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Thursday, March 31
Competition is good
by
Tris Hussey
on March 31, 2005 09:38PM (PST)
Like I've said before many, many times, Vancouver is a hotspot for blogging if not in Canada but North America as well. So I welcome Arieanna and Ianiv to the fold of blog consultants! Visit: Blogginghelp Great layout. Gee, I wonder who gave them advice ;-). Powered By Qumana
Tuesday, March 29
CABLEReady starts to blog
by
Tris Hussey
on March 29, 2005 12:34PM (PST)
This seems pretty interesting. An industry group for independent TV producers (CABLEReady) has started a blog for industry news and such--CABLEready | Independent Producers Initiative. So, is this big media taking over the blogosphere or media honchos trying to jump on the bandwagon? No I don't think so. The first post--Welcome-- announces the "official" launch, but they've been adding content for the better part of a month it looks like. I've added this to my RSS feed list, if nothing else I'd like to read about some of the cool independent programs that you catch on TV. So, if this will help us get cool shows on the wasteland that is often TV, cool. Welcome to Blogosphere! Powered By Qumana
It's the blogosphere...
by
Tris Hussey
on March 29, 2005 12:33PM (PST)
Interesting article on MarketingProfs--Links- How the Search Engines Find You--totally behind the times, though. Links on websites, no. Start a blog, write in your niche, link to your main website (or just have a blogsite like through Bryght), and Bob's your uncle, the search engines find you. The old paradigm of building a website and trying to set sites to link to you is done. Blogs achieve this because search engines will find you before other people link to you. Of course as people link to you, and your articles, that association will become stronger. I'm also preaching to the choir, aren't I? Powered By Qumana
Yoo hoo? Yahoo 360?
by
Tris Hussey
on March 29, 2005 12:32PM (PST)
Yep I'm with Amy on this one--Contentious » Yahoo 360- Where Are You?. Frankly Yahoo 360 has fallen off my radar. Why? Because I haven't received an invite, I can't try it. On the other hand Skydasher works. You can get your account and start giving Blogware feedback now. Hmm, who might have a leg up on this? [Disclosure: This blog is sponsored by Blogware and Qumana Services is a Skydasher reseller]. If Yahoo really wanted 360 to take off, all of us who already blogged about it should have received invites. We shouldn't have to keep asking/wondering. Lots of bloggers took the time to say "wow, this looks cool, can't wait to try it..." and...nothing. Yahoo, you've lost your momentum. If it weren't for Amy asking me about it today, I wouldn't have remembered Yahoo360. Now, that's not a good sign. Powered By Qumana
Monday, March 21
Sifry's Alerts State of the Blogosphere March 2005
by
fred
on March 21, 2005 12:01AM (PST)
Below is a link to one of David Sifry's recent comments on the growth of the blogogsphere. This one is particularly interesting because it illustrates the growing shift from mainstream media to the many voices in blogs. Quote: The chart below shows the aggregate number of linking activity (which implies conversation) going on at the long end of the tail. In other words, the fact that the A-list exists does nothing to drown out the immensely larger set of conversations that are going on among smaller groups of people, like friends and niche topic bloggers. In fact, even though the amount of influence that a single blog may have is less than that of a single blog on the A-list, the aggregate influence of all of the long tail far outstrips even the mainstream media. Powered By Qumana
Sunday, March 20
Announcing Qumana Services
by
Tris Hussey
on March 20, 2005 10:50PM (PST)
We are excited to announce that Qumana Software is launching a new division, Qumana Services. Qumana Services will provide professional blogging and blog consulting to clients through North America, and the world. Why a services division for a software company? Well, several reasons. First off, I'm getting extremely busy in my own blog consulting and need the infrastructure of a larger group of people to tap into. Next, we--Qumana--have been asked by many people if Qumana can help them start a blog, or three, and this is also getting extremely busy. Finally, we feel that the best why to show off Qumana as a product is to promote blogging as a tool and platform for communications. What does this mean? For me personally it means that the lion's share of my new blog consulting done under the Larix or Blogcatalyst banner will now be under Qumana Services. For my existing clients, it means that while I might be busier, I will have more time for them because Qumana Services will start to build a network