And now for something completely different.
A goofy Internet prank just might save the career of a once famed musician….at least that’s what Rick Astley is hoping for.
You may remember Astley as the popular English singer from the 1980’s, who rocked the world with his hits “Together Forever” and “Never Gonna Give You Up”.
Like most one-hit [...]
Archive | March, 2008
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
VIDEO COMMENTING
Last week, we brought you the ins and outs of consumer news comments. This week: news and blog comments of the 22nd century.
A couple months back, Viddler launched a new video commenting plug-in for WordPress bloggers. It allows blog readers to record or embed a video after each post, in lieu of, or [...]
BLOG AND NEWS COMMENTS…AND YOU
News used to be a one-way street.
But, once blogs became an alternate resource for people to get their news and comment freely on stories, the gate-keeper was displaced. With the recent checks and balances on news writers, our idea of credibility has changed – we don’t just take someone’s word for it. There is a [...]
HOW AN INTERVIEW GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE
South by Southwest (SXSW).
It’s is kind of like the geek Woodstock, bringing together all things interactive, music and film. And it’s happening right now in Austin, TX. Programmers, musicians, online celebrities, and random fanboys from around the world have gathered under the warm Texas sun to discuss what’s hot and what’s not on [...]
DEAR KEVIN ROSE
Dear Kevin Rose,
I know that we only met for about 1 minute last week, but I felt compelled to write you this letter out of desperation.
There seem to be some rumors floating today around about a possible Microsoft acquisition of Digg. Something about a $200+ million deal. Listen: I love money as [...]
TWEETUP: GLOSSARY DEFINITION
A real-world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online service, Twitter.
