My Name is Kate

links for 2006-06-20

• Advertising Age - Digital - A How-to Social Media Wiki for Marketers
  Article from AdAge on Jim Nail's new wiki / e-book: Influence 2.0. What drives me crazy - no link in AdAge!!! So here it is http://influence2.editme.com/ You can read/comment on chapter 1.
  (tags: influence2.0 socialmedia newmarketing JimNail cymfony)
• Cymfony's Influence 2.0: The Dawn of the Age of Influence 2.0
  Influence 2.0 Blog & Jim Nail's initial post on the e-book and wiki initiative.
  (tags: influence2.0 jimnail blog socialmedia)
• Yahoo's Social Circle
  Business Week feature on Tech Trends for 2006
  (tags: social web2.0 socialsoftware article)
• Cymfony: Knowledge Center
  Exceptional collection of articles, whitepapers, glossaries and other links on Blogs, CGM, PR Measurement and Web 2.0.
  (tags: web2.0 blogs cgm pr)

links for 2006-06-18

• Ad*Access
  I am in heaven. Images for over 7,000 ads printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Focus on: Beauty, TV, Radio, WWII & Transportation.
  (tags: advertising history design retro ads)
• Buzz Game: Home
  Yahoo's Tech Buzz Game is a fantasy prediction market for high-tech products, concepts, and trends. Via TechCrunch.
  (tags: yahoo game technology fun)

links for 2006-06-14

• Wired News: Flickr Cracks Down on Screenshots
  Interesting issue for flickr. Clearly, its userbase views it as more than a simple photo-sharing site. Can flickr see itself that way?
  (tags: flickr guidelines screenshot community)
• iTunes Signature Maker
  Interesting app. Scours your itunes and creates a musical signature or tag based on your listening habits.
  (tags: itunes music audio fun art technology)
• We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar
  Visualizing emotions in the blogosphere. Incredible visualization tool. Powerful. Moving.
  (tags: art visualization blog feelings design)
• Andrew Lark
  (tags: blog internet marketing PR)

Take the Canadian Podcasting Survey!

Are you Canadian?  Have you heard of podcasting?

If you answered yes (and even if you answered "no" to the second question), then you need to take the Canadian Podcast Listeners Survey!  Not only will you help us understand the landscape of podcast listeners in Canada, but, you will also have a chance to win a portable speaker system for your iPod (valued at $300).  So ... what are you waiting for?  Take the Canadian Podcast Listeners Survey!

The Canadian Podcast Listeners Survey is a joint venture from Sequentia Communications and Caprica Interactive Marketing.  You can read the details in their press release. But make sure you take the survey first!

Tags: canada, podcast, survey, WIN

links for 2006-06-12

• Haute Note :: Welcome
  Vancouver paper shop that has high end corporate and personal stationery. You can order online. Maybe they could start a stationery blog? Expanding on their already solid content (e.g. Thank You note etiquette).
  (tags: canada shopping stationery)

links for 2006-06-11

• ben's blog
  Aside from being a passionate and thoughtful writer in-general, Ben also has a series in the works on Church 2.0 - applying some of what we see in Web 2.0 and customer relations to the church. Super-interesting thinking.
  (tags: blog church2.0)
• Radar: Welcome
  Sharing cellphone pictures.
  (tags: photography mobile socialnetworking social_software moblogging photos)
• Mytago - My Tags To Go
  Offline 2D barcode tagging which takes you to online content about the tag.
  (tags: tagging mobile barcode)
• Yahoo! Celebrates Gay & Lesbian Pride
  Gay pride microsite from Yahoo! - you can even "fabu-lize" your Yahoo! Avatar. With a boa. OMG! Integrates a number of Yahoo!'s socialmedia tools including flickr, delicious tags, personals and other tools.
  (tags: GLBT yahoo socialsoftware)
• The Dramaturge At Home: Touring the Canadian Opera Company's new home
  I recently attended a blogger's preview of the COC's new home here in Toronto. This is the narrative and links into the photoset at Flickr. For those of you who don't always read my personal blog but live here in TO.
  (tags: toronto COC canadianoperacompany opera fourseasonscentre)
• The Lobby from SPG
  Sheraton's blog.
  (tags: blog CorporateBlog travel marketing)

links for 2006-06-10

• POP! PR Jots: I <3 BlogHer - by Jeremy Pepper
  I (heart) BlogHer too! Jeremy talks about how BlogHer has found a common thread thru the blogosphere (women bloggers). Also, he's going to BlogHer - very cool.
  (tags: BlogHer blog PR)

links for 2006-06-09

• Spacing Wire » We missed Dump the Pump Day
  US initiative to convince drivers to leave their cars and take transit for a day. Appeals to patriotism and national identity (no oil reliance; no Persian Gulf reliance). From spacing.ca
  (tags: gas+prices american marketing)
• The Seven Biggest Online Marketing Mistakes
  Exceptional article by Brian Eisenberg. Love the idea of "Persuasion Scenarios" .. the next evolution of personas. Also .. stop expecting people to behave like pre-Internet. Yes!! Go. Read it!
  (tags: article online+marketing)
• Tech Coach for Coaches
  Sandra De Freitas coaches Life Coaches on using technology. "...Which means that I train, consult and coach them to use technology in a better way, or actually take on contracts to take the work off their hands..." Cool idea!
  (tags: blog canada toronto bloghernorth tech+coach)
• Top43 Best Blogs : Home Page
  Because everyone needs their 15 minutes of fame ...
  (tags: blog list)

Wendy Muller, Head of Google Canada, speaking at Wired Woman

Just got the notice from Wired Woman Toronto that Wendy Muller, Head of Google Canada is the featured speaker at their June event.  Entitled "Google in the Garage", Muller will give an overview of Google's business success and the search engine industry in general.  From the website:

A highly respected leader in her field, Wendy Muller, will share her unique insights on the search engine industry and discuss strategies, lessons learned, technological innovations and what’s next in this increasingly competitive market.

The event is Wednesday, June 21 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM (although registration and networking actually starts at 6PM) and will take place at the Toronto Reference Library (near Yonge & Bloor) [Google Map].  You can register online; the price ranges from $35 to $45 for the event, depending on your membership status.

Tags: toronto, Wendy Muller, Wired Woman, Google Canada

links for 2006-06-08

• SchoolParentNet: Parents network
  Online communities organized around parents with k-12 kids
  (tags: family2.0 school education socialnetworking)
• Here come the 'Family 2.0' sites | CNET News.com
  Article on the rise of family-oriented social networking sites.
  (tags: Family2.0 social+networking)
• Family 2.0: Amiglia.com
  Site that allows extended familes to share photo albums & stories, seems to be mainly centered around vacations or events. Cool game to teach kids their family members!
  (tags: Family2.0 social+networking genealogy photo community)
• Presto - Share digital content with people without a computer or an Internet connection
  Digital delivery service (photos, mainly?) for families trying to stay in touch *without* a computer or internet connection.
  (tags: family2.0 photo offline social+networking)
• Piczo
  Photo sharing and site building tool geared towards tweens & teens.
  (tags: community photo tween teen)