Off On A Tangent

How to Make Your Mac Email Signature Clickable

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:12:00 +0000

I saw that @AmberMac was looking for good examples of email signatures. I sent her mine as a bad example.

Email Signature Before:

She just wrote an article about how to make your email signature better, The 2-Minute Move That Will Elevate Your Personal Brand.

Here's how you can make your Mac email signature clickable and look like this:

Email Signature After:

Image: Email Signature Improved

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When I first tried to do this, I just put standard HTML code in the signature file of my email. That didn't work.

You have to use the Mac email options to set this up.

Here's how.

Go into MAIL > PREFERENCES.

Click SIGNATURES.

Make a new one or edit and existing one.

Then, in the body of the signature, type in the text that you want to have as a link.

SELECT the text, RIGHT CLICK on it and choose, LINK > ADD LINK...

Image: Add Link... menu

Then PASTE IN or TYPE IN a link.

Image: Adding a Link

CLICK OK.

Close out of the window and you are done.

[Video] Interview - Steve Garfield – Online Video Pioneer

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:35:00 +0000

Steve Garfield - Online Video Pioneer from Viafoura on Vimeo.

via [ VP Digital ]

Allison Lundy 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:58:00 +0000

Allison Lundy 2011, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Hopkinton fifth-grader remembered for kindness, athleticism, grace

Dunkin Donunts foursquare photo checkins

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +0000

Dunkin Donunts foursquare photo checkins, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I take it on as a challenge to try to take a different creative photo every time I check into a Dunkin Donuts via Instagram on Foursquare.

Check out
my Dunkin Donuts foursquare Instagram photo checkins

Boston MegaTweetUp at Microsoft NERD Center - Boston.com

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:07:00 +0000

Boston MegaTweetUp at Microsoft NERD Center - Boston.com, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Great #MegaTweetUp photos

QR Code Example for Boston Globe Articles

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Yes. I still subscribe to the Boston Globe newspaper and have it delivered to my house. I love it. It's something I've been doing for years, as has my family.

SHARING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
One thing that's difficult is sharing the print articles that I read, with my online friends on social media. What I usually end up doing is going to twitter to see if someone else has already tweeted out a link to the story. Then I follow the link to make sure it's not spam. Then I go back and usually RT that tweet.

Sometimes when I don't find the article, I search for it online, then tweet it out.

USING QR CODES
It would be a lot easier if I could just use a QR code to share the article from my phone.

Here's what I imagine it would look like.

QR Code Example for Boston Globe Articles, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

QR code for the URL of the Boston Globe Editorial,
Shut up, they explained by Jeff Jacoby:
http://b.globe.com/shut-they-explained

This would be a great way to encourage sharing of Boston Globe articles from the newspaper. Put a QR code on selected articles so that you could scan in the QR code and be taken directly to the article online to enable easy sharing to Social Media sites like twitter, Facebook and G+.

Image Mashup: What a QR Code would look like on the Boston Globe Editorial Page

Watch 4 out of 8 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Online at Amazon.com

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:41:00 +0000

Oscar Nominees: Watch The Films Online Right Now:

Thankfully, there's one fewer Best Picture nominee this year. Why thankfully? Well, if you're like me (and many of you are in this respect), you haven't been to the movies in a really long time. And now you have just over 30 days to catch up on these nine contenders. These days, though, that doesn't mean you need to make several trips to the local movie theatre. We can experience these cinematic delights (legally) right in the comfort of our homes thanks to online movie-streaming services. Here we've gathered seven such services to show you where you can watch the Best Picture nominees right now. As of today, your best bet is to head over to Amazon.

Image courtesy of PC MAG.

Ali Fedotowsky Tweets It: Emily Maynard to be the next Bachelorette

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Just saw this tweet from Ali to Emily:

@EmilyMaynard Congratulations girlie!!! You are going to be so great :) Can't wait to watch you on your journey to find love!
— Ali Fedotowsky (@AliFedotowsky) January 24, 2012

Confirmed by NY Daily News:

Emily Maynard confirmed as the next 'Bachelorette,' will be first single mom on the reality show

More:

Chris Harrison talks Emily Maynard as the Bachelorette:

Though we’ve known sweet, Southern single mom Emily Maynard would be the next Bachelorette for a week, host Chris Harrison, who officially announced it on Good Morning America this morning, assures us it was only a done deal today.

