German Election Voter Mobilization Videos

With only a bit more than a week to the German Bundestagswahl (federal elections), it’s time for a brief recap of the (supposedly viral) videos that have popped up over the last few weeks. Take this post as a starting point as it’s most certainly far from incomplete as of yet. Also, please take into [...]


atoms and bits logo in lego

atoms&bits Festival Logo in Lego Stop Motion from atoms&bits Festival on Vimeo.
Wow. I had no idea this was coming. But I have to say, I’m liking it…


Online PR is all about community

Spot on. PR firms and brands, please watch this this. Then watch it again, and internalize it. With no further comment:

Online PR is all about Community from RealWire on Vimeo.
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Update: A great way to get involved in the community is by the way – in all bluntness – to sponsor a community event. Like the [...]


German Young Voter Campaign Copies U.S. Don’t Vote Video

All of them are looking the same. In the Imperial Army that’s probably good. In political campaigning, not so much.
Now here I’m in a bit of a dilemma. Check out this German knock-off version of the Don’t Vote video. (Both versions at the end of this post.)
On one hand, I’m always glad about anything [...]


CeBIT 2009 Wrap-Up + Panel Recordings

CeBIT 2009 is over, so it’s time to see what worked and what could be done better. Also, there’s a few videos in case you want to see some panels I moderated.
Since CeBIT has been losing some of its importance of the the last few years, with most tech news being available elsewhere before the [...]


Video: Augmented Reality in Education

Augmented Reality – VFX Breakdown from soryn on Vimeo.
A nice (if somewhat slick and artificial) video showcase of how augmented reality could be used in day-to-day educational work. Of course most the stuff shown here is in that odd space where on the one hand the technology is available, but on the others, the available [...]


CNNBC: Obama lost – because of you

Moveon.org has a great video to get folks to vote. It’s a personalized fake news show telling you clearly that it’s your fault, and yours only, if Obama lost the elections. Here’s the version I got sent, customized with my name, but you can put in anybody. (Remember the Dexter viral campaign?)

(Maybe I should have [...]


How to pitch your service to TechCrunch? Mike Butcher knows.

Over on Blogpiloten.de, Mike Butcher of TechCrunch UK explains how to successfully pitch your service to TechCrunch. It’s that simple, eh?
Klartext: Wie pitcht man bei TechCrunch? from Blogpiloten on Vimeo.
Full disclosure: We had this video (and a whole lot more) produced for Blogpiloten.de, which I’m project lead of, and who are clients of mine. The [...]


Vaynerchuk on Social Media ROI

Gary Vaynerchuk strikes with another awesome rant: “You Down With ROI?… Yeah You Know Me“. Are social media in trouble because of the U.S. financial crisis? Nope, it’s magazines, radio and TV who are in trouble, say Vaynerchuk. And guess who agrees: Yours truly.

Because social media have a number of clear advantages over traditional [...]


CNN introduces embeddable video

CNN just introduced embeddable video. The CNN behind the Scenes blog has the details:
We are very happy to announce our latest move in that effort with the introduction of the CNN.com embeddable video player, a stand-alone video player that can be virally distributed by using a code snippet to embed on almost any site or [...]