When I landed in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, October 13, 2007, the last thing
on my mind was writing a blog entry about high-tech public relations, until I
heard from a PR agent on the day of my arrival. In the past 10 days or so
we have been working with her on a breaking news story that is currently
under NDA. I was so impressed with her professionalism and her passion for
perfection that yesterday I posted a blog entry, recommending the agency she
works for, to technology companies that are searching for a highly qualified
public relations firm.
Within minutes of my blog entry, I received the strangest email notification,
alerting me to another blog written by Alan Zeichick, "co-founder and
editorial director of BZ Media, which publishes SD Times and Software Test &
Performance, and which also produces the Software Security Summit, Software
Test & Performance Conf... (more)
Late last year I was shown a great technical hint for building Custom
UITableViewCells with Interface Builder, by Julio Barros. Julio, not being
shy to step up to the plate has posted this.
I then suggested to Julio that it would be great to put together a technical
webcast on this.
Julio, not being shy to step up to the plate has posted this on E-String
Technologies Inc Check it out.
I'm also happy to see that Julio is one of the latest Ulitzer Authors - at
http://juliobarros.ulitzer.com - where I hope that Julio can blog on iPhone
Development.
... (more)
This article originally appeared in NOW Magazine, which retains all rights.
A commitment to innovation in any organization can be stymied by the
day-to-day reality—and resulting ennui—of accomplishing the basic work
done that has to be done. Within IT organizations, for example, it’s
generally accepted wisdom that a very high percentage of resources and budget
are dedicated to maintenance and support, to ongoing operations, rather than
to nurturing innovation.
The well-known 80/20 rule applies here—not only do 20 percent of customers
typically drive 80 percent of sales, but 80 percent of resources are deployed
to cover routine tasks. (The original usage of this shorthand, by the way,
was by an Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, who used it to describe unequal
distribution of wealth in Italian society in the late 1800s.)
A slightly altered ratio has become popular i... (more)
"In just over ten days, I had thousands of readers of my articles on Ulitzer,
mainly on marketing and sales. It would be nearly impossible to get that at
Ning for a new community site!"
What is Ulitzer?
Ulitzer is a brand new social media tool for creating, delivering, and
consuming content on the Web. Anyone can create topics, magazines, and
subject-based portals on Ulitzer, pre-populate them with over one million
articles available, and launch a new Ulitzer topic in minutes.
"In just over ten days, I had thousands of readers of my articles mainly on
marketing and sales. It would be nearly impossible to get that at Ning in
ten days for a new community site!"
John Ryan - http://johnryan.ulitzer.com
Ulitzer vs. Ning - a Quick Review
Ulitzer’s Amazing First 30 Days in Public Beta
Can Anyone Apply To Become a Ulitzer Author?
Yes, it's for anyone who wants to have a person... (more)
Dr. Ron Ross joined today Ulitzer as a citizen journalist columnist and
blogger. His first Ulitzer column "Citizen Journalists are Passionate about
Freedom of the Press" was publish under Ulitzer's Citizen Journalism topic.
Ron Ross' first job was as a newspaper delivery boy for the Omaha World
Herald in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He earned his first byline front-page story
as a writer for his high school newspaper. While in high school, he served as
a Citizen Journalist by reporting all of his high school sports scores to a
local radio station. After high school, he entered college and graduated from
Nebraska Christian College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965. He
pastored church in Kansas, and then took his wife and two children to Zambia
(in central Africa) for seven years of in-service to his denomination as a
missionary.
Upon return to the United States he pasto... (more)
Cloud Expo on Ulitzer
Ulitzer.com announced today "the World's 30 most influential Cloud bloggers,"
who collectively generated more than 24 million Ulitzer page views.
Ulitzer's annual "most influential Cloud bloggers" list was announced at
Cloud Expo 2009 West, which took place at the Santa Clara Convention Center,
California.
Cloud Expo 2009 West drew more delegates than all other Cloud-related events
put together worldwide.
"The world's 50 most influential Cloud bloggers 2010" list will be announced
at the Cloud Expo 2010 East, which will take place April 19-21, 2010, at the
Jacob Javitz Convention Center, in New York City, with more than 5,000
expected to attend.
