LIVEdigitally

About

LIVEdigitally covers tech for the living room, conference room, consumer, prosumer, hipster, executive, and everything and everyone in between. Edited by Jeremy Toeman and featuring guest writers from every walk of tech, LIVEdigitally focuses on the trends and issues affecting today’s connected generation, in addition to the occasional tangent into bad (and good) TV shows.

Disclosure Policies

At no time in the past, nor at any time in the future will LIVEdigitally accept payment to write a blog post. Unless said payment is sufficient to cover the outstanding balance of Jeremy’s mortgage, in which case we will take the check (and disclose it). Please, big brands, send this check!
Due to deep industry connections, it is safe to assume that many of the products reviewed or discussed were given to us for free. That said, at no point in the past nor future is there an exchange of “product for post”.
At some times LIVEdigitally will write about clients of Stage Two Consulting, however this is not a part of any business relationship, it is entirely at the discretion of the individual writer. NO incentives whatsoever are associated with these blog posts. These relationships are always disclosed in the post.
At all times we attempt to identify 100% of disclosures where any potential relationship or perceived conflict of interest would arise. Failing to do so should be considered an oversight, not deliberate, and you are welcome to leave a comment on any post if you’d like clarification.

Jeremy Toeman (JT), Founder, Reviewer and Editor

Jeremy Toeman (resume) is an expert in digital media and consumer technology. He has spent over 10 years designing, and marketing numerous award-winning consumer electronics products and Web services. Jeremy is the founder and managing partner at Stage Two Consulting, a strategic marketing and media relations firm he launched in 2006.

In addition to running Stage Two Consulting, Jeremy has conceived of and incubated several new Web ventures in 2009. In April Jeremy launched Legacy Locker, the safe and secure way to pass your logins to your family and loved ones. Legacy Locker was widely covered on CNN, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and other prominent news outlets. Most recently Jeremy created TriviaonTwitter, a fun new way for brands to connect with Twitter users by giving away real prizes to users tweeting answers to ongoing trivia questions.

Before founding Stage Two, Jeremy worked at Sling Media as the Vice President of Market Development. In that role, he was the company evangelist and was responsible for building grassroots/viral marketing programs. This included developing the company’s online presence with regards to various Web communities and blogs, promoting Sling Media’s highly visible word-of-mouth marketing efforts (what is now known as “Social Media Marketing”). Jeremy also acted as a company spokesman at consumer, trade, and industry events, being an accomplished speaker and presenter.

Sling Media logo Prior to corporate communications and guerrilla marketing, Jeremy joined Sling Media in 2004 as VP of Product Management. He was responsible for guiding development of the Slingbox from conception to launch, helping take the vision of the founders and shape it into a physical product. Jeremy specifically participated in guiding user interface and interaction model design for the SlingPlayer PC software as well as the SlingPlayer Mobile software. Since launch, the Slingbox and its corresponding software components have won numerous industry awards.

In the late 1990s he founded Palmtastik, a Web portal designed to help early PalmPilot users get the most out of their devices. Through viral marketing efforts, Palmtastik grew online to become the second highest trafficked PalmPilot destination.

In 1999, Jeremy co-founded Mediabolic, a software company that provides digital media networking technology to consumer electronics and computer manufacturers. While at Mediabolic, Jeremy contributed to the design of digital home devices for companies including Pioneer Electronics, HP, Fujitsu, and Denon.

Jeremy holds a B.S. in Economics and Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Jeremy is often found speaking on panels at trade shows and conferences, here are some of the highlights:

November 2009: Under the Radar
September 2009: 140 | The Twitter Conference
August 2009: FBFund
August 2009: Dealmaker Media Strategy Series
July 2009: Startup Idol
June 2009: Commonwealth Club
April 2009: Under the Radar
March 2009: eTech
February 2008: SDForum presenter
November 2007: Momentum Conference moderator
July 2007: CommunityNext panel on Viral Marketing
December 2006: GNoTE conference “The Evangelist in You”
October 2006: Wimax World
September 2006: CTIA SmartPhone Summit
August 2006: DisplaySearch Conference
April 2006: CTIA SmartPhone Summit
March 2006: Caucus for Television Producers, Writers, and Directors
February 2006: 3GSM World Congress panel
January 2006: JP Morgan Connector’s Group
October 2005: Digital Life Tradeshow
September 2005: HomePlug Conference
August 2005: Texas Instruments Toy Tour panel (with executives from TI, Microsoft, Samsung) addressing “the future of digital entertainment”
January 2004: CES – Digital Hollywood panel “Home Entertainment Server and Hub Strategies: Set-Top vs. PC-Centric Solutions, the PVR and the Networked Home”
May 2003: Connections Conference panel “Going Inside the Box: Developing Network-capable Multimedia Platforms”

Click here to see Jeremy’s most recent video interview.

Awards:

CES 2009, G4 Best in Show for Pogoplug
CES 2008, CNET Best in Show award for Bug Labs!
In 2007, the Slingbox was awarded a technology Emmy!
At 2005 CES, the Slingbox won a “Next Big Thing” award as well as “Best Home Media Networking” award.
While at Mediabolic, Jeremy helped design convergence products for companies like Pioneer, HP, and Denon (whose flagship NS100 won a “Best of Show” award at CES2004).

Jeremy also writes here on LIVEdigitally, plays a lot of card and board games, volunteers in the local community, drinks wine, and complains about all the bad drivers around him. Always. Even when he’s not driving…

Want to get email Jeremy? Easy – now in an attempt to cut down on spam, rather than just give you a convenient link, you are going to have to type in yourself… jeremy (at ) livedigitally ( dot) com – not too hard, eh?).