Congrats to Google finally doing something with Jot, which they've renamed and repurposed as Google Sites, though the Jot.com site is still there and asking people to sign up for reminders of its relaunch. At 16 months they beat the "three years" I had in the pool. (CT) I had a really cool post all … Continue reading LOTD: 2/28/08
LOTD: 2/25/08
If you're a self-publishing author through Lulu, you can now pay a little bit more and have your work professionally produced and placed in Borders retail locations, part of Borders larger recent endeavors to embrace digital media. (CT) Peter Himler has a good recap, along with commentary I agree with, about a recent dust-up between … Continue reading LOTD: 2/25/08
Getting ooVoo-y
I haven't written as much about ooVoo as I might have wanted to or as much as I intended to. Circumstances dictated that I was only able to do one of the two "ooVoo Day" sessions I had scheduled for last week and I'm not sure what I'll be able to pull off this coming … Continue reading Getting ooVoo-y
LOTD: 2/15/08
Apparently, Google has seen "50 times the search volume" vs. any other handset from iPhone users, according to a report in Financial Times, as pointed to by Macworld UK's Jonny Evans. (TB) What was that about having to go with a major player for an ad network again? Maybe not, say newspapers. (TB) Read/WriteWeb's Marshall … Continue reading LOTD: 2/15/08
LOTD: 2/14/08
Seana Mulcahy is wondering whether she's lost control of her personal contacts now that so many people are including social network, blog and other links in their communications with her. (CT) CNN is finally launching iReport, their video site dedicated to reporting done by non-professional reporters, who can post whatever they find to be newsworthy … Continue reading LOTD: 2/14/08
ooVoo reminder
Don't forget, if you'd like to participate in a video chat with me and others you can register for one of my ooVoo sessions here: http://www.myoovooday.com/signup.php I'll be running chats on 2/11, 2/13, 2/19 and 2/21, all at 11 AM Central time. Should be a bit of fun. So go download the software and sign … Continue reading ooVoo reminder
It’s a little ooVoo for all of us
A little while ago Scott Monty, one of the brains at crayon, hit me up about participating in a program they were working on for a client Not knowing any better, I said sure I'd give it a try. That client is ooVoo. What ooVoo is is sort of a video chat enabler, allowing a … Continue reading It’s a little ooVoo for all of us
LOTD: 2/6/08
Things I found on the Internet while looking for the Patriot's offensive line. CyberJournalist is talking micro-journalism, looking at how reporters at the New York Times are using Twitter as part of their tool kit. (CT) Neville Hobson is talking about the role a corporate blog can play when you're doing new media outreach and … Continue reading LOTD: 2/6/08
LOTD: 1/31/08
Sometimes, an organization trying really hard to make its way into social media sites tries a little too hard, and gets caught. Good job, Andy Baio! (TB) Funny how the world works, huh? Did you notice that Amazon purchased Audible? (TB) MarsEdit continues its coup to get bloggers using it with a slew of new … Continue reading LOTD: 1/31/08
LOTD: 1/24/08 – Expanded Edition
I built up quite a collection of stories I wanted to pass on. I don't have time to write longer thoughts about each one but also didn't want to dismiss too many of them with just a one-liner. So I present to you an incredibly awkward collection of stories from the last week or so. … Continue reading LOTD: 1/24/08 – Expanded Edition