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2010 Ford Mustang Red Candy GT Coupe
By Michael Dorausch, DC Here is another car related post, and although I am a chiropractor (and yes this is a chiropractic blog) I’ve been a car enthusiast since I was old enough to put Hot Wheels in my mouth. I’m sure they’ve ch...
‘Gold’ Premieres, Uncovering Geekily Wonderful RPG World
GOLD, the new RPG gamer-themed web series premieres today, offering a comical tribute to "the geekily wonderful world of traditional, pen-and-paper style role playing gaming." Not everyone could imagine spending their bachelor party rolling their ...
Nominate a Company, Win a Ticket
If you know of some great companies out there that should Showoff at Twiistup 5, let us know and we’ll enter you in a drawing to win tickets to Twiistup 5.
The Dorchester in London has made a remarkably creepy ad...
The Dorchester in London has made a remarkably creepy ad featuring celebrities dead and living. A few of them are very poorly photoshopped, adding to the general creepiness of their Extraordinary Collection of Dead Folk.
Friday Rewind: Tubefilter News of the Week - November 21, 2008
This week Tubefilter was able to get some great interviews with some of the top stars in entertainment—on and off the web. Social media expert Jennifer Van Grove offered her thoughts on a new series about her own life, Jenn 2.0. Amy Poehler gave u...
‘Keep It Green’s’ Lo-Fi Eco-Comedy Lands Discovery Channel Deal
Keep It Green's journey from web to television is one of those internet fairy tales you hear about but wonder if they ever really happen. Creators Sarah Norton, Shelly Pack, and Paul Vato had a concept. They went out and shot it, just the three of...
Last Day to See 'Partial' at 801 Gallery
If you happen to be in Milwaukee today (and who isn’t?!?) head over to 801 Gallery (801 Center Street) and check out “Medium Rare” with C.L.Meisinger’s ‘Partial.’ Today’s the last day - you don’t want to miss it. In July, I documented parts of C....
Playing around with Google’s SearchWiki. It feels like all...
Playing around with Google’s SearchWiki. It feels like all of Google is now one big Digg. Note how you can promote and demote individual results, as well as leave comments for the entire world to see.
For Your Imagination’s Web Video Upfront Tonight: All About Verticals
New York-based web studio For Your Imagination is hosting its Spring 2009 Web Video Upfront tonight as it looks to lock up sponsorships and show off its latest slate of original web series. A number of new series have been announced including as w...
Finnish Beer Cannon for Roskilde
From my friend Jordan via Tiwtter comes this gem… Roskilde (in English) is an enormous Danish concert event that takes place in Roskilde, Denmark.
Will ‘Heroes’ Rescue Itself with Web Series ‘Destiny’?
In an effort to hold on to dwindling fans and make sense of convoluted plot lines that have even the writers mystified, the makers of TV's Heroes have yet again launched another web series, Heroes: Destiny, a self-described "micro series" that has...
‘Snowy the Frostman’ Delivers Parody In Cold Blood
Hmm. A horror cartoon is a first for me. I’m not a huge horror fan, though one of the homages in this series so far is to The Shining, one of my favorite movies, so I think I’m at least marginally equipped to write about this. Snowy the Frostman, ...
Blogging from the LA Auto Show
By Michael Dorausch, DC Thanks to writing online for the past ten years, and to twitter (follow me here), I’ve been invited to cover news related to the LA Auto Show in downtown Los Angeles. From what I’ve seen so far the show looks to...
Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup
One of the things I am passionate about is analytics and metrics. I’m most interested in gathering a breadth and leveraging them to drive solid decision making. While at IBM I worked closely with a group of exceptionally talented researche...
Holiday Contest Ideas and December Chiropractic Focus
By Sharon Gorman, DC Gorman Chiropractic Life Centers The Holidays are on the way and people need a little more TLC and to discuss something other than the weather and their issues so here’s my idea. A Contest!!!! Done many, many before bu...
Hot Glue for Yahoo!.
Glue has been in beta in India for the better part of a year as far as my understanding goes… it arrived stateside today and I just tried it. It’s HOT. It’s faster than fast and it’s really cool. Some stuff I searched for g...
