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Trey Ratcliff Speaking as Part of the Authors@Google Series

Trey Ratcliff, best known for his HDR work on his Stuck in Customs blog (and book), gave a talk last week at Google. It’s about an hour long and is a great overview of his take on photography, a look at quite a few of his photos, art and science, and attention as currency. [...]

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I Almost Left a Blog Comment

I had an interesting experience last night where I almost left a blog comment (but didn’t). Here’s a short video I made to discuss what happened… I’d love to hear your reactions or thoughts if you’ve had a similar situation:

What do you think?

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Steps in Launching a Blog: Talking About Social Photo Talk

In September, I gave a talk at WordCamp Seattle titled “After Launching a Couple Dozen Blogs, I Figured Out how to Do It Right.” It’s a look at lessons learned over several years of blogging, and the talk follows the steps I used when launching Social Photo Talk. If you’re interested in starting [...]

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ProBlogger Darren Rowse with a Tip for Photographers

While at BlogWorld a few weeks ago I had a chance to chat with Darren Rowse, the gentleman behind Digital Photography School and ProBlogger. He was kind enough to share a quick tip on video for photographers looking to make the most of social media:
Thanks Darren!
On a related note, about a month ago Darren [...]

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Social Media Events for Non-Techies: Meet Andy

A while ago we heard from Laurie, a non-techie who I met while at WordCamp Seattle. I also recorded a brief video with Andy Davis of the Phinney Ridge Blog, a neighborhood microblog in Seattle. Andy was at WordCamp to learn more about publishing with the WordPress blog platform; here are his thoughts [...]

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Chris Pirillo on Community

We hear so much about “community” as it relates to the web and social media… but what is community? Recently Chris Pirillo gave a great talk at WordCamp Seattle on the topic of community. I was in the audience and several of his points really resonated with me so I wanted to pass [...]

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Social Media Events for Non-Techies: Meet Laurie

You’re probably a photographer. You may or may not consider yourself a techie. What’s the value in attending social media related events if social media isn’t your core competency? It’s a great opportunity to brush up on some supplementary marketing skills that will help you grow your business.
I recently attended WordCamp Seattle, [...]

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Explaining Twitter in Plain English

Another great (and short) video from the folks at Common Craft, this time explaining Twitter:

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Explaining RSS in Plain English

This isn’t a new video, but it’s the best explanation of RSS for newbies that I’ve seen. Produced by Common Craft, I offer RSS in Plain English:
There are a still a lot of people who don’t regularly use a feed reader (but should). Help educate them with this video.
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