Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Mobify Given the huge uptake in mobile web use , you know by now that if your site isn’t optimized for mobile devices, you are likely missing out on opportunities left and right to connect with your audiences. You do need a basic design and CSS background to configure your site. The benefits are quite obvious, I think.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

As you continue to hone your craft (as I try to do), here are some of the exercises I put my writing (and those of my guest bloggers) through on a daily basis, to see if it looks as attractively as it (I think) reads. Platforms with mobile interfaces like Posterous can be quick easy ways to mobile blog. Read All About It!

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

I always recommend doing a detailed transcript for any video posts you do on your site, that way you get additional SEO value from the text, people who prefer to read instead of watch video can do so, and people who can’t access the video (such as those on mobile) can still get the content through the text.

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Questions WordPress Postrank Blogger 167

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Walking the transparency talk I WAS going to write about something to do with online integrity, but, like many well-meaning bloggers, I got side-tracked by my Twitter feed. When I was writing todays post on Facebook turning your "likes" into ads, I was reminded of the whole Flickr/Virgin Mobile deal from a few years ago.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Perhaps when I suggested that all AT&T mobile plans would now include free antidepressants & rage therapy kits. We were written about by bloggers and news sites. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. I’m not sure what pushed them over the edge. Entire US to be forested in 3 months. Read All About It!

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Wireless Class Feed Feedly 185

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In my Internet & Mobile Strategy Lab class at Johns Hopkins University , my final group project for the semester was to create a “viral video&# about the JHU M.A. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. That expensive shopping impulse soon turned into a forgotten, dust-covered box that sat in my room unused.

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Video Class iPad Film 218

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

Doesn’t it call to mind the Flickr-Virgin Mobile brouhaha from a few years ago? And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. You read that right. You cannot opt out of your activity being turned into advertisements. Granted, the case eventually went nowhere , but I couldn’t help but be reminded of it.

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