How to Post a Podcast on Blogger.com
Both a friend of mine on Facebook and my brother asked me how to post MP3s on their blogs. I did a bit of research and think I came up with a good way to do it.
1. Set up a free blog at www.blogger.com
2. Record your podcast using Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net (free for windows or mac).
3. Edit your podcast using Audacity and then export it as an MP3 file.
4. Next, upload your MP3 file to www.boomp3.com. BOOMP3 offers free mp3 hosting. They give you the link code to have a streaming flash file on your blog.
5. Paste the link code in your blog. This puts a streaming flash player on your post.
I just helped my brother to do this on his blog this morning: norkinromania.blogspot.com. Have a listen to the beautiful Romanian Christmas carols.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
The Mason Technologist
Your Facebook Strategy: Opportunities of a Ready-Made Platform
From: jeremiah_owyang, 1 week ago
Facebook, a ready-made Marketing platform, offers a vast toolset (with challenges) but brands must first develop a strategy
Link: SlideShare Link
Friday, December 14, 2007
Great Graphic On The Evolution Of Social Media
In a previous post I was doing my best to explain Tim Berners-Lee recent post about the evolution of the Semantic Web. I found this graphic on socialmedia.com that sums it up perfectly!
1995 - AOL got people onto the Internet
1999 - Yahoo organized it
2003 - Google made is searchable
2007 - Facebook made it social
In a previous post I was doing my best to explain Tim Berners-Lee recent post about the evolution of the Semantic Web. I found this graphic on socialmedia.com that sums it up perfectly!
1995 - AOL got people onto the Internet
1999 - Yahoo organized it
2003 - Google made is searchable
2007 - Facebook made it social
Monday, December 10, 2007
Benefit Concert for The Orphans in Tanzania
My friend Giulia is organizing a concert to raise money for the orphans in Tanzania. The concert is going to be held at Cafe Nine in New Haven on Saturday January 5th. 100% of the admission price will go directly to help the orphans. I will post more information as it becomes available. In the mean time, you can read about Father Isaac's work on his blog fatherisaac.blogspot.com
Here is a note from Father Isaac:
My friend Giulia is organizing a concert to raise money for the orphans in Tanzania. The concert is going to be held at Cafe Nine in New Haven on Saturday January 5th. 100% of the admission price will go directly to help the orphans. I will post more information as it becomes available. In the mean time, you can read about Father Isaac's work on his blog fatherisaac.blogspot.com
Here is a note from Father Isaac:
SAVE ORPHANS OF TANZANIA
(Helping the most needy in the society)
Dear Friends"Save Orphans of Tanzania" is a project that is helping to save orphaned children in Tanzania. It has already managed to place 200 children in Good Samaritan families in the Southern part of Tanzania.Because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in astern Africa many parents have died leaving behind their children who fortunately are not infected. Due to this specific need, we felt it would be most beneficial to start a program in order to care for these orphans.
With help from a few individuals in Europe we have already been able to help 200 children providing them with their basic needs.Through the program we place the children in families of good Samaritans so that they can grow in a healthy and natural environment. We are very grateful to these families that have accepted the call to take in one of these children in need. They also meet once every three months in the parish center where they are provided with basic items including toothpaste, books, bed sheets, uniforms, and shoes. With help of local community leaders in each village, we are able to identify the neediest in each village and these are then accepted into our program.
Because the need greatly exceeds our means, needy orphans are in thousands, we are not able to help them all because of financial constraint. We would of course like to do more to alleviate the suffering of so many orphans.That is why we believe with your help many more orphans can be provided with a bright future. You can help give them life. You can stop them from going into the streets and being lost forever. Helping these orphans with their basic needs, especially the girls, will help them from falling into prostitution or being misused by those who would like to take advantage of their orphaned state.
Sometimes I think that these orphans are like that man who was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho and the robbers attacked him, leaving him half dead. A Good Samaritan is needed to pick them up, clean their wounds, bring them to an inn and yes, also produce two silver coins for their upkeep. You can become that Good Samaritan. We invite you to joins us.
