Posts filed under ‘Computer’
SlingPlayer comes to iPad
SlingPlayer Mobile For iPad Coming Soon
SlingMedia’s official YouTube account has posted a video walkthrough of the Sling Player Mobile for the Apple’s iPad.
The user interface of the iPad app is quite similar to the iPhone app. SlingMedia has also confirmed that the iPad version would only work with Slingbox PRO-HD and Slingbox SOLO. There is no word as to when the App would go live on the App Store. But it is expected soon. What a wonderful way to watch HD video away from the home or office. At $30 I can still rationalize one for playing video demos on the road!
###
Custom Carbonites from Photo
OK, this is too funny – send Paul Pape a photo and he will make a custom figure encased in carbonite! I’m sure you know someone you want to honor or just freeze in the stuff.
Who is Paul Pape?
Paul is a hobbyist in Nebraska who’s built a career designing furniture, stop-motion animation figures. He has even made a set for an Alicia Keys’ tour! One is only $50 and is a 2” X 5” brick with the custom image. So start taking photos and Paul will make it happen. Go Paul! The website is www.paulpapedesigns.com.
 |
|
Frank Beard (ZZ Top) |
###
Houston Creative Summit is Friday October 23!
This is your last reminder to save $25 when registering for The Houston Summit for the Creative Economy, lifting off this Friday at Rice University’ McNair Hall.
An elegant vase by Houston artist Terry Hagiwara has been donated by the Goldesberry Gallery to be our door prize. You must be present to win!
Walk-up registrations will be $125, but if you act visit HoustonSummit.org right now, you can still register for $100 with the code word ‘collaborate.’
— Connect to Houston’s most vital community of fire-starters
— Boost creativity and innovation in Houston
— Learn how to turn ideas into reality
— Build relationships with supporters and advisors
— Join teams revolutionizing Houston.
Register now at www.HoustonSummit.org or call (281) 433-2302.
Spread the secret code "collaborate" by email, word of mouth, social media. please forward this email to everyone you think needs to be there. follow us on twitter @houstonsummit and tag your tweets with #HSCE. Look for us on Facebook and Linkedin, too.
Creative Summit Schedule
Friday, October 22, 2010
|
8:00 |
Check-in, networking |
||
|
8:45 |
Welcome, orientation |
George Worthington |
|
|
8:55 |
Opening panel |
How creativity drives Houston’s economy |
Jonathon Glus, CEO of Houston Arts Alliance Peter Bishop, futurist and UH Professor |
|
9:40 |
Move to strategy labs |
||
|
9:45 |
Strategy Labs |
Urban Regeneration |
Andrew Burleson of CNU-Houston.org |
|
Arts-based learning |
Donna Howell of Third Coast Theater, artist Lillian Warren and representative from corporate training at Weatherford |
||
|
Incubators & hives |
Matthew Wettergreen of Caroline Collective, and |
||
|
Local assets |
Brian Rod and Cody Ledvina of The Joanna, plus more names to be announced |
||
|
11:20 |
Recap of learning |
||
|
11:30 |
Culinary arts panel |
Creating Cuisine |
|
|
12:15 |
Lunch |
Buffet by Grant Gordon of Tony’s and Michael Cordua’s restaurants, Monica Pope. … |
|
|
1:15 |
Move to strategy labs |
||
|
1:30 |
Strategy Labs |
Nanotechnology |
Mauro Ferrari, The Alliance for Nanomedicine |
|
Medical innovation |
Pumps & Pipes Conference founder Alan Lumsden, head of cardiovascular surgery at Methodist |
||
|
Creativity, technology and community |
J.R. Cohen of weSLGT.com, Alfred Cervantes of Houston Film Commission |
||
|
Digital, design & film |
Tim McLaughlin, Texas A&M Visualization Department |
||
|
3:10 |
Recap of learning |
||
|
3:20 |
Closing panel |
Marketing the Creative City |
Ward Pennebaker, agency founder and chief marketing officer for Houston Grand Opera, Steve Latham of Spur Interactive agency and Dwight Cook of Soundworks and OnlyInHouston |
|
4:05 |
The Symphony of Ideas |
Conducted by Durwin Sharp of The School for Innovators |
Unified Contacts List
In OS4 the new Contacts app unifies these contacts so that the names on the ‘All Contacts‘ page appear only once. These listings unify contact names from your iPhone address book, MobileMe account and your corporate exchange server so that you may access all information about your contact from a single page. To access any particular contact card, you simply have to scroll down to the bottom of the contacts page and tap on the Linked Cards section.
