NewMediaBrain

Ok...I couldn't help myself. Having gone through my Social Network experience noted earlier.....with the Hannah Montana concert. I have footage below of the opening concert in St. Louis over the weekend. How is this relevant to New Media in the business environment? Well, this footage was found with a view into the Huffinton Post and a reputable entertainment blogger who is featured on the front page today. 

Oh yeah, and I was able to lock in tickets. This of course did not have a thing to do with my  Miley World account and membership. Just a good friend making an old fashioned telephone inquiry directly to the box holder department at the stadium. Hmmmm.....a one on one conversation in this New Media World locks in pricey tickets in an old fashioned way.

A Blog About a Blog

Take a minute to see Arianna Huffington's view on how Main Stream Media intersects with the digital newspaper world. Those Main Stream Media writers are contributing real time and accurately researched content for the Huffington Post. For FREE! Quite a business model that seems to work for the writers and the Blog-Newspaper.

See Arianna's closing keynote at the IMedia Brand Summit in September 07 Here.

The World is Definitely Flat

Yes, I have experienced Thomas Friedman's pronounced phenomena....which has been updated by the way.  Did I travel to India recently?.....no I have not been fortunate enough to make it there. I did however spend a little time with Ricky in Kochin virtually through the help of Symantec...their help desk and the services of WebEx.

A reinstall of Norton Anti virus on our third computer in our household left me with needing assistance from the tech support people at Symantec. I entered my information into their website including my contact info and a summary of my issues.  I called the listed 800# ( but I could have requested they call me this evening), and spoke to Ricki. Because of my information already entered and given to them over the phone, they had my customer record in front of them showing my 3-Install purchase for Norton 07.  I was late getting our additional laptop updated and finally decided tonight to attempt that.

Ricky was kind enough to suggest I allow him to "take control" of my PC. So ...with his instructions I entered in a web address into my tool bar and found myself entering into a meeting via WebEx. Once there I allowed Ricki to take over my PC and control of my mouse to de-install my security software and reinstall an updated version of Norton Anti virus.

While Ricky worked on my second laptop finishing the install....all from INDIA...I sat down and did a little work on my other laptop. Flat is not the word. Flat out Amazing I would say.

What is RSS?

A simple video explanation for Real Symple Syndication. RSS is a family of Web Feeds formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts.  A great video explanation!