Robin Good Archive Of Latest News
May 2007

Social Software And Its Possible Future Uses (Part III)   Social software is a concept that embraces the whole world of those Internet-based interaction systems (i.e. wikis, blogs, instant messengers, podcasts) that allow distance collaboration and communication by emphasizing the richness of the human potential instead of the technologies that make these exchanges possible. Photo credit: Alexandre... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- May 31

Online Marketing: How User-Generated Content Can Drive Web 2.0 Online Campaigns   User-generated content is one of the cornerstones of Web 2.0, evident everywhere you look, from social bookmarking to video sharing, from Wikipedia to MySpace. And now user-generated content (UGC) is also transforming the way we do marketing. Here's how: Photo credit: Andres Rodriguez User generated marketing is creating... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 30

Internet TV: Joost - The New Online Television With Social Networking Built In   If you're looking for a high quality Internet TV service with full-screen playback, a host of premium content, and social networking tools built right into the interface, Joost is just what you've been waiting for. Brought to you by the people behind the hugely successful Skype and... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 29

Search RSS Newsfeeds With MillionRSS   RSS newsfeeds have become part of the mainstay of the new web. But where do you go when you want to search through the thousands upon thousands on offer? A new project has set itself the ambitious target of gathering no less than one million feeds... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 28

Download Video From Popular Video Sharing Sites: A Mini-Guide   Looking for an easy way to download your favorite videos from YouTube, Google Video or any other popular video sharing site? Keep on reading, then, because you might find some good hints here. Photo credit: ronen Video sharing sites are increasingly a resourceful destination for entertainment, documentary, indie... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Livia Iacolare -- May 27

Climate Change Debunked? The Great Global Warming Swindle   We are told that CO2 and climate change are inextricably linked, and that global warming is a direct consequence of our carbon emissions. But what if these apparent facts were founded on faulty assumptions? That is the premise of documentary film The Great Global Warming Swindle. This... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 26

Online Marketing Strategies: Ten Ways To Promote Your Business With Social Media   Online marketing tools are a dime a dozen, but the most effective among them build links not out of persuasion, but rather the passion of your potential customers. Social media marketing is changing the rules of the game - here's how you can get involved. Photo credit:... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 25

Social Software And Its Contribution To Teaching And Learning - A Report By Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Part II)   “Social software enables people to rendez-vous, connect or collaborate through computer mediated discussion and to form online communities. Broadly conceived, this term could encompass older media such as mailing lists but some would restrict its meaning to more recent software genres such as blogs and wikis.” (Source:... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Val Evans - Livia Iacolare - Australian Flexible Learning Framework -- May 24

Free Audio Conferencing For Up To 100 Participants: Skypecasting For Beginners - How To Do It   Skype defines Skypecasts as: “large, hosted conference calls on Skype with groups of up to 100 people participating from anywhere in the world.” And this is indeed what Skypecasts are: mega audio conferences with one important characteristic… all the costs are on Skype. Skypecasts launched last... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Livia Iacolare -- May 23

User-Generated Content, Web Video And Social Networking Services Right From Your Website: KickApps   User-generated content, web video and social networking services dominate the evolving Web 2.0 landscape. Now you can combine all three right from your website using a single easy-to-use service. The biggest success stories of recent times have managed to combine these three increasingly essential components. Think of... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 22

Broadcast Your Own Live TV Station Online: Announcing Mogulus Video   You can now broadcast your own live TV online with a number of tools and services. But a new contender takes things to the next level, giving you a feature-packed TV studio that works right out of your web browser. If you're looking for simple 'plug your... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 21

Web-Based Instant Messengers: A Mini-Guide   If you are looking for a way to connect to your favorite instant messaging network without having to install any kind of software on your computer you have certainly come to the right place. We all know that instant messaging represents the most popular form of... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Livia Iacolare -- May 20

Autism, Mercury and Vaccines: Likely Causes Of Autism Never Mentioned On Mainstream Media (Part I)   "Autism is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) and American Psychological Association as a developmental disability that results from a disorder of the human central nervous system. It is diagnosed using specific criteria for impairments to social interaction, communication, interests, imagination and activities. The causes,... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Livia Iacolare - Kenneth Stoller and Anne McElroy Dachel - The Bolen Report -- May 19

Business Telecommuting - What You Need To Know If You Want To Work At Home Online   Business telecommuting is fast catching on as an effective way for companies to see a boost in productivity, and employees to escape the drudgery of life spent in a cubicle. In this guide to telecommuting jobs, I take you through what you need to know to... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 18

Social Software: What It Is And How It Impacts Individuals And Organizations - A Report By Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Part I)   Social software is whatever software or online network that enables users to interact and share knowledge in a social dimension, emphasizing the human potential instead of the technology that makes the exchange possible. Photo credit: Mikael Damkier Social software is everywhere: blogs, instant messengers, wikis, collaborative editing... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Livia Iacolare - Val Evans - Australian Flexible Learning Framework -- May 17

