June 16th, 2010 - On this week's episode of Cranky Geeks we talk a about 3D gaming, genitalia recognition algorithms for Chatroulette, and Cupidtino, the dating site only for Apple fanatics.

May 6th, 2010 - Listen and watch David Spark's 25 minute keynote presentation at the PINC Show, a conference for print designers. Slidecast focuses particularly on the power of super users and contests powered by social media.

May 4th, 2010 - Spark's story in Mashable examines four different ways companies ignored economies of scale and developed super user relationships that were more effective than their company's marketing department.

April 28st, 2010 - It really gets heated on Cranky Geeks this week when John and I start arguing about an inappropriate invite I received from a PR firm.

April 21st, 2010 - The Cranky Geeks can't stop complaining. This week it's about useless huge hard drives in cars, the "stolen" iPhone, and whether or not we're in a tech boom.

April 19th, 2010 - From research conducted by Cision US, Spark Minute blog made The Top 100 Social Media and Marketing Blogs list this year. We're #90, but we're happy to start somewhere.

March 18th, 2010 - After producing more than 40 video interviews at the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, here's a highlight of some of our favorite interviews with industry luminaries such as Pete Cashmore of Mashable, Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Leo Laporte of TWiT.

March 10th, 2010 - A funny episode of Cranky Geeks where we talk about the RSA conference, people being web introverts, and then we get sidetracked on a conversation about Jimi Hendrix.

March 8th, 2010 - Live 15 minute Slidecast presentation David Spark gave at The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Want to get the best job? Be a super user. Want to hire the best employees? Look for super users.

February 10th, 2010 - On Cranky Geeks this week, John C. Dvorak and David Spark argue about planted tech stories and how annoying it is when people announce, "I don't have a TV." Is that paradigm changing?

January 12th, 2010 - On Cranky Geeks, John C. Dvorak and David Spark complain about Google pulling out of China, and Spark getting uninvited to a press party.

January 9th, 2010 - David Spark joined Belva Davis on KQED's "This Week in Northern California" to discuss what was Google's real plan with the release of the Nexus One, a.k.a. the Google Phone. Are they intent on world domination or are they paving the way?

December 18th, 2009 - On this week's episode of Cranky Geeks David Spark complains with John C. Dvorak about AOL's purchase of and then never utilized first instant messenger application, ICQ.

December 7th, 2009 - This 20-page free report analyzes the current state of real-time search and discovery. Gives an overview of the market, competitors, and offers some forecasting to future business models.

November 12th, 2009 - At The CMO Club Summit in San Francisco, David Spark asks Guy Kawasaki to review his top three Twitter tips for businesses. For more, check out all the coverage of The CMO Club Summit in San Francisco.

November 5th, 2009 - Two days on the floor at ad:tech NYC 2009, Spark brings back more than 30 video interviews. For a quick summary, watch the show reports from day 1 and day 2.

November 4th, 2009 - On this week's episode David Spark admits that only up until a few months ago a very close relative of his was a cell phone boycotter. John C. Dvorak is stunned.

October 18th, 2009 - David Spark joined John C. Dvorak, Jim Louderback, Baratunde Thurston, and host Leo Laporte for an episode of "This Week in Tech" aka TWiT. The group discussed Twitter lists, Google ramps up, tech journalism ethics, Windows 7, TSA vs. mommy blogger, and more. Check out pictures and video.

October 1st, 2009 - From $50 donations to cover babysitting up to career-making six-figure sponsorships, here are nine techniques as told by 15 podcasters who are successfully pulling it off. Make sure to read and listen to the interviews for more detailed explanation and advice.

September 30th, 2009 - On this week's episode David Spark argues with former MTV VJ and Mevio President, Adam Curry, and John C. Dvorak about the $1 billion valuation of Twitter and all the different ways you can make money from podcasting.

September 16th, 2009 - On this week's episode David Spark argues with John C. Dvorak about city-wide wi-fi and will the iPod Nano deliver better home movies.

September 2nd, 2009 - On this week's episode John C. Dvorak wakes up and talks with David Spark about the tech news of the week including Apple's big announcement next week. New iPods, yes, but will they finally start selling Beatles music?

