Matt Towery Talks About Atlanta As Model For Political Race Relations

At a book signing for his latest book, Paranoid Nation:  The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency, Matt Towery talks about why Atlanta is the model of political race relations. January, 28, 2009. Manuel’s Tavern, Atlanta, GA.
Specs: this video was shot with the Kodak EasyShare Z1275, a really crappy still camera, but [...]

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ATAC Rally #1 – Little Five Points, Atlanta

On Monday, January 26, 2009, AtlantansTogether.org held its first rally to raise awareness about crime in intown Atlanta neighborhoods — and what to do about it.
Citizens from a variety of intown Atlanta, GA neighborhoods spoke to WaySouth Media, Inc. about why they participated in the rally, and how crime has effected their neighborhoods.
The rally was [...]

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Georgia Political Podcast – Episode 20. From The Georgia Podcast Network

Show notes:
Panel
* Joseph Geierman of Dora-Blog
* Catherine Smith of Blog for Democracy
* Grayson Daughters of Mostly Media
* Griftdrift of Drifting through the Grift
* Jen Brock of Blog for Democracy
Topics
* Outlook for the 2009 GA Legislative Session
* 2010 Races for Governor, Lt Gov, Sec of State, etc.
* Atlanta Crime and the Social Media Response
Recorded January 17, [...]

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I Have A WaySouth Media, Inc. Online Dream

I’ve had my own incorporated co for at least two years now. And the bank accounts, tax issues, headaches, small business owner dreams, etc. to go along with it. Yet I have sadly neglected my I-Priestess duties by failing to have the company’s web site built-out. So much for any SEO strategy.
While being a chronic [...]

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Tom Goes To The Inauguration

My friend Tom Roche went to Obama’s inauguration. Here are some snaps he took of his historic adventure.

more about “Tom Goes To The Inauguration on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod

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New Staff Finds White House Lacking In Latest Technology

Moving into the White House, Obama’s folk found things not to their I-liking. More like seriously out-of-date and way behind the times. Reminds me of media in Atlanta. Such as the (now former) newspaper editor who once told me the Internet was “like CB radio.”
On the other hand, if they’d have moved a bunch of [...]

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CNN Live With Facebook For Inauguration

What’s better than being on The Mall in Washington today for the Inauguration? Watching live streams from CNN.com with all your Facebook friends… warm and cozy at home with a hard-wired DSL line. This just freakin’ I-rocks!!!!

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How To Use Social Media To Get More Customers

Last night, @tessa tweeted, at some point in the evening, that the Atlanta area monthly TweetUp had over 100 people show for the January TweetUp at El Taco in Midtown.
Are there other small Atlanta businesses that also would like to have 100 extra customers a day? Try hosting a TweetUp or some other social media-minded [...]

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Social Media and The Mayor

Careful what you Twitter. Now that all of Atlanta seem to be using social media tools, such as Twitter and Facebook, you will easily get what you are after. This was the case during Mayor Shirley Franklin’s annual luncheon talk with the Atlanta Press Club on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.
Between bites of the sliced chicken [...]

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How Bad Is It At City of Atlanta Water Dept?

The dysfunction at City of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management is so chaotically bad that po-po are arresting news crews who try to cover the stinking mess.

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If A Media Blogger Is Thrown Out of Media Meeting And It’s Not On YouTube, Did It Really Happen?

The only thing more pathetic than a media trade association “ejecting” an invited speaker from their meeting about changes in media is that no one taped the rather rude ejection process and put it on YouTube. What a bunch of slow-witted, pointless dinos. From media guru/blogger Jeff Jarvis’ (the ejectee) blog:
But after I finished talking [...]

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Longtime Atlanta Media Dude To Work Inauguration

If you’ve never worked a media project in Atlanta with Jeff Jeffares you’re either a hack or thirteen-years old. Jeff’s been creating ATL-related media since before Zeus had a lightening bolt. And he just keeps on going… this time with a directing gig at an Obama inaugural ball. From the AJC:
Next week, Jeffares will fly [...]

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Atlantans Together Against Crime and Cutbacks

A WaySouth Media video report from an early morning vigil on January 8, 2009 for Atlanta restaurant, The Standard’s, popular bartender, John Henderson, who was murdered while closing the restaurant on Wednesday, January 7, 2009.
City of Atlanta intown neighborhood residents express their outrage at recent, drastic cutbacks to city protective services, such as police and [...]

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76-Year Old CEO Blogs

Bill Marriott, the 76-yr. old CEO of Marriott International, blogs. Especially about his constant international travel.
So what’s YOUR excuse for not blogging?

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Frost/Nixon – A Study of Bitter Resentment

A Presidency doomed… by a character drawn from lifelong bitterness and resentment over self-perceived “elitism?” Matt Towery, of Southern Political Report/InsiderAdvantage, has a few terribly interesting and highly unique comments about the riveting movie, Frost/Nixon.
Why so unique? Towery just so happened to have once met Nixon… and attended Cambridge. From Southern Political Report today:
Fast-forward to [...]

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