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The web the web the web …

By Bill Baker on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 | No Comments

In fact, you must see the recent post by Terry Heaton’s Pomo Blog – this is just so amazing:http://donatacom.com/archives/00001024.htm UPDATE: And this from Adam Gaffin at NetworkWorld.com: “For a first-person blog by somebody who is holed up on the 11th floor of a downtown office building to keep his company data center running (along with [...]

Are There Profits in Podcasting?

By Tom Parish on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 | No Comments

Finding Profits In PodcastingIts origin is in Web radio and audio blogs, but companies like IBM, Oracle, and Purina view podcasting as a new medium for hawking their waresby Laurie Sullivan InformationWeek The bottom line from the article: “For those looking to advertise through podcasting, the Yankee Group advises that podcasts should be built around [...]

What Are RSS Feeds and Why Use Them?

By Bill Baker on Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 | No Comments

I’m going to back up and cover what an RSS feed is and then move into what you can with them for your business. That’s where I’ll focus most of my discussion. I realize that most folks really don’t care about the details of RSS, and frankly, that’s fine. Who cares about HTML, really, from a [...]

Finding New Podcasts to Listen To at Podcast411

By Tom Parish on Sunday, August 28th, 2005 | No Comments

During a Sunday afternoon search for new and interesting Podcasts, I heard about Spacemusic from a Podcast411.com show. I really like this kind of music for relaxing, background music as well as “beds” for certain types of audio interviews. It’s not that I had a bunch of time to dedicate to the task of finding [...]

Bloggers and Blog Readers Tend to be Wealthy, Young

By Bill Baker on Thursday, August 25th, 2005 | No Comments

As you might suspect, those who blog and those who read blogs are tech-savvy and enjoy being connected on the Web. Correspondingly, you’d figure them to be young and have at least high-5 incomes that they like to spend. Well ok, maybe all who read and create blogs aren’t young but follow me on this. [...]

Dick Cavett Rock Icons DVD Set

By Bill Baker on Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 | No Comments

Somewhat off-topic here but … maybe not. I just heard on NPR a review of the new DVD set of Dick Cavett’s TV shows where he interviews the following people: David Bowie, David Crosby, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Fred Foy (announcer on The Lone Ranger radio and TV series), [...]

Let's Talk – Google Talk

By Bill Baker on Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 | No Comments

Visit http://talk.google.com for more details and for a short review of Google Talk. If you’re using an Apple computer (or Linux) you’ll have to wait for all the features. The Apple iChat works but no ability to make calls yet. So go find a PC and check it out for now. Appears [...]

Google Fires a Shot at AOL, Yahoo and MSN

By Bill Baker on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 | No Comments

This just in from Lex: Google on FT.com: Google is into the portal arms race. Its latest weapon – instant messaging and online voice - will compete with services from Yahoo, MSN and AOL. As usual, Google’s pitch is slightly different. When it launched email, Google offered huge free storage capacity. The instant messaging twist is [...]

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