Kin Lane's Blog (9)

Just got a request to install Wordpress blog for a client that will potentially receive a large amount of traffic.



So I opted to use the Mosso.com Cloud Hosting Platform by Rackspace. Took me less than 10 minutes to setup the site, install, and configure the Wordpress blog.



In my Mosso.com admin interface and added a new web site, chose to use PHP 5 as core technology and chose mysql as the database.



* Once setup and created a MySQL database.

* I FTP'ed the… Continue

I have bee spending the week finding many types of RSS feeds for different purposes. I am building large lists of them under different topics and tracking the source of these feeds.



I am noticing about 1 in 10 feeds are using Feedburner or any type of tracking for it.



Though I am happier at the amount of quality data available via RSS it concerns me that people who have employed RSS do not understand the the value of tracking their RSS consumption and usage.



I… Continue

I have been getting happier with the contact management tools available in Gmail...and some of the integration with other Google Applications.



I would like to see more social networking and social graph management tools, like their recent social graph api release.



Now Google has added another simple, yet powerful tool to their API arsenal. A common contact list has helped power applications like Gmail, Google Reader, and Google Calendar, and with the launch of the Google… Continue

Was just reading Facebook Marketing Opportunities over at Digital Podcast.



I am currently playing around with several strategies for marketing our companies products on Facebook.



His statement about 8 ways to market on Facebook really stood out, and I have seen reciprocated on several other core marketing blogs:



* Application Development

* Group Participation

* Paid Groups

* Targete Ads

* Newsfeed Advertising

* Beacon Advertising

*… Continue

I was just reading MySpace Developer Platform: Jim Benedetto, MySpace on Jeremiah Owyang's blog. He is at the Social Graph Conference in San Diego. I wish I was there.



Anyways he was posting a bunch of information about the MySpace development platform and it really shows an impressive approach on their part in reaching out to the developers community.



Their approach is much better than Facebook.



Yet we still give more priority to building Facebook apps and… Continue

Been spending more time lately thinking about Facebook Application Development for small businesses.



Was reading Andrew McAfee talking about The Impact of Information Technology (IT) on Businesses and their Leaders and talking about Facebook AS the Intranet.



Was also talking with another acquaintance about the usage of Facebook as a learning platform for K-12.



I really feel… Continue

Rekindling some of my thoughts on what is needed for University and College students to be "job ready" when they leave school.



I have never felt that traditional University or Colleges can keep up with technology, this is one of the reasons why I never achieved a formal university training.



As a career technology professional I find it very difficult to keep up with technology while being right in the middle of it, let alone if your within a university that is on a slower… Continue

I was listening to the podcast of Talk of the Nation today and they talked about Classroom 2.0

You can listen to hear: Social Networking on the Web Grows Up

Very cool you guys! Congratulations!

Still trying to formulate my thoughts and strategy on classroom 2.0 and using integrating of social media technologies into the classroom.



First of there is so much information to wade through when it comes to social media and web 2.0 in general. I have focused on the following areas:

• Wikis
• Social Networking Sites
• Blogs
• Social Bookmarking
• Forums
• Image & Photo Sharing
• Videos Development, Sharing &…

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