Filed under: Feature, ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Barack Obama, Barack Obama presidential campaign 2008, Candidates and Campaigns, Politics, Presidential, Shepard Fairey, Society and Culture, United States
OBAMA-FY YOURSELF: LIKE ELF YOURSELF BUT WITH MORE OBAMA
You may recognize the above artwork from the much more popular version:
The above poster, as designed by artist Shepard Fairey, drove home President Obama’s message of hope with undertones of a propaganda-like spirit. Now you can apply the same creative spirit to your own photo. Click on the Marauder version above to head to Obamaiconme for some fun in red and blue.
For more on Shepard Fairey and the Obama arts movement, click here.
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Filed under: Feature | Tags: Andre the Giant Has a Posse, Barack Obama, Fairey Aviation Company, Politics, Rhode Island, Shepard Fairey, United States, White House
MANIFEST HOPE: THE GRASSROOTS OBAMA ART MOVEMENT
Shepard Fairey may be the most well known artist when it comes to artwork depicting the president both in his campaign for office and now throughout his elected term. Fairey, an LA-based artist, who initially became known for his “André the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign, is now better known for his Obama “Hope” poster. Fairey attended the Rhode Island School of Design as I was growing up a rebellious teenager in Rhode Island and is thus, pretty freakin’ familiar to me.
And that is why I jumped at the chance to go see an exhibition sponsored by his company Obey and Moveon.org on my trip to D.C. The exhibition seeks to highlight the grassroots art movement which helped to propel President Obama to the White House.
Here’s a sample of what we saw.
The Obama-fied Fixie
The Obama Wire Frame
The Great Leaders
Obama Trainers
And of course the obligatory Schwarzenegger with son sighting…
For the full photostream from the event, click here or on any of the images above.
Guests were encouraged to take a picture in front of the Shepard Fairey piece which was then uploaded to politeinpublic.com for viewing and printed for the physicality of it all. Politeinpublic assembles a list of magazine quality photos and instantly uploads the finished product to the site. That said, the photos that I saw from this particular event were less high quality and more caricature. Here’s one on my favorites:
It’s amazing that one man can inspire so many. On this inauguration day, I lift my latte to the man who has re-inspired a nation to dream.
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Barack Obama, Digg, Hitwise, Market share, MSNBC.com, Streaming media, Twitter, YouTube
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
People flocked to CNN.com, MSNBC.com and other news Web sites Tuesday afternoon to witness President Obama’s inaugural speech, setting records, and in some cases, causing technical hiccups. CNN.com set an all-time record, serving more than 21.3 million live video streams. (Iwantmedia 1/20, http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090120/FREE/901209967/1064 1/20)
Pandora Radio
, the cool personalized radio station that recommends songs based on its Music Genome Project, has started serving audio ads. The high royalty costs associated with streaming licensed songs seem to have finally caught up to the service, which until now has primarily used image-based advertising. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/pandora-radio-starts-serving-audio-ads 1/20)
YouTube chose Barack Obama‘s ChangeDotGov channel to preview a new feature. Visitors can choose to download mpeg4, H.264-quality, DRM-free video files directly from the site. The “click to download” feature is a first for YouTube, which until now has been exclusively a streaming site. (Cynopsis 1/20)
According to Hitwise, last week visits to Twitter surpassed visits to Digg for the first time. Hitwise measures visits in terms of “market share,” which isn’t a very helpful metric (both have 0.021 percent market share, but Twitter is ranked No. 84 and Digg is No. 85). This data is of last week, when visits to Twitter surged following the much-Tweeted emergency landing of a plane on the Hudson. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/did-twitter-just-pass-digg 1/20)
As the music business scrambles to find new revenue streams, some performers are reaching out to fans with new ideas to get paid. Kanye West makes money from his prolific blogging activities, with his Web site turning a profit thanks to advertising and sponsorships. (Iwantmedia 1/20, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7837605.stm 1/19)
One of the best things about Facebook is that you know who you’re dealing with. You’ve verified every friend connection and nearly everyone has a collection of personal photos proving they’re who they say they are. Now it looks like some scammers are using this trust to their advantage, hacking accounts and exploiting the wealth of personal information available to trick your friends into giving them cash. In the past Facebook has had its fair share of spam and phishers, but now it looks like these scammers are getting smarter by engaging in a form of identify theft. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/latest-facebook-scam-phishers-hit-up-friends-for-cash 1/20)
Social networking kingpin MySpace is teaming with production shop Endemol to create a marriage-themed online reality web series slated to debut in May. “GetMarried on MySpace” will recruit couples from the site, who will compete for the honor of having their nuptials hosted live on the site. The 13-episode will invite the community to get involved in everything from casting the couple to selecting a wedding gown for the bride. Advertisers will have also have ample sponsorship opportunities including deep product integration. MySpace also announced it has finally cleaned up the MySpace Video channel, offering improved navigation and far less clutter. Browse by genre, TV show, popular video channels or top viewed by day, week or month. (Cynopsis 1/20)
Google’s dreams of world domination may be dwindling (at least its dreams of ruling the advertising world). Today, it announced that it will no longer be selling print ads in newspapers. (Yes, Google sold contextual ads that appeared in 800 papers. It also sells radio and TV ads). (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/google-bails-on-print-ads-and-newspapers 1/20)
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Filed under: Feature | Tags: Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Denzel Washington, Inauguration, Mary J Blige, President-elect, Stevie Wonder, United States
OBAMANIA CONTINUES: REWIND ON THE FIRST INAUGURAL CELEBRATION
If you missed the concert last night on HBO, watch it here.
