Technically Speaking

Congratulations are in order for Matt Marshall and VentureBeat for being recognized for content worthy enough to be syndicated in the New York Times. Along with GigaOm and RWW as well, congrats! This proves that old media is a dying breed, hanging on to what readership is left. Taking over the perceived mainstream media will not be an easy task.

Along with blogs being syndicated to mainstream media, we have places that offer video content by the buckets now. Why do we need a mainstream news show that only comes on at 5pm or 10pm at night anymore? We don’t. News, entertainment, and good writing is all available sans mainstream media. It’s about the people dictating to the media, and no longer the reverse. This is what democracy is about.

The change today only signals a small battle being won. More like a concession by the mainstream that bloggers are doing it better. Blogs like VentureBeat now employ writers that are even better than what the mainstream offers. While many may disagree with me on that last statement, I can speak from personal experience - Matt Marshall knows the news and reporting.

Technically Speaking, my very short run at VB last year was only the tip of the iceberg for both of us, and I like seeing how that moment in time led us both in directions that worked out for the best.

BlogCatalog and SezWho will integrate SezWho’s conversation platform for tracking and ranking comments across BlogCatalog’s social network. The partnership leverages the value of meaningful dialog encouraged by SezWho and the member-driven network of bloggers on BlogCatalog.

SezWho provides eBay-like ratings and reputations, revealing valuable information about the history and expertise of individual readers through embeddable widgets and one-click panels. BlogCatalog is the fastest-growing social network for bloggers on the Internet. Members will be introduced to the feature soon after the news breaks and will include all instructions. BlogCatalog members can extend the reach of their BlogCatalog profile across other sites within the network along with their reputations across the blogosphere.

BlogCatalog is the fastest-growing social network for bloggers on the Internet. Since early 2007, it has evolved from a blog listing service into a vibrant member-driven online community with tools, features, widgets, and forums that help bloggers connect. More than 100,000 approved bloggers interact on BlogCatalog everyday. SezWho, launched in June 2007, is a collaborative review and reputation service that informs and improves conversation across distributed social spaces.

Technically Speaking, blogging is beyond a social network, it could be a super duper social monster if the right people put it together. Many have tried, and many have also failed. BlogCatalog and SezWho seem to realize that collaborating and working together to utilize the other companies technology is better than being the small fish swimming in the big ocean of the blogosphere. hoodia

Lunch Across America (LAA), is starting to take on more of a meaning these days. As pointed out in this NY Times article today, it seems that people have finally figured out what I already knew. It’s nice seeing the mainstream getting on the same wavelength as the hardest working person in the web 2.0 business.

Now I do need to set the record straight about this article where I was referred as such. I appreciate the props by the one and only @marshallk, who is the most sought after blogger and overall online media guru. I did do some minor regional touring and was an active musician in many bands over the years.

As far as LAA goes, if people took this long to get on the same page, that is quite a statement. I’m glad to see people are now strategically timing the releases of their videos and other items to coincide with LAA. The thing is you have the time zones to accommodate which is a challenge in itself.

For awhile, I did try as the Director of Social Media Content for Lending Club to hit that LAA time. It’s quite a challenge when you throw in the multiple time zones. The above article is a validation of the facts I already knew.

In some offices, workers coordinate their midday Web-watching schedules, the better to shout out punch lines to one another across rows of desks. Some people gravitate to sites where they can reliably find Webcasts of a certain length — say, a three-minute political wrap-up — to minimize both their mouse clicks and the sandwich crumbs that wind up in the keyboard.

“Go take a walk around your office” at lunchtime, said Alan Wurtzel, head of research for NBC. “Out of 20 people, I’m going to guarantee that 5 are going to be on some sort of site that is not work-related.”

Along with LAA, you have the evening reading rush, which is a bit harder to time. Those that are not benefits of lack office policies can only surf at home. That time line is usually 7pm-10pm - again dependent on the time zone you live in. For that it’s almost best to release something right about dinner time (Dinner Across America - DAA). DAA is a much harder target to reach.

Now for the bloggers, you have that last one to reach - Anytime Across America (AAA). AAA means you are the cream of the crop and that my friends is how you end up the hardest working person in the biz. You end up getting very little sleep because the AAA time is never early, or it’s actually very early or very late.

Technically Speaking, that was quite a ramble. LAA - reaching the video masses, DAA - another time line to reach, and AAA - for the bloggers who want to take it to the next level. Learn them. Use them, and happy blogging to all. baby furniture - baby cribs

I’m in good company according to this site. It rates your blog’s readability. I’m proud to say that I write on a Jr. High Level. So does TechCrunch and CenterNetworks. Two blogs that I frequent a lot for the latest news. Even ValleyWag is on the same level, but Om takes it to the High School level.

I’ve always believed it’s much easier to talk (or write) in simple sentences, with tiny words if you can. There are however sites that I read daily such as VentureBeat that is on a postgrad College level. There is also RWW that checks in at the College (undergrad) level. Than there is Steve Rubel’s blog where he checks in on the Genius Level!

Technically Speaking, that was a fun site, and if you are blogger you hope to reach as much of an audience as possible - TechCrunch and CenterNetworks - the West coast Big Dog and the East coast Big Dog - write on the same level as I do, but of course my reach is nil compared to either one of those blogs. Only two weeks until Thanksgiving - Shopping season is here, and if you want to be prepared, you should read this.

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Lending Club, one of the companies I work for as Director of Social Media Content is looking for some more bloggers. We currently have a great bunch of financial savvy guys writing for us, but we are searching for some more people that love to talk about p2p lending, finance in general, personal finance, and other topics that fit. Check the blog out to read some of our current bloggers work. If you are interested, you can either contact me directly or drop a line to us. Yes - this is a paid blogging position!

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