tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116464762011-12-08T17:45:34.462-07:00Random thoughts about different media, depending on the catch of the day, thoughtfully massacred by author Kim M. BayneKim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.comBlogger108125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-90213588213029018762008-07-03T14:12:00.015-07:002008-07-07T10:33:39.404-07:002008-07-07T10:33:39.404-07:00

This week, someone with a "sociologist" tag logged into Second Life and teleported to my daughter's virtual coffee house to check out Open Mic Night for live musicians. It's interesting to note how someone would announce so publicly that he was there for research. I felt a little under the microscope, but after the first performer started to strum his guitar and sing over the streaming audio

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Sweeney Todd - A Cut AboveReview of: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)By: Kim M. BayneRating: 4 starsI saw "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" on a Saturday night with an audience full of teen Thespians who had performed the stage play in a high school production. The teens "ooo'd" and "ahh'd" when the young men sang. The teens giggled and guffawed when throats

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/12/sweeney-todd-cut-above.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-2733633407600511682007-10-10T05:37:00.000-07:002007-10-10T10:23:00.505-07:002007-10-10T10:23:00.505-07:00

All the buzz about Google buying Jaiku has users wondering if Yahoo will grab Twitter. The big players have tapped into social media, especially the kind that has a "Flavor of the Month" sensibility like 140-character IMs. Is anyone really surprised at how the microblogging world is playing out?To be honest, I admit, I've been tweeting for quite a while now, so the appeal of "status update" tools

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com1http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/10/twitter-left-twiddling-its-thumbs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-20982580597681883192007-10-09T07:28:00.000-07:002007-10-09T10:39:21.598-07:002007-10-09T10:39:21.598-07:00

Last week, I attended the Online Community Summit in Sonoma, California. I came away with a renewed sense of purpose in launching two forums. View an excerpt from the final session on BlogTV (above) and view some photos taken during the OCS 2007 conference in my Flickr photostream.

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As my daughter and I ponder which city to attend for the next round of American Idol auditions, something more daunting is being tackled in the U.K. for geographically-dispersed vocalists. Apparently, a lecturer at The University of Manchester is studying how to create an Internet choir. Gee, and I thought the network delay on BlogTV was annoying. The type of super-fast low delay broadband

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/07/just-shut-up-and-sing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-71460874724244965702007-07-28T19:25:00.000-07:002007-07-28T23:21:06.019-07:002007-07-28T23:21:06.019-07:00

I have been tagged by the author of Goldie's Gabs to post eight random things about me. Okay, fasten your seat belts.1. MUSTARD IS FOR HOT DOGS: When I was very little, my Uncle Walter showed me the best way to get the last drop of condiment out of a jar. He cut up a Kosher hot dog and tossed the pieces one by one into an almost-empty mustard jar, then he screwed the cap back on and shook the jar

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com1http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/07/8-random-things-about-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-46305413624001578202007-07-01T12:18:00.000-07:002007-07-01T12:21:23.487-07:002007-07-01T12:21:23.487-07:00

Normally, I hate pop-up ads. But this one from Orbitz was kind of fun!See how well you do...[ tags: Games, Golf ]

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com1http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/07/play-sink-putt-from-orbitz.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-55020052133440666292007-06-12T18:00:00.000-07:002007-07-03T11:15:37.794-07:002007-07-03T11:15:37.794-07:00

I have a real bad case of technolust. I've seen the future of color displays, whether for computers or television.Microsoft Surface Computing Devices: "The software giant has built a tabletop, multi-touch computer that talks to phones, cameras and credit cards," reports Popular Mechanics magazine.Toss those keyboards and mice. My living room needs a new coffee table, anyway. Oh, and it's coming

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com1http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/06/future-displays-will-be-biggernosmaller.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-43989136062332933252007-06-06T11:00:00.000-07:002007-06-18T10:04:43.565-07:002007-06-18T10:04:43.565-07:00

Check out my Webcast segments from the Online Community Unconference, held at the Computer History Museum today in Mountain View, California. I recorded them on BlogTV.The Online Community Unconference is a gathering of online community practitioners - managers, developers, business people, tool providers, investors - to discuss experience and strategies in the development and growth of online

