December 2015 - Beyond Social Media

Bernie Sanders' Data Grab

By David Erickson | December 20, 2015 |

During Episode 124, co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the Bernie Sanders campaign breach of Clinton campaign voter data; Apple shutting down Topsy; a Stoner Sloth PSA campaign; Santa as a woman; Ticketmaster’s crash and burn; 2015 Photoshop fails; Southerners scared of solar energy; the Year in Search; virtual trips to Mars; a Star Wars safe driving PSA; Facebook’s Yelp killer; Google’s predictive traffic patterns; Google’s Uber killer; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Hashtags Gone Bad & Bezos vs Trump Twitter Spat

By David Erickson | December 13, 2015 |

Beyond Social Media - Jeff Bezos vs Donald Trump Twitter - Episode 123

Episode 123: BL and David discuss three Twitter hashtags gone wrong: #ThisIsEgypt, #HackAHairDryer & #AskLaneBryant; Greenpeace’s undercover investigation of buying academic research; Republican candidates with their phallic firearms; the Jeff Bezos vs. Donald Trump Twitter spat; season two of Serial; Google website hosting & domain registration; Twitter photo improvements; Rice Ball Babies; and much, much more.

Gov. Cuomo Usurps The Man In The High Castle

By David Erickson | December 6, 2015 |

Beyond Social Media - Man In The High Castle Subway Ads - Episode- 22

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed ineffective German grocery store ads; a product demonstration video showing how to pick Master Locks; the backlash over Amazon’s Man In The High Castle subway ads; a Jingle Butts jingle; Adobe’s slow Flash death; the Zuckerberg’s thankless philanthropy; Google fortune telling; Microsoft’s PowerApps; Giving Tuesday; short branded films from JetBlue, Johnnie Walker and American Girl; a Japanese Condom Head Challenge; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.