August 11th, 2009 - Social media-powered contests allow for greater business and marketing opportunities beyond just collecting names for a mailing list. Read how companies are using contests to achieve different goals such getting free help, hard to find sources, and creative brainstorming.

August 10th, 2009 - Looking to run a contest, but you're worried nobody will participate? Or worse, that something could go wrong? This article provides great tips from experts on how to run a successful social media-enabled contest. Read on to learn their prize winning formulas.
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July 12th, 2009 - Get inspired to capitalize on social media for your business with these successful tales of building industry voice. Watch and listen to David Spark's presentation recorded live in Toronto, or read the companion article that has even more examples.
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July 13th, 2009 - First pilot segment for "Power Tech Builders" by Omnific Pictures is on the robot competition, Robogames. Great production work by TJ Walkup, Brent Jones, and Seth Worden.

June 4th, 2009 - Social media has incredible powers to connect people in times of need. David Spark describes five such tales in an article on Mashable entitled "5 Unique Stories of Social Media Saving the Day."

May 25th, 2009 - Reporting for WAN optimization device manufacturer Riverbed, David Spark delivers some of the highlights from the IT networking conference. Check out the coverage of 40 articles of which 30 include video interviews.

April 28th, 2009 - In an article on Mashable by David Spark, read about ten successful network growing techniques and the 12 inspiring stories of the people who made them happen.

April 25th, 2009 - David Spark appeared on KQED's "This Week in Northern California" to talk about Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems. Spark discusses Oracle's plans, and what this means for the rest of the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

March 25th, 2009 - On this week's episode John C. Dvorak and David Spark talk about the death of email, social media rule breakers, and whether or not Facebook should listen to its customers.

March 16th, 2009 - I attended the GTD Summit in San Francisco and asked everyone what bad habits did they have that they’ve eradicated thanks to David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD). Watch the HD video (Time: 5:51)

March 10th, 2009 - In an article on Mashable, David Spark tells the tale of five people who were told you can't do that in social media, ignored the advice, did it anyway, and succeeded.

March 3rd, 2009 - This week David Spark officially joined forces with socialmedia.biz, J.D. Lasica’s long running blog about social media. Honored to be selected to participate, Spark is joined by other social luminaries, each providing a different expertise when developing a comprehensive social media strategy. See the press release.

February 24th, 2009 - Working at an event for the Jewish Community Federation's Business Leadership Council, David Spark got a chance to interview Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place about how President Bill Clinton unwittingly developed his company's business plan. Watch the interview and read the full article about how Better Place is rolling out an oil independent transportation network.

February 8th, 2009 - Don't just attend or sponsor an event, report on it, from your voice. If you do report you'll get a lot more value, attention, and connections.
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February 4th, 2009 - On this week's episode John C. Dvorak lays into David Spark about refusing to expose a PR firm's inappropriate behavior. Watch the opening segment that references Spark's story, "Hey PR, bloggers are not tools to be used."

November 26th, 2008 - This week on Cranky Geeks, David Spark joins John C. Dvorak and Garnett Lee of 1Up.com to discuss Verizon, Microsoft, and Pentagon security.

November 25th, 2008 - De-friending is the act of removing someone from your social network. The Mashable article tells 12 true stories of de-friending. The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD picked it up and Spark was also interviewed by Curtis Sliwa on ABC Radio (listen).

November 22nd, 2008 - Spark covers issues like why Yang stepped down, are they an acquisition target for Microsoft, and what will be their next steps be.

October 15th, 2008 - David Spark joins John C. Dvorak for yet another appearance on his show, Cranky Geeks. We talk about Apple's new MacBook Pro units, a jumbo jet that was taken down by a wireless mouse, and sex robots.

August 18th, 2008 - David Spark just finished a series of advice and "how to" videos for the "everything about business" site, AllBusiness.com. David offers beginner advice on business social networking, VoIP, computer security, and document management.

July 30th, 2008 - Just a month since his last appearance, David Spark joins John C. Dvorak for another appearance on his show, Cranky Geeks. We talked about the new search engine Cuil, Microsoft revisiting the Folders’ Crystals switcheroo with its suprise Mojave operating system which was really just Vista in disguise, and a redneck that got angry at his lawnmower so he shot it with his shotgun.

