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Re: Sailing Lanikai | Photo Fusion Workshop Live Demo

rox — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:47:25 -0000

I LOVED the sailing with you Vu and thanks for capturing the memories for me and Mr Funhog, Eric. Funhogs1.com Now I want to go check out Magic Garageband too.

xorox

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

rox — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:14:56 -0000

As a flickr user, I may have to run away from home! Can flickr emancipate itself if these two dysfunctional "adults" arrange a marriage of convenience?

Re: I'm starting work for sleepydog

rox — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:30:50 -0000

Congrats Phil - I am thrilled to see you have a home for your outstanding talents!
love, Rox

Re: Grammar Girl’s Free PDF

rox — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:48:36 -0000

Thank you for posting this Kyle. I find her graphics very inviting and I certainly applaud attempts to maintain practice with the rich and wonderful world of writing. Now that I think of it, coders are "all about syntax" ans so is regular writing!

I hope Grammar Girl is thinking seriously about coming to Podcamp Hawaii!

Re: Twhirl as your Twitter interface

rox — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:37:28 -0000

I was so going to love twhirl, but it is crashing on me in Leopard. What platform are you running it on?

Re: Twhirl as your Twitter interface

rox — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:38:27 -0000

OTOH, I like to colors of the interface. :-)

Re: Twhirl as your Twitter interface

rox — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:51:15 -0000

Update - comments as homage to twitter

I've been using it for an hour and no crashes with the most recent update.

Carry on.

Re: 15,000 tweets and still going strong

rox — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:07:18 -0000

This accomplishment begs for a new type of institution to house it in but you are so deliciously un-institutional that I will simply say "Hurray!"

Re: 2008/06/05/donations/

rox — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:23:11 -0000

Seems to me there is a root problem, that can be summed up in the word "consciousness."

Right now, the market consciousness is all about the free. Business models are a side discussion to changing the fundamental experience of how we exchange energy with each other and how we place value on those exchanges, and how that value gets translated and transacted.

Some bloggers for example don't care about the money, they thrive on comments. Attention is their currency, both giving and receiving.

The more you scale, the more fixed costs you have; in the internet space it's more servers and more pipes.

Steven, your post is part of the consciousness-building process IMO. To me, we will get "there" faster once we address that fundamental challenge, and not let the biz model ideas distract us. How we perceive and feel about the exchange of money and other forms of currency is morphing; it's going to be a while before we have new systems that are generic enough for creators and consumers to identify and apply. OTOH, there is a ton of momentum moving us away from everything always being about the Benjamins.

To me, it is relevant to decide how, after years of free-binging, we want to return to the discussion of money. On the plus side, it is one of the easiest ways to measure and transact. OTOH, some people naturally garner gobs of it while equally talented and perhaps more generous others seem unable to get it. That is the part of the formula that is due for tweaking. The usury parts.

I think methods of "opt-in" are a stepping stone. As the creator, do what you want first and foremost, so you and your concerns are met. Let people pay who see value. Flag them in your customer database. Give them perks of some sort. And make no promises to those who are along for the ride, unless they are feeding you in other ways. Because once again, it doesn't always have to be about the money, and that also doesn't mean we have to take money completely off the table.

Re: 2008/06/30/twitter-enhanced-profile/

rox — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:35:25 -0000

You've gathered a number of great ones and I LOVE the idea of the Flickr group. :-)

I do think however that @philcampbell may have been one of the pioneers - he has had this page for over a year.

At the other end of the time-space continuum, my Secret Cameraman and partner is just released: @shane though I did like the animated gif he had way back when, inspired by @kosso though his is no longer animated either.

Re: 2008/06/30/twitter-enhanced-profile/

rox — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:42:23 -0000

@Andy Mabbett Good question.

To me it falls into the "better than nothing" category, as so many people are using Twitter a central hub or place to meet other people - and just having a web site link means more work for me the viewer. Yes, the "bonus profile" links are not clickable, but I do get to see at a glance where this person hangs out, a BIGGER picture, and/or any other details they want to show me. It's a great personalization hack that isn't perfect yet, but is a creative step in a more expressive, useful direction IMO.

