Archive for 2009
Tinker – a Twitter Events Firehose
I liked this TechCrunch article on a new company called Tinker, “..a persistent search for multiple keywords on Twitter. Each Event is associated with one or more terms, which Tinker then searches for across all Tweets and presents in a single stream. For example, a Tinker Event for March Madness might present tweets that included the terms ‘NCAA’, ‘Basketball’, and ‘Final Four’…” “..After creating an Event, users can share the event’s feed using an embeddable widget, which they can place on their webpage or blog. These widgets allow users to both view the... [read more]
Words for the Web with Neal Kane
Many thanks to Neal Kane for being our guest lecturer at yesterday’s “WebPub Presents…” Neal Kane, President of Libretto, Inc. shared his pointers on best practices for web writing. Neal is widely regarded as one of New England’s leading business writers and messaging strategists. He has worked on several MIT sites and campaigns, including the amazing MIT Campaign for Students, The Human Factor. Many thanks to MIT TechTV and MIT Video Services for donating their videotaping and publishing services for this event. The quality of the video is so much better than... [read more]
Seesmic – online video conversation
I am not much for sending video email, and I am not a video blogger, but when I heard about Seesmic my attention was aroused. Seesmic is a way for people to start public conversations or send private video messages. Users are alerted via email when a chat has been sent to them, or when someone has participated in a public conversation they started. I wondered how this service was different YouTube, Vimeo, you name it. I figured the best way to figure it out was to try it… The downside of Seesmic is that (since its only about a year old) it doesn’t have alot of the bells and whistles... [read more]
Two conferences in Boston
CASE Communications Marketing and Technology Conference (April 15–16 Boston, Mass) Speakers include: J. Todd Bennett Managing Partner decimal152 Mark Greenfield Director of Web Services University at Buffalo Karlyn Morissette Web Producer Dartmouth College Luke Robinson Web Manager Calvin College Peter Holloran & Josanne DeNatale Cognitive Marketing Inc. Sree Sreenivasan Dean of Student Affairs Columbia University Journalism School Technology is dramatically altering how higher education professionals—and a multitude of others—communicate about our institutions. This conference... [read more]
Free event Tuesday night: Web Innovators Group
Who says you can’t get continuing education during a recession? Many thanks to Sean Brown over at Sloan for passing this along. I’ll be attending and hope to see other webpubbers there. It’s this Tuesday evening, starting at 6:30pm, over at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge. Registration is free so hop to it! Here’s their pitch: WebInno is an informal gathering of people interested in internet and mobile innovation – free and open to all in the community. The agenda is to start with a few quick demos, make introductions all around, and then schmooze the rest of the... [read more]
