Awakened Voice

Back in April Mike Arrington of TechCrunch opined that online video sites were “breeding like rabbits.” By the end of the year we had the huge $1.5 billion acquisition of YouTube by Google. Can anyone deny that 2006 was the year that online video came of age?
We’ve also saw the rise of sites like Blip.tv, [...]

My eyes first started to open up to the rapid development of online communities back in January of 2005 when I was researching the purchase of a new cell phone. While searching for information on a new device I came across a site called Howard Forums.
Run out of Toronto, Canada by Howard Chui, the [...]

In the past month I’ve had three shopping experiences with Amazon.com. One was related to purchasing a book. Another related to researching a new mobile phone purchase. And the third was in connection with last minute Christmas shopping.
In the process I spent quite a bit more time on the e-retailers site than I had in [...]

Andrew Baron, he of Rocketboom fame, has revealed his core strategy for a new videoblogging/video podcast venture called Abbey Corps.
In a post earlier this week, Baron took a slap at the vertically integrated network models being practiced by PodTech and PodShow. In that post Baron comments on his model stating, “…I will go [...]

First I want to say Merry Christmas to everyone. I’m busy early on Christmas morning keeping tabs on what’s happening online. And just when I’m feeling good about what’s happening I end up getting angry and frustrated.
I know, it’s not really worth it but I’m a passionate person. I listen to songs like “My Way” [...]

Last month at PodCamp West, I ran into Doug Kaye of Gigavox Media who was about to demo a new version of their Levelator tool. Check this post to see what the tool is all about.
The new version is finally out. It features a new look and “Significant improvements in the levelation algorithms.”
If you’re a [...]

We knew that one day it would come to this. Tech visionary, NBA team owner and blogger Mark Cuban has had enough of being insulted by Donald Trump. So Mark has responded to Donald on Blog Maverick, and in the process called out Donald Trump on his failure to run a good blog.
Cuban refers to [...]

After a bit of a delay I have published my Skype powered interview with blogger and author Ted Demopoulos. Ted has a lot of great insights on how people are using blogging and podcasting to get their message across. Check it out over at A Billion Voices.
[tags]Social Media, Podcasting, Blogging, Interview, A Billion Voices, Ted [...]

The world of social media changes pretty quickly. Shortly after I posted a lesson over in the Awakened Voice Learning Center on Google Reader, the team released some major updates to the interface. The result was a new and improved RSS reader.
So I finally got around to taking another spin through the updated interface, which [...]

I ask the question because recently I heard someone at Podcamp West complaining about having to register via the wiki rather than having a standard form where you enter information as prompted. The individual speaking received a few nods of agreement when they expressed their displeasure with having to edit a page that included everyone [...]