Google is changing the way we think about email. Check out Google Wave:

being MEdia has been working with The Wyoming Channel for over a year to launch an interactive portal to everything Wyoming. Our public beta version has officially launched today at www.thatswy.com. So, ride on over and join the fun. We’re engaged in a summer-long marketing campaign for The Wyoming Channel that will feature contests, prizes and more. We’ll also be adding some new elements to the site that will give it more.

Check it out at:
http://www.thatswy.com

Check out some photos from the Aradia Music Video Shoot:

As part of our New Media Consulting service, we scour the web for amazing tools that help businesses cut costs and succeed in reaching their digital communication goals. Because we run across so many good tools, I’ve decided to share some of my favorites on this blog. I hope you find them useful.

This weeks’ Favorite Web Tool is: Ready Mobile

According to their site:

“The ready.mobi testing tool evaluates mobile-readiness using industry best practices & standards. The free report provides both a score (from 1 to 5) and in-depth analysis of pages to determine how well your site performs on a mobile device.”

What do I think?

Is your website ready for the mobile world? How does it look and function on various phones and mobile devices? While the web goes more mobile, websites need to follow suit. If your main site isn’t mobile ready, it’s time to build an alternate or adapt. A simple, text-only version of your website can read easy and score high on the ready mobile website. I think this is a great tool to help website owners be ready for the mobile movement.

Link:
Ready Mobile:
http://ready.mobi/launch.jsp?locale=en_EN

Here are a few photos from the BizNik Shine! Event on May 6. The short film should be complete by the end of the summer.

As part of our New Media Consulting service, we scour the web for amazing tools that help businesses cut costs and succeed in reaching their digital communication goals. Because we run across so many good tools, I’ve decided to share some of my favorites on this blog. I hope you find them useful.

This weeks’ Favorite Web Tool is: Browser Shots

According to their site:
“Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.”

What do I think?
Your web users come to your site from many sources. Are they using Safari? Firefox? Internet Explorer? Another web browser or mobile device? It is extremely important to make sure your site appears correctly in each instance. You do not want to lose visitors because your website was not optimized for a specific browser.

Usually, web designers will test a site on a number of browsers. Sometimes this is not the case. Browser Shots provides you with the tool to test the site yourself. Instead of installing a number of different web browsers and versions, you can use this one site to make sure your web presence is doing what you need it to do.

Link:
Browser Shots:
http://browsershots.org/

The White House is building on the success of the Obama campaign to win the 2008 election by being media savvy. Combining traditional media and the web 2.0 world, they’re simultaneously reaching through and beyond conventional media to connect with people around the world.

An example of their efforts is the March 20, 2009 video message that Obama directed at the people of Iran. This video has reached audiences of half a million people who have viewed it online, downloaded it and done their own mash-ups, mixing it with their own messages and putting it back online.

According to White House tech genius Macon Phillips, the 30-year old in charge of the White House New Media operation, this video has thrown Tehran off balance as it thinks out its’ response.

Inside the US, the Obama White House has just launched FaceBook, YouTube, MySpace and Twitter (as well as a myriad of other social-network) accounts as a way to communicate with its’ constituents.

Breaking it all down, I’ve come up with 3 lessons from the Obama approach to media:

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Have you worked with being MEdia? If so, we’d love to get reviews posted to our listing on Google Maps or YELP. Let us know you’re doing it and we can return the favor.

This week offers the North American premiere of the newest documentary by director Simone Bitton at the Tribeca Film Festival. RACHEL premiered at Berlin International Film Festival this year.

An insightful and provocative exploration into the complexities of political solidarity, Rachel is the story of Rachel Corrie, a 22-year-old American member of the International Solidarity Movement, who died trying to prevent an Israeli army bulldozer from destroying Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip in 2003.

In 2007, I had the pleasure of working as the US Line Producer on the film while it was being shot in Olympia, Washington. being MEdia played a huge part in organizing local resources to make it happen, and we’re excited for the critical acclaim that the documentary is getting.

Simone Bitton was a pleasure to work with, and we’re excited to have had the experience. Check out RACHEL as it plays the festival circuit this year.

We’re excited to be part of the filming of SHINE. If you own your own business, you should come take part in this historic Seattle event.

On May 6, Biznik will undertake the largest collaborative social media film project Seattle has ever seen by bringing together a dozen professional videographers, scores of expert interviewers and hundreds of Seattle’s small entrepreneurs in Seattle’s largest film production facility, Fremont Studios.

Why? Because we want to tell your story. We believe that small business - not large business - will lead us out of the recession. The world needs to hear your story. And for one huge night, the cameras will be rolling for YOU. It’s your chance to shine.

Learn more here:

http://biznik.com/events/shine-tell-us-your-story

Here are a couple videos:

A Sneak Peek at SHINE:

Behind the Scenes with the SHINE Video Team: