This afternoon, YouTube began rolling out the WeVideo integration to users. Just upload your clip, and WeVideo does the rendering for you. It’s got everything a traditional video editing software has: timelines, clips libraries, color correction, sound effects, and more. Read more… “The American Dream,” loosely defined, is made up of a few building blocks. [...]

  Today we have a short follow up to the discussions we’ve been having about thinking like a media company. One challenges faced by all content producers is how they monetize their content and audience. A recent post at GigaOM Planning a paywall? Maybe you should sell some e-books instead spurs our discussion today. I [...]

Before we get started I found an interesting study on how Tablet Users Devour 48% More Internet. 3 Mindsets of Search I saw a study titled 3 Mindsets of Serach by About.com and a company called Latitude Research. I use this research to dive in a little deeper. Here’s an overview of the study: The [...]

  I haven’t heard this topic spoke about much in the blogging or content creation world lately. Maybe it’s fell out of grace but I think it’s still a relevant content creation strategy even in this highly fast pace digitally connected world. Today’s show we talk about two things… What is evergreen content? How to [...]

  Yes, I’m a little late to bring up a filtered media discussion. But changes in media and the landscape of social is increasingly going from machine driven filters to person driven filters. Think Google+ and Circles. Instead of going the Facebook approach of deciding who you care about more Circles allows you to self [...]

What is the future of content? What is the future of media? To market and connect with your audience today but in the future I believe understanding content/media will enable you to successfully transition in this new era we find ourselves in. Today we start a multi-part series on The Future of Content. In a [...]

A great tool for QR codes is http://smartytags.com/. It allows tracking and campaigns, and has a free version for you to test out. Also I suggest if your looking for a social CRM you take a look at Nimble – http://www.nimble.com/ Then we talk about the responsibility of being a aggregator or curator. Great post [...]

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both [...]

An interesting service is KinckKnackCrack.com, where for a monthly fee you will get suprised when they send you something randomaly. Interesting concept and worth checking out. Also, we will be moving the podcast to a self hosted solution. I mention this because I hope this move goes smoothely and the feeds all carry over but [...]

You might have saw that many sites over the last few days have implemented Facebook commenting. The commentary I’ve seen on this is a mix bag. My thoughts are this… for people I know that use Facebook they look at it as a friends and family network. They like the disconnect between business and personal. [...]