Father Isaac Maina Kirigwi
fatherisaac.blogspot.com
mainakirigwi@yahoo.com
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
I'm Becoming a Zune Fanboy
Well, thats not saying much since I've never given into the temptation to get any mp3 player, but this latest round of deep discounting on the first generation brown zunes got me interested. My son actually decided to take his birthday money and bought one off of buy.com for $90. OK the price is cool enough right there, but wait theres more. Microsoft enabled the first generation players to be updated so they have the version 2 software (yay). The install took FOREVER! But it eventually did install and everything is working great, all except for the fact that I tried (in vain) to get the zune to synch with the kids windows 2000 box. Well, ok, that thing is old as the hills, I know, so I'm not TOO upset about that one...
Now we have ripped a bunch of cds, subscribed to some pod casts and even dipped our toes in the zune market place. But here's the real bummer, the Zune software has no way to transfer movies onto itself and there really isn't anything worth watching in the market place. I searched around for some solutions and there are a bunch of programs that claim to transfer DVDs to the Zune. In fact there seems to be a blog dedicated to this pursuit www.zunevideoconverters.com.
But they all seem to cost anywhere from $40 to $60
Lucky for me, my friend Jill (a fellow buy.com sale zune owner) found a free alternative on one of the zune chat boards. She found a post that said to use DVDdecrypter to rip the DVD VOB files onto your hard drive and then use a piece of software called SUPER (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer) to convert the movie file into a format that the Zune can use. Being in a festive holiday mood, I tried it with our copy of Charlie Brown Christmas on DVD. I eventually got it to work, but SUPER is anything but simplified. They should replace the 'S' with a 'C' for 'COMPLEX'. SUPER offers so many options and so details that it might be a bit daunting to the average person. But me being a geek, I was determined to figure this out. Unfortunately the option to go directly from VOB to Zune format failed every way that I tried (I even tried it on a brand new Sony Vaio just to be sure). I ended up getting it to work by selecting the VOB to MP4 option. I did it at 320x240 resolution and 25 frames per second. It converted a 1 gigabyte VOB file into a 150 mb MPG file, so you could fit quite a few hours on the Zune! One thing I didn't figure out was how to make the two VOB files that make up the 1 hour special into one single MP4 file. I'm sure there's a way, but it wasn't overly apparent to me.
Anyway, I thought this would be helpful to fellow Zunies.
Well, thats not saying much since I've never given into the temptation to get any mp3 player, but this latest round of deep discounting on the first generation brown zunes got me interested. My son actually decided to take his birthday money and bought one off of buy.com for $90. OK the price is cool enough right there, but wait theres more. Microsoft enabled the first generation players to be updated so they have the version 2 software (yay). The install took FOREVER! But it eventually did install and everything is working great, all except for the fact that I tried (in vain) to get the zune to synch with the kids windows 2000 box. Well, ok, that thing is old as the hills, I know, so I'm not TOO upset about that one...
Now we have ripped a bunch of cds, subscribed to some pod casts and even dipped our toes in the zune market place. But here's the real bummer, the Zune software has no way to transfer movies onto itself and there really isn't anything worth watching in the market place. I searched around for some solutions and there are a bunch of programs that claim to transfer DVDs to the Zune. In fact there seems to be a blog dedicated to this pursuit www.zunevideoconverters.com.
But they all seem to cost anywhere from $40 to $60
Lucky for me, my friend Jill (a fellow buy.com sale zune owner) found a free alternative on one of the zune chat boards. She found a post that said to use DVDdecrypter to rip the DVD VOB files onto your hard drive and then use a piece of software called SUPER (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer) to convert the movie file into a format that the Zune can use. Being in a festive holiday mood, I tried it with our copy of Charlie Brown Christmas on DVD. I eventually got it to work, but SUPER is anything but simplified. They should replace the 'S' with a 'C' for 'COMPLEX'. SUPER offers so many options and so details that it might be a bit daunting to the average person. But me being a geek, I was determined to figure this out. Unfortunately the option to go directly from VOB to Zune format failed every way that I tried (I even tried it on a brand new Sony Vaio just to be sure). I ended up getting it to work by selecting the VOB to MP4 option. I did it at 320x240 resolution and 25 frames per second. It converted a 1 gigabyte VOB file into a 150 mb MPG file, so you could fit quite a few hours on the Zune! One thing I didn't figure out was how to make the two VOB files that make up the 1 hour special into one single MP4 file. I'm sure there's a way, but it wasn't overly apparent to me.
