Robin Good Archive Of Latest News
June 2006

Future Of Media: Draft For An Open, Emergent, Strategic Framework   As you are witnessing yourself, both mainstream and social, grassroots media are rapidly transforming the news, information distribution and content publishing landscape that had become familiar to us before the dot com boom. If you were to plot and visualize the forces at work within this... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Ross Dawson - Trends in the Living Networks -- June 30

Online Payments: Google Checkout Is Here   The Google loop: "Online shoppers often start with a Google search. Google search advertising program, AdWords, helps them find your online business through targeted text ads that appear beside Google search results. From today you can add the Google Checkout badge cart to your AdWords ads,... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good and John Blossom -- June 29

Network Neutrality: Equal Opportunity Access For Every Publisher On The Net   "Further throttles and controls on Web content distribution based on arbitrary fee schedules are absolutely unnecessary and an impediment to the effective growth of online content ecommerce. There's much for publishers and marketers to gain by keeping the Internet a neutral stage. The time to speak... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment John Blossom - Wired News - COA News remixed by Robin Good - Shore -- June 29

New Google Mobile Services Keep You Connected To The Information That Matters To You The Most   Staying connected with the news and information that matters to you the most has never been easier for mobile phone users worldwide thanks to the latest announcement from Google, which has just made available several mobile services which further facilitate access to Google-based information services while... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 28

Free Phone Calls Are A Reality: JaJah Does It Again   Free calls to traditional telephone lines and mobile phones are now possible thanks to the latest announcement made today by JaJah, the same company which has recently made available to everyone online a cool web-based service to call any phone number in the world at very... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 27

Independent Publishers Soon To Challenge Mainstream Media With A Little Help From Superchips   Sooner than you may think possible, independent publishers of all kinds are going to more deeply challenge the mainstream media establishment, thanks to the immense new computing power that will be available to them, at very affordable costs, in the next few coming years. Photo credit: Kuazo... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment John Blossom - Shore -- June 27

Traditional Media As Instruments To Shape Public Opinion And To Elicit Support For The Corporate Agenda   The media is a fully-integrated part of the state power-structure. In its practical application, it is more valuable than the military. There are definite drawbacks to using force, whereas, propaganda and public relations tend to be less disruptive to the normal flow of business. Photo credit:... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Mike Whitney -- June 26

New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 58   Photo credit: Aga & Miko Materne Create presentations, slideshows and outlines right in your web browser Translate RSS feeds from blogs and podcasts into foreign languages Access to your favorite RSS feeds, blogs and news channels directly from your mobile Upload photos and videos and share them over the... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Livia Iacolare -- June 25

Intranet 2.0: Blog Networks, Social Bookmarking, Mash-Ups And Wikis   Building a blog network This section focuses on network of weblogs, or blogs, at a global consulting firm. The firm has decided to link its 100.000 consultants through a series of five weblogs, or blogs in order to help them have access to more up-to-date information... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Kathleen Gilroy and Bill Ives - Otter Group -- June 24

Instant Messaging 2.0: Secure Instant Messaging Set To Be The Center Of Your Communication And Collaboration Universes   IM is the fastest growing communications channel ever. It is growing faster than the use of telephone and mobile use, faster than e-mail usage. Although people tend to associate it with teen-agers use, instant messaging is increasingly well entrenched in the enterprise as an efficient collaboration... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 23

Microsoft Office Potential Distribution Channel For Small Independent Publishers?   An interesting juxtaposition in the headlines today: as Microsoft announces its launch of a tool to embed Creative Commons content licensing information in works created via Microsoft Office, CNET news covers growing opposition to the way Microsoft is implementing its Windows Genuine Advantage software anti-piracy tools.... Link | cat.: John Blossom - Shore -- June 22

Animated Talking Characters: The Marketing Of Social Intelligence Online   Animated talking characters are visual animated characters that can "voice" predefined sentences and which can be easily embedded in just about any web page.to add visual impact, and, in some cases, a more human touch. TalkingHeadz latest examples of animated talking heads "Research about interactive characters suggests... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 21

Animated Talking Characters - Interview with Oren Levy of Oddcast - SitePal   Animated talking characters are visual, cartoon-like talking personalities that can be easily embedded into any type fo web site or service to provide extra assistance, introductory information or guidance to those accessing that page. Animated talking characters have been around for quite a while now, having seen... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 21

What Is A Blog? Video Remixes Say Lots More Than Words   Here is a small tribute to the power of visual communication, which through the humble artistry of these ten short video remixes showcases how much more effective and enjoyable it can be to learn through active watching rather than having to read the same subject in... Link | cat.: Robin Good -- June 20

Is The Demise Of The Dollar Coming And Will It Usher Opportunities For New Forms Of Economic Transactions?   The imminent demise of the US dollar as the kingpin of economic transactions world wide is predicted by several commentators. Johnny 'Silver Bear' comments that the Federal Reserve has kept the printing presses rolling too liberally for too long and he continues: "The Fed has lost... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Silvano Borruso and Sepp Hasslberger - Hasslberger.com -- June 19

Income Tax Illegal Fraud? How The Federal Reserve And Banks Orchestrate The Financial System - Video Clip   Income tax a fraud? Aaron Russo is the music and show business entrepreneur who has stepped out and produced a radical movie called "America: From Freedom to Fascism" which has received standing ovations in theatres from all around the country during its preview period. Aaron... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Aaron Russo - Regina and Scott Meredith -- June 19