of professional bloggers and blog consultants to help out on new and existing projects. For Qumana, this is an exciting time. We're moving into a realm where we can really show off the power of blogs and promote business blogging in all its forms. It also gives us a better opportunity to help the burgeoning professional blogging career path by being able to hire people as bloggers and blog administrators. I will be the Managing Director of Qumana Services, with the support of the whole, growing, Qumana team. While our website isn't up yet for QServ, I know it will be soon (it's on the old to-do list for yours truly). If you're interested in finding out what this talented group--and expanding network--of blogging professionals can do for you. Drop me an e-mail, a Skype, or request a meeting via Convoq ASAP and let's chat. Powered By Qumana
Leave me a voicemail...on Skype
by
Tris Hussey
on March 20, 2005 10:01PM (PST)
You know it's not that I was missing a lot of calls on Skype, but it seemed that I was missing potentially cool ones. Like someone who I haven't chatted with a while calls, and where am I? Who knows, but not at my desk, clearly. So while I was chatting with a friend who had called earlier, but then had forgotten what he wanted to ask me, I bought a year of Skype Voicemail. So, feel free to leave me a message. If I don't answer in 30 seconds it goes to voicemail. That should give me enough time to run across the apartment if I'm nearby or fumble with my headset. Also if I'm on a call already it will go to voicemail (this makes sense to me) or if I click not to answer your call, same thing. This is truly amazing. Skype is really a key part of how Qumana operates. We call, conference call, and IM with it all the time. Simple, straightforward and works really well most of the time. And interestingly the more people we introduce to it, they also get really excited about it and get all their friends, family, and co-workers to use it. Boy, the telcos should be worried....  Powered By Qumana
Important breaking news...Yahoo has acquired Flickr!
by
Tris Hussey
on March 20, 2005 01:31PM (PST)
Thanks to Kris Krug for pinging me with this-- Yahoo Buys Vancouver's Flickr!--and the official word from Caterina herself on theFlickrBlog. I haven't come across details yet, like was my guess of $250 million close to the mark. Caterina answers a lot of the basic questions about the acquisition so I will restrain myself from just copying and pasting them here. The larger question, of course, is what does this mean for the rest of us involved in the Net 2.0/Web 2.0 (wearing my Qumana hat)? It means that in the five years since the bubble burst people have been very busy behind the scenes. Building, creating, innovating. We're seeing the fruits of these labors now. And this, my friends, is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. This is the beginning. Hold on it's gonna be wild ride! UPDATE: Follow the discussion on FlickrCentral [This article was also posted on View from the Isle] Powered By Qumana
Thursday, March 17
The Changing Dynamics of Online vs. Print - The balance has tipped
by
fred
on March 17, 2005 11:26PM (PST)
Newspaper Web sites have been so popular that at some newspapers, including The New York Times, the number of people who read the paper online now surpasses the number who buy the print edition. This migration of readers is beginning to transform the newspaper industry. Advertising revenue from online sites is booming and, while it accounts for only 2 percent or 3 percent of most newspapers' overall revenues, it is the fastest-growing source of revenue. And newspaper executives are watching anxiously as the number of online readers grows while the number of print readers declines. Read the full article here: The New York Times Business Media & Advertising Powered By Qumana
Wednesday, March 16
Skydasher, Yahoo360...new portals to connect blogs, news, and you
by
Tris Hussey
on March 16, 2005 07:41AM (PST)
Yesterday Ross announced that Skydasher was officially in public beta----it kicked off with an e-mail to current Tucows resellers (Qumana is a Blogware reseller) and later this post by Ross himself--Random Bytes...by Ross Rader -- Skydasher lands.... Qumana has already signed up for the beta program and put up its own portal--myQumana--which besides changing the weather to Vancouver instead of Toronto I haven't customized much. Look for this to become a hub for information related to Qumana, Lektora, and other folks we like to read (like Ross). In a related note this morning, Steve Rubel has tipped us off to a new--very similar--Yahoo service called Yahoo 360--Micro Persuasion- Yahoo 360 Fuses Social Networking and Blogs. This service (screenshots and more info on Steve's site), is supposed