Anyway, I thought this would be helpful to fellow Zunies.
Social Networks - The Next Revolution on the Web
The Buzz is in the air, Facebook is being called the new Google and the social networking scene is growing by leaps and bounds. I have been reading A TON on this subject lately, and will try to post some links and other internal memos at some point, but in the mean time, two particular posts I think are worth highlighting.
The first is by Tim Berners-Lee, where he talks about the evolution of social networks as being the next phase. First, the important thing was connecting computers together, then Tim invented the web and showed that the important thing was connecting documents together not just computers. He says the next important development is happening right now where the content of the documents are what's important and that social networks are the means to extend that content and context for the information online. (Wikipedia, Amazon Comments, RSS feeds, Facebook and MySpace)
The second is by Shel Israel. He was commissioned by SAP to study social networks and compile a report. SAP has allowed him to publish his findings on his blog. The posting of his key findings are very interesting. He finds that social networks are growing, its way more then blogs now (that's so two years ago!). He also finds that few enterprises are paying attention to social media, but that will change very quickly. He goes into much more detail, so check it out!
The Buzz is in the air, Facebook is being called the new Google and the social networking scene is growing by leaps and bounds. I have been reading A TON on this subject lately, and will try to post some links and other internal memos at some point, but in the mean time, two particular posts I think are worth highlighting.
The first is by Tim Berners-Lee, where he talks about the evolution of social networks as being the next phase. First, the important thing was connecting computers together, then Tim invented the web and showed that the important thing was connecting documents together not just computers. He says the next important development is happening right now where the content of the documents are what's important and that social networks are the means to extend that content and context for the information online. (Wikipedia, Amazon Comments, RSS feeds, Facebook and MySpace)
The second is by Shel Israel. He was commissioned by SAP to study social networks and compile a report. SAP has allowed him to publish his findings on his blog. The posting of his key findings are very interesting. He finds that social networks are growing, its way more then blogs now (that's so two years ago!). He also finds that few enterprises are paying attention to social media, but that will change very quickly. He goes into much more detail, so check it out!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Three Reasons Why Facebook Matters To Our Clients
The buzz is on about facebook being the 'new Google'. I started using Facebook about a month ago and I have to say its very compelling. I am looking forward to getting more of my friends signed up!
1. New Advertising system
Facebook announced a new marketing program on on November 6, 2007 on their blog:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=6972252130
The new system is called Beacon:
http://www.facebook.com/business/?beacon
It’s a bit controversial:
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=75350
2. $240 Million Dollar Investment by M$
NYT article: http://tinyurl.com/yqddnt
M$ advertising page: http://advertising.microsoft.com/facebook
3. Application Development and Integration
This is a very interesting development announced at the Facebook F8 conference:
http://developers.facebook.com/videos.php
http://developers.facebook.com/get_started.php
Stanford U teaches a class on Facebook applications.
Developed a few that have over 1,000,000 installs!
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/stanford-students-facebook-application-crosses-1-million-installs/
The buzz is on about facebook being the 'new Google'. I started using Facebook about a month ago and I have to say its very compelling. I am looking forward to getting more of my friends signed up!
1. New Advertising system
Facebook announced a new marketing program on on November 6, 2007 on their blog:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=6972252130
The new system is called Beacon:
http://www.facebook.com/business/?beacon
It’s a bit controversial:
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=75350
2. $240 Million Dollar Investment by M$
NYT article: http://tinyurl.com/yqddnt
M$ advertising page: http://advertising.microsoft.com/facebook
3. Application Development and Integration
This is a very interesting development announced at the Facebook F8 conference:
http://developers.facebook.com/videos.php
http://developers.facebook.com/get_started.php
Stanford U teaches a class on Facebook applications.
Developed a few that have over 1,000,000 installs!
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/stanford-students-facebook-application-crosses-1-million-installs/
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Pumpkin Palooza
The Fun Committee put together a great pumpkin carving contest.
Thanks guys!
Click Here for more pix
The Fun Committee put together a great pumpkin carving contest.
Thanks guys!
Click Here for more pix
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Microsoft Video On The Current State of Advertising
The Belgen agency openhere.be worked with Geert Desager from Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions to put together this short video talking about how the relationship between the advertiser and the consumer has changed. Advertisers better change along with the times, or be left in the dust...
