This week’s Friday Flick was produced by Rick Mereki (@Rickmereki).  The title of the first of three short films in this series, and this week’s Friday Flick is titled “Move”.  You know how they say “they make it look easy”?  Well, these guys certainly made this flick look easy, but in order to accomplish this, a lot of work and travel had to happen.  Here is what they said about their adventure:

“3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films = a trip of a lifetime.”

Let me know what you think about this flick, and be on the look out for the other two in this series in the following weeks!

This week’s Friday Flick is one from Tom Lowe (@timescapes). Lowe has been working on the movie, TimeScapes that creatively captures different environments around the American Southwest.  The amazing cinematography in the trailer below makes me want to purchase the full length movie, and go experience these places in person.  You can find out more information about the movie, TimeScapes at http://timescapes.org/.  Enjoy!

[BONUS] Behind the scenes videos from TimeScapes

This week’s Friday Flick is another one from Jesse Rosten(@JesseRosten). Rosten is a filmmaker currently based out of Northern California.  Last week I posted a video titles Stella’s Day.  This week’s video is a follow-up titled Stella’s Shasta Adventure.  It’s another “day in the life of” video about Rosten’s pup.  I am very impressed with the quality of his films and the content of these past two videos have left me smiling and quite frankly, wishing I was a pup, enjoy!

This week’s Friday Flick (a couple of days late) is one from Jesse Rosten(@JesseRosten). Rosten is a filmmaker currently based out of Northern California.  I have 2 dogs at home and I often wonder what kind of adventures they encounter day to day. This video is about Rosten’s pup, Stella, the adventures she encounters one day, enjoy!

This week’s Friday Flick is one from Jesse Rosten(@JesseRosten).  Rosten is a  filmmaker currently based out of Northern California.  I came across this video, Cart, a couple of years ago, and I recently thought about it and found it again.  It’s kind of amazing that someone can invoke such emotion using a shopping cart, a blanket, and a story.  Let me know what you think in the comments below!

This past Friday I had the opportunity to host the first episode of “New Stuff” on TheMESH.tv.

The MESH is a new media online network, designed to produce and deliver unique content to computers, mobile phones, iPods, iPads, and any other device connected to the Internet.  Just like a traditional television network, The MESH has a series of programs and “shows” on a variety of topics… the difference is you can watch or listen to what you want, when you want, and where you want.

On this episode of New Stuff Chad Austin of Chad Austin Marketing and Media Design (www.chadaustin.com), Terry Bledsoe, Chief Information Officer for Catawba County, North Carolina (www.catawbacountync.gov), and Alan Jackson with Jackson Group Interactive(www.jginteractive.com) joined me to talk about social media, technology, mobile devices and other gadgets!  The topics for this first episode include the current status of Google+, recent Facebook announcements, iPhone 5 rumors, and Google Wallet.+

Listen to the first episode here:

• iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-stuff/id467909880
• RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/new-stuff
• The Mesh – New Stuff Page: http://themesh.tv/new-stuff/

Tune in on 9/19-22/2011 at 1:pm EDT for the second annual Social Good Summit presented by Mashable, 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation, and sponsored by Ericsson.

Make sure to keep up with the latest developments at the event by following #socialgood on Twitter.

Twitter handles for partners and the sponsor of the event include:

@mashable
@unfoundation
@92y
@ericsson

[UPDATE] Agenda for Sessions: http://mashable.com/sgs/agenda/

I recently had the opportunity to speak about leveraging social media at the NCARD conference in Boone, NC.  This presentation was a mixture of how to create content in different social media channels as well as how Catawba County, NC is using social media to connect with citizens and visitors.  Enjoy!

You have probably watched a YouTube video, sent, or at least heard of a tweet on Twitter, know someone that is using Facebook, and maybe even wondered why anyone would “check-in” when they are out and about.  Mashable recently posted an infographic with some great stats about marketing in social media.  These statistics are up-to-date, so this should be very helpful especially if your company is thinking about using social media to reach current and potential customers.  Please feel free to comment below about social media, marketing, or anything else for that matter!