PodCamp Pittsburgh, being held Oct 10-11, is looking for volunteers. PodCamp Pittsburgh is a FREE community UnConference, run by and for people who create, enjoy, or are interested in learning more about social media. Volunteer positions are as follows: October 9, 2009 Meet N Greet set up and clean up Meet N Greet Greeters 1-2 […]

Steve Ellington‘s Technologic Overkill claims to be the first music video shot on an iPhone 3GS. The song by XFYA accompanies a video about the plight of a little blue robot and his attempt to be relevant in an increasingly technological world. It’s not destined to be a classic – but it’s an impressive reminder […]

Social media strategist Ron Ploof has published a new case study that is worth a read. “Johnson & Johnson Does New Media” is a concise e-book detailing how the health products giant has established its new media presence. Many companies, large and small, hesitate to jump into blogging, podcasting, video, and social networks, citing “competitive, […]

The Washington Post published a piece today by Bruce W. Sanford and Bruce D. Brown that argues that the US government needs to step in and enact laws to “save journalism”: Unless Congress embarks on far-reaching change in public policy to maintain the viability of journalism as it evolves online, we will soon find ourselves […]

Pew Internet has released a new report, looking at The Internet’s Role in Campaign 2008.

Based on their survey of 2,254 adults, Barack Obama won the 2008 election because he understood new media and captured the attention of social media users.

The latest episode of the “Get the Download” podcast features a discussion with attorney Colette Vogele, one of the authors of the Creative Commons Podcasting Legal Guide. Interviewed by Volo Media‘s Jeff Karnes, Vogele discusses intellectual property law, including copyright, trademark, and privacy, and how it relates to new media and podcasting. Colette also addresses […]

eMarketer reports that advertisers are switching to social media. “Companies are learning how to leverage social media and tap into the rising tide of consumers participating in social network sites, blogs, wikis and Twitter,” they note. The claim is supported by research from the Aberdeen Group, who found that nearly 2/3rds of the companies they […]

It was a nice surprise last week to hear podcasting event pioneer Brian Russell being interviewed on American Public Media’s Marketplace program. As you may remember, Russell organized one of the first “open space” podcasting conferences, PodcasterCon, back in January 2006 (about 8 months before the first of dozens of PodCamps debuted). He was also […]

Wine Library TV’s Gary Vaynerchuk has a great story to tell about getting your site hacked and dealing with bad publicity in real time. Do you think a large corporation can react like this – in “new media time”? via TechCrunch

According to a new report by Pew Internet, Amercian voters expect Barack Obama’s administration to communicate directly with them using new media.

In the election, Obama was everywhere – Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Myspace and even texting to phones.

Is this what you want or expect from your President?