Invitation to TEDxSeattle Discussion, Real Time Event Synthing, February 5th, 5:30pm, Seattle

Posted by: Tim Reha | Wednesday, February 03, 2010 | 0 Comments |

Please accept this invitation to the TEDxSeattle Discussion.

TedxSeattle Discussion
February, 5th, 5:30pm-8pm
Rat and Raven (http://www.ratandraven.com), University District.
5260 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 - 206 524 3166
Complementary, No Registration Required.

Street parking up there on the Ave is free and available at that time. Happy hour specials include $2 off the entire menu (bar food, mostly standard with some twists); $3 wells, $3 domestic drafts and $4 imports (and $2 PBR if that is to your taste). We have reserved the *upstairs deck* (covered year-round and heated.

As part of this discussion, I will present ideas for filming, streaming and live synthing the event using an integrated internet dashboard approach. We will be looking for student volunteers to learn about this approach and work on the TEDxSeattle event. If all goes well, we will pitch this work to the main TED based on our efforts here. This presentation will go on around 6:00pm .

Filed under: Augmented Reality • Events • TEDxSeattle • Internet Dashboards • Real Time Web • Real Time Events • Social Media • Social Media Intergration • Video • Internet Video Broadcasting • Internet Video

Multi-Touch, Interactive Visual Synth, Market Data Mirrors and More - NWAV.org Portland 2010 Event

Posted by: Tim Reha | Saturday, January 30, 2010 | 0 Comments |

The Future - When New Media and Social Media Collide

This month we hosted the NW Audiovisualist’s (NWAV.org) monthly event in Portland, Oregon to highlight creativity and technology. Below is a summary of the event to spark new ideas that tie into the above notions social + real-time intereractive media.

I believe that we are in a massive cycle of convergence that will re-create the notion of “social media”. Today, social media is more about “social” than “media” because the media production tools are still somewhat fragmented, expensive and hard to integrate quickly. This next year we will see this rapidly change with the launch of the Apple iPad and downward pricing pressure on multimedia laptops, Pico Projectors, HD video cameras and other converging technologies.

Soon we will start to see collaborative music and media production across social networks in real-time. WiMAX wireless broadband penetration and increased broadband over cable and fiber will add velocity to the new “social + digital interactive media” convergence. Multi-Touch screens, computer vision, gestural inputs via FLIR thermal…

Filed under: Augmented Reality • Interfaces • Multi-Touch • Real Time Web • Real Time Events • Social Media • Video • Internet Video • Video Production

2009 Seattle Wine Awards - Integrated Digital Marketing Case Study

Posted by: Tim Reha | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | 0 Comments |

Dear Palm Springs Ad Federation Members,

Thank you for hosting me as your guest for the Social Media event. I wish we had more time to spend together at the event and really enjoyed the experience. Below are a few slides from my 2009 Seattle Wine Awards digital marketing and social media case study for your review. I will annotate the slides with a podcast over the weekend and will post the new information here.

Many folks asked me about how to setup streamlined work flows and the internet dashboards. I am available to help you setup your digital marketing and social media technology and services. Please feel free to contact me via email at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Music transcends languages and is one of the most ancient forms of human communication and culture. Even other animals like birds and organic life forms such as plants respond to music. Humans use music to make love and war as a psychological tool.

“In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the music industry was dominated by the publishers of sheet music” - (Wikipedia). Today, music is big business and used by global advertising agencies to create campaigns that target people of all ages. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony, News Corp, Disney, Universal, Warner and EMI all have their fingers in the music business.

Since the advent of the internet and the “Napsterization” of music with digital peer-to-peer services, YouTube and portable “iPods”, the music industry is in a rapid state of convergence and change. Search engines and social media “trending” list music as a primary topic and media type that is passed around the planet at the speed of light. Thus, with rapid global changes in social behavior created by new technology and digital connectivity, bands have to react quickly to develop new music business…

Filed under: Interfaces • Multi-Touch • iPhone • Real Time Web • Real Time Events • Social Networks • Twitter • Video • Digital Grafitti • Internet Video • Mobile Video

Twitter Search is Still Broken - Even with New Front Page Design!

Posted by: Tim Reha | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | 0 Comments |

UPDATE: July 2 29, 2009

Today Twitter launched a new home page with a big focus on Search. This move firms up their strategy to become a real-time search engine and put’s them even more in the acquisition cross hairs of Google and Microsoft. Yahoo is out of the game with their Microsoft Bing deal, also announced today.

The main issue I have found is that Twittter Search is still Broken!

Here are sample searches for a number of events that we had our guests tag with a unique identifier “#eventname”, so members could search for Tweets from the event at a later date. As you will see there are a ton of missing results. A lot of people put effort into making posts at the below events and they all should write to Twitter and tell them to fix this mess.

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23wtia - Washington Technology Social Media Event. Zero results!

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23seawineawards - Seattle Wine Awards. I recorded and saved 450+ from this event, see below. Twitter now lists just two!

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23iabcseattle…

Filed under: Social Media • Social Media Strategy Reviews • Social Networks • Twitter • Real Time Events

The Social Media Lab at 2009 Seattle Wine Awards

Posted by: Tim Reha | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | 0 Comments |

Here are photos of the “Social Media Lab” at the 2009 Seattle Wine Awards Grand Tasting.

The Seattle Wine Awards, created by Mr. Christopher Chan, is Washington State’s most prestigious wine awards program. Fifteen Northwest wine specialists spent two days this spring evaluating 771 Washington wines to select the finalists to pour at the 2009 Seattle Wine Awards Grand Tasting Event. The goal for this project was to build a network of wine enthusiasts, industry experts, bloggers, twitterati and content for the most prestigious wine awards program in Washington State.