I want my Google Reader
Google Reader appears to be missing this morning. Has anyone seen it? By the way, the email from “The Google Apps Team” that appears in the image has nothing to do with Google Reader.
February 29, 2008
February 28, 2008
The lengths we’ll go to…
Chris Sherry (creator the the Kaflooey podcast) dredged up this gem of Bob Goyetche and me following Podcasters Across Borders 2007. According to Chris, Photoshop was not involved. Registration for PAB2008 opens on March 15. Original photo by Nico.
February 25, 2008
The future strength of PodCamp is in three verticals
I have been participating in a dialog on Chris Brogan’s site (Thoughts for Future PodCamps). As part of the conversation, Joel Mark Witt says of PodCamp Ottawa, “I think it is important not to have Podcamps become glorified ‘teetups’ ‘tweetups’. Not saying that yours did – just worried that they will become too informal“. Joel’s [...]
The post-PodCamp conversation
The conversation about ways to exploit the unconference model as well as reinvent the PodCamp format continues. Not surprisingly, the first out of the gate are the PodCamp founders. Chris Brogan has put up a post called Thoughts for Future Podcamps in which he endorses the Zero to Podcasting track (unveiled at PodCamp Toronto) as [...]
February 24, 2008
From the makers of WhyBecauseISaidSo
We happened upon this poster in downtown Toronto last night. Click here to see more Obay posters in Flickr.
Congratulations to the PodCamp Toronto 2008 team
Andrea and I are on our way home from PodCamp Toronto 2008. It was another great unconference. We had a chance to connect with old friends and make new ones. As is always the case at these events, we didn’t have time to hang out with everyone. We’ll have to continue that at the next [...]
Hiding in the Closet – a podcast by the Zero to Podcasting group
It was a full house in Studio A of Ryerson University when Jay Moonah kicked off PodCamp Toronto 2008 with a direct question: “How many of you are not yet podcasting?”. Well, I can’t remember the exact wording of the question, but it was along those lines. The last time I saw that many hands [...]
February 22, 2008
Why podcast your conference?
I get the strangest looks when I tell conference organizers that they should give their content away, for free, as podcasts on the Internet. Some of the looks are intrigue, most are horror. I suppose that each community is different. My experience with conferences that I have organized and those for which I have been [...]
February 18, 2008
Challenge number 4: Use stories
When you think about it, storytelling is a constant in any form of media including audio and video. Even when the content is meant to educate or convey a procedure, there’s some method to the delivery that can be identified as storytelling. The fact is, information is easier to remember when the consumer can relate [...]
Decouple Waves plug-ins from Final Cut
During the installation process, Waves plug-ins automatically attach themselves to key audio and video production applications on your system. In my particular case those applications are Cubase and Final Cut Express. If you’re like me, you don’t want to use your Waves plug-ins in Final Cut. More directly, you don’t want the dependency of your [...]
February 16, 2008
Considering professional critics and bloggers
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” –Albert Einstein There’s a very interesting post on the Vulpes Libris blog (Feature: Fox in the City) which explores the difference between professional book critics (reviewers for print publications) and bloggers. I believe that the arguments presented in [...]
New media is portable
Today, I put together a podcast using a piece of audio received in mail and a voice over I recorded in a train station. I edited the five minute show together on the train, uploaded it using a wi-fi service on the train and published it before the snack cart went by. (Click here for [...]
Social Media in Germany
It was CC Chapman who connected me with Holger Eilhard when I announced I was going to Germany. Holger lives in Cologne (the city to which I would be traveling) and is part of CC’s Twitter network. We made arrangements to meet. Because we’re social media enthusiasts from different countries, Holger and I spent a [...]
February 13, 2008
I guess I’ll be dying my hair blonde
When The Police announced that they were reuniting for a reunion tour (almost exactly a year ago), I told my two daughters that if the band made it to Ottawa I’d dye my hair blonde. I forgot about that. My youngest daughter didn’t. So, when I told to her today that The Police have announced [...]
February 12, 2008
Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark
Earlier this evening I was notified that the Bring Da King initiative — organized by Dave and Isabelle of Broca’s Area and Scarborough Dude of DicksnJanes – to raise funds to help bring James Whittingham to Podcasters Across Borders has been closed up and collected funds returned to generous contributors. I have learned that there [...]
The key to this business is personal relationships
Dicky Fox offered “The key to this business is personal relationships” to his charge, Jerry Maguire. It had a profound impact on the energetic sports agent — he banked his entire career on that advice and it paid off. I recently connected two people, an acquaintance (Mr. X) looking for some help and a good [...]
In Toronto to cover the launch of Before Green Gables
Four days ago I was on the InterCityExpress (ICE) train racing across the German countryside. It was green outside and, thinking back (as I stare at the snow from the window of my Toronto-bound train), it’s surreal that it even happened. This trip to Toronto is a short one. The Just One More Book!! children’s [...]
February 11, 2008
I was sniffed out by a K9 unit in Pearson Airport
My mind was occupied with making my tight connection to Ottawa. I had just finished clearing Customs in Pearson Aiport (Toronto) following my flight from Germany and was standing by the baggage carousel waiting for my checked bag to spill off the conveyor belt. If you know Pearson well enough, you know that I would [...]
February 9, 2008
A Day Off in Cologne, Germany
I took advantage of a day off in Cologne, Germany to see the Dom Cathedral, the Chocolate Museum, the shopping district and the Piet Mondrian exhibit at the Ludwig Museum of Art. This video documents my day. The video includes the following songs from the Podsafe Music Network: Welcome to Germany (by DJ Ax) ninfursiben [...]
February 8, 2008
Listen and you will develop intuition
It’s the main refrain of social media-ites around the world; now my tea is joining the chorus of millions of bloggers and podcasters. Listen and you will develop intuition. And while it may be rude, I’ve taken my tendency of eavesdropping on the electronic conversations of the Internet to the real world. Nothing monumental, yet, [...]
February 6, 2008
Reconnecting, new connections and waiting for connections
This is my first time in London; although, I won’t get to see any of the city. I’m in Heathrow with time to spare before catching my connecting flight to Cologne. Like a true social media-ite, it’s hard to stay offline for any measure of time. So far, my travels have been all about connections. [...]
February 2, 2008
Off to Germany
I fly to Germany on Tuesday to deliver a presentation titled Return on Influence: Using Social Media for Business to a client. The talk illustrates how conversation and community are at the centre of the trust economy. I use case studies to show that the use of social media and new media technologies are important [...]
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