Category Archives: Self Publishing
The chart in the referenced post is an awesome reason to explain to someone why they need to learn about and master the
WEB 2.0 world. It is the way the world is moving.
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I found this using StumbleUpon and thought it was great. I will be using this in my WEB 2.0 for Students class when we cover ‘self publishing’.
For fun, I was envisioning a Mel Brooks skit in which he originally was holding four (4) tablets and two of them dropped and he went from 20 commandments to 10 comandments.
What are some of those lost 10 Commandments?
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I found this post on Mashable and thought it was very pertenant for students who are starting out sharing photo content when self publishing. The saturation of smart phones and photography has open a new door to shared imagery this world has never seen before.
The full post can be fount at:
via 9 Quick Tips For Better iPhoneography.
For example, I show my students how to self publish photos to a blog using their smartphone. The photos are taken and thenemailed to a Flickr account which then automatically publish the photo to a blog with a preset template.
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In the first few weeks of our class we cover self publishing. You will be asked to blog daily to recieve full credit for the points. The post below might help with some of the intial jitters.
Hope that helps.
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There is a perception that Facebook status updates will have long lasting reach. Meaning, they will be out there forever on many different walls with the update gathering lots of impressions.
Well, the post below from EDGERANK CHECKER tells us otherwise:
When a Facebook Page posts to Facebook, each individual Post has a “lifetime”. A Post is considered dead when the growth in engagement is less than 10% of the largest growth of engagement between hourly snapshots. Understanding when a Post dies, or stops receiving engagement, is important because it allows the Admin to plan when to post next. The average Post Lifetime can be a strong indicator in determining optimal Post Frequency.
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As we move closer to WEB 3.0 interactions with the immense data being created on the net, I would assume that bots will become our tools to locate and introduce us to new sources of data and people interested in similar topics.
A group of Web researchers may have found a way to use Twitter bots to increase interaction between people, as well as between Twitter users and brands.
As first reported by MIT Technology Review, the Web Ecology Project started as a contest to see which team of researchers could get the most @ mentions on Twitter. Some teams developed surprisingly lifelike Twitter bots which tricked human Twitter users into thinking they were real people.
But then something unexpected happened: not only did the Twitter bots get those people to follow them and retweet their messages, but they also increased human connections.
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The folks at Flowtown created this quick cheat sheet / guide. I think it is useful for those exploring the WEB 2.0 world and trying to get acclimated quickly.
The Small Business Social Media Cheat Sheet.
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I have not used this service, but since we recently talked about tagging and specifically geo tagging i thought this little service seemed interesting, especially the part that you only have to take a picture of the logo of the location you are at for the service to figure out where you are.
The first one click check-in and coupon delivery app!
Picalogo iPhone app enables you to get coupons and check-in to various services – like Foursquare and Facebook places – merely by taking a picture of the logo of the business you’re in! It’s everywhere in the business
via Piclogo – http://picalogo.com.
I can envision a time where auto check-in will take pace when you take a picture of somewhere you are at. Your cell phone already know the Lat and Long of where you are so it wouldn’t take that much.
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One of the problems with taking images on your smart phone is the lack of ability to manipulate them before you send them on. For instance, in my smartphone photo journal, I take picture and then post them directly to my blog:
http://timruebphotos.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/i-see-you/
With Skitch, I can now crop the image to get rid of unwanted (and possibly distracting) space around the subject of my image.
Annotate, edit and shareyour photos and screenshots… fast. Use Skitch to…
via Skitch – Fast screen capture, image editing and sharing!.
Skitch is becoming on of my favorite tools after taking a shot that I want to pass on to another service like Flickr or email to somone. Give it a try and see ho w you like it. I would love to read or see examples of how you used it. Post your links in the comments below.
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Free Photos – Free Images – Royalty Free Photos – Free Stock Photos – FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
My students are always asking where they can find images to use in their sites or blog posts. Well this is one example you can use to fine royalty free images.
Some uses for these images:
- background images
- filler images to otherwise help a ‘see of text’
- images for buttons
- Custom headers
- Custom footers
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