I’m a photography snob. There, I’ve said it. I only gave up my black and whitedarkroom a few years ago. I’m finally convinced that digital might just be as good as silver and I’m just now starting to learn the joys of having a camera in my iPhone.
At the recommendation of fellow iPhotographer Dutch Doscher, I’ve been playing with Old Camera – a neat iPhone app that offers a wide range of black and white fixes to boring old camera phone pictures.
I’ve got to admit, I really like this but I’m still waiting for an iPhone app that can duplicate the look of Verichrome Pan.
If you are looking for updates on my wacky hi-jinx in Austin, forget it. My flight was cancelled due to the awful weather we’re having here in New York and I’m home. So SXSW will have to wait until next year.
Anyone who’s been paying attention to this space knows that among my other obsessions, local government / politics and how technology has an impact have been an ongoing theme here. In addition to being a candidate myself, I’m Webmaster of the Pound RidgeDemocratic Committee, and I put together social media strategies for another Town Board race. I’ve also worked on Take19 – a group blog which helped elect our very own John Hall to Congress in 2006.
On Sunday, at SXSW, I’ll be joining Advomatic’s Julie Blitzer in a conversation about Web2.0, technology and local campaigns. We are calling the session “Not Just for Obama” because we both believe from our own experiences that the aggressive use of cutting edge social media tools has a place in the most local of political races and movements.
I’m going to talk about how campaigns have changed from the good old days of smoke filled party clubhouses to today’s iPhone empowered field teams. I’m also going to highlight a few great examples from my own experience here in New York State – movements and organizations using the Web to create change in their own backyards. Julie will talk about the technologies themselves and how they are being used.
I hope you can join us on Sunday in Austin. It promises to be an interesting and educational conversation.
From the chatter on Twitter it’s obvious that SXSW is here again. This year I’ll be dropping in on Saturday night and staying through Monday evening. I did the ’staying all the way through’ thing two years ago and I’m still recovering.
In general, SXSW can be a giant messy mass of bloggers and this year it looks like it’s going to be bigger than ever. I’m planning to try and see as many old friends as I can and you’ll be able to follow my adventures on Foursquare or Twitter.
I’m also planning on doing as many video interviews as I can, so if you have something interesting to say (or if you are in PR and your client has something interesting to say), please let me know and I’ll try and connect with you in Austin.
David Parmet is a New York based PR and social media marketing guru who helps businesses and agencies navigate the seas of social media.
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