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VIDEO: Laurence Simon talks blogging part 2
Closed Published by mikemcguff November 12th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
Last week I dusted off a great interview with Houston blogger Laurence Simon full of advice for bloggers and those who are just interested in the medium. Here is part 2 below. This was a segment I did for Technology Bytes on KPFT back in April 2006, but the info still hold true today.
In part 2, Simon talks about how to get readers to a blog and keep them, making money with a blog and more.
If you can't use YouTube at work, click here to listen to the audio .
Like I said before, still great advice even years later.
In part 2, Simon talks about how to get readers to a blog and keep them, making money with a blog and more.
If you can't use YouTube at work, click here to listen to the audio .
Like I said before, still great advice even years later.
The G1 Google Phone and the Android review
Closed Published by mikemcguff November 12th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
It was pretty cool. The T-Mobile phone is not as elegant as the iPhone, but at least it has a real QWERTY keyboard that I can actually type on.
Of course the real value of the G1 are all those programs you'll be able to download that will allegedly give us some cool apps. Some Apple enthusiasts might argue the iPhone is already doing this, but the G1 will allegedly be more open source and not as closed as Jobs phone.
Jay Lee went farther than I did. He didn't just play with a Google Phone. He went out and bought one. READ HIS REVIEW HERE
Broadcasters are building their own mobile TV service
Closed Published by mikemcguff November 11th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
According to phonescoop, broadcasters are quietly testing a service that would send digital television to mobile phones. That means TV is going up against the phone companies who also offer video services:
So the question is, just who are these broadcasters? The networks? Locals? Both?
(Thanks Will-E)
The association representing the broadcasters has successfully tested transmitting digital TV to mobile phones and laptops with modems in Chicago and Denver. Digital TV broadcasts are a year from commercial deployments, and the broadcasters are still mulling any business plan for providing such a service. Broadcasters could add DTV to their service offerings for a one-time cost of $100,000 to add the proper transmitter to their exiting equipment. READ FULL STORY
So the question is, just who are these broadcasters? The networks? Locals? Both?
(Thanks Will-E)
VIDEO: Joe Scarborough drops F-bomb on MSNBC
Closed Published by mikemcguff November 11th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
Looks like talent at MSNBC will resort to anything to get the ratings of CNN or Fox News. Morning anchor Joe Scarborough drops the F-bomb without even blinking. Watch the reaction from his guests.WATCH THE VIDEO
And speaking of a Scarborough, Ken Hoffman writes about KPRC Channel 2 reporter Elizabeth Scarborough (no relation to Joe I'm sure). Elizabeth's father is Chuck Scarborough who is a very famous anchor at WNBC in New York.
(Thanks Ed B.)
AUDIO: Woozy Helmet wants to ‘Get Down’
Closed Published by mikemcguff November 11th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
My old pals in Austin/Houston based Woozy Helmet have a new album out today called Get Down. If you like indie noise pop, you are going to love this album. In fact, I highly recommend it. Jay, Toto and Brandi know how to mix in raw energy with lots of nice catchy hooks. Think of a combination of The Pixies and Sonic Youth.
The band was nice enough to let me give mikemcguff.com readers two free mp3 downloads from Get Down:
- Nixon (Jessica)
- We Support the Italian Stewardesses
Click here to buy the album, plus the chance to download a lot of Woozy Helmet's mp3s.
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, you can check out the band's live show!
Houston
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
7pm - 10pm
Artstorm at the Caroline Collective - 4828 Caroline Street
Woozyhelmet, The Jonx, Wild Moccasins
Philip Durbin's art exhibit, A Coarse Portal, will be on display during the show
free - all ages
Track comments with Backtype
Closed Published by mikemcguff November 11th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
Have you heard of Backtype yet? This is a site that lets you track blog comments. That means you can sign up with Backtype and it will put all of your comments from all over the Web on one page.BackType is a service that lets you find, follow and share comments from across the web. Whenever you fill out the "Website" or "URL" field in a comment form when you publish a comment on a blog or other website, BackType attributes it to you. We give comment authors a profile featuring all the comments they've written on the Internet. If you don't have a website to use when you fill out comment forms, sign up and use one of ours.
The site also tracks comments on individual blogs like this.
But that is just the beginning. You can also subscribe to search results and receive updates whenever a search term is mentioned in a comment – delivered by e-mail (immediately, or in daily or weekly digests), RSS or your Dashboard.
This site is great for the big thinkers on the web because now people can follow the comments of a Jarvis or Arrington. I am not for a minute going to think people would be dying to know what I am commenting around the Internet. Also, I found the blog comment tracking to be a little slow. For example, I noticed that my blog's recent comments are not on the Backtype page yet. So it is not in real time.
What is cool about Backtype is it allows you to share these comments through email or Twitter. This is important since most readers don't bother commenting on blogs anymore. They just comment on Twitter or Facebook.
(Image courtesy Flickr user cponsblog)
So I am slowly tweaking things around here…
> Cleaned up my blogroll, added a few new friends.
> Updated my 100 Things Page
> Updated my About Me Page
> Updated my Photography Page (still needs more work)
> Tweaking the right-hand column - please excuse the mess!
I have a kid now and no idea what to do. What are some good parent help web sites out there?
Comment them below or email me on the right side of the blog...please...please!
Comment them below or email me on the right side of the blog...please...please!
XM and Sirius programming to merge this week
Closed Published by mikemcguff November 11th, 2008 on mikemcguff.com blog
If you are an XM or Sirius satellite radio subscriber, this week marks the event you've been waiting for/scared about...the programming will be merging so XM subscribers get Sirius and vice versa.
However it seems some channels you are used to will:
- Go away
- Disappear for a few months and then return
- Change channel positions
Eddie Trunk revealed all of this on his XM show Monday night. He says his XM 41 The Boneyard is going off the air Wednesday and will not return until January. It will then move to XM 53 and Sirius Channel 19.
Now the question is which channels stay and which ones die? I hope Audio Visions on XM 77 stays. That is better than Ambien for me.
However it seems some channels you are used to will:
- Go away
- Disappear for a few months and then return
- Change channel positions
Eddie Trunk revealed all of this on his XM show Monday night. He says his XM 41 The Boneyard is going off the air Wednesday and will not return until January. It will then move to XM 53 and Sirius Channel 19.
Now the question is which channels stay and which ones die? I hope Audio Visions on XM 77 stays. That is better than Ambien for me.
Of course