Ian C. Rogers’ Keynote at the GRAMMY Northwest MusicTech Summit
Topspin Media’s CEO, Ian C. Rogers, delivered the keynote speech at the GRAMMY Northwest MusicTech Summit this week. The keynote makes powerful, factual, and honest points about the present state of the music industry and offers insights in...
"Hear it" from Lauren Santiago
Lauren Santiago is the Pinay you don't want to challenge at karaoke night. I found out about Miss Santiago through DJ Marlino's Heavy Rotation radio show and have been hooked ever since! Lauren gives a soulful quality to her music that many R&...
"Hear it" from Lauren Santiago
Lauren Santiago is the Pinay you don't want to challenge at karaoke night. I found out about Miss Santiago through DJ Marlino's Heavy Rotation radio show and have been hooked ever since! Lauren gives a soulful quality to her music that many R&...
Artist Spotlight: Honore
The young and upcoming R&B star Honore' (honor-ray) is a singer/songwriter/producer, hailing from Altadena, California. His Creole (African American & French) and Pilipino roots give his "neo-soul" sound a distinct flavor that fu...
Artist Spotlight: Honore
The young and upcoming R&B star Honore' (honor-ray) is a singer/songwriter/producer, hailing from Altadena, California. His Creole (African American & French) and Pilipino roots give his "neo-soul" sound a distinct flavor that fu...
The Motrin Story: When Marketing Goes Horribly Wrong
In case you hadn't already heard, this week Motrin (the pain medication) released a new commercial. Days later they had already pulled it and issued a public apology. Before we go into too much detail, let's start by watching the video in ques...
‘The Great L.A. Pretenders’ Offers Little Inspiration To Hollywood Hopefuls
Los Angeles hipsters, wannabes, and struggling actors get viciously skewered in the new web series The Great L.A. Pretenders, a low-budget web series about the perils of L.A. fakery that has just concluded its six-episode first season. We’re intro...
What we use
Our business model is based on a local interaction front (Ranvir and I are between Cambridge and New York, Greg is mostly in San Francisco) for our distributed (US and international) team of Rails and PHP developers and designers. It’s been ...
‘Quest For The Golden Hot Dog’ Is 60Frames’ Entry Into Competitive Eating
Every now and then something comes along on the web, that's really exciting. It's got all the right elements to go viral — an interesting subculture: check; hot chicks: check; and really, really funny: check. I'm gonna go ahead and say it, I'm dar...
Bakitwhy Norcal Mixer Recap!
San Francisco, California is synonymous with cold weather, scarves, boots, fedora hats, pea coats, layers of sweaters, etc. All the mentioned paraphernalia were not needed last weekend when the Socal Bakitwhy team ventured 380 miles to their...
Bakitwhy Norcal Mixer Recap!
San Francisco, California is synonymous with cold weather, scarves, boots, fedora hats, pea coats, layers of sweaters, etc. All the mentioned paraphernalia were not needed last weekend when the Socal Bakitwhy team ventured 380 miles to their...
High Growth Forecasted For Large And Advanced Battery Technology And Markets
by Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Nov 17, 2008 Until about 20 years ago, the U.S. battery market was considered mature, with demand closely related to sales of either automobiles or various consumer products. Since then, advanced batteries have ...
Amy Poehler Interview: Hope for ‘Smart Girls’ Who Have It Hard
With Amy Poehler's new web series Smart Girls At The Party from ON Networks picking up heat this week, we caught up with new mom Poehler to hear her thoughts on the show and the world of web series. The 8-episode series, which recently landed Matt...
CloudFront Performance Numbers
Yesterday, Amazon finally released the Content Delivery Network (CDN) they had been promising for several months. They're calling it CloudFront, and so far it seems to be living up to expectations. It's dead simple to set up if you're already u...
Tubefilter Tuesday Picks - November 18, 2008
Sci-Fi is alive and well on the web, and clever creators are making use of the latest visual effects toys to deliver some of the most gripping stories in weekly episodic morsels. This week we feature three of the better sci-fi web series of the la...