It also does nudge me a little more to visit a person's page on the web - there may be a little reward for doing so!

Re: 2008/08/25/aloha-social-media-summit/

rox — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:51:08 -0000

@jyesmith - great idea. I hope Dave adn Andy are listening. :-)

Re: Podcamp Hawaii session notes: Using video to build community

rox — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:37:30 -0000

You da man Colon, err, I mean Colin. And how about that KILLER pic of you at sunset?!!?

If Viddler doesn't see the brand opportunity re: a Hawaii office from that, well, what can I say?

As for you Daynah. of course you were there with us! Thank you so much for all your love and support.

Re: Announcing the PodCamp Foundation

rox — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:21:25 -0000

Hey Chris B, congratulations. I am confident in your ability to not only make sense of this but to be able to create a triple win for you and Chris P, for the other PodCamp organizers, and for the PC attendees/sponsors. New business models and sharing of "assets" are an exciting space to be in. Count me in as a supporter.

Re: Front Load Your Writing

rox — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:20:10 -0000

great point, and I might add, write a descriptive subject too! I often don't get past that, let alone 3 paragraphs.

You are looking might lean BTW. :-)

Re: Human Information Nodes and Routing

rox — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:58:13 -0000

it's not fiction eric it's mr brogan's observation of history. we've always been better than machines at organizing and acting on what's really relevant to us.

software is getting way better at mimicking the superficial characteristics and we humans are getting better at sensing the relevant while being exposed to a larger and larger group of humanity.

no two individuals really use the tools identically, but when they do approximate it, they get distinctly different results - based purely on context, which IMO is part the present moment and part the legacy energy matrix between/among us.

Re: Human Information Nodes and Routing

rox — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:53:36 -0000

Eric, thanks! I was picking up on (or projecting my own) paranoia in your closing comment. People who think out on the edge often can "get away" with more outrageous-ness when filed under fiction.

Meanwhile, sleep is good. That is what Mr Brogan is doing while we yak up his blog!

Re: Macbook Air is Great if You Like Clouds

rox — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:31:48 -0000

HI Chris,

I am in a seminar and we are testing comments! Thanks for playing with us.

Love,
Rox

Re: Acknowledging All You Know About Social Media

rox — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:22:20 -0000

Hey Chris - I loved your "take a moment and mark the progress" concept in play here. And thanks for letting me use your previous post to show my audience today about leaving a blog comment. Most of the c. 70 people had not done that before.

I've also tracked several good threads on Twitter (including you) re: about reaching out to others beyond the bubble/ beyond the choir. A group of us are looking at options. I'd like to actually develop a curriculum that could be shared and customized for select target audiences. I find so many businesses are wanting to know how this stuff works and how they can start implementing it.

Re: Social Media- Talk is Cheap for Businesses

rox — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:42:36 -0000

I think it is really worth the pause here to acknowledge the very difficult job it is to find a community manager who knows the product, who is literate in new media, who has the technical and social and psychological qualities to work it well, and who has enough vision and backbone to not take the naysayers personally.

I've been working more and more with clients who actually want to play with the tools, but they are not wanting to invest so much in the key personnel that will make or break it IMO.

This is nothing new - companies have typically felt more comfortable buying stuff as compared to investing in people. People are all over the map after all, while a computer is measurable and boxable. I think the social space is increasingly shining the light on this discrepancy between the tools and the users of the tools.

I wrote a blog post last June '07 (see link on my name) outlining what I think it takes to be this key person, a social media maven, drawn from a discussion on LinkedIn.

Chris - thanks for the article link to Beach Walks with Rox too!

Re: On Managing A Community

rox — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:37:17 -0000

This is awesomely comprehensive Chris. The piece I would add comes before the measurement, and that is finding the person who really is cut out for this position. It is actually not that easy to find in my experience. You are looking for a combination of right and left brain skills, tech and personality, and like Cortney mentioned, it is a 24-7 position.

I think people tend to think that a junior person or a volunteer could do this. In many cases that is true, but this person regardless of position, will do best with support and nurturing provided on a regular basis too.

