Hopefully we’ll get some pics soon, but the Outburst forum at University of Denver on Sunday had a great turn-out, bringing in a constant stream of thoughtful messages addressing “new school” ways of solving pressing public policy challenges.

Far from your typical txt talk, here’s a sampling of the screen fodder:

“Politics is the art of civic involvement. Without that involvement, we can not have an impact.”

“We need to stop avoiding recession; cutting interest rates is prolonging the problem. This country needs a recession to get back on track.”
It’s always rewarding for us to see Wiffiti affiliated with such well-run events in such great company. We’re looking forward to the next in the series!

Now that Joe Biden has starred in the text message heard ’round America, the DNC can now officially get underway.

LocaModa is excited to be involved! This coming Sunday, August 24th, we’ll be partnering with the Outburst Tour, the Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet, and the University of Denver at a series of forums throughout the day.
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Busy. Busy busy.

If LocaModa was soup right now, it would burn your mouth.

We had two big releases hit the wire/world/interweb TODAY!

First, check out the rundown of of Touchtunes/US Air Guitar event… There’s a link to the full Flickr photostream at the bottom, but you may be satisfied with the featured pic of Shreddy Mercury, complete with his KISS shirt and enviable mullet. Such a cool event– much thanks to TouchTunes (an official sponsor of USAG and a partner of ours) for getting us involved!

We also went live with our announcement of LocaModa as the platform provider for BarCast’s national rollout! I’m in deep, deep love with the new photo app, which you can see in the pic below (user-generated content is alive and well… and sometimes creeeeepy).
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Yea, I went there; I quoted Churchill in a post about digital signage.

Why? Well, aside from deep-seated psychological issues, it’s because the application above almost never came to fruition. Well, until they called LocaModa. *brushes shoulders off*
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It’s not all fun and games at LocaModa, but do we have our decent share…

Exhibit A:
Our recent off-site meeting at F1 Racing in Braintree.

Umm… those things go fast. A big congratulations to Bill Nast (VP Biz Dev) and Steve King (VP Sales) for kicking our asses all over the track. I will also mention that CTO Steve An had the fastest lap time of the day. Clearly upper management is upper management for a reason.

I also learned that I am a terrible go-kart driver, which surely surprises no one who has ever seen me maneuver my huuuuge and unwieldy Dodge Neon.
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For anyone attending the Berkman@10 Conference today and tomorrow, make sure to head over to the cocktail party tonight to check out Wiffiti!

All of you visiting from far-off places, at least you get a nice day in Cambridge (well, until I hit publish and it starts pouring).

If you’re not heading to Berkman@10, and you’re a Boston-area tech lover, I’ll assume you’ll be hobnobbing at POPSignal.  It’s sold out, but you can often scoot into the overflow space once the night wears on… Check it out at Tequila Rain over by Fenway.  Sox are in Baltimore, so at least you have a chance of not suffocating to death on the T ride home.

[tags]The Web Outside, Berkman@10, Harvard, Berkman Center, Conferences, popsignal, tequila rain, Boston, Cambridge, tech meet-ups[/tags]

On the heels of another exciting partnership last week, LocaModa has joined forces with SeeSaw’s extensive out-of-home network to allow patrons to use their mobile phones to interact with digital screens in places like bars and coffee shops and have those interactions posted (in real time) to social networking sites like Facebook.

If you’re at ad:tech San Fran today, be sure to check out the demos for yourself in SeeSaw’s booth (#5679). If you’re web-bound, check out the screenshots of Zepp’s Bar below. The first screenshot shows part of an animated loop as displayed on a large OOH digital sign in a bar. The second image shows the interactions as they are fed directly (with patron opt-in) into Facebook (with Twitter integration soon to come).

A conversation in your favorite bar can now turn into an interactive online experience (and vice versa), pulling in your social graph with a simple, standard SMS.

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[tags]The Web Outside, LocaModa, SeeSaw Networks, Out-of-Home Media, ad:tech, San Francisco, Facebook, social networking, Twitter[/tags]

That’s right… Fonzie and Facebook are about to cross paths… well, conceptually, at least.

LocaModa has teamed up with TouchTunes to connect over 30,000 jukeboxes to online social networks. Patrons can use their mobile phones to interact with flat panel screens driven by the TouchTunes jukebox’s media server. Applications will feature relevant, fun content such as information about the music playing on the jukebox, user generated content and even patron photos via their social network profiles. All interactions can also be displayed as data feeds on social networks. Online users will be able to view and participate in the activity at their favorite locations, for example: they can see who has “fanned” the location, who is actually there, what music is currently playing, and they can even “gift” songs to friends at that location.

We’re excited to give consumers new control over their media experiences, both in venues and on the web.

Nostalgia, meet New Media; New Media, meet Nostalgia. A match made in entertainment heaven…

You can read the full release here.

[tags]LocaModa, TouchTunes, Social Jukebox, social networks, Facebook, new media triad[/tags]

Illustration property of LocaModa.

LocaModa is located at 160 Sidney St. in Cambridge.

160 is the max number of characters allowed in a standard text message.

Coincidence? Okay, fine, yes.

Are we the only ones who think this is awesome?

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whatever.

[tags]The Web Outside, LocaModa, trivia, 160, text messaging, Sidney Street, Cambridge[/tags]

Who knew our CTO was also such a TV star?

Okay, I guess we did.

Check out the video and read the coverage on the NECN site.

[tags]LocaModa, The Web Outside, NECN, Jumbli, Times Square, Wiffiti, Spectacolor[/tags]