I think I'm starting to get it, use it and live it: Facebook, texting, mobile email, mobile photos, mobile video, and even Twitter. You can see my Twitter feed on http://www.hawthorneblog.com/content/about-stephen-kelley. Do you want to play? Come on in, the water's fine! Twitter sskelley.

It's a new digital world out there and I'm feeling a little behind the times. My 13 year old son knows more about using mobile phones and social networking than I do. OK, maybe the REAL issue is that being social is a prerequisite and I'd rather be in deep solitude contemplating esoteric technical issues, but I can fake it. I "got" chat rooms and instant messaging though I eventually decided using them often did not fit my personality and work habits.

I've been having some interesting conversations with Jolie O'Dell and Mary Fahncke about the role of new media, in particular in traditional DRTV companies. We've been sharing some link love and you can see links to their sites at the blog/vlog rolls at the bottom of the Hawthorne Videoactive Report.

We've been trying out ooVoo as a means for conducting interviews online. It's not perfect, but it's pretty darned good. Meanwhile, I just saw this article about ooVoo's plans to bring "high definition picture phones" to our living rooms. Here's the link: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/62257.html. Because this particular use doesn't really have an ad angle, I won't run it on the Videoactive Report site, but it's still an interesting scheme--especially in light of our experiments these past few days.

What are otherworldlies?  Even Webster's isn't as worldly as Jennifer Anne Kogler who seems to have created something or other...new Vampires that vant to suck your blood or DRTV buyers that snap up product?  I'm looking forward to finding out!
 
Jennifer Anne Kogler’s new book will be out June 17, 2008! 
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060739591/The_Otherworldlies/index.aspx
 

This is a screenshot of the configuration menu for the addthis.com Drupal module I wrote. This module puts the "share" buttons below each post.