SPIN Earth – a fresh, worldview on music

My friend Lars works for SPIN Media (owns SPIN Magazine) and since last September has been working to launch SPIN Earth, which, in his words is ”a worldwide network of correspondents [that will] help deliver local music news and updates from all regions globally.” It seems like a mix of citizen and traditional journalism, as the site [...]

The White House launches its new blog!

Today was certainly exciting. And amid all the excitement – and following up on the heels of Obama’s near-flawless digital campaign, including his YouTube weekly addresses which I’ve vowed to watch regularly now! (NY resolution #43925732890!) – the re-vamped Whitehouse.gov site (did anyone visit the White House Web site when Bush was in office? I [...]

*cough, cough* I can’t come to work today, I have Discomgoogolation

YouGov, an international market research firm, conducted a study in late July which polled 2100 Britons about their Internet dependency and came across some interesting findings. 76% say they cannot live without the Internet 44% say they feel confused and frustrated when they are unable to get online 17% say the longest they’ve been without Internet [...]

Bigfoot: the power of the press release

Happy Friday! Some silliness to usher in the weekend: It must have been a slow news day -  most of the major news outlets (Associated Press, New York Times and CNN to name a few) have been buzzing about an alleged Bigfoot discovery made by a few men from Georgia. At a highly-attended press conference event today, held in Palo Alto,  the men presented  [...]