Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
YouTube to Add Two New Closed Captioning Services
A great endcap to our great presentation yesterday by Stephani Roberts from MIT’s ATIC and CJ Johnson from 3Play Media, the New York times published this article yesterday about new features coming to YouTube. Google will begin rolling out service the end of this week that will automatically generate text captions to many videos on its site! YouTube has supported closed captioning on the site already, but this new service will allow users to upload a video, the closed captioning will be automatically generated, and allow the owner to review accuracy of the closed captioning before the content... [read more]
Constant Contact Rolling Out Event Registration and Marketing Features
Many communicators are looking toward email marketing campaigns versus traditional print campaigns to save both money and the environment–a double win. One of the big commercial players in the email marketing arena, Constant Contact, is rolling out a new service today that will allow customers to to promote and manage registrations and RSVPs for their meetings, seminars, parties and other events. This additional service, starting at $15/month for up to 5 concurrent events, will enable customers to promote and manage registrations and RSVPs for their meetings, seminars, parties and other... [read more]
Latest WebPub Video Now Online
The latest WebPub Presentation is now available from MIT TechTV and you can download a copy of the presentation slides (pdf). Thanks again to Chris Klaehn and Ryan Evans from Corey McPherson Nash for a great presentation on Social Media! Video hosted on MIT TechTV [read more]
Video demos of Google Chrome Browser
Google has some nice and short demos of what Chrome browser can do (Windows only for now). Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. [read more]
WebPub Presents…Web Apps: The Collision of Design and Business with Jared Spool
May 28, 2009 Topic: Web Apps: The Collision of Design and Business Speaker: Jared Spool, UIE Time: 12:00p–1:00p Location: 46-3001 Who has the best practices for web app design and what do they do to make world-class applications? Jared will share the latest research in the techniques and methodologies that can make a huge difference. Thousands of sites have the same web app: the e-commerce checkout process. They all do essentially the same thing: exchange the site’s products for the customer’s money, simultaneously arranging for delivery and payment. Yet, every single one is... [read more]
