Category Archives: social media

YouTube introspective

Written by Kasia. Posted on May 29, 2010. Filed under DIY Filmmaking, Uncategorized, branded content, collaborative content, crowdsourcing, digital storytelling, documentary, filmmakers, interview, new media, online video, social media, the internet. No comments.
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Remember LonelyGirl15? YouTube’s 5th birthday was last week and I’ve finally gotten around to watching the “YouTube Stories” series they produced– 2 minute interviews with select creators about their successes with the medium. The stories, and this interview with the director, contain interesting little insights about creating for YouTube that are worth checking out– What kinds [...]

VOD: create your own Google Search Story

Written by Kasia. Posted on April 15, 2010. Filed under Videos, advertising, branded content, digital storytelling, social media, the internet. 4 Comments.
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Google’s Search Stories campaign turned mundane search into a charming story telling device. You probably saw “Parisian Love” during the Super Bowl, and now you can create your own Search Story with a simple tool on Youtube. It’s a pretty cool interactive twist– see what you can do with it… Search Story Tutorial Parisian Love

Quote of the Day: Facebook does not own the future

Written by admin. Posted on April 6, 2010. Filed under social media. No comments.
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Canada’s Globe and Mail recently did an interview with everyone’s favorite futurist, Malcolm Gladwell, who had some pretty interesting things to say about why he mostly abstains from social media. The whole interview is worth a read. The problem is, we’re still in the experimental phase. The thing about Facebook is, it’s insanely new. This world [...]

@BofA_Help the worst job in social media

Written by Henry Goldman. Posted on March 10, 2010. Filed under social media. Tagged , . No comments.
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My experience with Bank of America this morning not withstanding (I got $140 in overdraft fees reversed, in less than 5 minutes!), B of A has a well deserved reputation as having literally the worst customer service in the world. Not just in the banking industry. The world. Let’s break it down. The website is a [...]