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My ten favorite videos from SXSW
March 18th, 2010
I just got back from an exhausting few days at SXSW in Austin. It was my first time ever, and I must say it was great, but I got to see just a sliver of what was going on because I was producing a ton of videos for Tweetshare, which is a service that allows you to follow Twitter conversations around content. While I did some blogging and took a few photos, my focus was videos. In total I produced 47 videos. That’s a lot to consume, so below are my top ten favorites. I have links to all the other videos below. Check them out, and if you like any, please leave a comment on Tweetshare which will automatically send out a tweet to all your followers.
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My top ten favorite videos from SXSW (that I shot)
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Interview with Leo Laporte after he crowd surfs at SXSW Diggnation show
March 15th, 2010
Long time tech media guru Leo Laporte made history Friday night when he crowd surfed the 2500+ audience that attending the live performance of Diggnation at SXSW. I caught Leo right after he made his legendary journey with a complete wireless streaming backpack. We talked about his one in a lifetime crowd surfing experience which was also probably the first time anyone has ever done it while streaming live over the Internet. We also talked about the gear.
Here’s his actual crowd surf. It’s Hysterical.
And watch my interview with him right afterwards over on Tweetshare. This is one of many videos I’ve been shooting for Tweetshare at SXSW. Browse through the entire SXSW collection.
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Summary of Tripwire’s coverage at 2010 RSA Conference
March 7th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I attended the RSA conference in San Francisco. It’s a huge conference on IT security and I covered the event blogging and shooting video for my new client, Tripwire. They’re a log management company that also offers file integrity services.
What makes Tripwire’s product so unique as compared to other log management companies is that they sync log events with changes made on your network. Having that synced clarity to changes is extremely valuable as log files by themselves can spit out a mountain of erroneous information. You’ll learn more watching the videos, especially with the staff from Tripwire.
Please peruse the articles and videos. In total, I produced 35 articles of which 27 include videos.
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Cranky on RSA, web introverts, and Jimi Hendrix?
March 5th, 2010
Last week was a fun episode of John C. Dvorak’s Cranky Geeks with Sebastian Rupley and Carlos Rodela. We talked about the RSA conference, web introverts, and then got sidetracked on a discussion about Jimi Hendrix. Watch. It’s rather funny.
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Cranky on Google Buzz, people who don’t own TVs, and Teens
February 11th, 2010
Once again, I joined John C. Dvorak, Sebastian Rupley, and this time Carlos Rodela from Rad on the Web to complain about this week’s topics. We inevitably talked about Google Buzz, but since none of us had actually used it, there wasn’t much for any of us to say. Then we discussed my article “Is it still pompous to announce ‘I don’t have a TV’?” and the “Cool and not-so-cool from the Teens in Tech Conference.” This was a really fun episode. Lots of good jokes and plenty of crankiness. Watch.
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If everybody loves Super Bowl ads, then why don’t advertisers always make Super Bowl-quality ads?
February 8th, 2010
If everybody loves the ads during the Super Bowl, yet complain about ads in most all other programming, wouldn’t it be in an advertiser’s best interest to make the ads that appear the other 364 days of the year as appealing and as entertaining as Super Bowl ads?
The reason we like Super Bowl ads so much is that they’re usually entertaining (often funny) and they’re fresh and new. The formula couldn’t be any simpler. Make your ads entertaining, ideally funny, and make lots of them, so people will always have something new to look at. It’s the reason we can’t wait to tune into the next new episode of our favorite show. Why should that be any different in advertising?
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VIDEO: What are you learning from teens at the ‘Teens in Tech’ Conference?
February 6th, 2010
Talking to a few of the adults at the conference, I asked them, what are you learning from the teens presenting and attending the conference? In the video are Harry McCracken, Robert Scoble, Sam Levin, Daniel Brusilovsky, Carlos Rodela, and Michael Nelson of Google. Make sure to also read my summary of the event, “Cool and not-so-cool from ‘Teens in Tech’ Conference.”
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Where it all started: ‘The Baywatch Report’
February 6th, 2010
It’s time for a little Dave Spark trivia. While I’ve written, produced, and appeared in and on more than 30 media outlets, there’s one place where it all started, and that was on radio in Chicago. I used to host a silly segment called “The Baywatch Report” on the most popular morning drive show, “The Kevin Matthews Show” on The Loop. My segment actually appeared just before Danny Bonaduce would go on air. Carlos Rodela, CEO of AllofUsAreFamous and co-host of “Rad on the Web,” interviewed me about my early days in radio.
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My podcast listening lineup for 2010
January 27th, 2010
In the past, whenever someone wanted some recommendations for a few good podcasts, I would just point them to my podcast listening lineup. Well, as people recently were asking me for suggestions, I realized that that podcast list was severely dated, by two years.
So here’s my updated list of my favorite shows and why I like them so much. I consume all my podcasts through my iPod Touch.
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Cranky Geeks asks, “Are we living in a Googleopoly?”
January 14th, 2010
Yesterday, on Cranky Geeks, John C. Dvorak and co-host Sebastian Rupley, argued with myself and Cade Metz, U.S. editor of The Register. We complained about Google claiming that it’s going to pull its operations out of China, me getting uninvited to a press party, and my favorite, sex robots! Watch the 30 minute show.
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