BlogWell is going to be making a stop in Cincinnati on April 7, 2010 and Cincinnati Social Media will be partnering for the festivities.  If you aren’t familiar with BlogWell, it is a great event put on across the country by GasPedal and the Social Media Business Council.    As they describe it:

At the 2010 DICE Summit, Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell, gave a stellar presentation on how the world of game development is transforming popular culture.  As Jesse states in the presentation, games have “crept out and they are going everywhere.”  My favorite quote on this trend is his explanation of geo-caching:  “Because it’s cooler to go walking in the woods if there is a treasure chest at the end.”

The transformation of gaming from a niche audience to an influencer of popular culture is something that should be on the radar of every Brand Marketer.  The below embedded video is a great place to start in learning why.

Read more: http://g4tv.com/videos/44277/DICE-2010-Design-Outside-the-Box-Presentation#ixzz0gwDevhbm

It’s not rocket science but I love this graphic that shows how Social Media will amplify great content.  As more companies realize that “brands = publishers“, this is important thing to keep in mind.  The key is making your content easily sharable, using great enablers such as Share This and the Digg Widget.

Everyone loves a good video that captures interesting facts & figures.  In this latest take, digital agency JESS3 animated a video  that shows “The State of Internet” with a good collection of recent stats.

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

Thanks to a post by Augustine Fou, I came across this chart that breaks down which mobile platforms are being used by people of different ages.

Amazing to see that over 6 out of 10 iPod Touch users are 17 years old or younger.  And only 2 out of 10 are over the age of 25.  Talk about a strong statement for the iPod Touch being a targeted way to reach teens and tweens.