Archive for March, 2007

Videoblogging Sees Tremendous Growth

I’m not exactly sure how to define videoblogging (or vlogging) but I suppose it is episodic video content that can be found online. So, if I upload a video of my cat falling off the television to YouTube, that’s not a vlog, but if I upload a series of videos showing my cat falling off […]

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Online Media Cultist — It’s On!

Welcome to Online Media Cultist! For what OMC is all about, please see the freshly written About page, which I’ve pasted below.
For now, I apologize as the final paint and polish is getting slapped on around these parts (much and huge thanks go to Blogcritics Technical Director and pal Phillip Winn for getting this […]

Friday, March 30th, 2007

The Big Secret’s Out (I Guess): People Use the Internet at Work

A new study produced by Clearswift shows that lots of people use “social media” and “web 2.0″ sites at work. In fact, we’re told that “87% of office workers access web 2.0 sites each week.”
The implication of the study is that businesses should take note of “red flags” such as people spending too much […]

Friday, March 30th, 2007

On the Internet, Everything is Marketing

When I graduated from college and entered the business world for the first time (I had studied history – ha!) I found the word “marketing” to be an odious term. I cringed at it and felt much the same way as Lloyd Dobbler in Say Anything when he makes his convoluted speech about not wanting […]

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

So, There Is Money In Social Networking

No wonder that hundreds of social networking start-ups – eyeing niche markets from dog enthusiasts to high level executives to moms – are sweating and grinding to peel away some of MySpace’s market share. With the announcement that MySpace is now earning “in excess of $30 million” a month in revenue, the days of speculation […]

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Twitter as Communications Platform

One of the reasons why Twitter’s audience has grown so quickly is because its open API has allowed a multitude of applications to be developed to support and enhance the Twitter-universe.
The basis of Twitter’s popularity is very simple, elegant, and potentially addictive: send super short messages (maximum 140 characters) to groups of “followers” via […]

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Is MyBlogLog Losing Its Buzz?

Don’t get me wrong, I really dig MyBlogLog, the simple and stripped down social networking tool for bloggers with the killer app widget that lets you see and interact with the readers who visit your site.
But I’m wondering if the buzz is wearing off. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like the activity […]

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Politics and MySpace, “the leading social networking blogosphere”?

I love Howard Fineman. He’s one of the best political writers in the business. He’s great on Hardball, and his coverage and analysis of elections and the pure sport of politics is second-to-none.
But still, it’s hilarious when non-tech savvy journalists wade into those electronic weeds.
The Internet is now a part of politics as […]

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Twitters of the Day: Starbucks, Han Solo, and Netscape

Lots of great stuff coming out of Twitter (the wunderkind short, simple, and snappy tool that lets you post 140-character maximum rants, pontifications, links, and random musings about personal peccadilloes to groups of “followers”), I may have to make Twitters of the Day a regular feature.
Jason Calacanis: correcting WSJ errors at my blog. uhhhh…. […]

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Twitter of the Day: Take Over the World Style

Best Twitter “twit” of the day that I ran across comes from Ben Yoskovitz: I’m up. It’s early. Ready to take over the world. You with me?
Now that I am down with. Get the coffee fired up and the Firefox tabs a flying.
My Twitter page, by the way, can be found here.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

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