Who says that Russians don’t have a sense of humor? Watch the video (below) and then read the article Making a Little Fun of Russia’s Powerful (New York Times), which gives some more background information regarding the video skit. Thanks to Joera Mulders for first posting the video.
When it aired last night, I was out on [...]
A native Bostonian, now living, working and enjoying life in Krasnodar Krai.
Putin and Medvedev are Singing Comic Couplets
Happy New Year
We are getting ready to visit friends and celebrate the New Year here in Krasnodar. The neighbor’s music has been cranked-up and the fireworks have started throughout town (everyone lights their own). 2 hours before the new decade begins. Thanks for reading this blog and I look forward to communicating with you guys in 2010.
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Mark Pincus talks to Charlie Rose
Image by Zynga via CrunchBase
Just watched a fascinating interview of Mark Pincus by Chalie Rose regarding Mark’s company Zynga. Zynga is the company which has created the Facebook sensations- Mafia Wars and Farmville. While I am not personally a player in either game, the fact remains that something very important and special is happening in [...]
Social Media Tastes Good
I’m working with a number of executives at some Russian companies on various social media campaigns and I keep getting the same question from them, “What’s social media?” The answer to this question usually involves worlds like “conversions” “relationships” “authenticity” “user generated content” “bi-directly discussions” and the like. Huh? Yup, that’s the reaction I get [...]
Christmas Shopping with Yuri Milner
The New York Times is reporting that Russian venture capitalist, Yuri Milner, who earlier this year invested more than $200m in Facebook directly has been busy this holiday season. It was announced today that Milner’s Digital Sky Technolgies (DST) venture capital fund will invest $180m in Zynga, the hugely profitable developer of Facebook games such [...]
Comcast’s TV Everywhere should also be TV for Everyone
I read today on GigaOM that Comcast is introducing a new service called Fancast Xfinity TV. Click this link to read about all the details.
While Comcast’s new tagline may be “TV Everywhere” it is not yet, unfortunately, “TV for Everyone.” As an expat who lives in Russia, I have very limited access to American TV. [...]
Sochi is not (yet) one of Google’s “Favorite Places”
Today Google launched a new program (United States only for now) called “Favorite Places.” Here’s a short 2 minute video showing how the program will work. (Click here if reading in Facebook)
The basic premise behind the program is to use a window sticker that has a Google Maps logo and a one-inch-square with a series [...]
Sochi 2014 Unveils New Logo and Fully Embraces New Media
While the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics haven’t even begun, much less finished, my focus continues to be on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. This should be understandable since actually I live in the capital city, Krasnodar, of the region, Krasnodar Krai, where the resort of Sochi is located here in southern Russia near [...]
