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A quick pitch for Joomla versus Drupal
The (Joomla versus Drupal) scaling issue is mostly about hosting the content of the site and making requests for information to a server (hopefully in the cloud, where all of our heads should be by now). That server however, could reside underneath your friend Neal’s desk somewhere, but with a cloud partner like Amazon you have technical support, tiered expansion and costs and let’s face it, Neal sleeps.” Continue reading
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Tagged drupal, drupal 6, drupal 7, joomla, joomla 1.5, version, comparison
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Save Face, careful what you fan
Be careful of bait and switch Fan pages on Facebook. Facebook can’t protect you from a clumsy click that spams all of your network. This example is one of many. Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, business, Facebook, social network, social networks
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Anticipatory web services
Companies can address product or service concerns, or open public discussions about other issues concerning their customers and by doing so, anticipate what user’s want (importantly) based on use AND explicit feedback… Continue reading
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Tagged anticipatory web, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, media, new media, software, technology, web service, web services
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You thought PayPal was it?
There was something I liked too, about what Jason must have learned from his father. The enormous interest rates and late fees credit card companies change consumers is a large problem. So many people are in debt, or have debt war stories. RevolutionMoney was sounding like EvolutionMoney. Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, media, new media, technology
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Jeff Robbins, from Lullabot on Drupal (Podcast and Interview Transcription)
Recorded during an earlier interview.
Drupal is often referred to as a content management system but it’s also a web framework. It’s basically a PHP web application framework in the same way that Rails is a web application framework for Ruby, Drupal is a web application framework for PHP. But it’s really focused on CMS that’s built on top of it but it’s really, really flexible. And so there are all these modules out there that can add, basically sort of fundamentally change the way that Drupal works. Continue reading
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Tagged code, coding, drupal, engineering, jeff robbins, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, lullabot, new media, software, technology
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Daphne Kwon, ExpoTV (Podcast and Interview Transcript)
Recorded from an earlier interview.
User gen video does not have to be either semi-professional or sound really extremist, crazy, dangerous active of trying to light something on fire or jump off a building or something and so user gen has ways to develop I think and it can be much more informative and purpose-driven than it is now. Continue reading
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Tagged citizen journalism, daphne kwon, expotv, lisa padilla, lisapadilla, new media, newspapers, real-time, realtime, software, tech, technology, video
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Elad Yoran, KoolSpan (Podcast and Interview Transcript)
Recorded and an earlier interview.
Elad Yoran, Executive Chairman of KoolSpan, joins Lisacast to discuss TrustChip technology and recent financing of $7.1 million (What? I thought there was a recession!.) KoolSpan’s crypto engine is a self-contained authentication, encryption and key management platform. That’s right, I said ‘crypto engine’. Continue reading
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Tagged elad yoran, koolspan, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, software, technology
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Dr. Zhong Lin Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology (Podcast and Interview Transcript)
Recorded from an earlier interview. Select, related slides are Slides from Georgia Institute of Technology. BlogTalkRadio Lisa Padilla: Good morning. It’s 08:32 AM Pacific Time on Friday, narrowly escaping Friday the 13th today so 12th 2008 and we are talking … Continue reading
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Tagged biomimicry, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, media, new media, science, technology
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Danny Glover, AirCongress (Podcast and Interview Transcript)
…one of the challenges of all the bloggers and all of their followers including you know new media and more you know creative ways of telling stories and that kind of thing. As more and more of that comes there is also a greater risk for inaccurate materials and inadvertent direction of readers if people talking an information. Now do you think AirCongress and other companies are that are other organizations that are collecting news online doing a good job at trying to help people be better reporter? Continue reading
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Tagged aircongress, citizen journalism, danny glover, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, newspapers, politics, technology
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Micro-spamming backlash
Twitter is an addictive technology. The number of adapted applications is phenomenal, these allow you take twitter and post media along with your 140 characters, aggregate groups and take twitter on-the-go. Social media has already been infested with spam. People still handle it differently. Continue reading
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Tagged citizen journalism, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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Can you hear me now
