indorphyn » Uncategorized http://www.indorphyn.com Inspiring New Media: Scott Swanson's Blog Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:41:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 The Day, the [Old] Media died… http://www.indorphyn.com/06/2009/the-day-the-old-media-died/ http://www.indorphyn.com/06/2009/the-day-the-old-media-died/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:58:15 +0000 scott http://www.indorphyn.com/?p=154 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Day, the [Old] Media died…", url: "http://www.indorphyn.com/06/2009/the-day-the-old-media-died/" });]]>

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]]> http://www.indorphyn.com/06/2009/good-times-the-zimtrix-wedding/feed/ 0 NorCal vs. SoCal http://www.indorphyn.com/03/2007/norcal-vs-socal/ http://www.indorphyn.com/03/2007/norcal-vs-socal/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:42:40 +0000 scott http://www.indorphyn.com/2007/03/15/norcal-vs-socal/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "NorCal vs. SoCal", url: "http://www.indorphyn.com/03/2007/norcal-vs-socal/" });]]> Los Angeles Freeways and Skyline at sunsetI’ve been invited to present at several conferences this month. First was the Montgomery Technology Conference in Santa Monica, (Monty was the group that coordinated the sale of MySpace to Fox, btw), they also hired Kenny Loggins to do a private conference immediately following the speaking, I took a photo of Kenny rocking out on my phone here. Then I sat on a panel called, “A user-generated star is born” at the Digital Media Summit in Hollywood, and next week you can find me at OMMA-Hollywood speaking on a panel called, “So You’re Ready for Video, Now What?” Strange that with all the talk of the remergence of Silicon Valley, that all three of these speaking engagements have required that I travel to the bay area’s all-but-forgotten big step-brother, Los Angeles.

You bay area natives will note that I did not preface the word Los Angeles with the required, “I don’t really like LA, but I had to go there…” Yes, it’s true, we folks from San Francisco try to make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN, that people know we don’t identify with pink corvettes and fake boobs like Angelenos do. This is a phenomenon that sort of reminds me of folks from Boston feeling a rivalry with New Yorkers…only the New Yorkers don’t know there’s a rivalry. I’ve noticed that LA natives absolutely LOVE San Francisco…they visit, they heap praise on our culture, our beautiful city, our food and wine and shoot countless films here. While us of the arty, pale and oh-so-much more cultured population of San (don’t call it Frisco) Francisco have to preface each reference of LA with a “I don’t really care for LA too much…BUT, I had to go down there to visit my sister and…” I think it’s high time we in SF, give LA the praise it deserves: as the capitol of all that looks good and takes an hour and a half to drive to, no matter how far away it is…

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]]> http://www.indorphyn.com/03/2007/norcal-vs-socal/feed/ 1 6 *is* better than 5! Or 4…or 3 http://www.indorphyn.com/01/2007/6-is-better-than-5-or-4or-3/ http://www.indorphyn.com/01/2007/6-is-better-than-5-or-4or-3/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:39:49 +0000 scott http://www.indorphyn.com/2007/01/02/6-is-better-than-5-or-4or-3/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "6 *is* better than 5! Or 4…or 3", url: "http://www.indorphyn.com/01/2007/6-is-better-than-5-or-4or-3/" });]]> Gilette Fusion Razor: I left my trusty Mach3 razor that I had been using since college in a hotel while I was on business a few weeks ago, and went to the store to buy a new one. Turns out they sell replacement razors for them, but no more Mach3′s. I cursed myself for losing my beloved as I perused the other options available. The Mach3 was the first multiblade razor of its kind and it was great. Now-a-days, it seems all the kiddies have been gullible enough to believe 4 and 5 blade razors are where it’s at, and I was reminded of a saturday night live commercial parody for the “Mach14, 14 blade razor”. My choices limited between, bottom of the line disposable 2 blade razors and the highest option razor, the Gilette “Fusion” 5+1 razor, I figured I’d give it a shot. Turns out, this razor’s unbelievable. Someday, perhaps, if he’s lucky, my grandson will shave with the Mach14, but for now 6 blades is doing me right. At left is a screenshot from Gillette’s website where the “Doctor” asks if you’d like to “Slip into something more comfortable.” I want to point out that my razor did not come with a lab coat for me to slip out of when the mood strikes me. For this reason, I give the razor a B+.

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]]> http://www.indorphyn.com/01/2007/6-is-better-than-5-or-4or-3/feed/ 1 Vegas Baby! http://www.indorphyn.com/11/2006/vegas-baby/ http://www.indorphyn.com/11/2006/vegas-baby/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:03:02 +0000 scott http://www.indorphyn.com/2006/11/20/vegas-baby/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Vegas Baby!", url: "http://www.indorphyn.com/11/2006/vegas-baby/" });]]> Las Vegas stripI’m in Las Vegas for WebmasterWorld a conference for web publishers. Most of the attendees, however, are service providers (like me) for publishers. Much of the content has been geared around search engine optimization and search engine marketing. Interesting stuff, to be sure, but a little narrow content-wise to contain any earth shattering revealations for me. Google hosted a cocktail mixer on Wednesday night where they talked about new video ad units which will be click-to-play and I saw an introduction of a new service they’re offering called ‘Google Gadgets’ which allows anyone to produce a gadget that can then be made available for any website or individual to use on their site or on their Google homepage. Kind of like a widget but more open source. The SEO folks were all excited because if someone puts up a gadget on your site, you get a link back, which helps your search engine rank. Last night Yahoo! threw a big party for all the publishers in the YPN (Yahoo! Publisher Network) Today, I’m off to an open bar/networking event at the New York-New York casino before I fly back to San Francisco. Some attendees are planning on staying through the weekend, but in my estimation, 3 days in Vegas is just about 1 too many.

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