I think this would be an interesting video to show to clients to start a dialog on ways to open a dialog with their customers.
Here is an interesting posting on the making of the video
Bring the Love Back blog.
The Belgen agency openhere.be worked with Geert Desager from Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions to put together this short video talking about how the relationship between the advertiser and the consumer has changed. Advertisers better change along with the times, or be left in the dust...
I think this would be an interesting video to show to clients to start a dialog on ways to open a dialog with their customers.
Here is an interesting posting on the making of the video
Bring the Love Back blog.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Mason Interactive Looking for An Additional Web Designer
Mason, Inc. is looking for an experienced Interactive Designer with strong design skills. The right candidate has a passion for inventiveness, a great work ethic, thinks strategically and has a strong portfolio demonstrating a range of design skills. At Mason, you will be a member of a top interactive team that is rapidly becoming internationally known for solving complex challenges in design and functionality.
DUTIES & RESPONSBILITES:
--- Create Web graphics, animations, style sheets, CSS and layouts for use in projects, product development/implementation and maintenance-support.
--- Create sitemaps, wireframes and other architectural documents, as needed based on firm understanding of UI and navigation planning
--- Ensure site design integrity and quality control
--- Code web pages using standard web languages
--- Interact closely with director, developers, creative and account staff
--- Stay ahead of industry design standards and trends
--- Work with back-end programming staff to communicate design to technical implementation.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
--- Bachelors degree in graphic design or commensurate experience
--- 2 - 5 years experience in graphic design, coding and company branding
--- Thorough knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and HTML editors
Look forward to hearing from you!
Mason, Inc. is looking for an experienced Interactive Designer with strong design skills. The right candidate has a passion for inventiveness, a great work ethic, thinks strategically and has a strong portfolio demonstrating a range of design skills. At Mason, you will be a member of a top interactive team that is rapidly becoming internationally known for solving complex challenges in design and functionality.
DUTIES & RESPONSBILITES:
--- Create Web graphics, animations, style sheets, CSS and layouts for use in projects, product development/implementation and maintenance-support.
--- Create sitemaps, wireframes and other architectural documents, as needed based on firm understanding of UI and navigation planning
--- Ensure site design integrity and quality control
--- Code web pages using standard web languages
--- Interact closely with director, developers, creative and account staff
--- Stay ahead of industry design standards and trends
--- Work with back-end programming staff to communicate design to technical implementation.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
--- Bachelors degree in graphic design or commensurate experience
--- 2 - 5 years experience in graphic design, coding and company branding
--- Thorough knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and HTML editors
Look forward to hearing from you!
Monday, August 13, 2007
Help The Orphans in Tanzania Africa
Jack Nork
290 Beacon Road
Bethany CT
06524
As some of you may know, I recently met a priest named Father Isaac Manina Kirigwi. Father Isaac's main mission is to help orphans. Many of these children are orphans because their parents and most other relatives have died of HIV/AIDS. One of the most important things he is doing is educating the people about HIV/AIDS. He would like to get a digital camcorder so that he can make instructional films. He borrowed a camera to make a film and found it to be very affective way to get the message across. He gets very high attendance since many of the people in the villages have never seen a movie before!
I am reaching to my friends and family to see if we can raise the money to purchase a digital camcorder, batteries and extra tapes and cables. The total cost is around $500 or $600. This is a time where a little donation can really go a long way. He will be in the
This is a simple straightforward way to really make a difference.
If you would like to help please let me know. I can take payments through Paypal by going here.
Or you can mail your payment to me at:
290 Beacon Road
Bethany CT
06524
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Mobile Phones As Mass Media: The Upcoming Technological Revolution
I found an interesting article by Alan Moore on www.masternewmedia.org that talks about the mobile phones being the 7th mass media that will revolutionize media communications.
He states that an evolving historic technological revolution is under way, which is creating new industries, new products, new services and, unmercifully redefining or even destroying others. It is more powerful, with greater reach and is growing faster than any other media-ecology. It is the grass roots of the mobile mass media.
The story is in two parts
Part I - Mobile as the 7th Mass Media
Part II - Models For Content Distribution
I found an interesting article by Alan Moore on www.masternewmedia.org that talks about the mobile phones being the 7th mass media that will revolutionize media communications.
