Robin Good Archive Of Latest News
August 2008

Visual Communication And Video Publishing - Selected Tools And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Aug31 08   If you need to edit your images without installing or paying for any professional software, today's visual communication centered Sharewood Guide can really help you out. Great tools personally selected by Robin Good, concerning video and image research, color schemes and visual charts, are waiting for... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 31

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Aug 30 08   What will look like education in the future? Are we going to see a revolution in the education system we have built in the last 100 years or a dissolution of the same as new approaches to education and learning slowly contaminate our fast changing society?... read more | cat.: | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- August 30

New Media Internship With Robin Good - Firsthand Report From A MasterNewMedia Intern   Daniele Bazzano contacted me via email to apply for the just re-opened MasterNewMedia Internship program, on Monday of last week. The next day, he had already been selected, among many, to be part of my extended virtual newsroom. Daniele Bazzano - doing his internship at MasterNewMedia Compared... read more | cat.: | Link Daniele Bazzano -- August 29

Success Is A Brand: Talent And Ability Are Not Enough   It’s not that talent and ability don’t matter, but how you "frame" and "position" yourself has everything to do with how successful you end up to be. Photo credit: Robin Good "You don’t need mass appeal or millions of customers to be a success. But your definition of... read more | cat.: | Link Sonia Simone - Remarkable Communication -- August 28

Online Ad Management And Optimization: The Google Ad Manager Is Here to Optimize Advertising ROI   Google has just announced the public release of Google Ad Manager, a hosted platform for the full management and optimization of online advertising campaigns to improve your ROI (Return on Investment). To access it one needs only to have an existing AdSense account. Google Ad... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 27

Business Planning: Key Action Steps To Build A Successful Internet Startup   Launching a new Internet startup? Wondering what are the key things to worry about before it's too late? Do you need a business plan or do you need a great team and a cool idea to run with? Photo credit: Leli456 When launching a new Internet startup, that... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 26

Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Aug25 08   Co-browsing systems, file sharing tools, polling and feedback services are just some of the great services Robin and I have hand-picked and tested for you in this new issue of our weekly online collaboration Sharewood guide. Photo credit: Jenny Solomon Here all of the online collaboration tools we... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 25

Visual Communication And Video Publishing - Selected Tools And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Aug24 08   What do you use when you need to create online presentations that really stand out? In today selection of visual communication tools a great tool for visually comparing different items as well as a graphic chart creator and some cool image editing tools. Photo credit: Ariusz Nawrocki Here... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 24

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Aug 23 08   How can the educational system we pay for via our taxes change and transform itself into a new way to prepare our young people for an even faster-changing future? Are there alternatives out there? Photo credit: D'Arcy Norman As I have promised you last week, George Siemens... read more | cat.: | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- August 23

WebSite Content Organizaton And Planning: Apply Information Architecture Principles To Optimize Your Blog Site   How do you organize the content of a new web site or blog? Do you really need to spend specific time ahead of launching to organize the content sections and hierarchy of your web site? Why do I have to optimize my website? Can't ... read more | cat.: | Link Jonathan Lane - Dev.Opera -- August 22

How To Evaluate A Web Site Trustworthiness and Credibility   Wondering how to evaluate a newly found website for trustworthiness and credibility? Is there a pragmatic and reliable way to do it? Photo credit: Konstantin Emelyanov edited by Daniele Bazzano "You can make 10 times your present job salary if you just do this!" Have you ever read something... read more | cat.: | Link Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web -- August 21

Content Writing Strategies: The Tramezzino Approach And the Inverted Pyramid - How To Create Effective Article Openings   When you're writing a web content your strategy should be to tell immediately to your readers what it is so special about your post that they should stop doing other things and put all of their attention on reading it. More often than not though online... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 20

Web Content Formats - Links Posts: How To Convert Your Link Posts Activity Into Effective Niche News Publishing   From Steve Rubel to Sepp Hasslberger, many beginning bloggers as well as a good number of experienced ones like to publish (especially on weekends) posts that are nothing else but a collection of recommended links they are offering to their readers. These digests of links have... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 19

Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Aug18 08   If you are looking for web-based collaboration tools to manage your team projects and tasks, create wiki pages or interactive message boards, Robin and I have picked some really cool new online collaboration apps for this new issue of this weekly Sharewood Guide. Photo credit: Michael... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 18

Best Live Video Streaming Services Compared - Sharewood Guide   Live video streaming services are a specific category of video publishing tools that anyone can use to stream live video from their computer, just using a fast Internet connection and a web camera. In this Sharewood Guide, Robin and I have picked for you the best... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 17

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Aug 16 08   The more I proceed, the more I see how badly it is needed: media literacy. Understanding what information is, making sense of the different communication paradigms, from interpersonal to mass and social media, the creation of reality and consensus, the role and use of new technologies... read more | cat.: | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- August 16

