If you’ve been reading this blog for a while and/or know me at all, you’re familiar with my absolute obsession with Alternate Reality Games (ARGs); specifically the currently running ARG for the upcoming Dark Knight movie that I’ve written about HERE and HERE. I love the engagement they demand from the players and how they […]
Entries Tagged as 'Web 2.0'
Keynote: Jane McGonigal
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Social Marketing · Gaming Culture · SXSW Interactive 2008 · Media · Digital Media · Web 2.0 · Viral · Design & Creativity
Keynote: Frank Warren of Post Secret
March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Every Sunday strangers from all over the world share with me their most intimate secrets via a beautiful (and sometimes equally disturbing) blog called PostSecret.com. The blog was started by Frank Warren, who is often referred to as “the most trusted stranger in America.” Every day he receives secrets from absolute strangers that divulge the […]
Tags: Social Marketing · Co Creation · SXSW Interactive 2008 · User Generated Content · Pop Culturisms · Trends · Web 2.0 · Community Marketing
Keynote: Mark Zuckerberg
March 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Today the keynote is Mark Zuckerberg, father of Facebook. I’ll be interested to see if he addresses the repercussions of all those application notices, invitations, and commercial spam that’s disguised as a Facebook “group” that are flooding user homepages. If you have a Facebook account and have checked it recently you know exactly what I’m […]
Tags: User Generated Content · Social Marketing · SXSW Interactive 2008 · Media · Digital Media · Web 2.0 · Ad Biz · Community Marketing
Neon Bible 2.0
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments
I’ve been a pretty avid Arcade Fire evangelist for a few years now after being introduced to them by an old roommate then seeing them at ACL; they’re innovative, refreshing and put on one hell of a show. I was delighted (but not too surprised) to find that their new video was incredibly cool. You’ll […]
Tags: Media · Digital Media · Web 2.0 · Traditional Media 2.0 · Design & Creativity
David Byrne on Social “Hateworking”
November 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I’ve been a bit behind on my blog reading lately and just came across David Byrne’s (yes THAT David Byrne) post from a couple of Saturday’s ago on Social “Hateworking”:
It seems to me that this was inevitable. Once you have the existence of social networking sites you have to take the bad with the good. While it might […]
Tags: Blogosphere · Web 2.0 · Deep Narratives & Commentary · Why?

