This week on DigIn! Radio with Limor Schafman “mobile web 2009 and beyond”

Tune in to DigIn Radio with Limor Schafman on Monday, January 5th at 4pm Eastern Time: Paul Nerger of dotMobi on Mobile Web

dotMobi is the offical site for the .mobi domain. The organization, a consortium of device, content and wireless providers is a resource center for mobile web developers. Paul Nerger, VP of Advanced Services and Applications for dotMobi, the mobile web consortium, will be joining us. We will take a look at how mobile web grew in 2008, new tech advances and what to expect and look for in 2009.

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The Visual Effects behind “The Curioius Case of Benjamin Button”

Fascinating interview…not to mention I have know Ed Ulbrich of Digital Domain since his days in advertising at Leo Burnett in Chicago.

BTW…if you haven’t seen the film go see it.

Fitting Visual Effects into Benjamin Button’s Workflow
Director David Fincher’s new film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, was created using a refined version of Fincher’s all-digital filmmaking pipeline that he used on his last movie, Zodiac (listen to Fincher speak on Zodiac here). Once again, Fincher relied on Grass Valley Viper cameras and S.Two hard drive recording systems, but this time, on a movie with major and complex visual effects-particularly the sophisticated work done to age actor Brad Pitt backwards. Read more

Study: Almost 10% On Social Networks Via Mobile

From MediaPost Online Media Today

by Mark Walsh, Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The proportion of U.S. mobile subscribers who access social networks on their cell phones nearly tripled to almost 10% over a year ago, according to a consumer study by The Kelsey Group and ConStat spotlighted Monday by eMarketer.

Specifically, 9.6% of mobile users were connecting to a social network as of October 2008, compared to 3.4% in September 2007. The rapid growth is due in part to the small base of people who are social networking on mobile.

By 2012, eMarketer projects that more than 800 million users worldwide will participate in social networks via their mobile device, up from 82 million in 2007. Read more

MLB Network Readies for First Pitch on New Year’s Day

from SVG News

By Ken Kerschbaumer

On January 1, 2009, baseball fans will ring in more than just the New Year as the MLB Network will fire up a new facility in Secaucus, NJ that will give fans tons of highlights, profiles and, of course, live game action. Read more

Quick…name me a middle-aged, rumpled, down-to earth guy who is anything but high-tech in style?

According to Wendy Marx, it’s yours truly…and I’m darn proud of it…especially coming from her! Wendy Marx, if you don’t already know,  is an award-winning public relations and marketing communications executive who helps B2B companies and executives become well-known brands. But what she has done for me involves is the blog she writes on personal branding for FastCompany.com entitled “Brand U By Wendy Marx”

You might remember an article she wrote over a year ago about me called “The Master Connector.” Not only do I still receive emails about but I use it as part of my portfolio.

Believe it or not, Wendy and I just met for the first time this past week at the George Kliavkoff breakfast and it was so nice to finally meet her. She also did a great story about the breakfast which I wanted to share. Read more

Online Video Investments Expected to Outpace Search and Social Media Tools

Interesting report courtesy of PermissionTV, a platform for creating and deploying online video applications. PermissionTV is focused on how video can best be utilized and integrated with web applications. PTV is the first commercial SaaS (software as a service) platform to enable the rapid creation and deployment of online video applications. PermissionTV is utilized by leading marketing, media, and entertainment companies.

We wanted to know what senior-level decision makers at top marketing, advertising, and media companies were planning for 2009, so we asked them. Read more

Is there such a thing at the Digital Divide?

Interesting article from Nielsen research

NEW YORK The so-called digital divide between emerging and developed economies worldwide might not be that wide after all.

A new online survey conducted by Nielsen finds that while Western countries tend to be heavy users of such media hardware as DVD players and gaming consoles, next-generation devices like video-enabled handsets are more popular in up-and-coming markets, particularly in Asia. Read more

Twitter Twitter Everywhere…literally!

I am amazed how popular twitter has become…event President Elect Obama has been using it on a regular basis.

As I have explained, I use it…but not as effectively as I should. Below are links to a a couple of interesting articles on the subject:

Guy Kawasaki: How To Twitter as a Twool

Howard Greenstein: Twitter-Loving and Hating it at the same time

Monday 12/15 DigIn! Radio with Limor Schafman

If you don’t already know it by now, Limor Schafman is a good friend, trusted advisor, colleague and one of the best moderators and panelists we’ve had at our NY:MIEG events.

As a matter of fact, Limor will be hosting our breakfast on Dec 17th with George Kliavkoff

Her new show “DigIn!” is heard weekly on BlogTalkRadio and is awesome!

“DigIn! Radio - Mobients Speaks on Developing Mobile Applications” on Monday, December 15 at 4:00pm.

“The Nexus for Technology, Business & People”
Where: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Limor-Schafman

Bush: Free Wi-Fi Not

from Broadcasting & Cable

The Bush Administration is opposing FCC Chair Kevin Martin’s proposed free nationwide Wi-Fi network. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said a national Wi-Fi network “would likely lead to congested and inefficiently used broadband, and it would be inconsistent with the Administration’s view that spectrum should be allocated by markets rather than governments.”

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