No, wait! It’s a good thing. I’m not talking in-your-face sales pitch. I’m talking PubSubHubbub. And no, my keys aren’t sticking.
It’s a Google-coded technology that allows real-time RSS updating for your blog.
Here’s a cheesy demo of “PuSH” with some helpfully contrived metaphors:
Joseph Scott has released a new PuSHPress plugin to bring the benefits of this technology to your Wordpress blog. See the documentation here
To install, just go to the area for adding new plugins in your dashboard, search by keyword “PuSHpress” and install. You might need to update to the newest version of Wordpress, but you should probably do that anyway.
So, good content or bad, folks will get a chance to read it faster. With any luck, it won’t be analagous to the food being terrible, but the portions being too small.
When: 6 pm: Registration and networking, appetizers, cash bar
6.30 pm: Opening remarks by Michelle Hudson of the News-Press
6.45 pm: Keynote address: Turning Social Media Contacts into Actionable Relationships
7.30 pm: Executive panel
8.15 pm : Closing Remarks
Where: Holiday Inn Airport at Gulf Coast Town Center
You probably would like some visitors, comments – activity in general. Your blog doesn’t live in a vacuum, right? Or, at least, it won’t for very long unless you just like to hear yourself type. One important step is to register with blog directories, such as the one hosted by Technorati. Read the rest of this entry »
The problem of how to embed a .pdf into a Wordpress page or post vexed me for a good long while. Finally, I’ve come upon the solution. Maybe this short tutorial will help you avoid similar vexation. If always, if you have a better way of doing things, please share with the rest of the class! Read the rest of this entry »
Connecting with the Hispanic Market using Social Media and Social Networking, Jan. 25
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Where: Holiday Inn Fort Myers Airport
9931 Interstate Commerce Drive, Ft Myers, FL Speaker: Carlos Cardona Sponsors: Fifth Third Bank and Kiss Your Web, LLC
Carlos Cardona is a one-of-a kind talent; a visionary with over 15 years of Web experience and proven success in creating and leading companies to include an Internet portal and search engine he invented and sold to Microsoft. Carlos has been recognized by Hispanic Magazine with both the Hispanic Entrepreneur Award as well the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” distinction in 1999 and 2000 respectively.
Social Networks are revolutionizing how we view our world. People are connecting, businesses are being created or transformed, and the world seems like a smaller place. As with any transformation on a grand scale, a plethora of consultants, gurus, blogs, and how-to books have risen to meet the demand for information about the social revolution.
However, it is very rare to hear anything about the underlying forces that actually drive the social network phenomenon.
It’s a shame because the story is a great one that has implications, not only for social media, but for fields as diverse as counter-terrorism, ecology, economics, organizational theory and cancer research. Network Theory has fundamentally changed our understanding about how the world works since its inception a decade ago. Most of all, by understanding how networks form and grow, we can build better ones. Read the rest of this entry »
This whole social media thing is kinda crazy. I did it before I knew what it was. Years ago, I was at an open mic event in downtown Fort Myers in a hookah bar with cushions all over the floor. The emcee, now a good friend of mine, made an announcement asking for participants’ email addresses and MySpace usernames. It was the first time I heard about MySpace. I went home and tried it out. I spent far too much time. It was silly. But the most important thing is I was turned on to this easy and dynamic way to get in touch with people. Read the rest of this entry »
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This whole social media thing is kinda crazy. I did it before I knew what it was. Years ago, I was at an open mic event in downtown Fort Myers in a hookah bar with cushions all over the floor. The emcee, now a good friend of mine, made an announcement asking for participants’ email addresses and MySpace usernames. It was the first time I heard about MySpace. I went home and tried it out. I spent far too much time. It was silly. But the most important thing is I was turned on to this easy and dynamic way to get in touch with people. 
