How about talk with your neighbors over the back fence about the great podcast you found?
Last week, at the local computer center, the guy at the register asked for an email [yeah, I know...mailinglist hell... but keep reading], so I gave him the one I have at Podcast User Magazine. He had to type it in again to confirm, and it opened up a discussion. I found out what sort of music he liked, and I pointed his hip-hop-loving eyes to Julien's show, and I gave him the short 'you don't need an iPod' explanation of on-site players, and I gave him my PUM card.
All in 30 seconds. (there was no line at the register, which was a help)
So let's get out there and talk, with mouths and breath and not just typing fingers. It won't kill us. -LEMills
Mike Allan
· 2 years ago
Chris your timing is impeccable - I've just started taking baby steps to creating an online community for Greyhound owners and all of this info is perfect! Thank you very much!
Rupert
· 2 years ago
I've been building up to this for a long time. Not sure quite what's taken me so long - time management, I think ;) Last night we had our first videoblogging meetup in London with the Social Media Club. Seems insane that it's the first, given how long vlogger meetups have been happening in the States. We got a good mix of people. I got ideas about how to take it much further, and go out across London and the UK. F2F is the new SL :)
eric : gardenfork
· 2 years ago
I'm good at talking, and am available to talk about video blogging and video podcasting ( see http://ericrochow.com/?p=140 ). Plus this makes me think to go out and just do it - talk, that is.
Pascal Venier
· 2 years ago
Hey, Chris! I must say that on this photo you are not without reminding me of Ali G!
annie boccio
· 2 years ago
I'm right there with you on this. I'm admin for our school PTO site. It's been functioning as an online bulletin board, but I've been talking to a few people about making it more interactive in the upcoming school year. I'm going to port it into WordPress and encourage the committee members to set up accounts to start. It's a small town and a lot of community activity centers around the schools, so I think this is a good place to start.
Doug Haslam
· 2 years ago
I should make a correction -- I did not start http://thegardencity.net community blog. A friend, Chuck Tanowitz, and an accomplice, Kristine Munroe, did. I was an early contributor and remain on the blog. Though I have been neglectful lately, the site has built up enough community involvement to live without my feeble utterances for extended periods of time.
I talked to Chuck T. this morning, coincidentally, about this very subject-- getting people who don't normally blog into the conversations. It's just another social network, like meeting people at the Y or the playground or town meeting, but with further potential reach. The Garden Blog I hold up as a successful example of this, but I can't take credit for starting it.
Doug Haslam
· 2 years ago
Oh, and beside the point- why do i need to link bait Jason Calacanis when I have Brogan to pimp for me? ;)
Mark Forman
· 2 years ago
One other new social media tool to tout- http://kyte.tv Great for doing slide shows, videos,etc. and embedding them on your blog with live chat feature too.
eric : gardenfork.tv
· 2 years ago
Chris has also caused me to create a new community blog with flickr posts for my town. http://ericrochow.com/?p=154
Clintus
· 2 years ago
I know this post is like 2-3 old but I 'm just now getting around to reading it. This is another example of your divine wisdom. I am going to take this with me and try my best to do at least 2 of these. Thank you sir.
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Last week, at the local computer center, the guy at the register asked for an email [yeah, I know...mailinglist hell... but keep reading], so I gave him the one I have at Podcast User Magazine. He had to type it in again to confirm, and it opened up a discussion. I found out what sort of music he liked, and I pointed his hip-hop-loving eyes to Julien's show, and I gave him the short 'you don't need an iPod' explanation of on-site players, and I gave him my PUM card.
All in 30 seconds. (there was no line at the register, which was a help)
So let's get out there and talk, with mouths and breath and not just typing fingers. It won't kill us.
-LEMills
Last night we had our first videoblogging meetup in London with the Social Media Club. Seems insane that it's the first, given how long vlogger meetups have been happening in the States. We got a good mix of people. I got ideas about how to take it much further, and go out across London and the UK.
F2F is the new SL :)
I talked to Chuck T. this morning, coincidentally, about this very subject-- getting people who don't normally blog into the conversations. It's just another social network, like meeting people at the Y or the playground or town meeting, but with further potential reach. The Garden Blog I hold up as a successful example of this, but I can't take credit for starting it.