He states that an evolving historic technological revolution is under way, which is creating new industries, new products, new services and, unmercifully redefining or even destroying others. It is more powerful, with greater reach and is growing faster than any other media-ecology. It is the grass roots of the mobile mass media.
The story is in two parts
Part I - Mobile as the 7th Mass Media
Part II - Models For Content Distribution
Friday, May 18, 2007
Massive Ad Network Consolidation Is Occurring
The big boys are on a buying spree!
Microsoft just announced they are paying $6 billion for aQuantive, the parent company of Avenue A | Razorfish. The acquisition comes after recent big acquisitions by Google and Yahoo in this space. Google bought Doubleclick for $3.1 billion in April. Later that same month, Yahoo acquired competitor RightMedia for $680 million. Just yesterday, WPP Group acquired yet another company in this space, 24/7 Real Media, for $649 million.
The big boys are on a buying spree!
Microsoft just announced they are paying $6 billion for aQuantive, the parent company of Avenue A | Razorfish. The acquisition comes after recent big acquisitions by Google and Yahoo in this space. Google bought Doubleclick for $3.1 billion in April. Later that same month, Yahoo acquired competitor RightMedia for $680 million. Just yesterday, WPP Group acquired yet another company in this space, 24/7 Real Media, for $649 million.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Microsoft Says Your Phone is Your Next PC
I just read an interesting article on physorg.com that talks about Microsoft's research on developing the cell phone to be the next 'PC' platform - a project they are calling 'Fone+'
I agree with this approach. People don't want to carry all kinds of devices with them, the cell phone is going to evolve into the 'communicator'
http://www.physorg.com/news98525702.html
I just read an interesting article on physorg.com that talks about Microsoft's research on developing the cell phone to be the next 'PC' platform - a project they are calling 'Fone+'
I agree with this approach. People don't want to carry all kinds of devices with them, the cell phone is going to evolve into the 'communicator'
http://www.physorg.com/news98525702.html
Thursday, May 10, 2007
New Study from Pew Internet Project
Pew has just released an interesting study as a PDF that groups internet users into three categories
1. Elite Tech Users
2. Middle-of-the-road Tech Users
3. Few Tech Assets
Their study shows 51% of Americans utilizing some sort of internet technology (the first two groups above) and 49% with little or no usage. From studying the demographic data it looks like the largest divide was for older users, but lower income also played a large factor
Pew has just released an interesting study as a PDF that groups internet users into three categories
1. Elite Tech Users
2. Middle-of-the-road Tech Users
3. Few Tech Assets
Their study shows 51% of Americans utilizing some sort of internet technology (the first two groups above) and 49% with little or no usage. From studying the demographic data it looks like the largest divide was for older users, but lower income also played a large factor
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Google Announces New Version of Google Analytics
The Google Analytics Blog announced they are starting to roll out a new version of Google Analytics. A few of the new features include:
Over the next several weeks, Google will be migrating all existing Analytics accounts to the new Google Analytics interface.
The Google Analytics Blog announced they are starting to roll out a new version of Google Analytics. A few of the new features include:
- Email and export reports: Schedule or send ad-hoc personalized report emails and export reports in PDF format.
- Custom Dashboard: No more digging through reports. Put all the information you need on a custom dashboard that you can email to others.
- Trend and Over-time Graph: Compare time periods and select date ranges without losing sight of long term trends.
Over the next several weeks, Google will be migrating all existing Analytics accounts to the new Google Analytics interface.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
Great Six Minute Video On ClimateAppraisal.com
KUAT TV in Tucson, AZ published a great story on ClimateAppraisal.com!
Check out the video:
KUAT TV in Tucson, AZ published a great story on ClimateAppraisal.com!
Check out the video:
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Climate Appraisal Services Gets Written Up in USA Today
Climate Appraisal Services LLC (CASL) had a nice write up in the 3/28/07 USA Today.
You can read the article here.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
My Brother Busts Up a Fake ID Ring
My Dad called me today from Arizona where he and my mom and little brother got to meet the latest addition to the Nork Clan Aubrey Nork (what a cutie). Congrats to Gary and Susan. I'm sure that nork.com will have all the latest pictures.
