Nick

To Big Media All Media is Commercial, to Normal People Media is Part of a Conversation

All forms of media and broadcasted conversations were at one time only producible by Big Media companies. And most of it was for commercial use. This is the broadcasting, music selling, book selling...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:42:00 PST

The Networks Effects of Creating Value Networks with Derivative Creative Works

There is some talk of Fair Use reform to define it as: "work that adds to the value of the original, as opposed to substituting for the original, is fair use."So, what are some examples of adding valu...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:39:00 PST

An Intro to Web Strategy for Creatives Seeking New Success

I am having dinner tonight with an old friend whom I have not spoken to at length or hung out with for a couple years. He is in the creative field (an illustrator). He does not follow social media a...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:46:00 PST

Danny Sullivan's Keynote at SES Chicago

Danny explains (with passion that only Danny can express) what search marketing and contextual ads are. Got to the post at Daily Search Cast here or listen in the Odeo player below. (Photo courtesy ...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:00:00 PST

Twice.com Adds RSS, Digg and Del.icio.us buttons, comments

Twice (This Week In Consumer Electronics), one of the main sites reporting on the consumer electronics industry, has added Digg and Del.icio.us buttons, an RSS feed, and comments. In the past, read...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:56:00 PST

Has Michael Richards hurt the Seinfeld Brand?

Undoubtedly, you have head that Michael Richards (aka Cosmo Kramer) come under heat for using the N word. Some are saying that his career is over. But what about the Seinfeld franchise and brand? H...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:53:00 PST

Dave Winer on Money in Web 2.0

File under: new marketing, web 2.0, community marketing, blogging, long tail.Dave's idea in his latest podcast is this: if a journalist is not going to write from a customer's point of view, or you ha...
Posted by Nick on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:50:00 PST

Backchannel Story on the Zune Ad Spoof

The Zune advertising campaign and their "Welcome to the Social" tagline was just asking to be spoofed.  I wanted to point out all of the painfully obvious messaging that their ads were trying to ...
Posted by Nick on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:57:00 PST

My Zune ad spoof got BoingBoinged!

See it here and also on CrunchGear....
Posted by Nick on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:30:00 PST

BarCamp Los Angeles, November 11th and 12th

I attended BarCampLA II this past weekend. Michael Lambie and I lead a discussion titled: Leveraging Emergent Behaviors Online. It was exhilarating being around so many smart people who are enthusia...
Posted by Nick on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:09:00 PST