New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 57   Photo credit: I M Birchall Picasa's new feature allows you to create photo albums and store them online Join, listen and broadcast a live or recorded multi-person conversation and podcasts Send video clips directly from your mobile phone to popular video sharing sites Online service lets you send SMS text... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Livia Iacolare -- June 18

New Media News For Independent Publishers: Latest Stories You Should Not Miss - June 17 2006   ... Link | cat.: Robin Good -- June 17

Integrate Google Search Results On Your Web Pages: Google AJAX Search API (Beta)   Google has released a new, experimental AJAX-based search API that allows you to embed a dynamic search module into your web pages and enables your visitors to perform searches within Google and other sources directly from your web site. The Google AJAX Search API, which is... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Livia Iacolare -- June 16

Informal Learning: The Untapped Resource Of Enterprise Training Departments   Informal learning is the realization that we need not force senior staff and self-directed work professionals into training straightjackets and classrooms hoping to be able to enahnce their innate desire for learning and improving their skills and ability to use them in real world applications. Formal... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 15

Monetizing The Value Of Contexts - From Media Publishers To Content Aggregators   John Blossom hits it right on the head in this short article clarifying the differences between traditional media companies and content companies. If you are an online publisher of any kind, the understanding of this stuff matters to you more than any technology or SEO campaign... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment John Blossom and Robin Good - Shore -- June 14

Intranet 2.0: Collaboration, Self-Publishing And Tools Mash-up New Driving Forces   The intranet is changing. New communication technology is making it less a one-way publishing vehicle and more a platform for two-way communication, collaboration and innovation. In this chapter, we discuss these new technologies – from RSS, to wikis to blogs – and whether you should... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Kathleen Gilroy and Bill Ives - Otter Group -- June 13

Environmental Health: What Mainstream Media Doesn't Tell You: Part II   The environmental health movement could in fact be the greatest unifying force since the great progressive and social democratic movements that swept the world over the past two centuries before they were founded on the twin rocks of the totalitarian perversion of social democracy in communism... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Michael Lerner - Commonweal -- June 12

New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 56   Photo-montage created with: imageGenerator Skype add-on that allows you to record your calls and auto answers to them when you are away Web-based photo search and facial recognition system Create chapters within your video and audio file to help your audience Access to your IM networks and your... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good and Livia Iacolare -- June 11

Mobile Messaging Extends Groups Communication Abilities: Swarming Is Next   Mobile messaging is about to break free from being a telephone-based-only universe, as more and more of the Internet-based communication channels start to interoperate with it. Swarming is about to bridge mobile phones and Internet-based communications channels. Photo credit: Marc Dietrich From instant messaging system that have now... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 10

PR Is Everywhere: How Good Information Finds Its Way Online   Patrick Schmidt to Robin Customer Service Account Manager Adify.com Jun 8 (13 hours ago) Hi Robin, Wow! Thanks for the fantastic article Robin! I sent the link around the office and everyone was ecstatic! We are really glad to hear that you believe in our product! But... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 9

Sell Direct Advertising On Your Site While Bathing Under The Sun: Adify Serves Automated Online Ad Management For Web Publishers   Do you want to automate the entire direct advertising sales process for your web site? Would you see as a definite advantage the ability to sell directly to your potential advertisers, setting prices and terms? Photo credit: Alex Bramwell The time when you can finally control and manage all... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 8

Internet Broadcasting: Brightcove Makes Professional Online Video Publishing And Distribution A Reality   Internet Broadcasting, Online Video, Internet Television: all these buzzwords stand to witness the booming popularity of video publishing and distribution on the Internet. Theatrical film releases may soon start to see their audiences first online and then through theaters worldwide just as the online movie... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 7

Best Video Conferencing Solution For PCs And Macs: SightSpeed   On May 24, 2006 SightSpeed introduced version 4.6 of their video conferencing solution and I must say that I was blown away. I have been patiently waiting for a video solution with quality as good as, if not better, than Apple's iChat AV which would also... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Benjamin J. Higginbotham - Technology Evangelist -- June 6

Environmental Health: What Mainstream Media Doesn't Tell You   The great naturalist E.O. Wilson of Harvard University reports we are in the midst of a spasm of extinction that is reducing the number of species on earth to the lowest level since the cataclysmic end of the Age of Dinosaurs 65 million years ago. While... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Michael Lerner - Commonweal -- June 5

New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 55   Photo-montage created with: Dummies Book Cover Maker Connect two phones via a web-based interface and call people around the world for very competitive fees Search engine for images enables you to find similar photos within Flickr database Share your photos, edit them and create online slideshows with music Web-based... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good and Livia Iacolare -- June 4

New Media News For Independent Publishers: Latest Stories You Should Not Miss - June 3 2006   Photo credit: TomorrowToday ... Link | cat.: Robin Good -- June 3

Blogs And User-Generated Media Value Vs. The Traditional Media Business Conundrum: What Differs?   "Why is news media yet unable to effectively understand how to best integrate user-generated content into their key online and offline publications?" Greg Sandoval at CNET News has a great summary of the relative non-progress of newspapers in adopting weblogs effectively. Photo credit: Jason Stitt While deals such... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment John Blossom - Shore -- June 2

Online Collaboration News: Where Do You Go To Get The Best News?   If you have been looking to find quality news, reviews and articles on online collaboration tools and web, video and audio conferencing technologies, you may have realized how hard it is becoming to be able to get all the news about a certain topic, without... read more | cat.: | Link | Trackback| Comment Robin Good -- June 1

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