you year in 30 seconds
It's not often that a news channel can do something impressive from a creative, promotional standpoint, but this new CNN iReporter promo is a pretty good: summarize your year in 30 seconds. They're collecting 30 second clips, and the best will end up as a part of their New Year's Eve special.
Now that we've all got at least 365 photos, videos and other forms of appropriate content to summarize our year, this is a great exercise. The challenge will editing. You only have 30 seconds. Choose wisely. Thanks, Morgan!
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:15 AM
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
news reporters realize that twitter is cool
Because people that are in love with Twitter love to talk more than 140 characters about Twitter, they've created a conference for them. 140 Character Conference brought together a bunch of Twitter lovers and media stars to do what they do best: talk endlessly about the Twitterverse.
One cool concept that apparently came out of the event is the possibility of a Twitter News Network - or TNN.
Ummmmm.....DUH. This is something we suggested back in May, and the folks at TwitterGrep created (which now sadly appears to be defunct.)
Here's an idea: CNN, NBC, whoever: instead of waxing over the possibility, why don't you create it? Next week? The tools are here (TwitterGrep was proof of concept) and the opportunity exists for a valuable tool branded with your network's name on it. (Call us if you really don't know how.)
Oh, and if you didn't make the conference, but have a secret crush on Ann Curry like I do, then you'll love the beautious shots that Brian Solis captured at the event.
Labels: cnn, news, publishing, social media, trends, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:48 AM
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
history and tweets, side by side
If you ever get the opportunity to tour the CNN Center in Atlanta, you'll see a really cool exhibit that charts CNN viewership alongside world events. The graph is a pretty sweet way of illustrating history.
I believe that we can now do the same with Twitter. According to their own blog, there were 5x normal tweets-per-second and about 4x tweets-per-minute during the inauguration yesterday. The graph tells the story.
Labels: cnn, social media, trends, tv, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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