Embeddable Chat Room Allows You To Directly Engage Your Site Readers And Your Instant Messenger Contacts At Once: Meebo Rooms   Engaging with your blog readers will transform one-off site visitors into valuable regulars, and evangelists for your cause. By adding instant messaging chat to your posts you can transform the usual, static comments section of your blog into a far more dynamic, personalized experience. Meebo Rooms... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 16

Free Conference Calls, Voice Messaging And Call Recording Right From Your Browser: YackPack   If you're looking for a free, totally web-based solution for conference calls, live and asynchronous voice messaging, group-authored podcasts and easily embeddable voice-powered discussion forums, I have something that is really going to interest you today. Okay, a lot of us have used Skype to talk to... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 15

Video News Releases That Pay: Syndicate The Latest News Clips And Monetize Your Blog   Bringing the latest video news releases to your readers can really liven up any article or blog post. Wouldn't it be great if you could seek out the latest news clips from a range of categories, and then get paid for syndicating them on your website?... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 14

Convert Blog Posts Into Audio Podcasts By Leveraging Your RSS Feed   There are certainly many ways to deliver content in the Web and podcasting has become one of the most popular. Thanks to podcasting, the possibility to provide Internet users with the capability to actually "listen" to the news (and not just read them on the screen)... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Livia Iacolare -- May 13

The Federal Reserve - Who Needs It? How Panama Has Thrived Without A Central Bank   The Federal Reserve is America's Central Bank, owned by an unnamed corporate cartel, given a license to print money, and holding significant sway over the national government and economy. If it were dissolved tomorrow, the average tax-payer would doubtless be a lot better off. But... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment David Saied - Mises.org -- May 12

Research, Promote And Monetize Your Online Writing: A Blogger's Guide To Twitter   Ten ways to leverage the power of Twitter for your blog. Research, promote and monetize your online writing by learning how to best use the power of Twitter. As a blogger there are all kinds of tools that you can use to research, promote and monetize... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 11

Online Publishing Trends: Is There A Social Media Bubble?   Social media is booming, but is all of the activity surrounding its growth a precursor to a dot-com-like bubble burst? Photo credit: Chekov While in some ways investors may overextend themselves on the social media trend as much as any other social media is growing to become... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment John Blossom - Shore -- May 10

US New Media Trends And Statistics: The Hitwise Report   New media are rapidly changing the way we search, access and create news and information. The Internet has become the reference point for all those people who are not happy anymore with the quality, depth and breadth of whatever news mainstream media networks deliver. Photo credit: alxm Users... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Livia Iacolare - LeeAnn Prescott - Hitwise -- May 9

How To Make Money Blogging The Easy Way: HubPages Gets You Started   The question of how to make money blogging is a perennial favorite, and with dedication, hard work and a well-chosen niche-topic it is definitely possible. But for many people looking to get started, negotiating the issues of building traffic, SEO, blogging platforms and monetization options can... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 8

How To Record, Promote And Finance Your Music Talent: SellaBand   To succeed as a recording artist or band these days it is essential to promote your music online. But breaking your way into the recording industry is far from easy. Luckily there is a service that helps you to do just that by tapping into the... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 7

Online PDF Conversion Tools: A Mini-Guide   Do you need to convert a document into Acrobat PDF format? Never done it before? Looking for a fast, simple and possibly free solution? You are in the right place. "Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for desktop publishing... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 6

Emperor and Pirates: International Terrorism In The Real World - An Educational Short   If you want to get an ironic and insightful look at how terrorism and the powers behind it can be seen with different eyes from those used by the media, you will enjoy looking at this animated, educational cartoon. Photo credit: Amazon.com This short has been inspired by... Link | cat.: Robin Good -- May 5

Learning Independence: New Approaches For Educating The Net Generation   A new generation of students, those born with the Internet already on, has recently begun entering the world-wide school system with a set of characterizing traits and unique learning interests that presents a true challenge to existing educational institutions. Photo credit: piksel The students of the net generation... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Kassandra Barnes, Raymond C. Marateo, Sharmila Pixy Ferris - Innovate -- May 4

Online Video Marketing: Ten Ways You Can Use YouTube To Promote Your Online Content   YouTube is nothing less than an online video phenomenon and if you aren't already using it as a tool to promote yourself or your online content, you should really give it some thought. Here's why: Having already served up over 1.73 billion video views and 45 terabytes... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 3

Usability Testing Approaches: A Review Of Split A/B Testing   If you are into making serious business with your online web presence and you have advertising on your pages or you sell products or services online, making sure that your web visitors do not get lost when finding out where to click when to order, or... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good - Lisa Halabi - Webcredible -- May 2

RSS Syndication Meets Online Video - Splashcast MyPodcastNetwork Goes Live   RSS Syndication has long been a feature of blogs and websites, allowing publishers to share their work with a broad audience, and aggregate, arrange and publish that of others. Until now, though, syndicating and broadcasting online video and rich media hasn't been the simplest of prospects.... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Michael Pick -- May 1

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