action! I started making websites back in the late 90′s. My first major site was Scott’s Ska Haven. I catalogued every band, every fan site, every related piece of content to the music that I loved, that I played in a band called Tanzlokal and later Skacrates (my screen name at the time). It got [...]

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UPDATE August 21: Free the Beijing 6 [from FreeTibet2008.org] BREAKING NEWS – August 21 – 11PM Beijing: Six foreigners given 10 days’ detention by Beijing Police. BEIJING (AFP) — Beijing police said Thursday it had handed out 10-day detention terms to six foreigners believed by an overseas activist group to be pro-Tibet campaigners involved in [...]

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come join us Doctor Popular pointed out to me one day that a blog post he had written showed up on the front page of IMDB (The Internet Movie Database). I had mentioned that I had a film club in college and had been, in fact, dying to start a film club here in DC. [...]

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And so our trip is in its final hours as we have begun our journey home. It is overcast and chilly, a nice break from the humidity of days prior. Everything looks very green from the windows of the train, a layer of fog laying over the backdrop of hills. We cut the mist as [...]

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The interviews continue with Chris Parandian of www.MobileDiner.com and Technosailor of Technosailor.com. I think he’s dropped the “Aaron Brazell” all together at this point. Regardless, they recap the evening and get to the root of what DC Social Media needs to go to the next level – more face time.  Check it out! Formats available:MPEG-4 [...]

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Jonny and I interviewed Robert Scoble, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Andrew Feinberg at this DC throwdown at a swanky lil’ join in NW Washington.  Ties were loosened as we learned about Scoble’s previous experiences in the ice cream business and Gary’s hatred for the Redskins. A big thanks to Andrew Feinberg and Nick O’Neill for making [...]

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Twitterwhore.com About a year ago someone dropped the phrase Twitterwhore on Twitter. I thought it was catchy. I liked it. I bought the domain. A week or so ago the infamous Lisa Nova dropped a video on YouTube called Twitter Whore. It’s pretty fun. I had discussed with Andrew Wright, Shana Glickfield, and Chris Pirandian [...]

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As most of you probably know I produce a live internet talk show with Jonny Goldstein every Wednesday at 9pm. Jonny’s Partay. As anyone who has ever done live streaming knows, the success of your show depends on a lot of different factors; your camera, audio, and pc are all your responsibility. You are at [...]

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photo courtesy instructables.com I was thinking the other day that it would be great if I had some sort of small lighting device that I could use with my Casio Exilim for those bar-back-room interviews I like doing so much. You’ve seen them – great interview, decent audio – but man the lighting is begging [...]

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shenanigans So how much time could they really have spent on this? Robert Scoble says: “Plurk is too weird to get Twitter sized audiences. Maybe of 14-year-old girls who like Neopets.” And I agree – to a point. The demographic they were really going after – not necessarily 14 year old girls. Yep, they were [...]

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