Communicating in a networked world
 The real “Sky”? |
 The real “Sky”? |
“Do you hear yourself?” in your web site and marketing?
In an article Content: Guided by Voices, (on Feedblitz’s blog) Bob LeDrew exhorts you to help your organization or yourself find your voice — your legitimate voice. He explores a few ways and examples, including some sketching and visual methods (I use sketching and visuals all the time when I’m exploring ideas!). And arrives at a way of checking your progress. [Read more…]
I like to think I’m open and helpful. Not everyone would agree. But the one thing that really annoys me is the email whose title is “…quick question…”
Of course the question will be quick. But, if it’s a question worth answering, the answer will take an hour.
I just finished setting up two clients so their photos and other author information could come up on Google search results.
Although it’s a moderately complex process with a lot of picky steps, it only took about an hour each time. Google has pretty good information posted online, and mostly it’s up to date. The best place to start learning on Google is here.
First, a short rant. Google is pretty much demanding that we stay on top of their quirks and developments in making search better. If you as a blog author do not keep up, your position in search can plummet. They are using the threat of decreased search visibility to get more and more people doing more and more work in order to provide information so Google can better locate their sites. And all of this makes Google money. They’re not necessarily doing it to make you rich. [Read more…]
Wonderful (planned) musical incidents in real-life places brought to light by WQXR new York … their “Q2” music by living composers is a treat! Listen and/or donate to WQXR to keep them going. This article has to do with their annual “High Notes and Low Tones for Classical Music in 2013” awards which led me to review some videos of music-related flashmobs. This was under their Frequent Flier Upgrade section in which players from the Philadelphia Orchestra performed onboard a flight before takeoff. More and more orchestras have blogs and other ways to keep in touch. [Read more…]
DesignWare’s best-seller Spellicopter was released in 1983 and went gold and platinum, selling zillions of copies. It was on the SKU best-sellers list month after month. (Below the fold—a video of Spellicopter being played!)