Since this is automated, the listing is prone to errors. If you think listings are were wrongly linked. Additionally, users may also insert new contacts to a unified card by tapping on Edit -> Link Contact and choosing a contact name to link. This is especially useful if you want to group a list of users under one head.
###
Your most embarrassing messages, online
Ok, now technology is here with a vengeance with Audioo.com
From a tech-geek whose last project was an online repository of downloadable sound effects, Audioo’s also a repository, but not sound effects, this time embarrassing voicemails uploaded by users who received these messages from their friends – or people that used to be their friends.
After upload, each message’s transcribed and posted as both a text and audio file, with examples from various area codes including:
(718): A UPS guy calls a customer to pick up leftover boxes, which he’s worried about ’cause he thinks they may be holding a ferret, a point he emphasizes by swearing, then saying "I don’t cuss unless I’m serious about something" — well, $#**.
(917): A clearly pale guy tries to convince a girl to come over by letting her know that "to answer your question, I put on sunscreen even if it is pitch dark outside, literally… I got some spf 80 here. I got some spf 90. I got some spf 1000. Seriously, I’m just tryin’ to get you to my house so we can make out. Just come on over. I got the spf whatever. And uh, we’ll go hang out in the sun. Or not. It doesn’t matter." Hmmmm… actually it kind of does.
This makes me sad for the people involved and I guess just sad in general. If you participate, I have the T-shirt for you. Is this a good use of technology?
###
Smart Phone Marketing
So, what does the announcement of the new iPhone 4 mean to you? Will you sell you old phone and make the switch next week? I’ve already seen tutorials on how to sell your old phone on ebay. I do love the improved camera (front and back), the HD video, better email, wireless keyboard support and more. But I’ll probably keep my iPhone 3gs till it’s time to renew my phone contract.
Why? This is not an earth shaking new product – it’s an improvement or next generation of a winning product. It’s release insures that the smart phone is the hot and growing client platform for many moons. If you are not marketing to the mobile customer and consumer you are missing the fastest growing segment of computing. The platform is affordable and powerful. In fact, in some countries the desktop has all but been replaced by a smart phone.
It happened to radio with the mp3 player. Most people I know use their cell phone – not a home phone. Next, I predict that the smart phone will take over more of the TV and desktop/laptop market. Excuse me, I have a skype call on my phone …
###
Build a Social Media Platform!
by Dwight Cook
Social Media is about person-to-person activity. Don’t be “the company” be a person. Be a good listener. Be passionate, it’s contagious. Stay on your toes … adjust and learn from connections. Stay real. If you become prideful people will know.
As in all marketing, identify who you want to follow. It’s not just about how many friends or followers you have but how many are valuable? So you must target your social media efforts. Develop categories subjects and keywords and include these subjects in your social media "talk".
Content is so important that we recommend part of your monthly budget be allocated for a virtual assistant to write on your social media platforms. We do this for most of our clients – they simply don’t have the time. Automated posts on these targeted subjects can be used but you must interact too or you will be thought of as a robot and people will begin to unfollow or unfriend you.
A blog is a great part of the social media puzzle. Blogging subjects should also be targeted and can position you as an expert. Every time a blog post is made it should be announce on the other social media platforms with a link back to the blog. These posts can be automated.
Interconnect your social media networks. We suggest that some of your Twitter posts are also put on facebook. Facebook is more about relationships than Twitter so when you get a large Twitter following you can drive traffic to your blog or website and facebook.
A contest is a great way to jumpstart your social media following. Incentives and freebies still work and can be a valuable ingredient if you don’t want to slowly build your social media network.
Finding Targeted Users
It is important to build a network of targeted Twitter followers.
Content is very important and should be about the key subjects your targeted followers and their interests. We use 5 methods of finding targeted users:
1. The FIRST method of finding targeted users is by searching for users with specific
keywords in their Twitter updates.
2. The SECOND method of finding targeted users is to search by profile data on users who have specific information listed in their Profile. Users generally type a few sentences about themselves in their profile, which makes this another great way to get highly targeted users.
3. The THIRD method of finding targeted users is to search by location. We can search for a user within a certain mile radius of a specific location.
4. The FOURTH method of finding targeted users is search by followers of another user. This can be very powerful if used correctly. Searching followers of another user can find followers of your competition or followers of a power user.