July 18th, 2008 - What does the Google-Yahoo ad deal mean to consumers and advertisers? Watch and find out.

July 8th, 2008 - Spark Media Solutions launches it's editorial production for live events. Read all about our services, client testimonials, and what Spark Media Solutions can do for your conference across multiple media platforms.

June 25th, 2008 - David Spark stops in the ZD studios for another appearance on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. On the show we discuss every tech pub getting an "exclusive interview" with Bill Gates as he leaves, the Yahoo! exodus of senior executives, and how Web 2.0 technologies are infiltrating enterprise-sized companies.

June 4th, 2008 - John Gilles and Patrick Newbery of Method join David Spark in a BNET Webcast about “Optimizing Online Customer Interactions.” Throughout the hour conversation, we discussed best types of engagement and how to measure success. Give it a listen.

May 20th, 2008 - During The CMO Club's "You're Not Alone Anymore" conference in NYC, Spark Media Solutions launched the media network for the CMO-only organization. In a day and a half, Spark Media Solutions produced and promoted a blog with 14 videos, 17 posts, and 52 photographs.

May 2nd, 2008 - Spark discusses how Tim Berners-Lee's landmark decision 15 years ago launched business on the Web and the culture of innovating through an open platform.

April 24th, 2008 - Spark's coverage of the conference includes a breakthrough bad presentation, a radio report, the cool and not-so-cool from Web 2.0, and twelve videos from industry luminaries such as Clay Shirky, Dan Farber, Kara Swisher, and Rafe Needleman.

April 17th, 2008 - Spark shot thirteen videos at the online ad industry conference with industry insiders such as Jim Louderback of Revision3, Tom Foremski of Silicon Valley Insider, Owen Thomas of Valleywag, and Pete Cashmore of Mashable.

April 16th, 2008 - David Spark continues to make appearances on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. On the show we discuss Blockbuster's bid to buy Circuit City, social networking for business, and the most offensive video game to play.

April 14th, 2008 - This "how to" guide will step you through the process of broadcasting your brand while also following your network and key people within your industry.

April 7th, 2008 - Spark discusses why MySpace will be dead in a few years and how nothing that happens on April Fools' Day is actually funny.

March 11th, 2008 - David Spark joins Robert Scoble, Jay Adelson, and Dave McClure in a very silly music video entitled "Rock Band." Lyrics by Randi Zuckerberg, and sung to the tune of "Roxanne" by Police cover band, Stung.

March 5th, 2008 - David Spark makes yet another appearance on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. They discuss Ask.com becoming a women’s portal, Comcast charging customers $2 to stop sending junk mail, Google Sites, Adobe Air, and a lot more.

February 20th, 2008 - "Be the Voice" explains why developing thought leadership is critical to growing your business. You'll learn how to develop lots of content cost efficiently while avoiding common pitfalls that could cause your company's media network to fail.
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February 15th, 2008 - Spark discusses the writers' victory and how it's really a set up for their negotiation when this contract ends.

February 9th, 2008 - Spark explains why Microsoft is looking to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion.

January 17th, 2008 - David Spark makes another appearance on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. They talk about CES and some of the best and worst products of the year.

November 30th, 2007 - David Spark returns to KQED to discuss why Google announced its "Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal" plan.

November 18th, 2007 - Amplify the value of the "liveness" of your event by layering it with social media tools to improve physical logistics, distribute information, connect people, and enhance face-to-face conversations. Article includes advice for preparing, staffing, producing, and promoting plus a checklist to make sure you're making the most of your live event. Download the PDF.

November 14th, 2007 - The Personal Broadband Industry Association (PBIA), a non-profit organization focused on driving the market for ubiquitous, affordable broadband invited David Spark to join the group's board of strategic advisors which include Internet industry pioneer Vint Cerf and Tony Perkins, President of AlwaysOn.

November 7th, 2007 - After conducting a variety of ad hoc new and social media seminars, Spark Media Solutions formally introduces "Be the Voice^SM," a one- or two-day seminar on how to become your industry's thought leader through effective and efficient use of new media. Full description here.

September 11th, 2007 - As Facebook opens up its content to search engine indexing, David Spark talks privacy issues with Facebook and other social networks.

