Awakened Voice

The announcement of Google Gears doesn’t mean a whole lot to me in and of itself. But this new platform that’s being promoted by Google has already been used by their team to create something I’ve been wanting for a long time.
I now have the ability to cache feed content from my Google Reader to [...]

The new Automattic Stats plugin allows standalone WordPress users to get the same stats users of WordPress.com get for their blog pages.
The stats that you get on WordPress.com are basic but are a good alternative to Google Analytics for those who want to answer very basic questions about how many people are reading their blog [...]

Digg is largely credit as the site that popularized the idea of social voting schemes for bookmarks. People submit links to timely items of interest and then the community votes them up or down. The idea was successful in attracting a critical mass so that meant a ‘roll your own’ Digg would certainly be [...]

Back at the 2005 Podcast Expo Audible had themselves the prime position right at the entrance to the exhibit hall. They were the bells of the ball.
The tag line for Audible’s marketing pitch at the 2005 Expo was something to the effect of, “Podcasts are like hot air. Very powerful when harnessed.” Unfortunately the harness [...]

Prepare to be blown away. Everyone knows that the one-two punch of iTunes and (a distant second) Windows Media Player has dominated the desktop media player market for years now.
And since iTunes added podcast subscription and a directory in June 2005 it has been the defacto app for finding and subscribing to podcasts. That could [...]

I don’t care how much money or how big a brand is behind a project. If you throw up walls then you’re dead in the water when it comes to online content.
Consider the case of Bud.tv. They launched earlier this year with a plan to distribute a network of online videos using the power of [...]

News out today that blog search engine Technorati has a radical new look to their site. It’s true. People are talking about it on their blogs today.
According to Technorati CEO Dave Sifry, “…the world has changed.” We’re not in Kansas anymore Toto.
I think this is a good move by Technorati in general business terms. They [...]

Podcasts are a great way to promote your products and services. Think of it as the free sample gone digital. Amazon thinks so.
[tags]Social Media, Podcasting, Amazon[/tags]

There’s no doubt that the online video space is heating up.
In 2006 most of the buzz was around Do It Yourself (DIY) creators pushing the valuation of YouTube to over $1 Billion. I think 2007 is the year of the professional broadcaster in online video. Players like Joost and BrightCove have been successfully wooing [...]

I’ve been quiet, but also working hard at setting up a social media lesson archive over at Blip.tv.
I’m also leveraging Blip’s new show player to create a place in the learning center where you can get all the lessons at once. Check out the lesson player page here. Or just look below.