Jessica Rose and Taryn Southern Team Up As ‘Webutantes’
Let's get the big news out first. Two of the hottest stars on the web are teaming up: Jessica Rose and Taryn Southern have formed a web production company, Webutantes, and are developing a number of original web series slated to come out in the ne...
Social Media Headache Commercial Alternative
By Michael Dorausch, DC If you’re not familiar with the backlash that’s been going on surrounding a Motrin (ibuprofen) campaign that hit the Internet over the weekend, this post and video may be a bit offensive to you. Actually, itR...
‘Being Eddie Black’ Brings Interactivity To An Urban ‘Office Space’
The new web series Being Eddie Black, from Byron Hord of BEB Productions, follows Eddie (played by Casey Washington) as he receives a promotion from the mail room into big-time corporate advertising at the Homogeny agency. Surprisingly enough, Edd...
Another way of looking at web 2.0 logos. (via junesix)
Another way of looking at web 2.0 logos. (via junesix)
An Introduction To The Social Media Campaign Success Checklist
The next two posts are going to outline what it takes IMO to get a successful social media campaign started so that it can keep going on its own. The list is based on three pieces of literature and I’d like to tell you a little bit about so ...
An Introduction To The Social Media Campaign Success Checklist
The next two posts are going to outline what it takes IMO to get a successful social media campaign started so that it can keep going on its own. The list is based on three pieces of literature and I’d like to tell you a little bit about so ...
Journalist and Author Sarah Lacy to Judge at Twiistup 5
Sarah Lacy is an award winning journalist and author of the critically acclaimed book, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0″ (Gotham Books, May 2008). Lacy has been a ...
Laser engraved Domo on iPods, notebooks, cellphones and more…
One of Etchstar’s most wildly popular designs for laser engraved iPods, Moleskines and iPhones (especially at live events) is Domo. Interestingly, many people respond to strongly to Domo when they discover him at Etchstar even though they d...
Laser engraved Domo on iPods, notebooks, cellphones and more…
One of Etchstar’s most wildly popular designs for laser engraved iPods, Moleskines and iPhones (especially at live events) is Domo. Interestingly, many people respond to strongly to Domo when they discover him at Etchstar even though they d...
‘duder’ A No-Holds-Barred Look at the Life of Dudes
The premise of duder, as the name might suggest, is very simple. The show is about a bunch of dudes who just, you know, duder around a bit. The series tackles mundane life in joyously funny and easily consumable short snippets, which make me laugh...
Bush and his Shocker Crew - WTF?
I guess you can file this in the “What do I have to lose?” category for W. WFT? indeed!
Twitter for Business
I’ve been using Twitter for over two years to keep in touch with people personally, but lately it’s become an essential business tool. About half of CrowdVine’s support requests originate on Twitter. When someone is blocked by a...
Q&A With Jennifer Van Grove, the Real Life ‘Jenn2.0?
Social media consultant and all around savvy-web gal Jennifer Van Grove is already well known in the San Diego blogosphere, and now a fictionalized version of her fast-paced life on the bleeding edge of all things tech is coming your way: Jenn2.0 ...
Ever since Scrabulous died, this is what people have to resort...
Ever since Scrabulous died, this is what people have to resort to. Chain-mail Scrabble.
My week on Twitter
Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America: http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/ # listening to Chuck’s (former PMFS) new band on myspace, crazy shit. http://www.myspace.com/fuckengitsome # At Il Forniao with the Lyers. # Big day comi...
Cat Flushing a Toilet - Creative Jingles to Break Your Music Career
Cat Flushing A Toilet Music Video Another great example of how the music makes the videos….this video is up to 275,069 views on YouTube as of the time of this post. A friend shared this YouTube video with AudioMicro through Facebook. The ...
Motrin Video Campaign May Cause Major Headache
By Michael Dorausch, DC The problem with taking medications, is there are always side effects, and sometimes they’re not the kind of side effects one would expect. With the growth of social media, we are increasingly seeing undesired side ef...