November 2015 - Beyond Social Media

Google Plus Redesign & Infinity's Virtual Reality App

By David Erickson | November 22, 2015 |

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the Google+ redesign; disappearance of tweet counts; businesses exploiting Paris attacks; an innocent man framed for Paris attacks by online trolls; crap detection resources; immersive storytelling; a tribute to a wife killed in Paris attacks; Infinity Driver’s Seat virtual reality app; BLAB show cards; Minecraft helping teach programming to kids; Kind Bars; marriage proposal do-overs; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Social Media's Role In Paris Terrorist Attacks Aftermath

By David Erickson | November 15, 2015 |

Beyond Social Media - Paris Terrorist Attacks - Episode 120

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Blomingdale’s catalog ad backlash; the myth of so-called Content Shock; a trending Bob Dole; Jeb Bush’s miss on the #BabyHitler trend; social media’s role in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks; Starbucks’ veteran employee tuition benefit; a New York lottery campaign; a video explainer about Facebook video; Facebook’s 360 video education center; Foo Fighters concert posters; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Trump Tweets Nazi Reference

By David Erickson | November 8, 2015 |

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Donald Trump’s Nazi tweet; absurd pharmaceutical mascots; LEGO denying Chinese artist LEGO bricks; Congressional action on bad review clauses; Fruit of the Loom’s tuck it in campaign; Instagram’s falling organic engagement; Carlsberg Beer’s Movember products; Twitter Curator opens to everyone; the Mars Generation potato challenge; IGN TV; IKEA’s other letter; Facebook’s artificial intelligence; the graphic novelization of iTunes’ terms of service; the Poo Pourri ad; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

REI Opts To #OptOutside & Target Haunts A House

By David Erickson | November 1, 2015 |

Beyond Social Media - REI OptOutside - Episode 118

David Erickson discussed Google’s Kansas City fiber outage and Fox Sports’ video outage during Game One of the World Series; REI’s Black Friday outage and call to #OptOutside; Google’s new embrace of podcasters; Target’s Halloween House on Hallow Hill video series; Usher’s Don’t Look Away facial-recognizing music video; the tilt-shift video trend; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.