Shelly Palmer Report

A Tweet By Any Other Name: The Power Of The Real Time Web - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:26:20 GMT

Twitter is the topic de jour. And, as far as I can tell, most people don't have it quite right. While it is true that Twitter is a social network. And it is also true that Twitter is filled with much more ambient noise than curated knowledge. The power of Twitter is, first and foremost, the fact that it is a "real time data stream."

Remembering Michael Jackson - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:48:59 GMT

Over the past two weeks we've lost several celebrities and two of our dearest pop-culture icons. Farrah Fawcett, the subject of the best selling poster of all time and Michael Jackson, the musical force behind the best selling album of all time. Their untimely passing brought their extraordinary achievements into focus, making me wonder, will anyone ever sell 12 million posters or 45 million copies of an individual album ever again?

The Real Time Future of Television - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:51:59 GMT

Television, the platform, is having a bad year. There are lots of reasons: the economy, consumer control, audience fragmentation/atomization, etc. On the other hand, Television, the art form, is alive and well with more (albeit different kinds of) projects in production than at any time in history.

A Serious Online Advertising Problem Continued - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:32:28 GMT

Last week I wrote a short missive about a problem I was having with a very vocal minority of my daily MediaBytes video viewers regarding a pre-roll ad. Apparently, making money with online video is a very hot topic, as evidenced by the several thousand email responses to the article.

A Serious Online Video Advertising Problem - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:37:34 GMT

As most of you know, I am the host of a daily, two-minute show called, "MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer." It is not a television show, although it can be seen on TV. It is not a radio show, although it is broadcast on dozens of news/talk radio stations. It is not a video blog, although you can subscribe to it via RSS

The Army Strong Experience - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:03:11 GMT

"When the plane gets to 10,000 ft, the door will open. We want you to hook your thumbs into your harness and get into a catcher's squat. Put your toes over the edge of the doorway and be ready to jump." You know, this is not a sentence that I'm used to hearing. But this was not an ordinary day. I was a guest of the LTG Benjamin Freakley and in the capable hands of the most elite parachute team in the world, The U.S. Army's Golden Knights.

All That Twitters Is Gold ... Not - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:36:06 GMT

The Inter-web is in over-tweet! The citizens of Facebookistan are being phished and spammed. 20-somethings are ditching Facebook and creating LinkedIn profiles so they can join the "real world." And no one ever speaks of MySpace in polite company. Tweet, tweet, tweet or, should I say, yammer, yammer yammer?

Audrina, The Facebook Ninja: Facebook Security Part II - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:06:43 GMT

In our last episode, Debbie's Facebook account had been hijacked. She would receive random notes from her friends telling her that they suspected that her account had been hacked, but everything looked fine. Then, the cybercriminal opened a chat to me from her account typing, "... still stuck in London." Since, at that very moment, Debbie was standing next to me, it was pretty obvious we had a problem.

Facebook Fatality: Will Security Issues Burst the Social Media Bubble? - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:34:58 GMT

What happens when you drink the Kool-Aid? OK, better question... What happens when social media becomes woven into the fabric of your life and you rely on a web-based, profile (that you cannot back up or export) as the center of your social universe? Answer 1: When everything is working as designed, the world is virtually wonderful. Answer 2: When everything is NOT working as designed, we get an up-close, personal view of the pain and anguish a truly cloud-based world could eventually offer us. As bright as the upside is, the dark side is darker!

Devastating DVR Data - Shelly Palmer - MediaBizBlogger

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:40:13 GMT

The end is actually here. Sorry. Last Sunday evening I was home with my family doing what millions of other American families were doing -- I was watching Celebrity Apprentice through my DVR 24 minutes delayed, so I could finish it at 11pm EDT, but skip all of the commercials.

What If Your Dream Job Doesn't Exist Anymore? - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:45:02 GMT

I was talking to an experienced, but not-yet-discovered, on-camera, news/talk person at one of my Social Media Networking Parties. She was asking if I could give her some advice about getting in front of the "right" people in New York. Not a problem. I've got a couple of friends in the biz, so I asked her, "What are you looking for?" She said, "I want to host a talk show, anchor a news broadcast or be a field reporter for a local news station in NYC."

Metamerica: Evolving The Governance Of A Digital Democracy - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Dateline New York: April 3, 2015 -- The White House issued a statement today urging people to stay calm. The Federal Data Depository Corporation is now saying that people will have access to some

Video Distribution Strategies in a Broadband-centric Future - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:25:00 GMT

The following is an excerpt from a White Paper I recently wrote for Cisco. You can download the entire document here. There's a short video presentation as well. The idea behind this paper was to explore some of the issues that will face service providers (like cable and IPTV) as the world becomes more broadband-centric.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer RIP - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:40:00 GMT

This past week the first of America's major metropolitan newspapers has made the decision to cease print operations and transform itself into an online only news organization. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer RIP, long live www.seattlepi.com -- if only it could be true.

What If Video Were Data? - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Today's thought experiment is going to help us visualize the future of commercial message management. Of course message management is just a way to describe the way content gets to a consumer. We have a bunch of other names for it: television, radio and newspapers, to name a few.

Old Media vs. New Media Continued - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Last week I wrote an article entitled, Broadcast News Vs. Information: An Unfair Fight which outlined an experiment: my goal was to see how my week would go if I didn't get any news from traditional media. The article is a quick read and it would help if you gave it a look.

Broadcast News Vs. Information: An Unfair Fight - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:00:00 GMT

I have been thinking a lot lately about the future of newspapers and radio and television broadcast news; to put it another way, traditional media vs. new media. So, just for fun, I decided to see how my week would go if I didn't get any news from traditional media. Would I be better served or, would I miss it. I suggest you give it a try. No matter how well I craft the following paragraphs, I will not be able to help you emotionalize what I experienced. You must do it for yourself.

Hulu.com Pulls Content From TV.com and Boxee - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly palmer — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Hulu, the PR-darling video portal owned by NBCU and News Corp, pulled all of its content from CBS's newly re-launched TV.com. They also removed their programming from the Boxee application (an open source social media player and content management platform).

The Tweet Is Mightier Than The Pen: How Micro-Fame, Micro-Bloggers And Micro-Events Will Change The World - Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:25:00 GMT

Earlier this week, I was invited to speak at Jeff Pulver's Social Communications Summit #SocComm. It was one of the most fascinating events I have ever attended. First, there were a group of extraordinary speakers including: @garyvee, @jeffjarvis, @kenbot and @ chrisbrogan.

Network DVR: The First Challenge of a Connected Future - The Shelly Palmer Report

Shelly Palmer Report — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:00:00 GMT

One important vision of the future of video distribution is the concept of making content available to consumers, WIWWIWWIW, "What I want, where I want, when I want." To accomplish this distribution goal, service providers will have to store content in a central location and transcode (prepare) it for distribution to a plurality of devices.