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Add video comments with seesmic for WordPress

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23 April 2008

Video startup seesmic has released a terrific conversational tool – a plugin for WordPress that enables you to create and post a video comment. Not only that, it also enables a blogger to create a post that includes a video comment, just as I have done here: {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/PWI3WOgceG_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:”Be seen and heard “}”videoUri”:{“value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/uw4bcBMVLf”}}} So if you want more than just the written word, seesmic video commenting is for you. Get the plugin and try it out. Installing the plugin is straightforward. I…
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Technology, Trends, Web

The look of Web 2.0

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23 April 2008

The winners of CNet Networks’ Webware 2008 contest to find the best 100 Web 2.0 applications and services were announced on Monday. This is what Web 2.0 looks like today according to the 1.9 million votes cast by Webware users and the fans of those products and services: Quite a few Web 1.0 names in this collection, all of which have made the Web 2.0 jump, as it were. See the Webware 100. Related posts: The challenges of explaining Web…
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For Immediate Release

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #338: April 21, 2008

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21 April 2008

Content summary: Recording of latest FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio posted; new FIR Book Review posted; news about the next show; follow up: Kami Huyse and SeaWorld; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Encyclopaedia Britannica online and the power of reach; if Dell’s in Second Life, why not Apple?; Todd Defren updates the social media release; new copyright licensing tool adopted by AP; increasing demand for Web 2.0 skills; Twitter’s communication breakdown; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Adrina Thorpe; and…
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Blogging, Communication, Projects, Public Relations, Social Media, Web

Encyclopaedia Britannica goes social

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21 April 2008

Like most bloggers I know, I tend to link to information resources online when I’m writing about a particular topic. One reason is simply that linking to an explanation of something provides a reader of your content with an opportunity to find out more, or see something in more depth, without you the blogger having to explain it all in your blog post. And like just about everyone I know, I tend to link to material on Wikipedia more than…
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Books, For Immediate Release

FIR Book Review – Measuring Public Relationships: April 20, 2008

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21 April 2008

The issue of measurement arises over and over again in the world of public relations. A new book, Measuring Public Relationships, provides a roadmap for both upfront benchmarking and measurement to assess the impact of organizational communications. Written by Katie Delahaye Paine, Measuring Public Relationships covers everything from the reasons to measure to the tools, outlines the steps required for measurement of any kind of communication, then applies them to each major constituent audience PR is typically tasked with addressing.…
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