http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/ samharrelson's Gooruze Blog Copyright 2008 Gooruze en-uk samharrelson I found a great little web jukebox tonight called Songza. If you've got a tune stuck in your head and need a fix, it's perfect. ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110827/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110827/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:11:52 -0800 samharrelson Wow, I wish I had this video while I was teaching 8th grade Physical Science (and trying to demonstrate quantum physics with just a chalkboard and lots of enthusiasm)."What does an observer have to do with any of this?" Awesome explanation. Glenn Beck needs to watch this, btw ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110828/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110828/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:11:52 -0800 samharrelson Stumbled across a great site called miniajax.com and thought I'd share. Create some fun stuff and enjoy. ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110809/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110809/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:11:35 -0800 samharrelson If you enjoy good books and haven't read Rainbows End, here's your chance.To the Net-based cognitive tools that are changing our lives --Wikipedia, Google, and the others of their kind, now and in the future.My pal Jon didn't like the book, but he's in the Oprah Book Club... so go ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110743/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110743/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:11:49 -0800 samharrelson Thanks to Phil at BadAstronomy for the reality check...In the new Hubble image of the galaxy M74 we can also see a smattering of bright pink regions decorating the spiral arms. These are huge, relatively short-lived, clouds of hydrogen gas which glow due to the strong radiation from hot, young ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110727/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110727/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:11:47 -0800 samharrelson Some thoughts on the growing convergence between the social web and the performance based marketing world: ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110636/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110636/ Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:11:49 -0800 samharrelson Nathania Johnson tagged me to give my response on the best way to measure social media marketing.Here's my response (via Seesmic): ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110514/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110514/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:12:03 -0800 samharrelson The always informative and wise Jeremiah Owyang has a top 10 list of posts regarding social media strategies. This is a must-bookmark post:I’m answering a lot of questions and see myself referring to the same blog posts and concepts over and over. There’s a few posts that I recommend ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110455/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110455/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:12:08 -0800 samharrelson Even though I love my data and am vigilant in keeping backups and offline storage of emails, pics, docs, etc I do use and enjoy the wide range of Google products. This morning, the Wall Street Journal had a piece on new details of the supposedly eventual release of ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110454/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110454/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:12:08 -0800 samharrelson A few backs the continual innovative team at Zoho announed the integration of Google Gears into the Zoho Writer web app. Zoho Writer is analogous to Google Docs and similar online word processing applications. The first cut had offline viewing facility alone. However, this release pushes the online ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110298/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110298/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:12:06 -0800 samharrelson Robert Scoble recorded a 13 minute video laying out his main beefs with Amazon's new ebook Kindle reader. Most of his points pertained to the Kindle's poor design (which I agree with). However, one of his points include:4. No ability to send electronic goods to anyone else. I ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110260/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110260/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:11:37 -0800 samharrelson Looks like YouTube is down...Yes, YouTube appears to be down currently. Looks like it's down at least 30 minutes now (as of 12:45pm Eastern) based on Corsin's note. I've received nine emails and a batch of Twitter messages asking if it's down so here is my confirmation that it's down ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110250/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110250/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:11:32 -0800 samharrelson Good stuff from Tara Hunt:q: What do you call someone who joins communities, adds friends and generally uses social networking tools to promote their own interests solely?a: a community freeloaderRead her explanation here. ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110199/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110199/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:11:39 -0800 samharrelson I'm not a "video person" but I am liking Seesmic a great deal these days... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110191/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110191/ Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:11:26 -0800 samharrelson Mary Hudson says hello to Seesmic: ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110183/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110183/ Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:11:25 -0800 samharrelson If Mark Cuban were to hypothetically run for president in 2008, he might want to consider Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens for his running mate based on these types of sentiments...In an open letter to Internet service providers published earlier this week, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban calls for telecoms to ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110149/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/110149/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:11:31 -0800 samharrelson Great study on the alarming declines in reading by young adults and college educated adults from the National Endowment for the Arts:The story the data tell is simple, consistent, and alarming. Although there has been measurable progress in recent years in reading ability at the elementary school level, all progress ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109995/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109995/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:11:48 -0800 samharrelson Dave Winer writes today regarding TinyURL's recent downtime and what it means for the web:Now that URL length has become an issue for users, it might be even better for designers to view URLs as part of site design. Look at the address for the page for the Wii at ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109817/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109817/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:11:58 -0800 samharrelson We should be listening to what the kids are saying and watching what they are doing as we endeavor to create a better web. Otherwise, we'll continue to fill the role of typical adults and muck the web up:Rather than a teacher creating class blogs, and registering all the students ... ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109785/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109785/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:11:56 -0800 samharrelson Given eBooks or the real thing, I'll gladly take my 1.0 paper books...“If you would know how a man treats his wife and his children, see how he treats his books.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson ]]> http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109698/ http://www.gooruze.com/members/samharrelson/blog/109698/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:12:02 -0800