a research center founded to “explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development,” and the Center for Citizen Media, an initiative […]

Podcasting News is headquartered in Iowa’s capital city, Des Moines, so we’ve had a front-row seat for the preparations to the first-in-the-nation Presidential nominating caucus. I’ll be busy this evening working at our neighborhood caucus, but may have time to post some Seesmic videos later. Look for videos from podcastmama. Here are some resources you […]

Senator, podcaster and potential presidential candidate John Edwards’ visit to Gnomedex 2006 has generated significant interest in both the tech and mainstream press. The appearance made strong impressions, both pro and con. You can make up your own mind now that video clips of the session are available.