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Archive for July 2008
(First - full disclosure - ooVoo is a client of crayon).
This week I’m involved in a pretty amazing event - My ooVoo Day Political (MODP). ooVoo is a video communications platform that allows up to 6 people to chat simultaneously. A couple of months ago, the social media community got together for a charity event - My ooVoo Day - where all the proceeds went to charity. It was quite a success. This time around, My ooVoo Day is about politics.
This is a really incredible Election Year, with many people participating for the first time. For the first time, after years of talking about it, we’re seeing young people registering and becoming really active. My ooVoo day Political is about taking all of those conversations from all different issues and platforms and giving them a forum. All ages, all opinions, all parties invites - respect all the way around.
My ooVoo Day Political started on Monday (Video will be up shortly and I’ll link to it) and will continue through August 4th. We’ve had a lot of spirited conversation and I’ve had a lot of fun watching people use and fall in love with technology that they might not have used before. So grab your webcam and head over to My ooVoo Day Political, look at the different hosts and sign-up for a session or two.
Just another way of participating in the political process!
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I am a huge Joss Whelan - Buffy - Serenity fan - he’s imaginative, fun and I love the way he writes his female characters. This is a man who likes women. So I was exceptionally bummed when a studio passed on his Wonder Woman script.
Then out of the writer’s strike came “Dr. Horrible’s Sing Blog“, with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day. How does that not sound like a great time?
From http://doctorhorrible.net/
“Dr Horrible” is not a a new TV show or movie. It’s a streaming event, with the first Act starting today (7.15), Act II on 7.17 and Act III on 7.19. The free airings are only available until the 20th and then it’s the looonng wait (hopefuly not) to the DVD release.
Let’s talk social.
Of course this isn’t some indie production with no marketing budget relying on Word of Mouth to drum up interest. This is a guy with a devoted fanbase that will follow him anywhere and to any medium. So instead of the large, mega-ad campaign - they relied on that fanbase to spread the news:
- The Official Site
- Facebook Official
- Myspace Official
- Myspace Fan
- Twitter Official
- Capt. Hammer Comic
- Wikipedia Entry
- Dr Horrible on IMDB
Additional interviews and information is housed at Dr. Horrible.net.
So run, not walk to DrHorrible.com or buy the “season’s pass’ on iTunes - 7,926 Facebook , MySpace, etc. users can’t all be wrong…
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