My favorite moment toss-up:
Beyonce’s finale, Mary J. Blige, and that small sleeping child sitting one row behind the President-Elect. Priceless.
For a full listing of where to watch the inauguration online tomorrow, click here.
There will be no additional posts today in honor of the holiday…and so that we can make the drive to DC. May the caffeine carry me forward and the traffic be non-existent…
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Filed under: Feature | Tags: Barack Obama, Beverages, COFFEE, Facebook, Inauguration, MSNBC, Shopping, Starbucks
FREE COFFEE WITH YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK: STARBUCKS GETS INTO THE SPIRIT
In the spirit of giving…oh wait, the holidays are over…in the spirit of the inauguration, Starbucks is giving away a tall cup of coffee (small in normal person speak) when you pledge 5 hours of volunteer time from Jan 21st through Jan 25th.
Here’s a link to the Facebook page.
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: AOL, AOL Mail, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Gmail, Myspace, Yahoo, Yahoo Mail
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
American Idol is turning to digital outlets to try and grow its (suddenly dwindling) audience. FremantleMedia Enterprises and teen virtual world Habbo are constructing a virtual Idol talent show slated to launch by the end of January, hoping to extend sponsors Coke, AT&T and others to the online environment. To help keep the 3 million U.S.-based “Habbos” engaged throughout the 20-week long program, Habbo will introduce new in-game virtual items and activities each month as the on-air American Idol season progresses. (Cynopsis 1/16)
MySpace is building a fully functional webmail product, Techcrunch has learned from sources with knowledge of the product. MySpace mail will compete with services like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail and AOL Mail, and will on launch be the third largest webmail provider in the world. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/confirmed-myspace-building-stealth-webmail-product 1/15)
MSNBC.com is launching a new feature today that will make it easier for a viewer to find a video clip online and paste it onto other sites. The launch is timed so viewers can capture their favorite parts of President-elect Barack Obama‘s inaugural address. The Wall Street Journal (1/16)
As part of its Open Strategy, Yahoo starting today is letting users add updates from their friends
based on their activities on 20 other services across the Web. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/16/yahoo-becomes-more-friendfeedlike-adds-updates-from-20-outside-sites 1/16)
Tonight Hulu will stream outgoing President George W. Bush’s farewell address live. The speech will begin at 5PM PST/8PM EST. On Tuesday, the site will also be streaming President-Elect Obama’s inauguration speech. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/hulu-streams-bushs-goodbye-and-obamas-hello 1/15)
Vik Singh of Yahoo’s BOSS team has just launched a new search engine called TweetNews that mashes up Yahoo News stories with some of the hottest topics on Twitter. The result is a news engine that is significantly more timely than common news aggregators like Google News and Yahoo’s standard news site. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/boss-developer-fuses-yahoo-news-with-twitter-to-create-tweetnews 1/15)
Google TV Ads officially launched the SpotMixer do-it-yourself video ad creation tool from One True Media, enabling small companies to put together and distribute their own measurable spot ads on participating Dish Network channels. (Cynopsis 1/16)
US online video viewing continued to rise in 2008, encompassing more than three-quarters of all US internet users according to eMarketer. And low and behold, the percentage of video viewers who consume video (in-stream, in-banner or in-text) ads is also increasing as users begin to grow accustomed to the necessary evil. Video ads are expected to reach over 80% of all internet users by 2012. (Cynopsis 1/16)
US Online Video Viewers and Online Video Advertising Viewers 2007-2012
Year Online Video Viewers % Internet Online Video Ad % Internet
(millions) Users Viewers (millions) Users
2007 137.5 73.6% 111.4 59.6%
2008 154.2 80.0% 129.5 67.2%
2009 167.5 84.1% 144.1 72.3%
2010 176.0 85.7% 154.9 75.5%
2011 183.0 86.8% 164.7 78.1%
2012 190.0 88.0% 174.8 80.9%
source: eMarketer, Nov. 2008
Video sharing site Metacafe gained market share in December attracting more than 11 million U.S. viewers according to ComScore Media Metrix figures. The total represents a 60% increase since Jan. 2008 and an impressive 20% increase from November.
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Barack Obama, Credit card, Federal government of the United States, Interest group, Motorola, U.S. government, United States, WIRELESS
The incoming Obama administration has earmarked just $6 billion for wireless and broadband services as part of an ambitious $825 billion infrastructure spending proposal released to Congress yesterday. Advocacy groups have been calling for the U.S. government to spend $30 billion or more to help improve broadband infrastructure across the country. The money will be targeted in “under-served areas” to strengthen the economy and provide business and job opportunities, according to the proposal. (Cynopsis 1/16)
Motorola announced a device that can clip onto its wireless handhelds and enable retailers to take credit cards payments away from the cash register. The device sells for $655. Techworld (1/14)
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