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/06/online-community-unconference.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-22920859265531198312007-05-22T17:38:00.000-07:002007-06-13T10:54:31.033-07:002007-06-13T10:54:31.033-07:00

This morning, Justin Kan posted a call for poems via his Twitter account.Well, I wrote a poem about Justin, knowing full well it is lame and unoriginal. I emailed it to Justin for the ephemeral glory of hearing him read it on his show, but alas, I didn't make the cut.Obviously, I didn't submit it for the prize, "as if" I could actually win one. I just wanted to see if I could write a coherent

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com1http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/05/ode-to-justintv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-77492600834600552572007-05-17T06:30:00.000-07:002007-07-28T18:14:23.710-07:002007-07-28T18:14:23.710-07:00

Everywhere I surf, someone is playing with a webcam. If it isn't someone broadcasting the boring details of her work day, it's someone making a fool of himself mugging at the screen.Each new service that debuts is like a Flavor of the Moment, so of course, I sign up immediately. Excessive? So sue me!Check me out on Ustream.tv, BlogTV.com or Stickam -- I'm probably broadcasting somewhere!Warning:

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/05/minced-media-on-ustreamtv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-72033175065084658792007-04-05T14:40:00.000-07:002007-04-05T15:13:25.798-07:002007-04-05T15:13:25.798-07:00

A Twitter Fan Wiki user posted the instructions for how to claim a Twitter stream for one's Technorati Profile. Gee, I had forgotten about doing that. Isn't user-generated content wonderful? I love shared learnings.

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/04/claiming-your-twitter-on-technorati.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-10112838565221694952007-04-01T15:45:00.000-07:002007-04-03T11:14:33.343-07:002007-04-03T11:14:33.343-07:00

Blog search engine Technorati, goofs it up for visitors to its site today by rearranging the letters in its name. You get a new variation each time you go to a different page.Meanwhile, Woot offers a deal no one can refuse. If you're not familiar with Woot, they offer one deal of the day and that's it.

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/04/technorati-fools-around.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-57580282693171089332007-04-01T14:23:00.000-07:002007-04-01T16:21:44.026-07:002007-04-01T16:21:44.026-07:00

The folks at Google share an awesome sense of humor. Today -- April Fools' Day -- I came across a few examples of Google pranksters at work (play). Here they are...Google TiSP: Through a link from the Google home page today, I discovered that Google TiSP is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-goes-with-flow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-26813952913302509712007-03-24T14:58:00.000-07:002007-03-24T15:14:16.859-07:002007-03-24T15:14:16.859-07:00

I guarantee you'll get sick of this topic long before I do. Yep, I'm blogging about Twitter again. Don't worry. I'm sure I'll get it out of my system eventually.I caught myself on Twittervision recently. It's like walking by a row of TV sets at Sears. Sure, you're trying not to notice a camera is pointed at you, but you can't help yourself. Gee, is that broccoli in my teeth?The Twitter spam has

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/03/twitterisms-random-observations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-84492337241847009262007-03-15T07:00:00.000-07:002011-09-05T11:56:11.325-07:002011-09-05T11:56:11.325-07:00

Twitter allows employees to live a day in someone else's cubicle, so to speak, and share learnings less obtrusively. I am addicted to Twitter. Twitter is a "service that allows you to post short little posts under 140 characters," according to an Ask.com-retrieved definition from blog.zemote.com. This week, I've been using Twitter frequently, just to experience for myself if there exists any real

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com2http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/03/48-hours-in-twitterland.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-1166728416311410402007-03-04T07:00:00.000-07:002007-03-06T14:51:56.766-07:002007-03-06T14:51:56.766-07:00

I love fusion words. They illustrate how flexible we've become and how we continue to evolve. For example, first came the term entrepreneur, to designate a person who "organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture," according to the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. More recently, we've heard the term Mompreneur, which is a fusion of "Mom" and "entrepreneur

