Published inMasterNewMedia·17 hours agoRSS ExplainedNot many of us have yet been able to familiarize ourselves with RSS. This short acronym, which stands for Rich Site Summary or also Really Simple Syndication, is a new technology that allows Web site owners to make their content available to others in a number of new and interesting…Journalism4 min readJournalism4 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·17 hours agoBlogs As Music Labels: Bloggers To Become Music Industry Talent ScoutsThe future of music is in the bloggers' hands. It is blogs and other independent online publishers with strong voices and personalities who are going to dominate the future of music evolution, discovery, promotion, and distribution. “Whether or rather how you will get to keep the music will not be…Trends6 min readTrends6 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·1 day agoThe Future And What It Holds: Howard Rheingold Video Interview - Frontiers Of Interaction IVI shot the video interview that follows for the Frontiers of Interaction conference, which took place yesterday in Turin, Italy. Superbly organized by Leandro Agrò and Matteo Penzo, the sold-out event brought together high-prestige names like sci-fi writer and visionary Bruce Sterling, Elizabeth Churchill Principal Research Scientist di Yahoo, Jeffrey…Trends11 min readTrends11 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·1 day agoContent Tagging: What Are Tags And Why They Are So Important For Web PublishersDon’t know what content tags are? Tagging content has become, over the last few years, an important component of the online publishing process as it allows editors to extend the reference labels, associations, and search keywords by which any type of content can be found. In the early days of…Journalism6 min readJournalism6 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·2 days agoThe Individual Is The Epicenter Of The New Media RevolutionMany are the forces at work at the crossroads between communication and new media technologies, and the changes taking place are truly sweeping the news, publishing, and media industries in ways we could have hardly foreseen a few years ago. One thing looks certain. The individual is going to be…Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·2 days agoWhy a Blog Is Not a BlogI have just written and posted a pretty long comment to both the Adventive I-PR mailing list moderated by the highly capable B L Ochman and to the Lance Dublin’s Pre-Conference and On-Site Weblog/Dialogue discussion taking place now online at the Online Learning 2003 Discussion Conference. The topic is blogs…Journalism10 min readJournalism10 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·3 days agoPeer To Peer: Social, Political, And Economic Issues In A P2P World — A Video Interview With Michel BauwensBeyond file-sharing, peer-to-peer is an alternative way of looking at work, life, and the way we make money. Although mainstream media coverage of P2P has mostly focused its spotlights on the ongoing debate around file-sharing and pirated media (music, movies, games), the social, economic, and political consequences of peer-to-peer go…P2p14 min readP2p14 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·3 days agoThe Social Media Optimization Manifesto: Key Social Marketing Principles To Increase the Visibility of Your WebsiteSocial media optimization is a marketing approach utilized to increase the visibility of your site by leveraging the power of social media and online communities. Social media optimization is a term originally introduced by Rohit Bhargava back in 2006. Rohit writes: “For years now, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for websites…Social Media Marketing8 min readSocial Media Marketing8 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·4 days agoVirtual Teams and the Bioteaming Approach - A Video Interview with Ken Thompson - Part 2A virtual team is only as good as the way it operates. In the second part of this video interview, Ken Thompson, a team collaboration expert, reasons about the difficulties people encounter when choosing to work in a distributed workgroup and explains further how following the behavior of nature’s own…Collaboration6 min readCollaboration6 min read
Published inMasterNewMedia·4 days agoVirtual Teams and The Bioteaming Approach - A Video Interview with Ken Thompson - Part 1A virtual team is only as good as the way it operates. No matter how cool or advanced the collaboration technology used, what makes a huge difference is how your team approaches the actual day-to-day team operations. Ken Thompson, the team collaboration expert, explains in this video interview with Robin…Collaboration5 min readCollaboration5 min read