11/27/09

 

More On Wave + Posterous

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11/25/09

 

What are you thankful for?

Another great cause, another great success through local communities joining together to form a global one: Tweetsgiving.  Want to watch? Read the feed.

• Here's a nice overview on Web 2.0 New York... Normally I shy away from anything conference related, but the great thing about watching from afar is gleaning the content that's valuable for your firm, and your clients.
  
  
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• Wow, Google... THIS IS BIG!
  Google Bans Tooth Whiteners And Weight Loss Ads From Network
  
  
• Do you have a FaceBook Fan Page? Did you go to send an update to fans and then get completely confused this week? Here's why, how to send an update now.
  
  
• Also, be careful on FaceBook- there is a(nother) worm afoot, spreading via user's walls. So if yer Aunt Betty suddenly has a bootie call on her profile... don't click!
  
  
• Put yer hands up in the air!
  How to write a blog using Google Wave Robot for Posterous #GoGoogle, #GoPosterous
  
  Still evaluating Posterous. I get the convenience, the numbers of jumping to it, but...
  
  I'll be keeping an eye on the Wave + Posterous stats as they emerge over the year.
  

So. 


What are YOU thankful for?

I'm thankful for great friends. We really are really fortunate in the great people whom we hold close to us.
I'm thankful for the little unexpected joys and laughs that our daily life brings us (and that I all too often share on twitter)...
I'm thankful that I can sometimes somehow help to make someone else's world better, even if I will never meet them.
I'm thankful for the internet, how it allows me to hear about and be touched by far away people, discover neat voices in my own community I had never encountered, and stay in touch with old friends that moved geographically, yet with whom I can still settle down on the couch and have a good girl talk with via skype, looking each other eye to eye as we talk.

I hope you all have a good Thanksgiving. I am very thankful.


I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook enthusiast, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685

Labels: facebook, google, google wave, posterous

11/17/09

 

Richmond Web + Media C3 Roundup: Copeland Casati Media

Locally, in Virginia, we all got hit with the storm. I hope you, and your community, made it through alright. Through technology, I was able to be closer to my friends who have a boatyard on the bay, and check on my family's house as the storm progressed, then ebbed.

• My friends Matt and Jen uploaded *crazy* videos of the storm on YouTube and FaceBook
  
• I breathlessly watched multiple views from the docks at a local marina's web cam, which refreshed every 30 seconds
• Later, a neighbor emailed pictures of the house and my aunt's house so that, even though the road was still flooded and we were unable to reach the house, we could see how we, and other family members and neighbors, fared. (Here's our dock under water, in the picture on the right...)
  
• And I literally went, "Aaaaaaaa!" when Jen, the pirate bandit she is (that's why we're friends : ) ), sent me this: A video of our house after the storm. And the boat is ok. Even the canoe is still there.
  

Ok, on to tech / media news:

• Not just Microsoft. Not just Google. T'ain't stopping there: Twitter and LinkedIn. Really! (Do we care? Kind of. But not passionately.)
  
  
• Right when you got the hang o' twitter lingo and methods, the RT (retweet) evolves. Here's a good article to update you on what's going on: "Retweets Will Never Be The Same (Unless You Want Them To Be)"
  
  
• I keep bringing up SideWiki... here's how to keep track of your own site SideWiki via rss.
  
  Again, although I "get" the arguments FOR SideWiki, it just doesn't feel right. I have not seen one use of it in a traditional, wiki, helpful way. 
  
  I understand that people talk. And that they talk about your business, and that you need to be out there, engaging them, ensuring you are part of the conversation about your own brand. But shouldn't you have the right to shut the door in your house, on your own site, at the end of the day, to detractors? (Note: SideWiki is through the browser, not actually on the site, but visually it is the same effect.)
  
  I "get it," I really do. But I can't help but wonder what Miss Manners would say. 
  
  As Amy agreed, "'If you can't say something nice, at least try not to flame the pants off of them?'"
  
  
  
  
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  You know the sayin' about eggs in one basket, right? Well, in the internet world, you always need to look to new markets, new venues, for ways to spread, cull information.
  
  
  
  • Here is why Bing and The Wall Street Journal Could Hurt Google.
  • Check out Spezify. For someone like myself who uses image search often, it is a site to note. Not just for the results, for seo of your own product.
    
  • A useful search engine API launches today:
    Factery Labs Makes Other Search Engines Look Incomplete
    

And that's our notes from a busy week, thanks for listening!
P.s. If sustainability and urban chickens interests you, I was quoted in the Richmond Times Dispatch this week on the subject! Take a gander, head over and check out the issue here!

...If you note any trends or local media items of note, feel free to send 'em on!

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook enthusiast, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685

Labels: API, bing, google, LinkedIn, search engine marketing, sidewiki, twitter

11/5/09

 

C3 Richmond: Copeland Casati Media + Web Roundup

• It's a very twitter-focused week.
• Locally, Richmond's 5th annual List Of Companies To Watch by Venture Forum, a entrepreneur networking group for those in the investment profession, had eight local companies featured this week.... none whom are on twitter.
   
• Correction: PowerPact is on twitter.
  Their last tweet was in August.
  
  
• Maybe you don't think all this social stuff applies to you. Here's a big memo, if you value your site, and business, being found in search engines: Tweets matter.
  
  
• And with that... lists. I am especially interested in how lists will affect seo... If you want to troll public lists by subject, etc. (and add your own) you can check out Listorious.
  
  
• You've heard me talk about Sidewiki. Here's how to claim your site.
  
  
•  And twitter lists are now for everyone, and here's what you and your business need to know.
  
  
• And Google's big news? Dashboard. Read all about transparency, choice and control with Google Dashboard here.
  

Thanks for listening!
...If you note any trends or local media items of note, feel free to send 'em on!

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook user, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685

Labels: advertising, google, search engine marketing, seo, sidewiki, social media, trends, twitter