Corporate America, join the conversation or you lose.

Recently, I wrote two posts, one on FriendFeed the other on PicLens. Just for kicks I decided to let the companies know that I liked their product/service (…proservductice?) and I had written a post about them. I wasn’t expecting a shoutout on their blog or being added to some list, I just wanted to let [...]

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YouTube? …no, actually a Tube created by you. StartYourTube

This comes by way of a great feed I’m subscribed to: TechCrunch.
StartYourTube is a new site that allows you to start your own “tube” or video site. It allows you to  have a full powered video site on your own domain. You are also entitled to 60% of the ad revenue.
Rather than me tell [...]

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Piclens - Picture slideshow in 3D

I’m writing this post because, frankly, I’m a sucker for technology and I needed to share this brilliant tool for viewing photos online.
PicLens is what’s know as an “Immersive slideshow”. It allows you to experience photos in a very multi-dimensional way.
It is a web browser plugin that provides interactive full-screen slideshows of online images. The [...]

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friendfeed: social glue filling the cracks of your web life.

Fragmented online life? This may help. friendfeed is the biggest of a new type of internet service, the social aggregator.
The problem friendfeed solves is: people have multiple sites, services and blogs and they need one place where this stream of content can be consolidated. If RSS feeds take all the new content from your fav [...]

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YouTube Roundup: Our thoughts on YouTube

These last 2 weeks our class has blogged on YouTube. Here is what we came up with…

Hunter told us how to use YouTube to promote a business in: YouTube: How to sell yourself
Liam confessed to never rating a video in: YouTube: One Big Nerdy Group-Hug
Francisco on: YouTube making the Job Search more efficient…
Evolution of [...]

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Shift Happens. Globalization and the Information Age.

Here is a terrific YouTube video (6:05) that gives a great view of the changes the internet is bringing and also a look at the global environment. Really, it’s not as boring as I just made it sound LOL.
In it you learn that…

There are 2.7 billion Google searches every month (hmm… wonder how many I’m [...]

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Ahmadinejad blogging?

Yep, it’s true. Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is BLOGGING!
This is the final nail in the coffin, blogging is now mainstream if Iran’s president is doing it!
The blog is available in English or Arabic. The comments show what country you are from. If you comment please don’t be like the majority of stupid American’s commenting and [...]

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RSS: What is it?… and why use it?

RSS is a way to get the vast amount of info on the internet to come to you.
This is a great intro to RSS… (3:43)

After getting a good reader like Google Reader or Bloglines subscribe to some feeds. Every so often visit your reader to see what new content has come your [...]

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Google’s Prey: List of Acquisitions by Google

Here is a great list of acquisitions that Google has made over the years.
Google has built a veritable empire with its many acquisitions. And like Microsoft before them, have come under attack for building a “monopoly”.
The search giant is supposed to be going into the cell phone biz soon too. What do you think will [...]

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Are you remarkable? Ditch the resume!

Marketing guru Seth Godin recently made a shocking statement…
“I think if you’re remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn’t have a resume at all.”
Go read his blog post and learn why you shouldn’t have a resume and the 4 things you can do to impress a future employer.
Quick tip: Seth’s blog is a [...]

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