Scott Abel Live

[Advertising and Twitter] A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad http://bit.ly/6tDuAz

Nov 24th

[Mobile] Think you’re getting a cell phone for free? No way! Your ‘free phone’...

Nov 24th

[Web-to-Print] Create custom photo books, photo calendars, cards, and more...

Nov 24th

[Retail] Making Translations Work In Retail http://ping.fm/WetW8

Nov 23rd

[Twitter] How to Build a Better Twitter Bio http://bit.ly/7fSTHg

Nov 23rd

[Open Source] Google makes Chrome OS open source http://bit.ly/6DuRke

Nov 23rd

[Software Industry] 2010 CODiE Awards judging delayed until after Turkey Day - good news for me!

Nov 23rd

[Humor] “Some people are like Slinkies-not really good for anything, but you can’t help...

Nov 23rd

[Marketing] Brand Sweepstakes Get Twitterized Will adding social features extend their reach?...

Nov 23rd

[Publishing] Google reCAPTCHA is digitizing the library of The New York Times http://ping.fm/4hZWK

Nov 23rd

[XML] Traditional publishers advised to take look at XML for eBooks to discover new markets for...

Nov 23rd

[eBook Publishing] Is B2B is the Real Market for E-books? [Yes, it is!] Dev Ganesan explores XML in...

Nov 23rd

[iPhone] Over 1 million Flash developers can now develop iPhone Apps with Flash http://bit.ly/7EVJWl

Nov 23rd

[Comedy] “Curb Your Enthusiasm” finale includes recreation of “Seinfeld” -...

Nov 23rd

[Social Media] Facebook spells out updated privacy policy http://bit.ly/66sdjl

Nov 23rd

[TechComm] DITA Metrics: Savings Trend With Reusable Master Topics by Mark Lewis...

Nov 23rd

[TechComm] Test drive Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 online! http://bit.ly/3UntRM

Nov 23rd

[Wikis] “Wikis in the workplace” - Alan J Porter writes: http://ping.fm/4wvDp

Nov 21st

[TechComm] 3 U.S. reviewers needed to review DITA 101 book. Send postal mailing info &...

Nov 21st

[iPhone Apps] Service builds iPhone apps online in minutes; build for free and save; pay when it...

Nov 21st

[eBooks] Kindle for iPod Touch/iPhone http://ping.fm/zTBJO

Nov 21st

[Advertising] AirTran selling space on the back of every tray table of every seat of every plane in...

Nov 21st

[Webcasting] A service I found useful this week is BrightTalk; useful, designed well, not sure how...

Nov 21st

[TV On Demand] Vudu http://www.vudu.com/

Nov 21st

[TV On Demand] Netflix http://ping.fm/drF6t

Nov 21st

[TV On Demand] Hulu http://www.hulu.com/

Nov 21st

[TV On Demand] Boxee http://ping.fm/srUyd

Nov 21st

[TV On Demand] Amazon on demand http://bit.ly/7hxodT

Nov 21st

[HELP NEEDED] 5th Grade class geography class seeks postcards/letters from 50 states/other...

Nov 21st

[TechComm] The “Going Rogue” Index Sarah Palin didn’t put in her book (courtesy of...

Nov 21st

[TechComm] 18th Annual Conference for Software User Assistance, March 21-24, 2010 Seattle...

Nov 20th

[Publishing] Newspaper ad revenue drops 28% to $6.4B in 3Q http://bit.ly/5PlKHl

Nov 20th

[Information Visualization] Global Emissions Ranking http://ping.fm/RdlpZ

Nov 19th

[Sound] What is sonic branding? http://ping.fm/X549O

Nov 19th

[Sound and Marketing] Sonic branding: What do your customers hear? http://www.sonicid.com/

Nov 19th

[Telecommunications] When Credo mobile has access to the iPhone, they’ll actually get people...

Nov 18th

[Publishing] High volume ePub Conversion Software to be unveiled Dec 1 from Aptara...

Nov 18th

[Tranlsation] Google Translator Toolkit and more http://ping.fm/XrX5g

Nov 18th

[Jobs] Leading Content Agency Seeks Web Content Strategy Guru - Greensboro, NC (full-time) - let me...