Re: On Managing A Community

rox — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:35:36 -0000

Chris - the hiring part is a real challenge for our industry I believe. This is one of those positions that is not so easily trainable - it is so dependent on that mix of technical ability, curiosity and knowledge about the space/vertical in mind, confidence and open-heartedness to work well with all kinds of people, etc.

I wrote a few short comments a while ago - please feel free to steal 'em - and I would say to companies - this may be your most important and most difficult hire. We are talking a very multi-dimensional person, and there just are not that many of them. Maybe 10% of all the people who might apply, or who are active either in your space or in social media. Just my hunch based on Myers-Briggs data and personal experience.

Re: Why PodCamp Boston 3 Costs 50 Bucks

rox — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:39:52 -0000

There is no substitute for walking in another's shoes. The peeps who do the lion's share of work putting on an event have a unique perspective that those of us on the outside can listen to and understand.

Likewise, "market forces" also have a role to play; how many people will be put off and away by a fee?

On a bigger scale, can we start returning to financial transactions that are imbued with value not usury, and reclaim that part of the conversation for ourselves as well? I am interested in that.

Re: Happy Birthday Dad

rox — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:39:02 -0000

I love seeing where my friends come from. I also credit new media for dissolving some of the trational barriers between generations. So many of us are engaging moms and dad's, kids and neices and aunties, etc. I hope day was just the way you like it.
Love to you both, Rox

Re: On Managing A Community

rox — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:03:56 -0000

@Maggie McGary - I think you've raised an important issue on both personal branding as well as strategic positioning. @Kevin Skarritt has given us two more data points of support as well.

As people who are at the leading edge of creating whole new industries and job descriptions, it is very important IMO to establish these new roles with the requirements and credibility they deserve (and even demand.) That translates across the entire org chart, and in your case, I would support 100% an upgrade in your title (and salary) to reflect the added responsibilities and skills required to be successful.

In this case, it becomes an opportunity to issue a press release (internal as well as external) to educate about the activities you are performing. If we don't carve out space for the work we are doing, as a collective of change-makers, there is no reason to expect others to know about or support us.

Please let us know what you come up with re: your new title and pay grade. And you can certainly turn to this post for extensive documentation.

Re: Tourism Bureaus and Bloggers

rox — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:48:20 -0000

I am thrilled that we have huge participation of our tourism officials and vendors at next weekend's Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii. I can say easily we would not be doing such a first class event on such a grand scale without their support. I think it will be a powerful experience for all of us.

And to agree with TravelingMamas, the folks like Nate Kam and Michael Ni at MWC-Anthology get it.

Re: Tourism Bureaus and Bloggers

rox — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:49:56 -0000

There is often gold in them thar hills of criticism and as more people understand how to value this free market research I think they will be willing to pay for it. Many of us can think of situations where a business falls off because of poor WOM yet no one had the courage to inform the owner of the negative word on the street. Most businesses want to do their best - and having an accurate report (as compared to only looking at the positives) is incredibly important IMO.

Tourists feel taken advantage of on a regular basis (just like home buyers) because only the positive features are mentioned, not the negative ones.

In my experience, people can actually handle the so-called negative features just fine, if they know about them and can plan for them. It's when they feel hijacked that "the beautiful view" also comes with unmentioned "construction noise next door" that can backfire. If a blogger mentions both, and the buyer chooses to come anyway, then the blogger has just handled a customer service problem in advance, for free, for the hotel owner.

This is the magic and the value of transparency in communication. PR has traditionally been all about spin, and putting the best foot forward, not putting the truth forward. They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

Re: Brian Solis’ and Loic Le Meur’s real “PR” secrets

rox — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:46:58 -0000

Great insights, and I would (natch) like to add one more - the prequel. I am finding more and more than to really grok the social web one has to be a native speaker. Lots of PR and ad agencies are developing campaigns basically on the sideline, having read the Cliff Notes (aka watched a few YT videos/read a few blogs). This is a classic "learn by doing" profession now.

So all of these tips will actually make sense and be usable IF the PR person actually starts blogging/twittering/podcasting etc.

Do you know anyone who truly gets it and does not use at least one of the social web tools decently? It must be possible, but not too probable.