Detailed information on how to become a Ulitzer blogger can be obtained
here.
Ulitzer New Media Power Panel at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA,
during Cloud Expo 2009 West.
"Ulitzer New Media ... (more)
Will Ulitzer and SocialYell Dominate News Content on The Web (Eventually)? is
the blog title of Gartner's Anthony Bradley.
In his blog entry, Bradley writes: "Hype around Ulitzer.com (the
social-journalism news magazine site) is climbing. At one point they were
offering authors 200% of their Google AdSense revenue... I am convinced that
the only way to change the world is through collectively determining how we
spend our money and our votes. Will Ulitzer be this vehicle?"
Ulitzer content is grouped in 25 distinct subjects from "Aerospace and
Defense" to "Travel and Hospitality." Each subject group offers an unlimited
number of topics, and each topic may contain thousands of peer-reviewed
feature stories, bylined articles, blog posts, news, reviews, commentary, and
unique editorial content authored by top experts in their fields.
Ulitzer is designed to replace Wikiped... (more)
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Today marks the 30th day of Ulitzer's public beta. We had an amazing month
and perhaps one of the most widely discussed launches of a "new
media" site. Gartner recently asked, "Will Ulitzer dominate news content on
the Web eventually?" The answer is yes, and I'll explain why.
First, I'd like to share some of the 30-day stats with you. We had more than
140,000 visitors who read 197,000 pages of articles, blogs and news stories.
The syndicated page views (outside the Ulitzer domain) exceeded 1,369,983
page views. The legendary technology reporter Maureen O'Gara was the most
read Ulitzer author with 231,600 rolling page views, and we syndicated more
than 3,000 Ulitzer stories.
My First Blackberry, Circa 1999
I remember receiving my first Blackberry 10 years ago at the JavaOne
conference in San Francisco. It was a small device similar to a ... (more)
Ulitzer.com, which will be launched in February 2009, with 6,000 authors and
more than 850,000 original articles, is looking for enterprise software
architect(s), programmer(s), and Web app developer(s). The site will offer
original content in more than 2,000 topics ranging from AJAX to Zebra.
Ulitzer claims that by 2010, three out of 10 books on any subject will be
published at Ulitzer.com, and Time Magazine, The New York Times, Scientific
American, and the rest of today's magazines and journals will be replaced by
Ulitzer in the next five years.
Ulitzer is looking for talent who will work on the conversion of its
proprietary CMS to a new, open source, LAMP-based system. Ulitzer Website
advertises that if you have one of the following qualification points in your
resume, to apply for one of the open job positions. All applications will
remain confidential.
Ulitzer... (more)
Ulitzer.com, which initially made the headlines with its "job descriptions
from the future," announced today that it will launch its Ulitzer "beta" site
with more than 16,000 authors and more than 1 million original articles,
published in more than 5,000 topic-specific online journals. Each journal
offers up to 14 content-specific sections, written by the world's
most-respected authors in their fields. All Ulitzer authors will earn 100% of
their Google AdSense revenue. See author index here.
All approved Ulizter authors can post a variety of story types:
01) Article
02) Blog
03) Book Excerpt
04) Book Review
05) Case Study
06) Feedback
07) Interview
08) News
09) Opinion
10) Podcast
11) Product Review
12) Tutorial
13) Video
14 Whitepaper
Within one year after its beta launch date, Ulitzer is projecting to serve
more than 100,000 authors with over 10 million original article... (more)
Having used both sites for about two weeks, there is still a great deal I am
learning to do with both Ulitzer and Ning, but a reader asked if I would do a
quick comparison, so I will.
The obvious point for me is that the sites have two different objectives for
the writers. For Ning, the writer is trying to be involved in a niche
social network from scratch. For example, I have built my own social
network for marketers and salespeople called BuyerSteps. I created
BuyerSteps as a way for other professionals to join in a conversation around
the 21st century buyer. So, Ning represents a way to build a community.
In the case of Ulitzer, as a writer I am focused on getting readers from
within an existing audience. There are already thousands of readers coming
to the Ulitzer site, so if they are interested in my topics such as
marketing, they will find my articles as ... (more)
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