Facebook recently had their annual F8 conference yesterday and they will be making a significant change to its format. Naturally, anytime Facebook redesigns itself, it affects all sectors, especially music, movies, and sports.
Update at 4:17: Co-Innovator of FanCam, Tinus le Roux tweeted to me that the FanCam technology is now up to 20 BILLION Pixels. They will be updating their website very soon with that info!
My roommate, Steve, showed me this amazing new 360 camera technology that allows any fan in a stadium or arena to find themselves in the crowd. Yes, that even means the drunken fool in the section 543 can sober up and pick himself out of the 50,000 people in the stadium (as long as he remembers roughly where he sat). This new technology is called the FanCam.
Here is an excerpt from the website. "Technically speaking, Fan Cam is 5 BILLION PIXEL social media engagement platform. It combines the latest in GigaPixel technology with customized social media solutions to create a 'one of its kind', immersive fan experience". 5 Billion pixels... when I first heard that, I pictured Dr. Evil sitting in his chair chuckling and stroking Mr. Bigglesworth. Then I checked it out for myself: Rugby in South Africa and Steelers vs. Jets AFC Championship. This is incredibly legitimate.
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- Incredible article on Athletes and Social Media and how some play the social game right and others decide to use social media to talk to their mistress. And we thought that Brett Favre was the only one who couldn't keep it in his Wranglers.
- Check out information on the IOC's social media policy for London 2012. Here's an excerpt: "The IOC recommends that postings, blogs or tweets should be in a first-person, diary-type format and should not be in a journalistic style". Now there's some regulation... sounds more like Berlin 1936.
- Great article by Kalia Strong that delves into the social media policies for London 2012, NFL, and UFC. With UFC's pioneering deregulation policy on social media by President Dana White, the league is now renamed the Ultimate Facebook Championship.
- A post on the dangers of mixing social media and athletes by Dave Thomas. Forget about cocaine, this is the new vice of athletes. Love the part about the Texas Tech football player tweeting about being offended that the coach is late to the meeting. What ever happened to complaining to your teammates in the huddle? Isn't that what they do half the time in there?
