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Zennie Abraham Yesterday’s blog called “ Ashley Hebert, Bachelorette Picks White Guy From Group Of White Guys” where I blasted the show for failing to have a diverse cast like that of Big Brother, the CBS show which won the Sunday ratings race over the ABC show, got some racist emails. Say, one good thing, the men … Read more
And this blogger thought Vonage, which offers Voice-Over-IP service, and was once all over the television waves with commercials, was all but dead. No. In the first quarter of 2011, Vonage drew in $43 million in net operating income, and introduced new features and products. But now, it has this announcement I ran over while … Read more
Instagram, the cool app that allows you to take a photo, then upload it to Twitter, Facebook, or Flickr, is enjoying a rapid path of growth, with 5 million users (now up to 7 million users) and 1 million daily uploads. While Instagram works to find a way to monetize all that traffic, it’s added … Read more
I must confess, I’ve watched all of 35 minutes of the ABC show The Bachelorette, and that’s it. I turned the channel. I understand the show does well in places like Orlando, Florida, but, well, that’s Florida. Big Brother beat The Bachelorette and Ashley Hebert’s white guy fest in Sunday’s ratings race. To me, that’s … Read more
The title above – “Debt Limit : Obama Bests GOP, Tea Party Via Budget Control Act” – is tame. It should read “President Obama fools GOP into thinking it got what it wanted, but some Progressives are too myopic to notice.” What’s obvious is the media didn’t read what’s called “Budget Control Act of 2011,” … Read more
After 13 seasons, 14,858 yards, and 153 touchdowns, Randy Moss is retiring from the NFL. And sadly, Moss retires without ever having earned a Super Bowl ring. The closest Randy came to one was Super Bowl 42, the New England Patriots versus the New York Giants. A Super Bowl the Giants won in dramatic, 4th … Read more
Twitter has become a necessary and useful tool for sharing information, thoughts, and ideas in seconds and to a vast number of people. Moreover, a set of frequent and constant Twitter users has emerged that keep the flow of tweets going, many of them are in the new field of social media, many more, according … Read more
What’s Kobe Bryant, the LA Lakers star player, doing during the NBA Lockout? He’s playing soccer! According to this Tout I ran across that was posted by Amy Jo Martin, the CEO of Digital Royalty, Kobe Bryant said that playing in the Mia Hamm & Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge on Sunday was the first … Read more
On May 5th, this blogger reported on Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s attack on the country’s own media. While there are a number of examples, the most prominent one has resulted in a development of disasterous proportions for media in Ecuador, and calls that country’s entire political and judicial ethics into question. Ecuador’s El Universo has … Read more
This is a vlog unlike any other I’ve made before. The idea is to use a long-standing macroeconomic model called “IS / LM” to explain why the debt limit must be increased by August 2nd 2011. The IS / LM curve was created in 1937 by Sir John Hicks, and has stood the test of … Read more
As this blog post is written, the San Francisco Marathon is well under way. There are 25,000 runners this year, far more than the 3,000 that were out when I ran it in 2001. And with that many runners brings more demand for web-based updates. Apparently more than the SF Marathon website can handle. At … Read more
I had the pleasure of meeting rapper Chamillionaire And “Cello” (that’s what he allowed me to call him on video, although I may be busted for it later), at Friday’s TechCrunch Mobile event, just before the rockin August Capital Party that night. We talked about what they’re interested in learning when they, as musicians and … Read more
For sci-fi fans like this blogger, owning the Star Trek Blueprints of the late 70s were like owning gold. Now, Star Wars fans can enjoy the same engineering drawings for the Star Wars movies, but with a big difference: the blueprints are real. They’re featured in a giant, $500 book called the Star Wars Blueprint … Read more
Captain America has a new drink made at Searsucker Restaurant, San Diego, and inspired by Comic Con 2011, and called “Captain America.” (And in case you’re wondering, this blogger made over 193 Touts, and has about 150 video files from the Comic Con trip, so more content is coming.) It was introduced to us by … Read more
What spurred this blogger to write the above title is an article in BtoB Magazine called “The Social Life,” by Kate Maddox, and features Cisco Systems employees talking about how Cisco does social media. Yes, Cisco gave this blogger a Flip Video camcorder, yes, this blogger is grateful, but this blogger’s still massively pissed off … Read more
The stars of this complex, information-stuffed AOl-hosted TechCrunch event? Chamillonaire and Foursquare. In case you’re not in the know, Chamillionaire’s the famous rapper also known for visiting tech events and using the latest in social media platforms. He also thinks Android sucks. As I type this he’s still behind me, talking about how bad Android … Read more
In this Oakland News, Kathy Neal, best known as former Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris’ wife, is reportedly throwing her hat into the 2012 California Assembly District 16 Seat currently held by the legendary (love that word, especially when it’s true) Sandre Swanson, who’s set to be termed-out. Neal, still very politically active, has the full … Read more
