This past week, a Japanese newspaper announced that Toshiba is planning to release a new 3D TV by the end of the year that doesn’t require you to wear those wacky 3D glasses. It’s definitely a game changer. I went on Fox Business Network’s Cavuto Show to chat with him about the impact it might have:
I’ve always been a big fan of Charity:Water and founder Scott Harrison. Today, they launch their September campaign.
Read my post about the campaign and and watch my interview with Scott on Huffington Post Impact today!
Thanks so much to all my friends at Next New Networks and The Key of Awesome for my mini cameo in this parody of The Social Network trailer aptly called The Twit Network:
Tags: key of awesome, parody, social network, trailer, twitter
I had the opportunity to be part of a really fun video with Sly for his latest film, The Expendables. I can’t embed it- so just go to HTTP://YOUTUBE.COM/EXPENDABLES to watch and be blown away! 
Check out this interview I did with Hunter Walk, Director of Product Development at Google/YouTube, at Vidcon. He talks about how he sees people quitting their jobs to be full-time YouTubers.
This site takes all the latest tweets about every movie and organizes it beautifully for you onto one site- it’s the ultimate real time movie critic. Watch out Ebert- kidding- I love Ebert 
Alluring enough? Check out my promo for Fashion’s Night Out- a special airing on CBS September 14th 10-11pm EST/PT. They’re looking for fashion’s number one fan and giving that lucky winner a free trip to NYC and a VIP all access pass to the show. CLICK HERE to check out the site and submit your video as fashion’s number one fan.
Earlier this month, I attended the first ever VidCon Conference organized by Hank and John Green aka the VLOGBROTHERS. You could compare it to the ComiCon of YouTube, bringing together all the stars in the space offline to share their stories and meet hundreds of their fans in real life. You could also sense this was the beginning of something that would be much bigger in years to come. Personally, it was a reality check of how much YouTube has evolved from an amateur content platform to a legitimate business whose players are making more than some talent in traditional media. Plus, not only are some of them making an actual living through the YouTube partner program, but they’re building a completely engaging community and fan base like no other with MAJOR consistent numbers to back it.
The Vlogbrothers were nice enough to have me as their “official interviewer” and I got to chat with all the speakers. I was basically like their Barbara Walters. I even tried to make a few cry… kinda. They will be rolling out the videos on their Vidcon YouTube page over the next few weeks. GO HERE TO WATCH OR ELSE!
I interviewed Henry Alford, the author and NY Times writer, this week on CBS’ Backstage Live during The Early on Saturday. Lets just say we had a lot of fun. He recently started a weekly column called the “Crib Sheet”, which give you a list of 10 topical items for discussion from the past week– sure to make all of us more in the know or at least sound like it while schmoozing with friends over the weekend. You can read it in the paper each Thursday or check it out online at NYTimes.com.
I’m loving this site- Trendwatching, which pegs itself as the “world’s leading consumer trends firm, relying on a global network of hundreds of spotters.” This month, their newsletter focuses on the trend of innovation- from hotel’s offering reading clubs and restaurants with Spanish classes, to ATMs that allow you to donate to your favorite charity and bamboo bikes benefiting entrepreneurs in the developing world. With all the noise around us, their list picks out those awesome and inspiring innovations happening all around us that we just might miss. Thank you!
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