...and tweets the news:

It's official @EmilyMaynard is our #BacheloretteI couldn't be more excited!
— Chris Harrison (@chrisbharrison) January 24, 2012

Emily tweets that her being chosen as the next Bachelorette it's all part of God's plan:

Romans 8:28
— Emily Maynard (@EmilyMaynard) January 19, 2012

I guess God needs something else to do now that Tim Tebow isn't playing football.

Next season on the Bachelorette: "Everything happens for a reason."

Social Media and Video Mini-tweetup at #MegaTweetUp 1/24/12

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:30:00 +0000

Social Media and Video Mini-tweetup at #MegaTweetUp 6-7 PM with Steve Garfield, Mike Proulx and Erik Qualman

It's going to be an open Q & A session.

See you there!

My Video:

View the Vsnap

[Video] #MegaTweetup 12/16/2010 featuring @karminmusic bit.ly/f83LDy
— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) January 24, 2012

#TVNext Testing the Live Stream for 2/27/12

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:11:00 +0000

#TVNext 2/27/12, a set on Flickr.

Learn More: TV Next

Hill Holliday's second annual TVnext summit is a daylong event that brings together top industry luminaries who are defining television's future.

Social Media for Lead Generation: Experts Weigh In

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:55:00 +0000

Social Media for Lead Generation: Experts Weigh In, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

"Social Media Is People"

Read more: Social Media for Lead Generation: Experts Weigh In

Today was pretty awesome

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:44:00 +0000

Today was pretty awesome, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Buying a Car with the help of Google+ Video Hangouts

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:59:00 +0000

[Video] President Obama sings Al Green: Let's stay together in 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:20:00 +0000

President Obama - Let's Stay Together:

Direct link to President Obama, "I'm So in love with you." :08 Apollo Theatre, New York, January 19, 2012

Al Green - Let's Stay Together:

Direct link to Al Green, "I'm so in love with you" :48 Apollo Hall of Fame Concert , New York, 1993.

[Image] Awesome #americanidol video edit

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:28:00 +0000

[Image] Awesome #americanidol video edit, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Did you notice how the prior shot showed the judges walking, then it switched to seeing them in the camera lens, then bad to them walking. So cool. Watching in TiVo let's you pause and replay all the nice editing going on this season.

My Samuel Adams Beer for the Crowd Craft Project

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:20:00 +0000

My Samuel Adams Beer for the Crowd Craft Project, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I just created my ideal ale. You can let Samuel Adams know what would be in your perfect brew! shar.es/WP4uC

Creating a Book with iBooks Author

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000

iBooks Author is in the App Store

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:12:00 +0000

iBooks Author is in the App Store, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

If you'd already opened the App Store, try quitting and reopening.

App Store | Apple Apps

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:05:00 +0000

App Store | Apple Apps, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Waiting for iBooks Author to be loaded into the App Store.

My Brass Monkey Video Featured in TechCrunch

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Brass Monkey Grabs $750K To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Wii Controller For Browser Games:

Brass Monkey has a free app for iOS that allows you to run one of seven killer games through your browser. In other words, it really turns Chrome, Safari, and Firefox into video game consoles that work in tandem with the app on your iPhone to turn it into your controller. Really, any screen with a web browser becomes your display.

And for developers, Brass Monkey offers SDKs that enable them to create games for the browser that have features similar to Xbox, PS3, Wii, etc. using familiar tools for web games, like HTML5, Unity, and/or Flash.

Sweet!

Disclosure: I'm an investor.

[Video] Thriller - Phillip Phillips

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:34:00 +0000

[Video] Phillip Phillips - American Idol Season 11 Audition

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:28:00 +0000

I got a Mention in Chris Brogan's Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:13:00 +0000

Amazon.com: Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything (9780789749147): Chris Brogan: Books, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I'm mentioned in Chris Brogan's new book, G+ for Business. Page 120. On the John Herman Page. ;-)

Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything

Chill | Watch videos from the people you care about.

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:57:00 +0000

Steve Garfield's Home | Chill, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Watch videos from the people you care about.

chill.com

Curated by the people whose taste you trust — your friends and the personalities you respect — the best videos from around the Web are tailored to match your interest. Once you sign up, you’ll be following any of your Facebook friends who are already on Chill, as well as some of our team and popular personalities like Jimmy Kimmel, Snoop Dogg, and MysteryGuitarMan from YouTube.

Stop SOPA

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:58:00 +0000

Stop SOPA, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

www.google.com/search?q=sopa&hl=en&client=safari&...

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