Blogging resources

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The Social Network Makeover: Resources

"Listening"
http://reader.google.com: The best RSS reader in my opinion.
(There are others)

Reading blogs:
Get out there and find them!
http://technorati.com: Great blog search engine. Find the blogs that
are talking about what you're interested in.
http://google.com: You can also use the Google Blog Search

Blog Examples:
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/: Excellent blog on worldwide art
http://techcrunch.com: Good one for new tech stuff - won't always be
interesting but they do cover all the new, major social networking
sites.
http://wishfulthinking.co.uk: A great example of a creative industries blog. Useful content, regularly updated.

Writing blogs:
Clear Blogging By Bob Walsh:
http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Blogging-People-Changing-World/dp/1590596919/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3198394-4972417?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183409076&sr=8-1

Blogging Platforms:
http://wordpress.org (if you want your own domain name)
http://wordpress.com (easier and simpler but you can't use your own
domain name unless you do a simple redirect)
http://blogger.com (Very simple blogging platform)

Online Video:
http://youtube.com : Great for all-round use.
http://www.brightcove.com: More professional setup, more versatile but
harder to use. Enables you to sell online
http://www.jumpcut.com: Great for beginners - you can edit the video online

Podcasting:
http://odeo.com/ : Good place to start
http://www.channel4.com/4talent/feature.jsp?id=127: Intro to
podcasting - also check the videos for more!

Social Networking:
http://myspace.com
http://facebook.com: I have a feeling Facebook is going to be very
important over the next few years. At the moment it's a personal
networking tool but I think they could be very successful in bringing
it into business.
http://del.icio.us/: Use this whatever you do. It's brilliant.
http://squidoo.com: Definitely worth checking out - could be a big
player in the future.
http://flickr.com: For photography but you can also use it for other
sorts of visual imagery.
http://shapeshifters.net: Interesting online community for creative people

Miscellaneous Tools and Links:
http://analytics.google.com : Find out who's visiting your site.
http://feedburner.com: For the more technical of you - soup up your RSS feed
http://antoniogould.com : Check out the "Articles" category - most of
them should be relevant. If you have a comment, please leave it and
let me know!
http://www.channel4.com/4talent/feature.jsp?id=181: New Media 4Casts -
a series of podcasts I've produced over the last year on new media for
creative people
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html : The original Long
Tail article

Other misc. pages used in presentation:
Global Microbrand: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/001976.html
Long Tail Diagram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Long_tail.svg
English Cut Tailors (example of a Global Microbrand): http://www.englishcut.com/
Si hunt: http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=452336500&firstVideo=0
The Black Apple Blog: http://www.theblackapple.typepad.com/
Dismantled on Boing Boing: http://dismantleddesigns.com/index.php/?page_id=17
Rebecca's Flickr Profile:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebba/sets/72157594157565155/