Archive for March, 2007

Twitter Tour »

There’s a lot of buzz lately around the short message broadcasting service known as Twitter. So I figured I’d get to work on a screencast to show people what its all about.
So when you’ve got a few minutes please head over to the Awakened Voice Learning Center and take the Twitter Tour.
[tags]Social Media, Twitter, Video, [...]

Starting A Blog »

I got a call from a friend of a friend the other day who wanted some information about blogging. The conversation went something like this.
Friend: I’m thinking of starting a blog.
Me: Okay, then start one.
Friend: Well, I want to know if I can make money from a blog.
Me: It’s possible, but first you need to [...]

Tumbling Around »

I’m just getting started with Tumblr after watching Eric Rice get set up over there recently.
Tumblr is a web based publishing tool. It’s not exactly a blogging tool. There are no comments, trackbacks or categories that you would usually have on a blog.
There is RSS and posts that may or may not have a title. [...]

Building Your Video Empire »

Chances are that if you’re a small business or an individual that you won’t have the time or the money to build out your own video portal. Fear not. You have several viable options that offer free hosting and bandwidth. All of these services allow you to embed video players within your own site so [...]

Five Social Media Questions Answered »

What type of a business needs a blog? Any business that needs to connect with people and organizations via the web.
How often should we post to our blog? As often as you have something relevant to communicate to your audience.
What would qualify as relevant content for a business blog? Company news. Events you be attending [...]

Making Charity Social »

I’ve been quieter than normal recently because I’ve been working hard on some other things related to my duties at RawVoice. I’ve organized a charitable campaign called The Blubrry Jam To Fight Cystic Fibrosis.
The goal of the campaign is to raise funds for the Boomer Esiason Foundation’s Exercise For Life Scholarship fund. This fund benefits [...]

A Change In Democracy »

The great, cross-platform desktop video player Democracy is being renamed. They’re calling it Miro and very soon you can get the latest version at www.getmiro.com.
[tags]Social Media, Video, Democracy Player, Miro[/tags]

Be On Time Today »

In some circles the three weeks earlier spring ahead date here in the U.S. was being viewed as a potential doomsday for computer systems. As a Windows user I’ve been taking regular updates automatically so when I turned on my computer this morning the time showed up correctly. Not so for my Windows Mobile device.
My [...]

Advice To Companies With A Blog »

Shel Holtz points out that the CEO blog for JetBlue is lightly updated and doesn’t allow comments. Not good. To make matters worse there isn’t even an RSS feed for their blog, which they happen to call a ‘flight log’.
I think this type of situation speaks to a larger problem in the world of social [...]