Becky Ogann
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Igloo
--Something worth thinking about. I spent a couple of minutes talking to Stephen Rouse from Igloo Inc. at Web 2.0. Igloo is a company that offers co...
How would you measure the creative culture of the company?
--At the Web 2.0 Expo, I attended a workshop by Scott Berkun who wrote the books “The Myths of Innovation” and “Making Things Happe...
The psychology of a website
--This part of Web 2.0 caught my attention. I wish I would have studied more psychology in college, but that was my loss. Gavin Bell gave a rather te...
“Fake Steve Jobs” @ Web 2.0
--Dan Lyons, aka Fake Steve Jobs, is a senior editor at Forbes. He was at the conference to discuss his popular blog, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs,...
Two different Web 2.0 cultures: Bloggers vs. media
--I was searching for a way to describe some of the atmosphere at the Web 2.0 Expo last week I found another post that really summed it up in a way I...
Another local media company at Web 2.0
--So Becky.com decided to take a leap today and put out early this morning that she wanted a discussion on traditional media in the Web 2.0 world. Th...
A look at day 3 at the Web 2.0 Expo
--Here’s another video from day three here in San Francisco which includes these ad-hoc sessions called Birds of a Feather.
Dilemmas to solve
--Throughout this week, I’ve heard a few themes repeated. 1 - How can I sync my contact lists on Facebook, MySpace, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Friendst...
Blogging your brand
--Trisha Okubo, founder and editor of “Omiru: Style For All” gave of one of the most unique presentations I have attended. Limited to ab...
Disney targeting kids as well as Moms and Dads
--Sat through a Disney presentation today - man are they awesome. They are doing some cool stuff. For the teens they are building in functionality ...
A world of opportunity
--A common theme I heard throughout the day was that we need to understand who our customers are and what they want. Many ways this can be done, b...
How about a handshake?
--Blogtropolusblog… an idea of what’s floating just above the surface here at Web 2.0. They’re running a twitter quiz right now an...
Two ideas
--I just wanted to share two quick ideas that has come out of the Web 2.0 Expo that I think we could implement or be a part of at Gazette Communicati...
More Slide Shows
--Here’s the Web 2.0 Event page on SlideShare.net. Most of them are showing up here: http://www.slideshare.net/event/web-20-expo-san-francisco...
What’s your social responsibility strategy?
--At yesterday’s opening remarks Tim O’Reilly talked about big problems the world still needs solved that cool technologists are in a gre...
Twitter…
--Becky here. As some of you know, I’m still torn on Twitter. I’m of the camp, “who has that kind of time, and why is this better t...
SlideShare.net
--Looks like there are some of Web 2.0 Expo presentation slides available on SlideShare.net Here are three of the talks I (Becky) sat in on: Creating...
Tim O’Reilly at Web 2.0
--Tim O’Reilly at Web 2.0 expo in San Francisco 2008 “Goals”
Teaching a college class on YouTube?
--I didn’t go to the Web 2.0 conference, but found this article today which does relate to the Web 2.0 phenomenon and thought I’d share i...
Micromedia, Microblogging and the enterprise
--The term micromedia, a panel here at Web 2.0 said, is only about a year old. It’s about those bit size bits of information floating around th...
Video from day two at Web 2.0
--Here is a look back from day 2 of the Web 2.0 Expo. The day was the first full day of sessions and keynotes speeches by Tim O’Reilly, Clay S...
Fail fast and often
--I sat in on a session all about failure. The main point of the talk put on by Alan Lewis of eBay, Randy Reiland from the Discovery Channel, Scott G...
Wednesday sessions
--ENTERPRISE MASHUPS: Hype & Reality – John Musser, Programmable Web John talked about the what, why, who, where, and how companies are planning...
Video, photos from the first day at Web 2.0 Expo
--Well we had a good first day, met some cool people and ended the night with a little music. Here is a somewhat long video of the day and a couple o...
Good First Day
--In the morning I sat in a session that discussed web start up. The main focus of this session was geared towards new startup companies. There wer...
We’re not in Iowa any more
--This station is a block or so from our hotel. This is one of the reasons I prefer Iowa!
Workshop: “Building an App for Social Platforms”
--I’m sitting in my first workshop, Building an App for Social Platforms. There are probably just under 100 people here, in a room made to hold...
Think upgrade: The ever changing web
--Niall Kennedy says Web 2.0 is just like it appears on the page. It’s just text and numerals that make up a name that people remember and can ...
We are in San Francisco
--The group (Becky.com, Ted, Todd and Jason) arrived in San Francisco early Monday evening with no real travel problems. We’re excited to begin...
Better rest up that Blackberry thumb Jason….
--“Faceroller is the latest Web app from the folks at PopMinds who have done such Web marvels as the Web 2.0 stripe, tartan, and reflection gen...
We’ve got a plan for the Web 2.0 Expo
--Gazette Communication’s Web Best Practices Group is set to send Becky Ogann, Jason Kristufek, Ted Borelli and Todd Bransky to the Web 2.0 Exp...
Coming soon: The superfast internet?
--Will we soon be able to download a full length feature film on our computer in a matter of seconds? Well the TimesOnline is writing about it. THE i...
Can Web 2.0 be dangerous?
--Some say yes, including Jakob Nielsen, and I thought it would be good to share here. I agree with some of what he says and I’d be interested ...
Mobile Web Best Practices
--I came across this document today that gets down and dirty with everything related to the mobile web. I was not only impressed with the information...
We’re headed to the Web 2.0 Expo
--Our company is proven, once again, that it is committed to the Web 2.0 or web best practices philosophy and has committed to send four members of o...
Equipment for podcast
--I forgot to add the equipment list from the podcast…part of the “fun” in learning how to this was to experiment with low cost sol...
The podcast is now ready.
--Hey - it is ready…we’ve posted it to Odeo, so go check it out there. Please listen, critique and send your suggestions to us. Also - i...
Podcasting…it’s only audio - how hard can it be?
--Post from Tom: Some people at GFOC we asking about podcasts - and us (this magical Web Best Practices Group) being the self proclaimed web guruR...
Welcome to WediaBuzz.com
--WediaBuzz.com represents the documentation, thoughts and work of six individuals from a media company in the midwest. The group, originally called ...