What Is Newsmastering And What Are Newsradars? RSS News Aggregation And Re-Publishing For Beginners   "If you have mastered the blogging paradigm, have made your blog an authority and a reliable source of information, commentary or news in your selected field(/s) of interest, it is about time to "scale yourself up" - Work Less and Look More At The Bigger Picture... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 15

Social Media And US Business Familiarity, Usage And Adoption: A Research Study Of The Inc. 500   Social media is coming to the US business world and sooner than many had originally anticipated. In early 2007 the results of a groundbreaking study into the adoption of social media within the Inc. 500, an elite group of the fastest-growing companies within the United States,... read more | cat.: | Link Nora Barnes and Eric Mattson - University of Massachusets Dartmouth - Center for Marketing Research -- August 14

New Media Internships - MasterNewMedia New Apprentice Positions Open   If you know someone who has the talent, will and true desire to get a professional web publishing experience and credential like no other, while creating the foundations for earning a good revenue in the future, this is the right time to apply for one of... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 13

Web Content Strategies: The MasterNewMedia New Editorial Approach   From a media and technology news & reviews daily web magazine to a reference / learning resource with a specific focus on media literacy, communication skills and professional web publishing. This is the new editorial strategy focus for Master New Media, the daily magazine that originates... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 12

How To Send Files Larger Than 1GB - Sharewood Guide   Large files sending web services are a category of online collaboration tools that is made up of those applications that allow you to send large files, even larger than 1GB, to one or more people, and without resorting to email attachments. In this week's Sharewood Guide,... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 11

Visual Communication And Video Publishing - Selected Tools And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Aug10 08   In this new roundup of visual communication tools find online tools that can help you convert your presentations into Flash files easily, create full web-based slideshows, as well as preparing animated GIFs or adding effects to your existing pics. Photo credit: Hypermania In this visual communication... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 10

Educational Models And Learning In The Digital Age: What Is Connectivism And What Makes It So Special   What is connectivism? If you were to ask Wikipedia without paying too much attention you would discover that this unfamiliar word originates right here in Italy. Photo credit: Clix "...at the beginning of the 21st century in Italy, where is known as Connettivismo. It originated in Italian... read more | cat.: | Link George Siemens - Connectivism Blog -- August 9

Professional Content Writing: How To Create Your Own Content Templates For Different Article Types   Writing posts, articles and reviews while utilizing a very specific content structure and sequence as an editorial guiding path, can provide better and more interesting writing while providing more consistently your readers with the information they want in a uniquely recognizable style. Photo credit: Graffoto While journalist... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 8

How To Innovate And Create New Business Opportunities When You Are A Small Fish: Here Comes The VEN - Virtual Enterprise Network   When you are a small fish like me, it may appear pretty difficult, if not altogether out of reach, to be able to network up with other small firms to provide greater value and service abilities to major clients. But is it there a true physical... read more | cat.: | Link Ken Thompson - Bioteams -- August 7

What Differentiates Yet Another Blog Post From A Professionally Web Published Article?   What differentiates a professional online article from just another blog post? Nothing? Both are published contents that just utilize a different writing style. If that is your answer, let me challenge and show you how many differences there can be between a "typical" blog post and... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 6

MasterNewMedia Web Traffic Stats, Authority, Audience Metrics: July 2008   Web traffic is down as the northern hemisphere reaches the central part of the summer, with many people on holidays and Olympic distractions coming from all directions. According to Alexa's data, many web sites and blogs directly competing in one way or another for the same... read more | cat.: | Link Massimiliano Badolati -- August 5

Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Picnic Aug04 08   Ready for another cool set of online collaboration tools? Need to manage your online team, send instant messages to the group or do a quick and effective video conference? This week web collaboration toolkit includes new instant messaging tools, a tool for creating wiki projects,... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 4

Visual Communication And Video Publishing - Selected Tools And Web Services - Sharewood Picnic Aug03 08   And it is time again for some cool visual communication tools me and Robin have selected this week for you. If you want to do effective screen capture, arrange your images in online slideshows, search and download videos from major sharing video sites, I think we... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 3

Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Aug 2 08   To understand the times and changes we are going through, it is necessary to keep scanning the horizon for changes and new emerging patterns. Looking only at your close, surrounding community and environment doesn't help you see beyond your existing assumptions and prejudices. Photo credit: RGBSpace To... read more | cat.: | Link George Siemens - eLearnSpace -- August 2

Advertising 2.0 Model: The Brand Ambassador   The Brand Ambassador is an advertising model that leverages the authority and credibility of online personalities to create a powerful direct marketing strategy. A respected followed authority, a blogger or small publisher targeting a specific audience niche can be a much more effective vehicle for marketing... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- August 1

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