5. We can also find targeted users followed by another user. Often, users will follow users who have similar interests as they do, so it can be a good idea to follow their users as well. For example, a person might tend to follow other users who tend to have the same profession or hobbies as they do.
· Merchandise the connection to your Facebook page everywhere a customer might interact with your brand online
· Include a compelling call-to-action and even an incentive for your customers to join your Facebook community
· If you want more fans, you should be leveraging the fans you already have to get them
Social media is all about customer support, communication, content, and count. There are several ways to grow your audience.
Make it visible
As I pointed out last week, turning customers into fans can be as easy as making them aware of your presence at Facebook. Where possible, make sure to use the "one-click" fan button feature offered by Facebook. And, do not hesitate to cross-promote your Facebook page via other social media channels like Twitter, LinkedIn, or your online forums.
Give a reason
Include a compelling call-to-action and even an incentive for your customers to join your Facebook community. Offering an incentive is an important component in this process.
Interaction
Another way to activate your customer base to interact with you at Facebook is to invite them to join the conversation. Post topics and invite fans to comment
Fans recruit fans
Fans are important. Who wants to have a fanpage with no fans? Whether you have 300 or 300,000 fans at Facebook, two things are certain: 1) You want more fans and 2) you should be leveraging the fans you already have to get them. Facebook fan drives are becoming more popular than ever. Some of the best examples include contests and promotions.
Advertise
When doing a promotion, building fans or having a contest, advertising can help. Currently, targeted Facebook advertising is a bargain. It’s cost per thousand people is super low … and did I mention it is targeted? Consider budgeting for reoccurring targeted Facebook display advertising. It’s better than traditional media, especially as part of a social media package.
###
Speed up Outlook 2007
My Outlook has been very slow starting up as of late. It’s also slow when switching between my mail and calendar functions. This is crazy since I have a really fast computer. Today I found a way to really speed it up and I had to share.
|
Follow these steps: 1. Open Outlook as an Administrator by going to C:Programs/Microsoft Office/Office12 and right clicking on the Outlook exe program. Choose “Run as Administrator”. 2. Then once Outlook opens, go to Tools, then Trust Center, then Addins. 3. Click “Go…” at the bottom and uncheck Outlookaddins. 4. To maximize speed, uncheck everything EXCEPT Windows Indexing, which may be the only useful addin anyway. 5. If you lose some function that was useful, just follow the steps above and check the addins that correspond to the missing function. Then exit Outlook and restart it to test the addin’s fuction. |
When I did this this morning, the speed of my Outlook 2007 improved significantly. I had about 17 addins that I unchecked. We are supposed to to have a new Outlook and Office soon from Microsoft and I hope they have addressed this performance issue.
Embracing the Social Media Groundswell
It’s every companies dream to ride a big wave. How do you do that with social media? I like to think about conversing at a friends dinner party with people you know and have just met. You would not hard sell someone at the party your good and services –would you? It’s socially unacceptable. So as you build your social network today, here are some tips to help you surf the coming swell with awareness.
- Social Media Groundswell is about person-to-person activity.
- Don’t be “the company” be a person.
- Be a good listener.
- Be patient, transform your company, one person at a time.
- Be passionate, it’s contagious.
- Stay on your toes … adjust and learn from connections.
- Stay real. If you become prideful people will know.
MediaSlap blog 
Apple iPad Makes It To Time’s ‘50 Best Inventions of 2010′ List
The iPad is revolutionary in terms of being the first color Tablet with multitouch and full fledged web browsing , but this is an elite list, which makes the honor even bigger.
From Time: "How does Apple keep out-inventing the rest of the tech industry? Often, it’s by reinventing a product category that its competitors have given up on. In theory, the iPad is merely a follow-up to such resoundingly unpopular slate-style computers as Microsoft’s Tablet PC. But Apple is the first company that designed finger-friendly hardware and software from scratch rather than stuffing a PC into a keyboardless case. When it calls the results “magical” and “revolutionary,” it’s distorting reality only slightly. One analyst says the iPad is the fastest-selling non phone gizmo in consumer-electronics history."
The second invention to make it to the “Technology” section of the list also has an Apple connection. It’s an iPad app called Flipboard that is featured as the second entry in the list of the top inventions of 2010. Flipboard presents various social media network updates in a magazine style layout. This means you can look at those Facebook pictures and comments in a completely different way! Congratulations Apple!
from Time
###
November 15, 2010 at 2:19 pm mediaslap Leave a comment