to connect blogs and social networking. Maybe something like, hey we're all reading similar stuff, what's your take. Steve says that this is going to be invite only, like GMail. So of course we're all going to be wrangling and asking friends to see who's got an invite to spare (hint, hint--will blog for invite). These two announcements mean two things to me. First, the "portal" isn't dead, it has just morphed into something that is far less corporate and more personal and more high tech too--listening to podcasts from within Skydasher...how cool is that! Second, I think we are beginning the move into the Blogosphere 2.0 (1.5?). The blogosphere has been around for a long time, just under the radar of most folks. Now, it's on everybody's mind (and eyeballs). But the paradigm of blogs is moving, shifting, into more of a way to receive dynamic, expert commentary on the topics you're interested in. It started with myYahoo allowing RSS feeds to be added to your page. Now with Skydasher and Yahoo 360 both having RSS feeds as integral parts of the information flow, not just an also ran, blogs are moving into this new realm. Blogosphere 2.0. We're moving towards not only blogs being mainstream, but blogs being just another kind of website. Who cares if it's published with Frontpage (yuck!), through a web-based interface, or Qumana :-)...it's published. Publishing. Publishing is what the Blogosphere 2.0 is all about. Powered By Qumana
Tuesday, March 15
The State of the Blogosphere - Dave Sifry
by
jonh
on March 15, 2005 09:40AM (PST)
An update from Technorati's Dave Sifry on the current state of the blogosphere ... with a lot of interesting comments.
Monday, March 14
New version of QumanaPro fixes XP security patch problem
by
Tris Hussey
on March 14, 2005 12:22PM (PST)
It hasn't been easy but our programmer extrordinaire Graham found a fix for the problem one of the recent XP security updates caused Qumana (and other applications as well). So now there will be an end to the dreaded ERROR posts! Please download this new installer and install overtop your old Qumana Pro--File- qumanasetup.exe. If you're a QumanaLE tester, please be patient a little longer. We've had a little code branching on that application lately and we need to bring things together to get something for you. Powered By Qumana
Sunday, March 6
Response to a user's questions...
by
Tris Hussey
on March 6, 2005 02:45PM (PST)
PubSub is awesome. I use it to track all sorts of things, but one of the most important are links to Qumana.com, my other blogs, and my name. Can't remember which one this post from along the journey popped up in, but I found it. In the post there was a plea/request that I swing by her site and leave a comment on the whole QumanaPro and QumanaLE thing. So I commented on her site and I'm reposting it here too:
Besides my sage words of wisdom ;-), what is important here? Bottom line...PubSub and Feedster (PubSub, especially) are absolutely critical to any business today. I frequently come upon people trying Qumana for the first time and post questions within the test posts on their blogs. When I find these, I always visit the site and often leave a comment. Even if it's "Thanks for giving Qumana a try and feel free to e-mail me with your questions." That's proactive customer service. I let people know that yes, someone is out there ready to listen to their questions/concerns/gripes/suggestions and answer them (as best I can). I absolutely could not do this without PubSub. If you're not using PubSub, start. Start now. There is even a nifty sidebar for IE and Firefox. So, what are still doing here reading this...go! Shoo! Powered By Qumana
Saturday, March 5
$500 Per Year
by
fred
on March 5, 2005 01:41PM (PST)
Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist in New York City who writes his own blog, takes the lead on telling us his experiences with Google Adsense over the last year. Fred, thanks for putting this information out there. I believes it helps this medium, not hurts as Google would like us to believe. Read the post here: $500 Per Year Powered By Qumana
Friday, March 4
Little event coming up in Vancouver
by
Tris Hussey
on March 4, 2005 07:56PM (PST)
On Wednesday March 9 the IIMA is holding an evening session with a panel discussion moderated by yours truly. Here are some of the details on the event:
On my blog I wrote a bit about it--Blogging for Dollars! Upcoming panel discussion in Vancouver--and Arieanna Foley beat me to the punch and wrote about it as well--Blogaholics- Blogging for Dollars, The Shifting Sands of Power. We'll be sharing the stage with the always fun and sharp Roland Tanglao. Should be an entertaining evening, I might even wear a tie! Powered By Qumana
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