User Generated Advertising
25 Jul 2008 9:12pm GMT This clever political candidate has produced a unique yardsign. The sign features the candidates’ name and likeness as well as a large white space that allows supporters to fill in their own personal message of why they are voting for him. This is a brilliant application of offline social media and user generated content and gives [...]
Google Knol Provides New Content Platform
25 Jul 2008 1:58pm GMT Google announced an new Wikipedialike content site called Google Knol some months ago. However, the site opened to the public with a simple announcement on the official Google Blog this week. On the surface this looks like a place to go and build pages, or knols as Google calls them, on specific topics of expertise and [...]
JingProject Beefs Up
24 Jul 2008 2:35pm GMT I reported on this little application just about a year ago when TechSmith announced it. JingProject is a lite weight screen recording tool for Windows and Mac that also comes with some hosting and streaming from Screencast.com It’s an easy to use free tool for recording little screen video captures and sending in emails or posting [...]
Upgrading WordPress the Easy Way
23 Jul 2008 6:16pm GMT One of the trade-offs involved with using blog software that resides on your server is that you may have to endure updates to add new features and fix potential security risks. Hosted services such as TypePad or Compendium Blogware simply push these live without any work on the part of the user. I for one [...]
Alltop is Great Listening Device
23 Jul 2008 1:23pm GMT Before you blog, before you create a social media strategy of any sort, you need to listen. By listen I mean tune into the truckloads of relevant industry content that’s being put out there, filtered and aggregated for your review. If you’re going to do that you want to start by following some of the [...]