Re: Blog Marketing Tips #1: How to Optimize Blog Post Titles

rox — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:56:03 -0000

Excellent tip Andy and I appreciate the linear-ness of your thinking and writing. The before and afters are great as well. This is a great training example as well as blog post!

Re: The Main Factor Necessary to Convert Visitors to Customers

rox — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:11:54 -0000

I think grand plays a huge role - if you ain't got that then your site better inspire confidence in other ways.

I'd like to know the referrals. Do people start at Office Depot from memory or land there from a price comparison site (choosing the well known brand if price is comparable) after starting with a generic search?

roxanne darling's last blog post..Podcasting Listeners Are Paying Attention

Re: Google Now Crawling Adobe Flash Files, Ruins the Web in the Process

rox — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:58:21 -0000

I agree Andy, having taken cover from the same argument and also finding all flash far too inconvenient to me, a site visitor. It's been favored by the web's control freaks, not to mention devoid of conversational input.That's the stronger argument for me now anyway. A combination of the great data delivery abilities of flash with some discussion tools could make for some compelling sites that now can be indexed.

Roxanne Darling's last blog post..Can Google get smart without the free-with-advertising model?

Re: Twitter-smart entrepreneurs or spammers?

rox — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:26:53 -0000

I finally made it, 24 hours late. :-)

I have an organizing principle that is simple if not easy: "It's all about the energy." Many businesses are on Twitter in a panic; so they come across as needy, pushy, spammy - all the things real people aka potential customers find off-putting.

I like being able to interact with people and with businesses, as both can answer my questions, solve problems, teach me things I didn't know. But if it is only about the latest coupon and they talk and never reply, well, "there goes the relationship!" I do see people learning though and as Twitter becomes more populated with business brand accounts, the learn by osmosis energy should get easier and easier.

FWIW, I am not a fan of RFID by DM though it is a brilliant idea. When I went to Bali 2 years ago, my phone started zapping me with sales text messages literally within 10 seconds of entering the terminal. Talk about buzz kill! But I know there are those who love da coupons. :-)

Re: Gunpowder in every wallet: Why markets are going crazy

rox — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:07:16 -0000

Thanks for this Chris - you simplified something I didn't understand while confirming what I suspected: all this buying and selling of the same durn money is just like a pyramid scheme. It only works if you keep finding new buyers who hope to find new buyers...etc.

Re: Top 20 Social Media Geeks in Hawaii

rox — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:51:29 -0000

Mahalo for all of this link love Neenz. Burt highlighted a lot of individual accomplishments and collectively I am blown away at how social media activities have flushed out so many unconnected souls from our midst right here in Hawaii!

Re: 71 The Clip Show - Podcast 13

rox — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:59:52 -0000

Wow. You guys are so cool - thank you and mahalo too! Yes we are still around - closing in on our two year anniversary (Feb 22) and 600 shows! Any ideas or requests? Maybe I could trade you a logo...Come to Hawaii - we'll put you and Charlie up. For a few days anyway!

I like the jazzy look on the closing credits, the more "dancing" style font goes with your music and your mood. Does not go so well with the box of clips. I will noodle on this and let you know what I come up with.

Love, Rox

Re: The Cameraman Marketer, Metrics and Measurement in Social Media

rox — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:57:25 -0000

Jim - your official trade may not be statistician or marketer, but you are one of the best network marketers I know (I mean - just look at the link love in this post alone!) and being that you are out on the street when news happens, you have a direct line into one of the most important measurements (as Vaspers alludes to) - how people actually respond in the moment. It's hard to put a number on, but you have developed a strong sense about it and make use of that sense all over the place.

As for numbers, I was literally crying a week ago over my confusion with numbers for Beach Walks with Rox. Our subscribers have gone up 25% but our so-called views are down. Our old media server with episodes 1 - 420 shows almost as much traffic as our more recent blip-hosted episodes. It makes no sense. So I plow ahead, and within *hours* of those tears, we were featured on YouTube Travel channel, and voila, 80,000 views over the weekend. Like I said, it makes no sense. You just do what you wanna do, and trust that people who wanna find you, will. get in the game, play nice with others, and focus on good content. You are a master at all three.