He told me to Google "Gary Nork" - it seems my brother Gary is getting national press for breaking up a Fake ID ring in Georgia! Way to go Gary!
My Dad called me today from Arizona where he and my mom and little brother got to meet the latest addition to the Nork Clan Aubrey Nork (what a cutie). Congrats to Gary and Susan. I'm sure that nork.com will have all the latest pictures.
He told me to Google "Gary Nork" - it seems my brother Gary is getting national press for breaking up a Fake ID ring in Georgia! Way to go Gary!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Transatlantica - The First (And Only) Fanzine for Miracle Legion
Great things happen when you clean your office! The spring cleaning bug hit me today and low and behold, when I moved my file cabinet i found this little gem! Back in 1992 Rob Silk put together this fanzine for my favorite band - Miracle Legion.
Discussion of this newsletter came up on the "As Far As We Know" message board a few years ago and Rob responded that he had lost his original copy. As far as I know, this is the only living copy! Enjoy...
transatlantica-opt.pdf
Great things happen when you clean your office! The spring cleaning bug hit me today and low and behold, when I moved my file cabinet i found this little gem! Back in 1992 Rob Silk put together this fanzine for my favorite band - Miracle Legion.
Discussion of this newsletter came up on the "As Far As We Know" message board a few years ago and Rob responded that he had lost his original copy. As far as I know, this is the only living copy! Enjoy...
transatlantica-opt.pdf
Monday, March 26, 2007
Testing Out Picnik and Flickr
I've been playing around with Picnik to edit my photos on picasaweb and then uploading them to Flickr. I like the functionality and integration with both Flickr and Picasaweb that it offers.
Check out my albums:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsjack
http://picasaweb.google.com/itsjack
I've been playing around with Picnik to edit my photos on picasaweb and then uploading them to Flickr. I like the functionality and integration with both Flickr and Picasaweb that it offers.
Check out my albums:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsjack
http://picasaweb.google.com/itsjack
Saturday, March 24, 2007
1st Address-Based Climate Reporting Service Launched
Our client - Climate Appraisal Services LLC has issued a press release announcing the launch of the first online service to help home buyers determine if there are any environmental factors that could impact their purchase. The premium report includes information on shoreline reduction, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes, drought and fire, flooding, health and disease risks, and industrial factors.
Check it out at http://www.climateappraisal.com/
Our client - Climate Appraisal Services LLC has issued a press release announcing the launch of the first online service to help home buyers determine if there are any environmental factors that could impact their purchase. The premium report includes information on shoreline reduction, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanoes, drought and fire, flooding, health and disease risks, and industrial factors.
Check it out at http://www.climateappraisal.com/
Friday, March 23, 2007
I Signed Up For My Google Pay-Per-Action Beta Account
Some of our clients have already defined their Return On Investment calculations and know how much they would like to pay for a lead through AdWords. I'm looking forward to getting my beta account for Google Pay-Per-Action as announced in the AdWords Blog. I'll let everyone know when I get my invite.
Some of our clients have already defined their Return On Investment calculations and know how much they would like to pay for a lead through AdWords. I'm looking forward to getting my beta account for Google Pay-Per-Action as announced in the AdWords Blog. I'll let everyone know when I get my invite.
Liking The New Picasa!
I set up a web server in my Dad's basement back in 2004. I installed Gallery and got my brothers and parents to all post their photos in a central location. Nork.com now has well over 8000 photos of the family! For about a year, I have been using Picasa to edit and touch up my photos before uploading to Nork.com. Yesterday I downloaded the new version of Picasa that allows direct upload to http://picasaweb.google.com/. So far I like what I see! Now when I edit my photos, i can upload them with one click. Check out my first photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/ItsJack/GermanyOctober2006
I set up a web server in my Dad's basement back in 2004. I installed Gallery and got my brothers and parents to all post their photos in a central location. Nork.com now has well over 8000 photos of the family! For about a year, I have been using Picasa to edit and touch up my photos before uploading to Nork.com. Yesterday I downloaded the new version of Picasa that allows direct upload to http://picasaweb.google.com/. So far I like what I see! Now when I edit my photos, i can upload them with one click. Check out my first photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/ItsJack/GermanyOctober2006
Another Nork Is Blogging
Blogs are such a wonderful way for people with common interests to meet.
