working on blogs: setting topics for rest of nov and will write rest of this week’s tonight

I tweeted back my interest in her method she replied:

@WillBrown: I find writing posts in advance helpful & timesaving. it’s a tip @problogger had on his blog a while back

Small world. I’ve been subscribed to Darren Rowse’s Problogger blog for some time now, but due to the extraordinary amount of feeds I’m subscribed to, I haven’t read it recently. I now follow him on Twitter.

Darren’s, and Trula’s, idea of planning out blog posts weeks in advance has never crossed my mind. I think it is because blogging, to me, has always been so now and immediate. You’re supposed to write about things going on in the here and now. Not something you thought about three weeks prior.

Thinking about it now, it does make sense. Not every topic has to be timely. A good topic can be topical even though you may have thought about it weeks prior.

Thanks, Trula!

Oh…follow me on Twitter.

I attended a Digital Media VIP gathering today put together by Peggy Miles of Intervox Communications.

This exclusive invitation-only event features presentations and discussions of how digital media is altering the way campaign contests are waged and covered from the November state/local elections to the 2008 presidential and congressional campaigns.

Gathering of political officials/staff, pundits, campaign officials/staffs, columnists, bloggers, media executives, digital media experts, marketing and campaign managers who are involved in utilizing the digital media world and understanding its effectiveness.

There was an astounding level of new media presence and genius there and I feel so much more educated and motivated by having attended.

Thank you so much Peggy for bringing so many great minds together. I’m looking forward to the next event.

This is a great research tool if you’re looking for specific resources for a specific project. For example, I’m always on the lookout for poets to showcase on my poetry podcast “Cloudy Day Art“. I do a simple query for “poetry” (click to try it) and lo and behold I get tweets like (real finds):

I just saw your reply on Nov2. Thank you ^^; I used to do some slam poetry competitions so sometimes maybe it comes out.

i need some poetry that conveys the general message of ‘go aftwr what you want.’

So I came to Starhucks to handle a few clerical things…but it turns out hat I came on poetry night. Poetry night is just a subtle way to stand on a soapbox. Annoying!!!

It can also be a great tool to use to find Tweeters to follow who share your same interests. Looking for fellow kayakers to follow? Search for “going kayaking“. “58 finds in the last 2 months”. Cool.

NaBloPoMo#4

I couldn’t help but think about how easy simple it is for niche markets and interests to come together and build a community. Being a poet and a poetry podcaster these last two years I discovered how tight our community is. Those of you who have no interest in poetry are oblivious to this…and that’s ok.

Social media is about discovering and getting involved with what interests you and your group of friends, artists, etc. Its about building your niche community online and offline and connecting with others who have yet to join, but are looking for that connection.

Thank you, Marcus, for reminding me of this. Check out this video of Marcus performing his poem “Jazz”, and…oh…buy his book!

marcus amaker – “jazz” (spoken word poem) from marcus on Vimeo.

And, as I mentioned during my NaPodPoMo post, I’m really excited about the potential for the Zune. Not since the iPod have I seen such community build around an MP3 player. The iRiver community built up a lot of steam a few years back, but that seems to have subsided some, but that may be because I’m not as involved anymore.

Or it can be the whole concept of “if you desire something, then the more that desire manifests itself in your life”. Like when you start researching a new car–suddenly they’re everywhere!

Well, here’s the new Zune ad. Welcome to the Social!

I blog. I podcast. I Digg. I Tweet. I burn feeds. I tag. I trackback.

All this socializing has drawn me out of the “real-world” into the virtual.

I read a blog, that I can’t remember the location of, earlier this week that offered that this removal from the real-world is not actually a withdrawal from society, but an evolution of the way we interact with the world. Gone are the images of nerds sitting in a cold, dark corner of the basement isolated from society.

This is part of the new society. The new media.

Everything in moderation is my continual mind-set in this thinking.

What do you think?

Technorati Tags: NaBloPodMo, Social Media

I’ll be attending PodcampEDU DC on Saturday, November 10th here in DC.

The PodCamp for educators and those interested in education and multimedia!

No, I’m not in education, but I’m all for helping anyone interested in podcasting and new media to learn more about it. I won’t be presenting, but the true magic at podcamps happens in the hallways and between presentations when the one-on-one conversations occur.

Another key factor is the networking that occurs at these events. I’ll be able to meet and hang out with other local podcasters and producers. I went to the original “unconference” PodcasterCon back in January of 2006 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It was a truly wonderful experience.

With a maximum participant count of 85 registrants, PodcampEDU will be notably smaller. Far less than the rumored 1,300 registrants and this weekend’s PodCamp Boston 2.

This event will also be a good primer for the first PodCamp DC in April of 2008.

Hope to see you there!

Yes, there have been others who do this, but what makes this different is that you can search for an artist/song and add it to a virtual playlist–which can be saved, shared, and even embedded into your blog or web page. In fact, I created one here below.

Check it out:

SeeqPod Music beta – Playable Search