Screencastle – BVB33
Saturday
Apr 4, 2009
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If you are using screencasts to share content, tutorials, or tours of your blog or web site you might enjoy the service provided by ScreenCastle.com. This site presents an easy to use interface with a single record button. The software requires Java. Click here for a free download if you don’t already have it.
Rich discovered this site from a post at MakeUseOf.com.
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Rich is excited to have won a free single-user license for the Wordpress theme WPUnlimited by David Peralty. Rich followed the instructions at JimKukral.com to win this theme.
If you would like explore more about the theme, visit the WPUnlimited Demo Page.
Blues
Nathaniel Street West
“Motorpsycho Nightmare” (mp3)
from “Light Out For The Territory”
(Puffin Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at eMusic
Buy at Rhapsody
Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody
Buy at Amazon MP3
More On This Album
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network. Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Get Tipped! – BVB32
Tuesday
Dec 30, 2008
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Blogs
If you are accessing your blogs with a mobile browser, there are a few options that you mind beneficial.
Wordpress Mobile – developed to make your blog mobile friendly, bring you more mobile traffic and make you money on the mobile web!
MobileAdmin – adapts the WordPress administration user interface to be more friendly to mobile devices, specifically phones.
Wphone – allows you to use a custom admin interface while interacting
with your WordPress install via your phone. It contains two versions of
the mobile admin interface:
- an iPhone / iPod Touch specific interface with full Javascript and animation support
- a lightweight, simple version designed for all other phone types (no Javascript or anything else required)
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Through a recent contribution to Charity:Water Rich discovered the service called TipJoy. He shares ideas on how this can be used for fundraising efforts (schools, churches, organizations, charity events) and the various options that TipJoy offers (including Twitter posting). Rich also shared how a musician might use TipJoy to raise money for album projects.
Blues
Paul Reddick “Morning Bell” (mp3)
from “Sugarbird”
(Northern Blues) Buy at Napster
Buy at Puretracks More On This Album
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
TokBox and a LiveJournal Special Offer – BVB31
Saturday
Dec 6, 2008
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You can use Tokbox to engage in video/audio conversations from your social media sites, your blog, or any website without install software. Rich shares a few ideas on how to use it.
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Though he maintains his own blog hosting and maintenance, Rich shares some information on the limited time offer from LiveJournal to have a “lifetime account” for only $175.
If people signed up before December 6, 2008, LiveJournal will let them donate $25 of their purchase to a charity of their choice. The lifetime account special only runs through December 10.
Also, Rich shared a special from the School of Podcasting. If you sign up before the end of the year you can save 25% off the membership fee. Use coupon code SANTA.
Blues
Bill Sims, Jr, Mark LaVoie “Going Down That Road Feeling Bad” (mp3)
from “American Blues Roots Duo”
(DELTA GROOVE PRODUCTIONS)
Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Daily Blog Tips, Elegant Themes – BVB30
Sunday
Nov 30, 2008
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Blogs
Rich shares a site called Daily Blog Tips. There are categories on the site ranging from blog basics, to SEO and from design to strategy.
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There are some great blog themes for Wordpress at Elegant Themes. He has tried several of these. With a current bug in Wordpress he is unable to use them for his podcast blogs. Unfortunately, the Blubrry Powerpress plug-in that he uses is broken when he activates these themes. They do work great for blogs without this plug-in. It appears the bug will be fixed by Wordpress 2.7.
Blues
Lil’ Dave Thompson “Deep in the Night” (mp3)
from “Deep in the Night”
(Electro-Fi Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
SMS Blogging – BVB28
Sunday
Oct 26, 2008
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Blogs
Rich shares a few simple SMS blogging resources that he has discovered:
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Rich feels that these services are not as robust as services that have already become popular, such as Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Utterli and others.
However, simple services like this may be very attractive to those that want to blog and manage messaging to small groups or communities, perhaps without going out “to the globe.”
Blues
Altered Five “Beast of Burden” (mp3)
from “Bluesified”
(Cold Wind Records, Inc.)
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The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Facebook Sharer, Tweet-This and YouTuber – BVB27
Saturday
Oct 18, 2008
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Blogs
Rich shares some great plugins for your Wordpress blogs:
Facebook Sharer by Sævar Öfjörð
Tweet This by Richard X. Thripp
YouTuber by Roy Tanck
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Rich shares his views and comments about people and companies that send email without the option to unsubscribe from their mailings. These are typically list items that promote a company, cause, music artist or similar. Also, these promoters don’t always do their homework to determine if they are reaching the right target.