My Brother Michael will be leaving in little over a month for the Peace Corps in Romania.
He has started his own blog http://norkinromania.blogspot.com/.
One of his first posts was how to pack. He received some fantastic comments that will really help him as he prepares for his two year stay. Others have posted on his blog saying that they will be leaving with him for his trip. He's making friends and gaining knowledge all at the same time
Thursday, March 08, 2007
I thought Google Only Hired Geniuses!
OK, everyone loves Google right? Sure, generally I'm a big fan myself. Of course I use their search engine, their blogging software and Gmail. OK, so I figure Google can do no wrong - well read on...
We recently purchased a Google Mini Search Appliance for an enterprise client of ours. Great idea, use the Google search algorithm as an internal search solution. Well, not so great - we have been having trouble with the interface configuration as well as the search results not displaying on the second page. I have to say that the Google Mini support is the WORST I have ever experienced in my 12 years in the IT business! First of all, there is absolutely no phone support. Secondly, when a support technician emails you back, they always ask irrelevant questions were already answered in the original support request, wasting every ones time! And lastly, they are so quick to pass the buck. They take no responsibility for solving the problem but send emails about how their service agreement states that they actually don't have to help me at all! Getting these problems resolved are painful and generally a huge headache. Issues that should take less then a day to fix drag out for MONTHS! Shame on you Google, I know you can do better!
Google, if your listening, bring some of those geniuses over to support the Mini! Offer phone support! If support doesn't improve this will definitely be the last Google Search Appliance we purchase.
OK, everyone loves Google right? Sure, generally I'm a big fan myself. Of course I use their search engine, their blogging software and Gmail. OK, so I figure Google can do no wrong - well read on...
We recently purchased a Google Mini Search Appliance for an enterprise client of ours. Great idea, use the Google search algorithm as an internal search solution. Well, not so great - we have been having trouble with the interface configuration as well as the search results not displaying on the second page. I have to say that the Google Mini support is the WORST I have ever experienced in my 12 years in the IT business! First of all, there is absolutely no phone support. Secondly, when a support technician emails you back, they always ask irrelevant questions were already answered in the original support request, wasting every ones time! And lastly, they are so quick to pass the buck. They take no responsibility for solving the problem but send emails about how their service agreement states that they actually don't have to help me at all! Getting these problems resolved are painful and generally a huge headache. Issues that should take less then a day to fix drag out for MONTHS! Shame on you Google, I know you can do better!
Google, if your listening, bring some of those geniuses over to support the Mini! Offer phone support! If support doesn't improve this will definitely be the last Google Search Appliance we purchase.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Printing the Web: Solutions and Techniques | Smashing Magazine
Great Article In Smashing Magazine For Printing On the Web
Printing the Web: Solutions and Techniques Smashing Magazine
Printing the Web: Solutions and Techniques Smashing Magazine
Friday, February 09, 2007
Publisher of the New York Times Not Sure About The Future of Print
Here is an excerpt of an interview with Arthur Sulzberger, the owner, chairman and publisher of the most respected newspaper in the world:
Q: Given the constant erosion of the printed press, do you see the New York Times still being printed in five years?
A: "I really don't know whether we'll be printing the Times in five years, and you know what? I don't care either," he says.
Read the whole story here.
I read this interview today and it really hit me that the news media that are going to make it in the long run are the ones who are embracing new media outlets. The New York Times has five people working in a special development unit whose only job is to initiate and develop things related to the electronic world - Internet, cellular, whatever comes. Sounds like fun! Are you guys looking for any more help?
Here is an excerpt of an interview with Arthur Sulzberger, the owner, chairman and publisher of the most respected newspaper in the world:
Q: Given the constant erosion of the printed press, do you see the New York Times still being printed in five years?
A: "I really don't know whether we'll be printing the Times in five years, and you know what? I don't care either," he says.
Read the whole story here.
I read this interview today and it really hit me that the news media that are going to make it in the long run are the ones who are embracing new media outlets. The New York Times has five people working in a special development unit whose only job is to initiate and develop things related to the electronic world - Internet, cellular, whatever comes. Sounds like fun! Are you guys looking for any more help?
Thursday, January 25, 2007
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