by Debbie Weil | Sep 22, 2009 | Events, Uncategorized, YouTube
I was struck by the smarts of one of the panelists at the recent Government 2.0 Summit. Monica Guzman is a young reporter at the Seattle Post Intelligencer who was one of the few to survive the drastic cuts when the print edition was shut down in March 2009. She...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 9, 2009 | Events, Q&As, Uncategorized
What was White House Director of New Media Macon Phillips doing on a conference stage at 4 PM Eastern today, hours before President Obama’s pivotal address to Congress on healthcare reform? It was a good question, lobbed by old media celeb Kojo Nnamdi (at right...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 4, 2009 | Books, Events, Uncategorized
If you’re wondering who writes Chris Anderson’s tweets, now that his new book, FREE, has hit the New York Times bestseller list, the answer is: he does. “No minions, @chr1sa is me,” he told me in a Q & A we did by phone this week. Anderson...
by Debbie Weil | Aug 24, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
Mashable COO Adam Hirsch has been pouring energy into the Summer of Social Good campaign since he began organizing it in January 2009 and since it launched on June 1st. In just four days this unique online fundraising effort – built around the velocity...
by Debbie Weil | Jul 22, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
This was the best photo I took at Open Government and Innovation. Note the slide behind Vivek Kundra showing Pres. Obama looking at the newly-launched (and very cool) Federal IT Dashboard.
by Debbie Weil | Jul 22, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
I’ll post a blog write-up soon.
