While it's not Politics 2.0, seeing the crowd participate in the Presidential Debate makes for more provocative television. However, it just serves to show the lack of involvement and interactivity that voters have with the politicians that are supposed to be representing them. There's a long way...
Clive Thompson has written an excellent piece for the New York Times on the world of social networking, digging deeper under the surface to understand what it's all about. One quote struck me as especially interesting and concerning for those of us in the branding/marketing business."Fritton joked...
UK Government moves into a 2.0 world.Posted by Ed Cotton
OK - AMC DECIDED TO PUT THIS THING BACK ON THE RAILS!!!Many bloggers, myself included, were astonished at how progressive the cable network AMC appeared to be in creating Twitter accounts for its lead characters. It seemed to be an interesting and fun use of new media and a way in which fans...
There's an interesting story on Textually about kettles that send messages. A group that represents the elderly in Australia is looking at some technology that can send a message from a kettle. The thought being that every time the elderly person makes a cup of tea a message is sent to their...
Twitter just produced this interesting chart showing the volume of conversations on its network plotted over the duration of the Superbowl. It's interesting to see what generates the volume and how it changes over time.Perhaps of greatest significance is the idea that the conversation itself is now...
Yesterday's Super Tuesday collaboration between Google and Twitter introduced us all to a new dynamic media form. Google brought in all the results in real time on the left of the map and Twitter gave us commentary from people and media around the world. It might not have been as arresting as...
Alexis Madrigal has written for Influx a few times and should pending favorable conditions be working in the Planning Department of a large San Francisco agency, sadly the ad world’s loss is Wired magazine’s gain. Alexis writes about science and space for the renowned tech lifestyle...