| Feb |
| 16 |
Google announced Buzz last week. I thought I would give it time to breathe before I reviewed it. Below is a new media photographer video about Buzz.
Advantages:
It’s in your Gmail.
Highly indexable (good for SEO)
You can connect with new people not traditionally using social media.
The Google smart phone application is a plus.
Disadvantage:
Like FriendFeed, it’s information overload.
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| Jan |
| 30 |
No, this isn’t the start of another iPad joke.
The answer is both Google Wave and the ipad are misunderstood hyped products.
Wave, which is mostly a collaboration tool, is being used as a chat platform. Wave is not about chatting. Chatting is part of the process, but the real story is the real-time functionality that the technology brings to the table. This technology my be applied toward multiple uses in the future as the program comes out of beta and new applications are introduced.
Setting aside the brouhaha over the name choice, the iPad has been hailed and criticized as the new slim portable computer. It’s not. It’s a portable entertainment system. It’s the next step beyond Amazon’s Kindle book reader.
Another thing they both have in common is that they will not be the final solution to the problems they aim to solve. Both will benefit from further growth and seasoning. This is just the beginning. In the future, Wave and the iPad may be replaced by better versions made by creative companies.
Not everyone needs a collaboration tool and not everyone needs an entertainment platform. I will concede that both Wave and the iPad need work, but it is foolish to criticize them for what they are not. It is more important to recognize the technology and what they will become.
Rosh
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| Nov |
| 8 |
Blogging is a great way to share your images. Unfortunately, many photographers do not like to write. Images alone are not enough. Google needs words to help define your page and the work displayed.
The goal is to attract people to your blog pages using key words. Names, locations and subject matter are very powerful ways to attract viewers.
Use the simple template outline below, which features bullet points to help you tell the story behind your pictures. All you have to do is fill in the blanks and the search engines will do the rest.
Use this as a starting point. Each photographer will have his own bullet points. All you need to do is cut and paste this template below each image or group of images you post to your blog.
Rosh
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