That was the title of a lively conversation on, well, Facebook. Adriel Hampton, started the thread because she “was extremely turned off by the mass suspensions. Who wants to have fun exploring a network where your friends from Facebook and Twitter are getting digitally offed left and right? Put a huge chill in my network … Read more
This was a great idea: to make a deal with a restaurant next to Comic Con, then take out its normal tables and make it into a bar and gaming center. That’s what CNET, the online tech news source, did to Lou and Mickey’s bar and restaurant at 224 5th Avenue in San Diego’s GasLamp … Read more
This is what’s become my annual video-blog check-in with David Glanzer, Vice President Of Marketing and Public Relations for Comic Con International. This one after the 42nd annual Comic Con 2011 in San Diego (trip sponsored by Tout.com); the first one we did last year at Wonder Con 2010 – this will be the fifth … Read more
The Albert Haynesworth trade from the Washington Redkins to the New England Patriots has Google Trends in a state not seen much of late: on fire. And with the NFL active in this free agent period, the top 20 most searched keywords are albert haynesworth, reggie bush, eddie long, patriots, npi, cleveland clinic, miami dolphins, … Read more
The movie A Fantastic Fear of Everything starring Simon Pegg (Star Trek) and is currently being made at Shepperton Studios in London, has been acquired by The Indomina Group, makers of the upcoming Griff The Invisible. The Indomina Group is a firm out of LA and The Dominican Republic, launched in 2008 by Vice Chairman … Read more
The Medusa from the movie Bellflower is worth as much, or more in value, than the Black Beauty from The Green Hornet. That means it’s worth about $2 million. That comes from no one other than this blogger, who as of this writing is probably the only one to have talked to the makers of … Read more
Social Media is valuable. This blogger really worked hard to bring innovative coverage of Comic Con, and to the point of partnering with Tout.com, who sponsored the hotel part of the trip to San Diego. But I didn’t expect to get a year’s worth of free pretzel crisps from Pretzel Crisps! The result of my … Read more
This is the promised 37-minute video of William Shatner’s visit to Comic Con 2011, to talk about his new movie, William Shatner and The Captains, with Scott Bakula, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Chris Pine. But now that the video is up, a correction: the aircraft was provided by Canada’s Bombadier, and it’s CEO, not the … Read more
For the second time in over a year, this blogger paid a visit to the legendary Phil Bronstein, the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Executive Vice President and Editor-At-Large for the last three years. The last time Bronstein and I talked, it was an epic video on Google, Rupert Murdoch, the SF Chronicle, and the media. Epic … Read more
After something like six years, and over 10,000 blog posts, Zennie62.com has officially moved from Blogger to WordPress. This doesn’t mean we’re quitting Google’s Blogger – there are over 90 blogs still there – but Zennie62.com now goes to Zennie62blog.com, rather than Zennie2005.blogspot.com. It also means that link traffic from searches redirect from Zennie2005.blogspot.com to … Read more
At some point, the real time and date I will not disclose, I’m going to subject San Francisco Chronicle Executive Vice President and Editor-At-Large Phil Bronstein to one of my video interviews. This one a follow-up to my blog post on what I thought was his take on Rupert Murdoch and the New Of The … Read more
Sushi Girl is a “grindhouse” style movie, which this blogger is dying to see, and is best described as a dinner over a naked chic that ends badly. My objective at the Sushi Girl Red Carpet held at Comic Con 2011 (trip sponsored by Tout.com), was to find out how badly the movie ends! Getting … Read more
This video making the rounds online is causing a number of YouTube commenters to ask a good question, and one that you’re led to ask after watching it: why would the concert producers and promoters allow Amy Winehouse to perform in an obviously drugged and messed up state? Amy Winehouse died last weekend and the … Read more
The Bohemian Club, the San Francisco institution where this blogger has enjoyed excellent bourbon and conversation, is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the crazy Monte Rio Variety Show at the Russian River. The Monte Rio Variety Show started in 1911 as a way for Bohemian Club members camping at The Bohemian Grove, the club’s retreat … Read more
The NFL Lockout is, barring a wild, unexpected NFL Players Union negative vote today, over. This blogger can only say “Yeah!” But really, the idea of the NFL not playing football in 2011, with so much economic value and so many needing jobs and revenue, was just plain unthinkable. Now, it’s almost over. Almost. The … Read more
On YouTube, Metacafe, Blip Tv. As of now, there’s one “Entourage” that’s known as a group of hip, East Coast-transplanted Hollywood types, who live their lives around the actions of Vincent Chase. But that entourage is fictional. The real entourage just appeared at Comic Con 2011, and produced a sure-fire hit movie called Bellflower, that … Read more
Comic Con is a giant bubble that can block you off from the World’s events – just see my Tout stream for evidence. It wasn’t until I visited the CNN Express Truck on Saturday that I learned famed singer and favorite of mine, Amy Winehouse, passed away. Russell Brand, who blogged a great post at … Read more
Yesterday at Comic Con (trip sponsored by Tout), this blogger had the pleasure of meeting some of the many cast members of Femme Fatales, the Mark A. Altman, Steven Kriozere-created show on Cinemax. For those who’ve not seen it, Femme Fatales is described as an anthology of “powerful, sexy and dangerous women.” Of all of … Read more