The M-Audio booth was kicking with Johnny Juice of Public Enemy DJing and Darryl “D.M.C” McDaniels from Run DMC was there signing autographs and then gave a performance from his upcoming album. It was absolutely great, and while I still don’t know exactly what M-Audio does I did get a picture with D.M.C. and recorded a few videos of the performances. So check it out. And look at the picture of the software Johnny Juice was using to scratch. Very cool.
Update: M-Audio makes computer-to-analog hardware for music producers, USB inputs for microphones, and midi interface devices. Or so I’ve been told.
The audio isn’t the best but it’s very watchable. This is what came from my little Pentax Optio A20. You get to hear one of his new songs, and then one you will definitely remember. It was just amazing. If the camera moves around it’s being my arms were getting tired or I was trying to ignore an excruciating cramp in my foot. The things I do for my audience.
Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels: new and old (Walk This Way) music at Digital Life 2007:
So today was the first day I could finally make it out to Digital Life with my press pass. Unfortunately I didn’t wind up with much swag (free stuff). There were some shirts available but I either kept missing out or wasn’t going to spend half an hour waiting on a line when I had meetings to get to. Hopefully I will be getting some things to review shortly. And I did get a full version of MemoryMixer to play with and review (easy digital scrapbook making). So here’s a picture of the sorry state of swag for today. More articles coming tonight about what I saw at Digital Life.
JasonBlogs.com will be covering Digital Life 2007 this year. And this time I was able to get a press pass. So look for some great coverage next weekend (since that is when I am able to attend).
It looks to be a great show. There are a lot more great presenters this year. And iRobot will be showing off two new home robots. So hopefully I will be able to see it all in two days. It’s a shame I have to miss the press-only stuff.
And if Pentax is reading: I could always use an upgrade from my current Pentax A20 camera. *hint* *hint*
I plan to post more about the Future of Online Advertising conference over the weekend, but here’s a nice little observation for you.
Henry Copeland, the creator of Blogads, was asked what he thought of PayPerPost. He responded by saying it’s sad that they have no disclosure, or something to that effect. The problem is that PayPerPost does indeed require a disclosure policy and Ted Murphy, of PayPerPost, even said in his earlier speech that many advertisers require an additional graphical bar that goes in a post saying it is sponsored by said company.
In Copeland’s speech he even recommended making ads intentionally vague and “mysterious” because they perform better. Where is the disclosure in that, when the viewer has little to no idea what the ad is for? Where is the transparency? He also said that sites using Blogads are generally political sites, and that the ad network was used by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign. George W. Bush got a second term thanks in part to Blogads. So how again is his ad network more honest than others, when they clearly have no problem deceiving others with politically motivated ads?
Tomorrow I will be attending the Future of Online Advertising, thanks to getting a free pass from Andy. Hopefully I will learn something and do some networking. Maybe even find a job. Who knows. I may also write-up details of the day afterwards, interest permitting.
Well it looks like I have another conference to go to. I won a pass from Andy Beal to the Future of Online Advertising Conference. It takes place on June 7-8 in New York City. Hopefully by then I will have a job, or maybe I can make some connections. At the very least I will have some great articles to post and I might even come away with some insight on advertising. Here are just a few of the speakers that jump out at me: Jay Adelson of Revision3, Darren Rowse of ProBlogger and b5media, and Steve Rubel.
Anyone looking for a web developer, system administrator, or someone looking to learn a business trade? I’m going to be a recent college graduate and I’m full of great ideas too.
I just put up the pictures I took from DigitalLife 2006. There aren’t nearly as many as last year, but there are plenty of pictures of the only Nintendo Wii I could find in a plastic case at the ATI booth. Apparently the only playable Nintendo Wii’s were at the press-only event.
imeem is a social networking service that combines instant messaging with sharing. You can post videos, music, photos, blog, and more. It’s all about communities or “meems,” and rating what people share. And of course you can embed the content anywhere you want.
imeem is running a contest for the best rated picture taken at their photo booth at DigitalLife. All you need to do is sign-up with imeem and then rate my picture highly. The winner gets a Nintendo Wii and I want it badly.
It’s that time of year again. When “consumers” flood the Javits Center in New York City to get a glimpse at the latest gadgets and games. It will be my second time attending the event and I will be blogging about it Friday night into Saturday. A few of the items I am excited to check out: Nintendo’s Wii (I hear Sega has a few playing their new Sonic game), Ask.com’s booth, the newest games, and the new PepperPad. I also plan to hit-up all of the iPod Nano giveaways. Last year I didn’t win a PSP; this time I’m back with a vengeance.
Digital Life is a great convention where you can check out the latest technology and games. I went last year and had a blast, and I’m planning on returning this year. Last year I was able to check out the Xbox 360 and their games, along with some cool booths from the likes of NewEgg and PC Magazine. This year looks to be even bigger according to what I have read and the list of exhibitors I have seen.
The event is from October 12-15 in New York City at the Javits Center in New York City. You can get a free ticket online now that is good for all four days. Just go to the ticketing page and enter the code “INSIDER”.
I’m specifically impressed with their marketing efforts, since I had already heard of the “INSIDER” code and used it. I just now found out that it’s all coming from a PayPerPost.com listing intended to promote DigitalLife (which I plan to collect on). Good thing I already know how great it is and planned to go. I will of course be blogging whatever I find out and posting plenty of pictures.
NOTE: this is a paid ad, but I would have been posting about it anyway if I didn’t see this offer. I only post about what interests me and what I have experience with.
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The M-Audio booth was kicking with Johnny Juice of Public Enemy DJing and Darryl “D.M.C” McDaniels from Run DMC was there signing autographs and then gave a performance from his upcoming album. It was absolutely great, and while I still don’t know exactly what M-Audio does I did get a picture with D.M.C. and recorded a few videos of the performances. So check it out. And look at the picture of the software Johnny Juice was using to scratch. Very cool.
The audio isn’t the best but it’s very watchable. This is what came from my little Pentax Optio A20. You get to hear one of his new songs, and then one you will definitely remember. It was just amazing. If the camera moves around it’s being my arms were getting tired or I was trying to ignore an excruciating cramp in my foot. The things I do for my audience.
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