Online Media Cultist

Every once in a while – not all that often, really – I come across a blog I’ve never seen before that blows me away. Something different, something real, refreshing. And addictive reading to boot! I found one, and it was thanks to Google Reader’s brilliant Friends’ shared items feature and, in particular, my man Jason [...]

New post up over on louisgray.com, this one’s called Socialtwist’s Widget Puts New Twist On Social Content Sharing. Here’s a clip: The idea is that the widget is easily installable, highly customizable, supports more than 80 services, and comes packed with analytics so that you can monitor your “viral campaigns.” With support for all major instant [...]

I was asked by Mona, a fellow contributor at louisgray.com, to do my part and level best in adding to the latest web meme. I replied that I love to talk about myself… shutting me up may be the hard part! In that spirit, I give you 25 mostly non-webby things that you may not know [...]

Steven Hodson makes as strong an argument as its possible to make in defense of bloggers running ads to make money. You have to love the title too: Guess what – being an income making blogger isn’t cut & dry: It’s interesting when you start looking behind the emerald green cloth that covers these blogging wizards. [...]

As a big fan of both technology and politics, it’s always fun to see how the two worlds interplay. This “interactive graphic” from the Financial Times is cool to play with, as it “profiles the new players in Washington and shows their connections – whether through Capitol Hill, Chicago, university, or the Clinton administration.” Unfortunately I can’t [...]

As Internet memes of hilarity go, The Curious Case of Forrest Gump is actually pretty hilarious. (via Boing Boing)

Content aggregation is something of a webby passion of mine, so I was excited to check out Fachak for louisgray.com. The result is titled Content Sharing Platform Fachak Launches In Alpha, But Is Raw. Here’s a clip: Fachak is trying to differentiate itself by being a place where you can aggregate and share your content from [...]

Mike Fruchter, a social media machine in his own right, turned me onto a really unique blogger/videoblogger named Perry Belcher, who I recommend checking out. I watched several of Belcher’s informative and entertaining videoblogs today, and they were refreshing on a few different levels. First of all, I’ve been exploring online marketing-related blogs lately, as they [...]

I hate to be a hater, but suggesting that The New York Times can improve its financial fortunes by “charging $80-$100 a year for a web subscription” is simply ridiculous. Putting news content behind a pay wall simply doesn’t work. That era and that experiment is over. Sorry Henry, but you’re dead wrong on this one.

Pretty interesting and provocative short post from the Swampland politics blog about how Israel is harnessing YouTube during the ongoing conflict in Gaza: The Israeli military has its own broadcast channel for the war in Gaza, via YouTube of course. Though Israel is not the first nation to use the Internet to distribute military propaganda, it [...]