August 3rd, 2007 - David Spark returns to discuss why Google's lobbying the FCC to change the rules of the spectrum auction.

July 15th, 2007 - Today, David Spark appeared with Leo Laporte on the popular podcast, This Week in Tech, better known as TWiT. Joining David on the show were Jason Calacanis and Veronica Belmont.

July 1st, 2007 - The tenth installment of "The 12 Principles of New Media: The Conversation Videos", entitled "Be the connector" is now available to watch, listen, or read the transcript. This tenth installment is one of a series of 12 weekly conversation videos with experts offering divergent opinions on the principles. "The 12 Principles of New Media" (PDF) is an essay by David Spark on the 12 issues you need to take into consideration when running a new media campaign.

June 29th, 2007 - A regular on KQED's "This Week in Northern California," David Spark returns to discuss the launch of the iPhone and what it means to us, the tech industry, and content industry.

May 21st, 2007 - Essay by David Spark to compliment a conference session Spark moderated for the PRSA (Public Relations Society of America). This article offers actionable advice for PR professionals on how to engage in the new media space. Inside you'll find coverage on these ten important issues:

Losing control over the conversation
Fueling conversations with content
Become a participant yourself
Who’s talking about you?
Know WHEN people are talking about you and your clients
Who are the top influencers in your space?
Dealing with bad publicity online
So you want bloggers to talk about you and your clients
Just because you’ve got an influencer’s ear, doesn’t mean they’re going to talk positively about you
PR and advertising convergence

May 21st, 2007 - New essay by David Spark offering advice to moderators, panelists, and even attendees on how to deliver and participate in a buzz worthy conference session. Download the PDF.

March 16, 2007 - A regular on KQED's "This Week in Northern California," David Spark returns to discuss Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit against Google/YouTube. David Spark appeared on the show back in October when Google purchased YouTube.

March 14, 2007 - Sprint, the communications company, is also the publisher of Health Mobile, the health industry technology newsletter geared towards healthcare technology executives. In the latest issue of Health Mobile, "Critical Communications in Healthcare: Ending the Healthcare Communication Runaround" Spark spoke to four hospital IT directors about how they’ve been using mobile applications to simplify operations at their respective institutions. All were facing classic communication problems in a healthcare environment until they employed mobile applications like Vocera, PatientKeeper, and Xora. more...

March 13, 2007 - WebEx begins a one month sponsorship of David Spark's twice a week tech update just days before Cisco gobbles them up for a reported $3.2 billion dollars (the price of two YouTubes). "The Spark Minute" is heard Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:40pm Pacific on 960 AM, The Quake (KQKE) in San Francisco.

March 07, 2007 - Spark Media Solutions begins its analyst relationship with the Guidewire Group, a global research firm focused on emerging information technology markets. The Guidewire Group publishes The Guidewire Report, an analysis of emerging trends and of new technology products and services. Spark Media Solutions will provide industry commentary, analysis, and profiles of tech start ups for the twice a month publication. Guidewire Group is best known for the co-production (along with Network World) of the DEMO conferences. Hosted by Guidewire Group's cofounder, Chris Shipley, the DEMO conference is the launch pad for industry setting presentations and companies.

January 12, 2007 - Is the iPhone as cool as it looks? David Spark breaks it down.

January 3, 2007 - Microsoft converts an analyst's whitepaper on hosted messaging into a wiki, opening it up to the tech community to add, modify, and debate.

Working on behalf of Microsoft, Spark Media Solutions has begun managing the editorial development of the wiki. The whitepaper, written by Osterman Research, is entitled "The Advantages of a Hosted Messaging Security Solution." Spark Media Solutions' founder, David Spark, has begun engaging with the blogging community to participate in the debate posed by the whitepaper: is it more cost effective and efficient for companies to pay for a hosted messaging solution vs. building a messaging solution in-house.

Bloggers have commented on the wiki and published posts on their respective blogs as well. Spark Media Solutions works directly for Chautauqua Communications on this project. The whitepaper (in wiki form) can be found at http://www.mehsreport.com. Spark Media Solutions, Chautauqua Communications, and Microsoft all invite you to participate.