Soldiers Now Allowed To Tweet

CNN.com: U.S. military personnel are officially allowed to tweet. That’s the upshot of the Pentagon’s long-awaited policy on rank and file personnel using online social media, unveiled Friday. The new rules authorize access to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media Web sites from nonclassified government computers — as long as such activity doesn’t compromise operational [...]

Online Communication For Nonprofits

This is a series of interviews I did for Map for Nonprofits‘ Map TechWork Nonprofit Technologies Best Practices Web site. The interviews cover Google tools like Analytics, URL Builder, Trends, Insights for Search and YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and TweetReach, as well as blogging and WordPress and Posterous in particular.

Trend: Haul Videos

Haul videos are the democratization of the home shopping network. They typically feature teen girls just back from the mall, shopping bag in hand, gushing over their purchases (or “haul”) to their webcam to be uploaded to YouTube for the world to see. Haul videos are funny, a little weird, and they’re the latest thing. The following [...]

Have You Been Nexted? Chatroulette Explained

In my quest to bring you all varieties of online behavior, there’s chatroulette. Chatroulette is the act of conducting random video chats with complete strangers from around the world. Casey Neistat explains. WORK WARNING: Video includes profanity and some adult themes. Found at Vimeo from Casey Neistat via The Awl via Holy Haw!

Stats: The State Of The Internet

A cool video statistical visualization of the state of the Internet. Found at Vimeo from Jesse Thomas via Holy Kaw!

FujiFilm Real 3D Camera Demonstration

via engadget.com via engadget.com engadget gets a demonstration of FujiFilm’s 3D camera. This stuff isn’t ready for prime time but, as with yesterday’s video of the iHologram iPhone app, I can see where it’s going and the implications could be big. Posted via web from e-Strategy [...]

iHologram App

Mobile game developer Jormy Games has created an iHologram app that looks pretty damn cool. Apparently, if you watch the video with red/cyan glasses, you can see it in 3D. Found at YouTube from jormygames via MacRumors. Imagine this kind of app for product demonstrations.

Bud Light Paintball Airstrike Ad Hijacked By Retailer

Last week I discussed how the advertising industry can revitalize itself by focusing on creating commercial content that is compelling in and of itself rather than content that tries to dupe consumers or is designed to be forced upon them. One example of this type of content that I failed to mention is television ads for [...]

Philips Vs. The Sun: Perfect Example Of Commercial Content

In light of yesterday’s two posts of The Future of Advertising Agencies and The Future of Digital Agencies, I thought I’d post this video that demonstrates a Philips Wake-Up Light in a unique and compelling way. The content stands on its own, though it is entirely commercial. You want to watch all three minutes of [...]

The Future Of Advertising Agencies

I did some freelance copywriting and sold some newspaper advertising when I was coming up, but never ended at an agency, though that’s where I wanted to be. It was the idea of executing creative ideas–a clever television ad or a striking print piece–that held the allure for me. I’ve spent a lot of time [...]

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