Nov 18th

[Information Technology] Anyone viewed any interesting information technology-related videos lately...

Nov 18th

[TechComm] Top 50 Technical Writers on the Web (sadly, I didn’t make it - LOL)...

Nov 18th

[Social Media] To write well in social media is not about being the most polished writer, or a...

Nov 18th

[TechComm] User-generated Community Help model uses points to reward participants...

Nov 18th

[TechComm] As I predicted… Community Help - the next generation of user assistance...

Nov 18th

[Publishing] College-educated, technology optimists and higher earners are more likely to pay for...

Nov 18th

[Social Media and Life Sciences] The FDA hearing on use of social media: One woman’s view...

Nov 18th

[Publishing] 74% of US adults read print news at least once a week http://bit.ly/2hooi5

Nov 18th

[Presentations] Register for the SlideRocket web seminar, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs...

Nov 18th

[Twitter] Guy Kawasaki’s top Twitter tips for businesses (video) http://ping.fm/kclLP

Nov 18th

[Humanity] National Day of Listening http://ping.fm/89c8o (a great idea!!!)

Nov 18th

[Comics] http://ping.fm/6h4Dr 15 things Worth Knowing About Coffee (It all started with dancing...

Nov 18th

[Web Content] Google announces SPDY: Designed to make web twice as fast! http://ping.fm/xPdfB

Nov 18th

[Marketing] The Power of eMarketing Conference and Expo http://ping.fm/dJnHC

Nov 18th

[Content Quality] Tedopres wins Defense Innovation Competition 2009, http://ping.fm/5XSyN

Nov 18th

[Facebook] Facebook buys FriendFeed: Is this a big deal? http://ping.fm/YM6WV

Nov 18th

[TechComm] Unlocking the Special Powers of the English Language http://bit.ly/3OdKPv

Nov 18th

[Music] Mashup artist CB Shaw - home page with downloadable tracks http://ping.fm/aKehP

Nov 18th

[Twitter] Neil Patrick Harris joins Twitter, picks up 33,121 followers in seven hours...

Nov 18th

[TechComm] Test drive the Adobe Technical Communication Suite online! http://ping.fm/n4vza

Nov 17th

[Best tweet du jour] @JoshuaDriver says “Congratulations on getting your texting while driving...

Nov 17th

[Marketing] Create contests for social networks: crowdcampaign.com First 25 users receive FREE...

Nov 17th

[Personalized Marketing] Variable Data Direct Marketing w/ Personalized URLs: Caterpillar case study...

Nov 17th

[Jobs] Cha-Cha pays you to find answers to questions submitted by users: http://ping.fm/VEujG

Nov 17th

[Mashups] www.publicearth.com helps users find afternoon escapes, kid friendly places, romantic...

Nov 17th

[TechComm] DITA 101: Free Chapter on Content Reuse http://ping.fm/Y8n7I

Nov 17th

[eCommerce] http://ping.fm/o4Z1D is more than strategy game; it’s a socially-enabled...

Nov 16th

[TechComm] Had great conversation about user assistance w/ @rjacquez. Changing user expectations...

Nov 16th

[Findability] Finding relevant online databases got you down? Learn about ISEN - Internet Search...

Nov 16th

[Facebook] Oh the irony: More than half of 18-24-yr-olds say Facebook is “diluting the quality...

Nov 16th

[Web Design] YUCK! This site could use the help of a designer - just proves not all gays are good at...

Nov 15th

[Predictive Technology] Data-driven college admissions predictions http://ping.fm/Ferxv

Nov 15th

[Social Media] What are the best socially-enabled services on the new that you’ve discovered?...

Nov 15th

[Music] API allow MP3 downloads, streaming ad-free music from your computer, social sites and mobile...

Nov 15th

[Life Sciences] Dec 8-9 Washington DC - FDA Structured Product Labeling Forum http://ping.fm/HDvsD

Nov 15th

[Video] The Do’s And Don’ts Of Creating Original Video http://bit.ly/1IyM7u

Nov 15th

[Social Media] Inclusion of social media content in search findings will require businesses to...

