5 Mindset Shifts Every Media Executive Needs to Make

May 16, 2008

Media executives thinking about distributing their content online (and they all should) need to make important mindset shifts in order to understand what the digital revolution is all about, how it affects their business and what benefits it can bring to their operation.

I’ve outlined five mindset shifts every media executive needs to make.

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How companies that learn will take your lunch money

March 10, 2008

In an age of constant innovation, it’s important to identify behaviors within your company that may hinder its chances of success. Do you belong to a learning organization? Is anyone keeping up with innovations? Are employees encouraged to do so? When an employee comes up with a new idea, does that idea make it through [...]

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A List of News Organizations using Twitter

February 25, 2008

Several traditional media organizations are using Twitter to distribute breaking news and alerts in a timely manner. Many media employees are also using Twitter to inform their followers of news as they happen, before they get back to the newsroom. I’ve tried to condense a list of traditional media organizations using Twitter, with links to [...]

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How to Send Keynote Presentations

February 18, 2008

Ever tried emailing a Keynote presentation? Uploading it? FTP? The progress counter just stays there, counting, but nothing ever gets uploaded. The problem lies within Apple‘s .key file format. Keynote files are actually folders (or Packages, as Apple likes to call them) containing all the different files used in the presentation. Right-click on any Keynote [...]

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Kluster to go live on Monday

February 16, 2008

Kluster, a website where entrepreneurs will be able to promote their ideas, receive input from users, vote on the best improvements and then share the profits is set to go live on Monday. A Google search for Kluster reveals nothing more than their website (and a bunch of links to a long forgotten music band), [...]

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Counter-Strike vs. Wii: Two Sides of the Same Social Coin

February 11, 2008

Counter-Strike and the Wii offer two very different social experiences that you should study when planning your social media strategy. Exosocial Networking Counter-Strike is an online cops-and-robbers game where you collaborate with and compete against players around the world to complete missions. Real time chat and voice communications keep the team on the same page, [...]

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Recreating the Places folder in Firefox 3 Beta 2

February 5, 2008

I recently upgraded my browser to Firefox 3.0B2 and, while importing my previous bookmarks, inadvertently deleted the Places folder. Firefox 3 offers new Smart Folders that automatically track stuff like your Most Visited Pages, Recently Starred Pages, Recently Used Tags, etc. These folders require a special syntax to create them, but I was unable to [...]

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The MiamiTwits Twitter Group

January 20, 2008

Following Technosailor‘s lead, and using his code, I’ve setup the MiamiTwits Twitter group for people in the Miami, FL area (and anyone else, really) who wish to subscribe. All you need is: a twitter account (of course) follow @MiamiTwits send a direct message to the group (e.g., d MiamiTwits Hello Miami!) and it will be [...]

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Flickr now offers Photo Stats

December 13, 2007

Flickr is now offering statistics about the photos you keep on their website: However, you have to tell them you want stats for your photos. So go to any of your images, click the “Photo stats” links (shown on the image above) and let Flickr know you want stats. They should begin to appear in a [...]

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An Interesting Look at US Sports

November 30, 2007

It’s interesting that searches for Football peak during the beginning of the season and are way down by the time the Super Bowl rolls around. The same happens for Baseball.

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