If you're looking for help with Social Media in Dunedin you need to come along to the Tuesday night workshops held by Leigh Blackall! All the information from this blog I have learnt at these workshops & the provide a fantastic way to trial things out & ask questions... we get there in the end!
There's so much going on at the workshops & the two hours provide a great base from where to start investigating topics of interest, then when you head back the next week we recap on what we've found out or what we need more help with! Invaluable. Especially given this article from Usable Brand on Dunedin's (lack of) interaction with Social Media.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
More Hype over Hyperlinks
So, I've obviously been getting lazy using the hyperlink button despite the fact that one of my first blogs was on how to create hyperlinks!
First here's the most important hyperlink; and I actually created it without using the little icon; how did I create it then you ask...?
First some information - this browser that I'm writing my post in is called a WYSIWYG browser which as buttons for helping change fonts & add hyperlinks (globe & paperclip icon). Often when posting comments on other blogs they don't have this WYSIWYG functionality- therefore you'll have to create hyperlinks by hand!!
When you do head to this page take some time to get familiar with the navigation on the left side, here you will find how to create html code for 'links' & 'formatting' two functions that are my main concern for now.
Firstly 'links' will give you a little window of code you should copy for 'An HTML Link'- put this into the area that you're working in (for me this is most likely a comments section of someone's blog) then you'll see that between the " and the " there's three letters - url - this is where you put the URL address to the page you want to link to.
You'll also notice that somewhere there between > and < are the words - link text - this is what you want the hyperlink to be called... Done.
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First here's the most important hyperlink; and I actually created it without using the little icon; how did I create it then you ask...?
First some information - this browser that I'm writing my post in is called a WYSIWYG browser which as buttons for helping change fonts & add hyperlinks (globe & paperclip icon). Often when posting comments on other blogs they don't have this WYSIWYG functionality- therefore you'll have to create hyperlinks by hand!!
When you do head to this page take some time to get familiar with the navigation on the left side, here you will find how to create html code for 'links' & 'formatting' two functions that are my main concern for now.
Firstly 'links' will give you a little window of code you should copy for 'An HTML Link'- put this into the area that you're working in (for me this is most likely a comments section of someone's blog) then you'll see that between the " and the " there's three letters - url - this is where you put the URL address to the page you want to link to.
You'll also notice that somewhere there between > and < are the words - link text - this is what you want the hyperlink to be called... Done.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Creating a Website
As part of my journey of familiarizing myself with social media involves building a website; well watching a designer build a website for me whilst trying to follow the process, learn something along the way and ultimately impress my boss/keep my job/lose my job due to getting a better one! Anyway - it's complicated.
For now though; I have set up a blog on Wordpress (for various reasons including that it can work easily with our Microsoft servers at the University). My blog is called SiteCreation and it will follow my involvement with Paul from five15design & friends from Pocksmith as we develop a new way for for The Otago MBA to engage with our stakeholders & social media.
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For now though; I have set up a blog on Wordpress (for various reasons including that it can work easily with our Microsoft servers at the University). My blog is called SiteCreation and it will follow my involvement with Paul from five15design & friends from Pocksmith as we develop a new way for for The Otago MBA to engage with our stakeholders & social media.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Channeling Youtube
I'm making my own channel - it'll be on Youtube, as opposed to TV (conventional mediums, on their way out?).
Anyway; my channel is live at chrislabes - check it out!!
To create a channel yourself; log into youtube & get started
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Anyway; my channel is live at chrislabes - check it out!!
To create a channel yourself; log into youtube & get started
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Getting out there
So, last week Leigh implied that this blog was like a loser at a dance, bopping away in the corner on it's own... so I've set to working out how my little loser can get out a bit more.
And apparently the key is all about linking & talking to people... imagine my surprise then when twitter told me the same thing; Presence Management Article, and when I picked up the latest edition of Idealog.
Anyway, over the next week or so I'm making an effort to not only read all the interesting articles provided through twitter - but to start engaging with them, posting comments & re-tweeting (RT). I'll be updating this with notes on how I get on, fingers crossed.
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And apparently the key is all about linking & talking to people... imagine my surprise then when twitter told me the same thing; Presence Management Article, and when I picked up the latest edition of Idealog.
Anyway, over the next week or so I'm making an effort to not only read all the interesting articles provided through twitter - but to start engaging with them, posting comments & re-tweeting (RT). I'll be updating this with notes on how I get on, fingers crossed.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
RSS Include Twitter Widget
So... just been told that my twitter widget that was previously here is going to start displaying adverts... so, it wanted people to "go pro" so in Leigh's words "go no!".
Alternatively you could choose, rssinclude.com; and click 'start now'. Choose the twitter feed. You might need to adjust your sizes to suit your media - i.e. we've already discussed that the blog sidebar is 200 pxl so do this under 'content & styling options' then click 'Include' & it'll tell you how to do the rest. Once you've got the code - you want to head into your blog and find the option such as 'customize' and click 'add a gadget' (in here select that you want to add an HTML one. Done.
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Alternatively you could choose, rssinclude.com; and click 'start now'. Choose the twitter feed. You might need to adjust your sizes to suit your media - i.e. we've already discussed that the blog sidebar is 200 pxl so do this under 'content & styling options' then click 'Include' & it'll tell you how to do the rest. Once you've got the code - you want to head into your blog and find the option such as 'customize' and click 'add a gadget' (in here select that you want to add an HTML one. Done.
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Creating a webpage with Jimdo
Wikipedia.com thinks Jimdo is a WYSIWYG web hosting service.[5] Jimdo offers JimdoFree, a free web hosting service, and JimdoPro, a premium service. Jimdo is operated by Jimdo GmbH, a Hamburg, Germany-based company.[1]
And youtube.com has this to say;
Interesting, sure. But how to get into it?
At jimdo.com you'll see a really obvious orange 'sign up for free' button... click - fill in the details. They'll send you an email. With instructions. Do what it says. Done.
Again, as with wikispaces mentioned earlier in this blog I don't have a particularly compelling reason to use this medium so my page isn't very dynamic. But if I do find the need I will keep you posted. http://chrislabes.jimdo.com/
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And youtube.com has this to say;
Interesting, sure. But how to get into it?
At jimdo.com you'll see a really obvious orange 'sign up for free' button... click - fill in the details. They'll send you an email. With instructions. Do what it says. Done.
Again, as with wikispaces mentioned earlier in this blog I don't have a particularly compelling reason to use this medium so my page isn't very dynamic. But if I do find the need I will keep you posted. http://chrislabes.jimdo.com/
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Sharing Slides with SlideShare
Wikipedia says SlideShare is a presentation sharing website where users can upload, view and share presentation files.
Anyway; it's easy... sign up with slideshare.com; click the big 'upload' button - browse & select files... find the slide show that you will have prepared earlier using PowerPoint & hit 'publish all'. Done.
Anyway; it's easy... sign up with slideshare.com; click the big 'upload' button - browse & select files... find the slide show that you will have prepared earlier using PowerPoint & hit 'publish all'. Done.
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