Nov 15th

[Social Media] ‘Elf Yourself’ returns with Facebook and Twitter power...

Nov 15th

[Future and Technology] @aDigital_Future A great blog with some practical views about technology...

Nov 15th

[Locailzation] Best Practices and Worst Mistakes Businesses Make on their Global Websites...

Nov 14th

[PR] Poorly designed online newsrooms damage corporate reputations. Find out if yours is hurting or...

Nov 14th

[Localization] Yahoo Unveils Spanish-Language Mobile Site http://ping.fm/3xyuK

Nov 14th

[More Than Search] Popular Science Names Wolfram|Alpha the “Best of What’s New” in Computing for...

Nov 14th

[Twitter] How to get retweeted: As it turns out, asking gets you retweeted often...

Nov 14th

[Urban Planning] Ideas for Cities: Google Analytics for Learning http://ping.fm/oPp0r

Nov 14th

[Social Media] The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010 (Harvard Business)...

Nov 14th

[TechComm] Lots of great whitepapers here - DITA, Intelligent Content, content management…...

Nov 14th

[Thanksgiving Recipe] Southwest Buffalo Stuffed Pumpkin http://bit.ly/2GLeFO

Nov 14th

[Broadcasting] Kidstar teaches children about radio broadcasting http://kidstar.org/

Nov 14th

[Jobs] Head hunters, recruiters and paid job postings feeling pinch as employers target candidates...

Nov 14th

[TechComm] XMLMind DITA Converter download: http://ping.fm/Qubit

Nov 13th

[Life Sciences] FDA Grapples With Regulating Social Media Ads http://bit.ly/NK2Ah

Nov 13th

[HIV/AIDS] World AIDS Day is December 1, 2009 http://worldaidsday.com

Nov 13th

RT @Sue Heim @FakeAPStylebook “Wannabe” is a one word & can be pluralized, as in...

Nov 13th

[Marketing[ A social tool for customizing and managing Twitter-powered campaigns...

Nov 13th

[Search] 66.1% of searches in US are done using Google; Yahoo in second with 15.4%...

Nov 12th

[iPhone] The iPhone audio blogging app - AudioBoo - http://audioboo.fm/

Nov 12th

[Intelligent Content 2010] Quark, SDL XySoft, Vasont, DocZone, MarkLogic, and Xyleme first to...

Nov 12th

[XML] Registration open for Intelligent Content 2010, Feb 25-26, 09 Palm Springs CA...

Nov 12th

[Twitter / Advertising] Ashton Kutcher tweets involvement in Nikon Film Festival, a user-generated...

Nov 12th

[Advertising] YouTube to Test Ad-Skipping Option http://bit.ly/3rlyp8

Nov 12th

[TechComm] Thoreau said “Simplify, simplify, simplify”. Emerson responded...

Nov 12th

[TechComm] Out of work? Why not write & publish a “How To” article to show off your...

Nov 12th

[Usability] Happy Usability Day [Designing for a Sustainable World] http://ping.fm/w6Lmb

Nov 12th

[Jobs] Top-Notch Content Strategist Needed! Leading Content Agency seeks full-time content pro -...

Nov 11th

[Advertising] Google is making a $750 million bet on future of mobile display advertising w/...

Nov 11th

[Intelligent Content] Draw a zone on a map, when specified vessel enters, alert sent via email, SMS,...

Nov 11th

[Advertising] 8th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards http://www.iacaward.org

Nov 11th

[Jobs] Got streaming video experience and interaction design and want full-time gig in Littleton,...

Nov 11th

[Graphic User Interfaces] Got Mac envy? Turn your Windows GUI into a Mac-like environment...

Nov 11th

[Social Media Marketing] “Social media is not a budget question, nor a revenue question,...

Nov 11th

[Social Media] “My customers are going to be glad I’m honest with them” - great...

