Unless you’ve been living under a rock…err pebble…you’ve probably heard of the epic Kickstarter campaign that raised over $10 million in crowdsourced funds on the promise of an e-paper watch that connects via Bluetooth to iPhone and Android phones. Introducing Pebble.

I stumbled upon this incredible fundraising frenzy—the Kickstarter project hit $1MM in only 28 hours—on April 19^th, 2012, about a week after the campaign launched. I opted in for the $115 pre-order of the Jet Black Pebble, which offered the discount of $35 off the full MSRP of $150 and the promise that it would supposedly be shipped several months later.

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Maybe you find yourself dancing at an underground party on New Year’s Eve in Bangkok or drinking lao lao with Mung Xing farmers.  Maybe you’re watching the sunrise over Masada or watching the sunset while floating in the Dead Sea.  You could walk along the ancient stone walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia or eat a hot dog in Freetown Christiania, a government free neighborhood of Copenhagen.   While these may seem like experiences reserved for a select few, they can be attained by the masses…all you need are the right tools to get you there.

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On November 6^th, 2011, our city hosted one of the world’s greatest road races, the ING New York City Marathon. With over $600,000 in prize money, over 100,000 applicants and over two million spectators, this iconic event is one that tops the charts for many.

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Since last year, the University of Southern California has been using Foursquare to foster a sense of campus community by embracing everything from venues and specials to tips and lists. With over 18,000 followers and 135,000 check-ins to date, USC’s adoption of the location-based social platform has proven that Foursquare can do so much more than dish out badges.

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Here at Mr Youth, we pride ourselves on being something close to campus-connoisseurs. Between our proprietary college network, RepNation, our ears-on-the-ground college ambassadors and our insight platform, Crowdtap, we’ve got our finger on the pulse of the ever-elusive college student. What do we do with this type of access? We listen and we take notes– lots and lots of notes.

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Key takeaways from this SXSWi panel:

Alexa Andrzejewski, Cofounder and CEO of Foodspotting: People don’t interact for the sake of people. With Instagram and Foodspotting, people interact over a photo, an object. Apps don’t engage people, people engage people.

Jake Mintz, Cofounder of Bump Technologies: It’s hard to get the information/content noise down to a level where it’s valuable…

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This article originally appeared as part of MediaPost’s Engage:Teens Publications.

Nearly everyone is pointing to 2011 as the year of mobile, but it’s time we start getting more specific about what this means to better capitalize on this new form of interaction. I’ve been taking a look back on 2010 to see what we can learn about how people are using their mobile devices, from texting to the web to apps. The first stop in this exploration took me to “social scrapbooking”: the potent mixture of mobile, social, and photo-sharing. This is going to be big for teens in 2011, and here’s the why/how of it:

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