Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

  • Why Podcast?

    (via Steve) Do it if: If your information has a long shelf-life If you don’t necessarily need your audience to access your news instantly If you want your listeners to have control over when they receive your information If you want to transmit information easily worldwide without the technical requirements of a live Web cast […]

  • Public Hearings on Internet Communications Report

    Law Dork sums up what happened with a quote from Atrios: Why is somebody who prints up and mails out weekly vanity newsletter entitled to the media exemption but not me? Why is Michael Savage entitled to the media exemption but not me? Why is Salon.com entitled to the media exemption but not me?

  • Growing an Online Community

    Cultivating an online community is similar to growing a garden in real life. For example, you have to prepare the ground (choose the software), plant the seeds (start discussions) and even get rid of the weeds (trolls).

  • Cataloging the Lamest Sites

    Scoble/Shel highlight Hugh MacLeod who highlights lame online design and practices: The funny thing is, lame sites aren’t made by stupid people. They’re made by extremely smart people trying to manipulate the consumer into behaving a certain way, for the selfish benefit of the former. The more selfish the blog, the more its lameness is […]

  • How to Create a Podcast with GarageBand

    Apple details how to get started ‘casting with their GarageBand software.

  • Wall Street Journal Hypes Apple + Podcasting

    Apple’s embrace of podcasts represents the biggest endorsement yet of the relatively new but fast-growing phenomenon. The premise behind podcasts is that they let consumers listen to audio programs when they want to, rather than when broadcasters schedule them. Major media companies, including such broadcasters as NBC and ABC, are doing podcasts of their news […]

  • WordPress versus Movable Type

    Duncan takes time to wonder about the growth of WordPress in the wake of Movable Type’s licensing restructuring – and asks for pros and cons. I still point people to TypePad first because they usually don’t know exactly what they want and they will get quickly frustrated trying to navigate an MySQL database creation or […]

  • Yvonne Divita Interviews Average Jane

    Yvonne’s got an interview up with Celeste from Average Jane about marketing to women online

  • Apple Reframes Podcasting

    Much buzz about the release of Apple’s iTunes with support for podcasting, and the accompanying universe of podcasts that they have in their directory: Apple selects the content of the core directory; submissions for listings can be reviewed and must meet iTunes Music Store’s terms and conditions. Copyright observance is required but it’s not clear […]

  • Corporate Blog Research Released

    Corporate Blogging Blog points to the recently released study from Backbone Media: We discovered that corporate blogs are giving established corporations and obscure brands the ability to connect with their audiences on a personal level, build trust, collect valuable feedback and foster strengthened relationships while and at the same time benefiting in ways that are […]