Localization-based services have become more popular as GPS-equipped smart phones have become more prevalent.  This means that the future of internet media will depend largely on the Future of Location Based Services, which is also the subject of a forum hosted by the Future of Local Media during Internet Week NY. Phil Thomas DiGiulio, the founder of Future of Local Media, opened the event by introducing [...]

One of the events that I was looking forward to today long before I even considered going the press route for Internet Week was a panel on “Mobile Applications in the Modern World.”  The panel was moderated by Phil Thomas DiGiulio, a serial entrepreneur, and featured three speakers in areas not traditionally thought-of as forefronts of social and mobile media: food, real estate, and travel.

Internet Week New York – Preview and Introduction I’m writing from the area that Internet Week New York has set up in their headquarters for press to work, getting photographed by the staff, so this is both the closest I’ll get to live-blogging and my 15 minutes of fame at the same time! David-Michel Davies, the chairman of Internet Week, just gave some opening remarks where he described the [...]

I’ll be attending Internet Week NY 2010 this week with press credentials as a blogger for the freedmarketer.  Look out for event recaps and reviews on the site under the Internet Week 2010 category or follow me on Twitter to keep up with up with my daily adventures. If you’ll be in the city and want to meet up, drop me a line!  I’ll be stowing my press pass away at times so that [...]

I’m adding some offline content to the freedmarketer. For those of you in the northern NJ area, I invite you to check out the Social Media Coffeehouse.  I’ll be hosting a monthly networking event for social media, marketing, and technology professionals (as well as anyone else who wants to check it out.) Our first event will be Wednesday, June 16th.  Event details and a link to pre-register [...]