Matthew Ebel has also been seeing similar issues. He recently blogged about his frustration. He called it “What Is It With the Stupid?”
Thanks to Daniel Johnson Jr. for pointing out this recent post by Matthew Ebel.
Blues
Elvin Bishop, Warren Haynes, Kim Wilson “The Blues Rolls On (feat. Warren Haynes & Kim Wilson)” (mp3)
from “The Blues Rolls On”
(DELTA GROOVE PRODUCTIONS)
Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Twitter Grader, Web Site Grader – BVB26
Saturday
Sep 20, 2008
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Blogs
Rich tried the Twitter Grader available from Hubspot.
He scored 96.7.
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Hubspot also offers a web site grader. Rich tried the service and reviewed the results. He explained some of the areas of his site that might need work based on the results.
Find the grader at www.websitegrader.com.
Blues
Boo Boo Davis “I’m Comin Home” (mp3)
from “Name Of The Game”
(Black and Tan Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Audio Blogging From Your Phone – BVB25
Sunday
Aug 31, 2008
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Blogs
While Rich was traveling he wanted to update his blog. He thought that the opportunity to blog using audio from his mobile phone would be useful. He shares three services:
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Not too much on the views category, other than Rich still says he likes Utterz.com best of the services mentioned.
Blues
Papa Don McMinn “Key In The Lock” (mp3)
from “Home Blues”
(LocoBop)
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Rich has recorded this episode of Blogs, Views and Blues with
StudioRack developed by Mike Versteeg. You may know Mike as the
creator of CastBlaster.
Live Video Streaming Review, Mobile Apps – BVB24
Monday
Aug 18, 2008
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Blogs
Some people like to blog through video. Many of these create
content and upload it. Others like to do things “on the fly.” Here
are a few of the services that Rich reviewed or talked about in this
episode:
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Last week Rich experienced a lack of connectivity while on
vacation. He attempted to do much of his social networking via his
Blackjack II mobile phone. Here are a few services he enjoyed — and a
few that didn’t work so well.
PockeTwit – big thumbs up
Gmail.com – wonky this past week, was it the service or was it the phone?
Brightkite.com – good job for the most part
HelloTxt.com – Rough issues with the mobile app.
Utterz.com – One of Rich’s favorite services, but mobile app has some shortcomings.
Blues
Samuel James “Sunrise Blues” (mp3)
from “Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy”
(Northern Blues)
Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Rich has recorded this episode of Blogs, Views and Blues with
StudioRack developed by Mike Versteeg. You may know Mike as the
creator of CastBlaster.
Hype Machine, Textmarks – BVB22
Sunday
Jul 13, 2008
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Blogs
Rich found a site called The Hype Machine. The Hype Machine tracks a variety of MP3 blogs. If a post contains MP3 links, it adds those links to its database and displays them on the front page.
Some of the frequently accessed tracks are cached by the Hype Machine server, much like Google Search caches web pages, to reduce load on the bloggers’ servers and protect their bandwidth.
Those tracks are NOT available for download, but you can preview them via the play buttons that are next to each track. If you like the tracks, you can use the Amazon.com and iTunes links to buy them. This supports the actual artists!
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Rich is using a service that he absolutely loves! It’s called TextMarks. He originally heard of this service from Dave Jackson at the Musicians Cooler. With this service you can set up keywords and refer people to them for updates and news, or simply give them information about yourself or your service. They text the keyword to 41411 on their mobile and get a text message in return. You can set it up so that people can subscribe to the keyword. Anytime you update the information it sends it directly to their phones!
Here is one of the widgets that Rich has set up:
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Music today comes from Alligator Records. The artist(s) are:
Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray!
The track The Moon is Full can be found on their album Showdown!
Purchase via Amazon.com:
Physical CD
mp3 Files
The theme music for Blogs, Views, and Blues was created by Chainsaw Dupont. The tune is called “Funky Foot”. Find his music at ChainsawDupont.com and at the Podsafe Music Network.
Original guitar interludes are by Rich Palmer.
Blogs, Views, and Blues is also sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Visit today and use coupon codes blu16 or pod16 to receive up to 10% off your web hosting and/or domain name needs.
Rich has recorded this episode of Blogs, Views and Blues with StudioRack developed by Mike Versteeg. You may know Mike as the creator of CastBlaster.
