Live at Mesh 07 @ 1155h — 15 minutes of fame
by Tony Hung on May 30, 2007
Highlighting a few interesting startups: Octopus — an easy to use online technology for creative professionals, allowing people to upload and collaborate on audio, video, animation, and all kinds of formats included. Its was birthed out of its own necessity (…)
Live at Mesh 07 @ 1128h — Tom Williams and Austin Hill Keynote, Part 3
by Tony Hung on May 30, 2007
More: Tom Williams — there are limits social networking and the desire for control, even when its well intentioned, over the people who use social networks. The power is recognizing that people need to, and have to be allowed to, (…)
Live at Mesh 07 @ 1117 — Tom Williams and Austin Hill Keynote, Part 2
by Tony Hung on May 30, 2007
More: Tom Williams — “How do I, as an organization, inspire others?” User generated media, whether through blogs or video has immense power. “How can you mobilize social media tools towards something positive?” Austin Hill — Its difficult. Treesforlife.com is (…)
Live at Mesh 07 @ 1057 — Tom Williams and Austin Hill Keynote, Part I
by Tony Hung on May 30, 2007
This keynote was hosted by Rob Hyndman, and was about Philanthropy 2.0. Tom Williams was at one point Apple’s youngest employee at 15 years old; pioneered the online music industry, and in 2004 launched givingmeaning.com to mobilize energy for positive (…)
Live at Mesh 07 @ 1018 — Arrington Keynote Part 4
by Tony Hung on May 30, 2007
More: On embargoes: Many bloggers don’t honor embargoes; it creates a situation where journalists feel pressured to break embargoes … he’s not trying to do it. On tricks and tips for bloggers: You need to care and be passionate about (…)
Live at Mesh 07 @ 1005 — Arrington Keynote Part 3
by Tony Hung on May 30, 2007
More: Back to the Engadget fiasco: Aren’t traditional media handicapped by different standards? Answer — “The WSJ would have taken more time to write the story — and may not have write on it, because Apple would have denied it”. (…)
Live at Mesh 07 @ 0952 — Arrington Keynote Part 2
by Tony Hung on May 30, 2007
Here’s more: Blogging is an interative process that self-corrects and self-fact — which is how it is fundamentally different than traditional media Journalists — the best — should go independent, become blogging, embrace self publishing, creating their own brand, and (…)