Citizen Media

Music Video Shot On iPhone 3GS

Jul 3rd, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Video, iPhone

Here’s another music video shot entirely on an iPhone 3GS. (We featured the first iPhone 3GS music video earlier this week.).
The song is Play by BJSR.



How To Record A Pop Song On Your iPhone

Jul 2nd, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Music, Podcasting Software

This video demonstrates how The 88 used Sonoma Wire Works FourTrack (App Store link) to record their latest single, Love Is The Thing, on an iPhone.
FourTrack is $9.99, which is amazing, considering it transforms your iPhone into a functional recording studio that can be used for recording music, podcast production and other mobile new media [...]



First Music Video Shot On An iPhone 3GS: Technologic Overkill

Jul 2nd, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Music, Digital Video Recorder, Internet TV, Video, Video Software, iPhone

Steve Ellington’s Technologic Overkill claims to be the first music video shot on an iPhone 3GS.
The song by XFYA accompanies a video about the plight of a little blue robot and his attempt to be relevant in an increasingly technological world.
It’s not destined to be a classic - but it’s an impressive reminder that cell [...]



Citizen Vigilantes Using New Media To Shame “Louts”

Jul 1st, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media

A UK neighborhood group is commemorating the “litter louts” that are trashing up their neighborhood by  videotaping them and publishing the videos on the Internet.
According to the group:
One of the biggest issues here in terms of its impact on the community here is litter. And it has been so for quite some time.

It is so [...]



Pride48 Podcaster John Ong: Telling Stories, Building Community

Jun 27th, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Podcasting, Podcasting Events

This weekend marks the inaugural run of the Pride 48 podcast marathon. The two day event kicked off Friday evening, and showcases several dozen GLBT podcast shows throughout the weekend.
I recently talked with John Ong, a Kansas City podcaster I know from PodCamp Midwest, whose Ongline Podcast will be part of Pride 48.
Elisabeth McLaury Lewin: [...]



Reuters Calls For Olympics Coverage Via Twitter

Jun 26th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, General, Microblogging, Podcasting, Video

In 2008, podcasting, vlogging and new media in general were effectively banned from the Olympics.
For future events, the Olympics has to embrace new media, according to Reuters editor-in-chief David Schlesinger, because the rules governing who can report from the Olympic Games are outdated in the age of Twitter.
In a speech to the International Olympics Committee [...]



Apple Sells 1 Million iPhone 3GS’s In 3 Days; A Revolution In Web Video Is Coming

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Microblogging, Video, Video Software, Vlogs, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple today announced that it sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch.
“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”
The new iPhone 3GS features improved [...]



Marshall Kirkpatrick, Dave Winer Join Forces For Bad Hair Day Podcast

Jun 19th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, General, Podcasting

ReadWriteWeb blogger Marshall Kirkpatrick, right, and proto-podcaster Dave Winer kicked off a new podcast today, the Bad Hair Day Podcast.
The podcast is old-school, basically an unedited conversation between the two, tech snafus and all.
In the first episode, Kirkpatrick and Winer touch on the new iPhone OS, Twitter and even Kirkpatrick’s bizarre unicorn fetish. Fetish may [...]

 
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Who Was The First Blogger?

Jun 19th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media

Salon co-founder Scott Rosenberg put together this light-hearted look at his search for the first blogger as a promo for his new book, Say Everything, a look at the 15 year history of blogging.
Anyone else amazed that blogging is 15 years old?



PAB2009: Podcasters Across Borders 2009 Kicks Off

Jun 19th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Podcasting, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

PAB2009, Podcasters Across Borders 2009, kicks off today in Kingston, Ontario.
The three day event, running from June 19th to June 21st at The Holiday Inn Waterfront, offers sessions focused on audio and video podcasting, but also on using social media and building new media-based communities.
Most of all, the event is about meeting other people excited [...]