A good buddy of mine from college, Jason, recently told me about a new pet project of his called The Jubilee Project. Its purpose is to encourage people to pursue video projects using their passions or doing something they would never otherwise do for a good cause and to help others. Given that one of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'social media'
Introducing… The Jubilee Project!
February 16th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
Tags:Jubilee Project·social entrepreneurship·social good·social media·tech·video
Super Bowl Commercial Fail
February 9th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, tech
During Sunday’s big game, the commercials were (as usual) a big focus of the night. Thankfully, the game itself wasn’t overshadowed by the commercials or by old dudes playing during halftime. Nonetheless, there were a few memorable moments from the night away from the gridiron. There was the controversial showing of the Tim Tebow commercial, [...]
Tags:advertising·Coca-Cola·commercial·fail·Google·marketing·Pepsi·social media·Super Bowl·Tim Tebow
The Power of Social Media for Haiti
January 17th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
In a post from December, I wrote about how social media has become more than just a way for people to keep in touch and network online, how social media has become a force that can change lives and accomplish objectives by leveraging the power of millions of interconnected people. This past week has definitely [...]
Tags:American Red Cross·Doctors Without Borders·Haiti·mobile philanthropy·social entrepreneurship·social media·Twitter·WorldVision
The Power of Social Media
December 19th, 2009 · View Comments · tech
These days, it seems as if I cannot go a day without reading another story or news article about the power of social media. While many of us benefit from the conveniences that the Twitters and WordPresses of the world bring us, I feel that sometimes we underestimate the ability of social media to work [...]
Flashback to Xanga
November 30th, 2009 · View Comments · Personal, tech
The world of social media has exploded in the past 2 or 3 years, but I was reminded yesterday of one of the first popular blogging / social networking sites yesterday from the beginning of this decade, Xanga. A good friend of mine wrote a blogpost yesterday reminiscing about the days when she used to [...]
