If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Academy Awards announced that they will increase the amount of best picture nominees from five to ten. The move comes in an attempt to boost ratings for the broadcast of the Oscars, as well as to shed light on more Continue Reading →
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As most of you know, I am the host of a daily, two-minute show called, MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer. It is not a television show, although it can be seen on TV. It is not a radio show, although it is broadcast on dozens of news/talk radio stations. It is not a video blog, although Continue Reading →
The Inter-web is in over-tweet! The citizens of Facebookistan are being phished and spammed. 20-somethings are ditching Facebook and creating LinkedIn profiles so they can join the “real world.” And no one ever speaks of MySpace in polite company. Tweet, tweet, tweet or, should I say, yammer, yammer yammer? There are a few thousand companies Continue Reading →
What happens when you drink the Kool-aid? OK, better question … What happens when social media becomes woven into the fabric of your life and you rely on a web-based, profile (that you cannot back up or export) as the center of your social universe? Answer 1: When everything is working as designed, the world Continue Reading →
Hulu, the PR-darling video portal owned by NBCU and News Corp, pulled all of its content from CBS’s newly re-launched TV.com. They also removed their programming from the Boxee application (an open source social media player and content management platform). Everyone seems to think they know why this is a good idea or a bad Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, I was invited to speak at Jeff Pulver’s Social Communications Summit #SocComm. It was one of the most fascinating events I have ever attended. First, there were a group of extraordinary speakers including: @garyvee, @jeffjarvis, @kenbot and @chrisbrogan. But, as extraordinary as the speakers were, the attendees were more so. Everyone I Continue Reading →
Excerpted from my upcoming book Get Digital: Reinventing Yourself and Your Career for the 21st Century Economy (2009, Lake House Press) Feeding near real time news to the public has been around since the American Telegraph Company invented the first stock ticker. The device, which fed stock quotes over long distances, utilized the wired telegraph Continue Reading →
Excerpted from my upcoming book Get Digital: Reinventing Yourself and Your Career for the 21st Century Economy (2009, Lake House Press) We’ve already discussed the power of social networks for promoting your personal brand. However, it is important to never underestimate the potentially disruptive force social networks can wield. All it takes is one picture, Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Sumner Redstone repeated his promise that he will not sell anymore stock in either CBS or Viacom. Redstone assured investors he has more than enough assets to cover the $1.6 billion debt. Shares in both companies were up on the news, Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Microsoft introduced Windows 7, officially ending the poor Vista years. The seventh incarnation of Windows is expected to be a slimmer, more responsive operating system. The folks at Redmond have not announced when Windows 7 will hit the market. CW Continue Reading →