Madewe'ls Techy Bear Graphic

This graphic was featured on Madewell’s site, and immediately made me star to think of how evan dead animal heads featured with technology is cool/trendy/hipster. But i have to admit that this bear gets a pretty fly set of headphones.

This image triggered a thought — we love our animals. we love our tech. But what about the intersection of the two?

1) Clearly, iPhone Apps.

• Mashable’s 5 Apps for Pet Owners: Off-Leash Pet Locator, “Pet Phone” to track animal care,
• Paw Finder’s 10 iPhone Apps for Pet Lovers: Pet Finder Mobile Adoption App, Rate my Puppy (show offs)
• PetSugar’s Apps to Entertain Your Pet: More than just your average barking ringtone.

2) My Favorite YouTube Search Story… DOG

A use of tech to help you find answers to all your animal questions

3) Dogs singing with Ipads

This month I have been fortunate to become a proud carrier of three new gadgets:

1) iPhone 4

2) iPad 3Gs/WiFi

3) Flip MinoHD

How will these gadgets integrate into my current gadget portfolio? They just arrived this month… and i’m truly in love. More to come as they inspire more blog posts (in true techyness style).

Have you ever wondered why the Internet goes so crazy over cats? We have LOLcats via http://icanhascheezburger.com/, keyboard cat (with almost 10 million views on youtube) and more.  

Or how about what happens when you let a bunch of cats loose in an IKEA store?

IKEA knows what the internet wants and gives it to us good with a new campaign – “IKEACATS.”

AND, when paired with a new cat-alogue, http://ikeacat-alogue.co.uk/ they have the catnip.

While at a conference in Stamford, CT, I was fortunate enough to not only play GUITAR HERO on this 103″ Panasonic Plasma TV, but my new friends at Panasonic also let me hug the TV.

Want one? Just have to drop about $50k, but then you’re on your way to making lots of friends.

103″ Panasonic TV: 50k

Delivery Fee: 5k

Chance to play Guitar Hero on this fine machine: PRICELESS.

Seriously awesome PR stunt via Lowe Roche, Canada. 

What’s on the bottom of the cars – “nothing sticks like quattro.”

MeetMeme (@meet_meme) posted this video interview of me from the #socialrecruiting summit, which was held at Microsoft HQ in Seattle.

Thanks to the MeetMeme team for the trading cards (screenshot of my trading card at the end of the video!)

Create your Own at Youtube.com/SearchStories

For help on how to create a search story, watch this short video.

I also like this one on potholes (no one likes potholes!!)

There are tons of videos out there with statistics on Social Media – and I understand why – with the number of people who seem to still be opposed to this revolution, the creators of these videos have to keep pushing out new content in order to bring a few more to the “dark side.”

How do you teach people about social media and “why” they should pay attention?

Since it’s valentine’s day, and on valentine’s day you post something cute about loooove.

Instant Video from your Phone to the 'Net

Over the past few days, I’ve recruited a few millennials to the “dark side” (aka to join Twitter) after explaining what the “point” of it really is.

I’m a little proud of this accomplishment, but it led me to write about the “next thing” that will become mainstream… now that random banks in Nebraska, a cat, and even a talking book have appeared on Twitter… I’d say it’s time to delve into something new.

Most of us have access to a video camera and microphone (especially if you have a mac… and many netbooks now have cameras embedded in them too)… so you might be thinking Skype (obvi).. but what about a video chat conference that integrates chat in a web interface, while also maintaining anonymity? Answer: TinyChat. (ps I fell in love with this web app during a mashable live chat during the facebook username golive).

IMO, tinychat could have some awesome uses – BUT moderation will be key, as even the mashable chat had a few spammers.

If chats aren’t your thing (and you don’t have a flipcam, but you do have one of these camera phones), you can set up a (free) livestream from your phone to the ‘net with Qik. Mrs.Kutcher is a fan… and so is carnival cruise lines? You can also integrate Qik with your twitter and facebook accounts.

For a more intense session of live streaming, you can use LiveStream (which also integrates with Qik believe it or not), which allows you, the camera holder, to both a virtual television studio and embeddable video player, offering users the opportunity to produce and broadcast Web video in the manner of a television network. Users can stream live video or broadcast pre-recorded video in their channels, utilizing multiple cameras and on-screen graphics. (via wikipedia)

There seem to be a variety of options for on-demand live video broadcasting, and I’ve only highlighted a few here…