Nov 11th

[Stock Photos and Images] My favorite stock photo/image service is Fotolia http://us.fotolia.com/

Nov 11th

[Writing] “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” —Stephen King

Nov 11th

[Writing] “The idea is to write it so people hear it and it slides right through the brain and...

Nov 11th

[3D Images] Learning Center: Tutorials Manipulating a 3D PDF file http://bit.ly/2bzkjo

Nov 11th

[Learning] “New Frontiers in Learning and Innovation”, Jan 14-17, 2010, Houston, Texas...

Nov 11th

[Crafting Careers] @GingerLui —> Example of the new net entrepreneur: Wearing multiple hats...

Nov 11th

[Facebook] Wake Up Call: 289 open groups (without administrators) taken over http://bit.ly/1LZuGb

Nov 11th

[Social Media Manners] Today’s emphasis on Twitter and constant connectivity has created new...

Nov 11th

[iPhone] Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps...

Nov 11th

[Healthcare] Social networking and healthcare http://ping.fm/JpffW

Nov 11th

[Content Management] Holding a content-related event? Add it to the event calendar...

Nov 11th

[Audio/Social Media] Enterprise-class, voice-content platform; integrates into existing web...

Nov 11th

[Twitter] At this school, it’s okay to ‘tweet’ in class - we’re gonna see a...

Nov 9th

[Information Visualization] The funniest Venn diagrams; Make your own here: http://bit.ly/2qF04I

Nov 9th

[Controlled Language] Content QualityAssurance: Results of HyperSTE Simplified Technical English...

Nov 9th

[Telecommunication] AT&T filed a lawsuit this week against Verizon Wireless over ads w/ tagline...

Nov 7th

[Privacy] You don’t have any. Google has finally revealed all it knows about you—and...

Nov 6th

[Writing] New Contest for Wannabe Travel Writers Includes Assignment in Japan http://ping.fm/1L6Il

Nov 6th

[Marketing] Demographic and lifestyle targeting data is NOT “precision marketing”;...

Nov 6th

[iPhone] Love you iPhone a lot? Getting married soon? Order the iPhone wedding cake...

Nov 6th

[Typography & Cartography] Great typographic interpretation of world globe map...

Nov 6th

[Marketing] 48% of 3,000 people surveyed said they will search for a brand they see mentioned on...

Nov 6th

[Social Media] Employees who work remotely can use social networks to ward off loneliness (works for...

Nov 6th

[TechComm] Autodesk creates the documentation; users edit and augment it. Brilliant!...

Nov 6th

[Marketing] Social media marketing is not about clicks, it’s about brand building and trust...

Nov 6th

[Google Wave] Developers check out the Google Wave Federation Protocol; experiment in the Wave...

Nov 6th

[eBook Publishing] eReader.com hardware/software requirements alienates much of market; no iPhone?...

Nov 6th

[Typography] I was raised on Mac desktop publishing, so I love fonts. If you do, too see Periodic...

Nov 6th

[Twitter] Absolutely loving Co-Tweet! Highly recommended. http://cotweet.com

Nov 6th

[Marketing] Snack food makers use “augmented reality” to attract new audiences...

Nov 6th

[News & Publishing] My bet is on social media; Forbes slashes 50 jobs, eliminates bureaus in LA...

Nov 6th

[Television] ABC has new social features aimed @ viewers who stream their favorite shows...

Nov 6th

[Twitter] 19 Twitter Apps compared http://ping.fm/dNqsH

Nov 6th

[eBooks] If you thought eBooks were a big deal today, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet...

Nov 6th

[Software Development Humor] You might be surprised how lava lamps are involved in software...

Nov 6th

[Mashups] Help needed to create mashups of Prop 8 data for various CA cities; end product should be...

Nov 5th

[Ganjapreneurs] Using Marijuana Stores to Market Sushi http://bit.ly/Bqn4s

Nov 5th

[eBooks] Working on article for trade publication about eBook distribution and delivery. Very...

Nov 4th

[PR] @Apple PR guy Jason Roth just tried “here’s the online PR library, look for it...

Nov 4th

RT @MarketingVeep Brands Battle Online Badvocates (example of how GM invited basher David Meerman...

Nov 3rd