Its an so important that ’causes’ get on board with social media right now. As messaging gets more and more crowded its going to become harder for charities to rasie money and gain awareness. Seth Godin breaks it down in a great audio conversation with Network For Good. If you know someone who works at or for a social cause have them listen to this.

Im a little late writing about this but things are crazy with the album release. Ill be speaking with my good friend Mitch Joel on stage at Podcamp Montreal.

If you make it down make sure you come and say hi. Oh and i was really happy to finally met CC Chapman. We showed him a good Montreal bavet(sp) with fries:)

I was reposting a Twitter tinyurl link in Myspace status and this “http://tinyurl.com/3vy75z” turned into “www….com/3vy75z”. Apparently Myspace really doesn’t want you to leave its walled garden. So much so that it will disrupt links to keep you. You would think that a network so big and well financed would realize that the power in the web goes to the “connectors”. To those that help enable the conversation, not disrupt it. Be a utility, not a destination.

Austin Hill and the gang over at Akoha have launched their new online / offline social multiplayer game. We were all embargoed from talking about it till now but it seems like a very worthwhile attempt at changing ‘pay it forward’ to ‘play it forward’. Austin gives a good explanation of what its all about on the Techcrunch 50 stage. I haven’t been able to try it out yet (with the record release) but i intend to join as soon as i can.

Hope its fun. If it is there’s going to be a lot of good karma spreading around…

Im not saying the startups suck but Im with Robert Scoble on this. The websites for the startups at DEMO this year are boring. I went through the list hoping to see something that excited me. Snooze. He’s getting a lot of hatemail right now for being so blunt but lets be real for a second. Your website is your calling card. Your a new startup hoping to make it in the competitive world of the web. The very least that should be demanded is that your site rocks.

My 20 cents…

Yes I monitor comments, and yes I delete some. But its not because of strong or dissenting opinions.
I try to keep the conversation on topic so the rest of the people commenting can follow and contribute and its still making some kind of sense. I edit comments for 3 reasons.

1.the same person comment many times in a row (without anyone responding their original comment.)
2.your comment it really long (you should start your own blog and use a Talkback to comment)
3.you get off topic and it has nothing to do with the original post.

I want people to take part but its not a free for all. Some bloggers have to approve all comments to keep the conversation on track but that not something I want to do. But, I do want this to be a conversation that stays on topic and has a flow to it. I love comments, all bloggers do but when you comment multiple times in a row without generating a response its not conversation, its monologue. And, if you have a lot to say on a subject, thats great, I love that the ideas are flowing but you should really be write that in your own blog and link to it. That way readers can just click through to your longer idea.

Hope that makes sense.

What do you think?

I’m sure the folks at Twitter like it, but when Rick Sanchez is on the air (CNN) pushing his Twitters commentary, it makes me a bit nauseous. Sometimes the mix of social media and mass media is an uncomfortable mix. “Be sure to watch the best political team on television” Gag…

(CNN. not so good for news, but great if you want to see reporters blown down the street by gale force winds)