Tag: digital media

  • Onward! Digital media usage trumps TV so what’s the content strategy for my Howard Schultz interview?

    Wow. Quoting a new eMarketer report, AdAge declares the following: American adults this year will for the first time spend more time each day using digital media than watching TV Either way, we’re still couch potatoes — though it’s less obvious where we’re planting those potatoes thanks to our digital devices. Because TV viewership is…

  • The first (and last?) social media election: online resources and where to watch on second screen

    After the 2008 election, I hosted a conversation called “The First Digital President.” Barack Obama’s win was partially attributable to his online engagement and fundraising — primarily via a still-novel Facebook platform. But as a German news organization reported today: There are now ten times as many Facebook users and five times as many Twitter…

  • Despite it all, the incredible relevance of CES

    After the Consumer Electronics Show binge in Las Vegas last week, the guilt and remorse settle in — kind of like the day after Thanksgiving.  Was it too big?  Too flashy?  Why did we collectively gorge on stuff that we don’t really need?  Shouldn’t we reflect more upon the slave labor that makes these toys…

  • Packed for CES

    I’ve been reading the horror stories about surviving the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show with some trepidation. There’s Survival Gear for Battling 100,000 Nerds in a Desert. Then I spied our own intrepid Todd Bishop of GeekWire in his lovely fly fishing vest. Me?  Well, I’m in an unusual situation.  I’m there to promote my graduate…