2009: Year of the Shadow Media

Kirk Lapointe, Managing Editor of the Vancouver Sun pointed me to something interesting today. "Several weeks ago, BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine shared a term in one of his predictions for 2009 that was intriguing...

1st Worldwide Digital Photo Walk on 8.23.2008 with12,400 people

This one day world wide event involving; 6 Continents, 47+ Countries in 244 cities with a possible total of 12,400 individuals participating, come rain or shine. In parts of the world it has already started because of times zones, Australia and New Zealand among other places...

Online DVD Pay Porn losing Big to free sites

This is the same thing that has happened to the Music Industry the difference is that an awesome band is hard to find but finding amateur porn stars are a dime a dozen.  "DVD sales are in free fall. Audiences...

Colossus cracks codes once more

"For the first time in more than 60 years a Colossus computer will be cracking codes at Bletchley Park. The machine is being put through its paces to mark the end of a project to rebuild the pioneering computer. It will be used to crack messages enciphered using the same...

Team Snap brings back the Fun in Amateur Sports and Testimonials

Hiking the nearest trail with other outdoors fans, bike riding with your buddies or planning your kids team schedule, here comes Team Snap bringing back the Fun into Amateur Sports.Keep on reading at Serge the Concierge

America, Put. The Nailgun. Down.

For most people, DIY magazines are like porn: you check them out and dig the pictures, but you'll never do anything in the magazine. However, some of us cannot resist having a go, and it looks like many of us...

Newspaper photographers 'an endangered species'

the NowPublic / AP deal continues to make waves. Here's a quote from a news executive that references it:"Because citizen shooters vastly outnumber professional journalists - and they're increasingly aware of how...

Amateurs get in on the paparazzi beat

"HAMBURG, Germany--A few days before he planted his head into the chest of the Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final, ensuring an inglorious end to a stellar soccer career, Zinédine Zidane stepped out onto the balcony of his Berlin hotel and had a...

The Super Stars of New Social Media

From the Wall Street Journal:""As videos, blogs and Web pages created by amateurs remake the entertainment landscape, unknown directors, writers and producers are being catapulted into positions of enormous influence. Each week, about a half-million people download a comedic...

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