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2006/12/teens-know-best-getting-started-early.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-80150646490143349002007-03-03T14:45:00.000-07:002007-03-05T15:49:24.286-07:002007-03-05T15:49:24.286-07:00

I often tune into Comedy Central to watch "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." If it weren't for Jon, I wouldn't have been introduced to omnipotent satirist Stephen Colbert. Yes, I admit, I was watching "The Colbert Report" when Stephen made a mockery of Wikipedia's user-generated greatness by coining the term "Wikiality."Here's the scoop. Apparently, I wasn't the only one impressed by Stephen's

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/03/truthiness-is-now-flavor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-21411600630486425402007-02-24T16:08:00.000-07:002007-03-03T16:38:37.836-07:002007-03-03T16:38:37.836-07:00

The World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund) has expanded its environmental games arsenal with a scatological take on unsustainable fishing issues called "The Seagull Strikes Back." Fecal freaks of the world can now rejoice...virtually, anyway.

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/02/hit-space-bar-to-drop-your-poop.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-912150216654696972007-02-09T07:00:00.000-07:002007-02-09T18:34:07.610-07:002007-02-09T18:34:07.610-07:00

First, let me disclose that I work for Intuit. You can decide for yourself whether or not my comments are unbiased.This American Idolesque contest by TurboTax is the single, most hilarious thing I've seen come out of marketing since I started working here. It's so bad, it's got virality written all over it. How I wish I'd thought of it! The middle-aged mama rapping in her kitchen made me laugh so

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/02/turbotax-gets-bad-rap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-83318790798041446322007-01-22T17:50:00.000-07:002007-01-30T14:07:56.697-07:002007-01-30T14:07:56.697-07:00

A recent study of the impact of Wal-Mart stores in communities has negative implications. The study concluded that the presence of Wal-Mart depresses social capital stocks in local communities* Communities with Wal-Mart stores had fewer non-profit groups and social capital-generating associations (such as churches, political organizations, and business groups) per capita than those that did not.*

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/01/wal-mart-destroys-society-no-fooling.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-1169241127750922622007-01-19T14:03:00.000-07:002007-01-30T14:09:54.596-07:002007-01-30T14:09:54.596-07:00

Last month, while browsing Yedda, I came across a question about venture capitalists and start-ups.What is the right time to incorporate a vc in the start up?I couldn't resist providing the Yedda user with some meaty links to help him out. Here's what I wrote...There is no "right time." It depends on your business and well, you! Everyone has different timing. Make sure you have a rock solid

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com0http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/01/working-with-vcs-for-your-start-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-1167248042575268082007-01-08T18:00:00.000-07:002007-01-30T14:09:40.696-07:002007-01-30T14:09:40.696-07:00

Welcome to the January 8, 2007 edition of the Starting a Business Blog Carnival.Under the Business Planning category:Emmanuel Oluwatosin presents How to start your business in 2007 posted at Inspiring Excellence, Realising Ambitions. "Many successful entrepreneurs had no business qualifications or experience prior to starting up in business," says Emmanuel.Ramit Sethi, co-founder & VP of

Kim M. Baynenoreply@blogger.com1http://mincedmedia.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-carnival-for-starting-business.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646476.post-1167875122482172222007-01-03T18:35:00.000-07:002007-01-30T14:10:36.697-07:002007-01-30T14:10:36.697-07:00

About a week ago, while browsing Yedda, I came across a question about naming a Web site.I am developing a site for students, somebody has a suggestion of a name for the site???Of course, a couple of users immediately started throwing out cute ideas. That's where I decided to step in. Here's my answer, as seen at Yedda.Before you start coming up with cool names for your site, think about what you

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Sylvester Stallone -- Actor, Writer, Producer, Director -- is 58 years old. In spite of gerontological concerns, Sly has chosen to again portray the eponymous characters in Rocky Balboa (2006) and Rambo IV: Pearl of the Denture (2008). Dirty Little Secret: They had to make the boxing ring wheelchair accessible. As for Rambo, betcha didn't know his rations included Ensure.63-year-old Actor/

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