Posted by BobWilson | Under Media, Mobile, Television
Tuesday Dec 29, 2009
Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010. These are random at best and a bit eccentric. In other words, there’s something for everyone!
Lauren Christ, Account Executive - bio
Smartphones
Smartphone popularity increases. Many professionals can’t imagine surviving without constant connection to e-mail, calendar entries and contacts, but just a mere 17 percent of Americans currently use smartphones. As data plans become more affordable, network speeds become faster and a greater variety of devices are made available, more Americans such as stay-at-home moms and college students will upgrade to smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Ellen Robinson | Under Media, Television
Thursday Dec 24, 2009
Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010. These are random at best and a bit eccentric. In other words, there’s something for everyone!
Ellen Robinson, Vice President – bio
My “Mad Men” predictions for Season 4:
Focus will be on building the fledgling firm – Sterling, Cooper, Draper & Pryce (SCDP).
Clothing on the female characters will become more “mod.” Think Trudy in white Courreges boots. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by BobWilson | Under Business, Internet, Media, New Media, Television
Tuesday Nov 10, 2009
This is the last of five posts where we look at how print became part of human social interaction and how the social Internet is very similar.
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Posted by BobWilson | Under Business, Internet, Media, Television, Tools, Twitter
Tuesday Oct 6, 2009
My dear coworker, Ellen Robinson, is crazy about AMC’s “Mad Men,” as many New Streak readers are. So she sends me this article on how AMC embraces viewers actually “being” the show’s characters online. I find this fascinating and it made me wonder…
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Posted by BobWilson | Under Media, Television, Twitter
Tuesday Aug 11, 2009
Recently on a local radio show the topic came up about live tweeting from Southeastern Conference (SEC) football games. It is actually AGAINST the SEC’s new media policy to tweet from games. Details can be found on The Bleacher Report.
Why? Because the SEC has contracts with networks and media providers to deliver the action of these games. OK, I understand that, but as a caller to the radio program pointed out, public tweeters are not profiting in any way by tweeting game action. If anything, this is free publicity for the networks. To me this seems like another attempt to stop a snowball that’s already screaming down the hill.
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Posted by Ellen Robinson | Under Television
Monday Aug 3, 2009
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| January Jones as Betty Draper |
OK, I admit, I’m hooked. Not only on new media but also on AMC’s “Mad Men.” I started watching the award-winning series from the start and haven’t missed an episode; own seasons one and two on DVD; and have had the date season three starts on my calendar for months – it’s pretty bad.
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