As the weekend warms up to TechCrunch50, 2009, my mind is bubbling with anticipation. One of the lucky ones to get to upgrade my iPhone, I’ve been enjoying faster speeds and more storage. I almost wet myself like an excited … Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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Micoy furthers 3D
Don Pierce of Micoy talking about what’s next in 3D visualization. Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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DrupalCon and eComm
Interviews with Jeff Robbins and Lee Dryburgh Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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Thank you to my listeners
20378 What’s special about that number? It made me smile. It’s how many Lisacast listeners there are as of today. Wow! Thank you listeners and thank you guests. If you’d like to hear more of a certain topic, have a … Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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BlogTalkRadio is now easier to use
Check out the new BlogTalkRadio web site, maybe start your own show. In the meantime, checkout previous Lisacast shows here on Lisacast.com. I have a show coming up today with the FlyLady, you won’t want to miss it. Call-in at 1 (646) 478-4956 to speak your mind about “energy efficiency.” The show airs today from 12 – 1 pm PST. Continue reading
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Tagged blogtalkradio, citizen journalism, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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Energy Efficiency
My next show is on energy efficiency. Joining me are entrepreneurs and world-travelers Stephen and Lynda Kane from the UK, Brighton specifically. Stephen and Lynda are wonderful, energetic people, spreading the word about their energy awareness training and tools and … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, cilles, efficiency, energy, flylady, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, marla, new media, real-time, realtime
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Cinegrid 3rd Annual Workshop
Fred Davis spoke at the 3rd Annual Cinegrid Workshop this year and I captured some pictures. Continue reading
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Tagged citizen journalism, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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Socializing on connections
Liad Agmon built and sold a company to raise money for the production of a film. that film was a huge success! Listen to this interview on Lisacast with Liad Agmon, CEO of Delver.com. Delver is social search. try it and you’ll understand. Continue reading
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Tagged delver.com, entrepreneur, film, israel, liad agmon, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime, search, software, tech, technology
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Heartbreak to hero
It can be said that Alan Levy is a good business man, a direct and effective negotiator. He retooled existing, large telephony infrastructure technology into a free, light-weight web service anyone with a phone can figure out. He makes money … Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, technology, blogtalkradio, dave winer, alan levy, software, tech, matchmaker, realtime, real-time, lisapadilla, new media
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Voting on political news
Join me at 5:30 pm PT today for a live discussion with founder of Skewz, a community of political articles posted by users like you and I. In this community, individuals rate articles as to how far left or right … Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, technology, software, tech, skewz, politics, vipul vyas, democracy, realtime, real-time, lisapadilla, new media
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ProQuo.com’s CEO to talk about unwanted junk mail
We’re talking about the old school junk mail, the large atom-based material (wait, I guess it all is) that comes to your door step, not the electronic kind. That’s another show entirely. ProQuo is a company claiming to reduce paper mail … Continue reading
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Tagged lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, mail, mailbox, new media, proquo, real-time, realtime, software, steve gal, tech, technology
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Voxant’s new CEO
There is a storm of new media sites and Voxant is holding its own. Some serious work has gone into the process of playlists, high-quality content and virality. Last month I spoke with Jeff Crigler, former CEO of Voxant and … Continue reading
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Tagged aol, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, marcien jenckes, new media, real-time, realtime, tech, technology, video, voxant
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Videopinions from ExpoTV
Thanks to Daphne Kwon, infomercials and reviews have become personal. That is to say, that the person who lives next door to you might have useful information about a product you are about to buy. Daphne Kwon is the co-founder … Continue reading
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Tagged daphne kwon, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime, software, tech, technology, videopinions
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A musician online, Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond speaks with me while in town on the weekend of the SF Blues Festival. Jon is a sweet and talented musician with a convincted view supporting artists, unions and collaboration. He is great to speak with, down-to-earth and experienced … Continue reading
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Tagged hammondcast, jon hammond, jonhammondband, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, new media, real-time, realtime
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A conversation about conversational marketing
Well, I’m not the first one one to use that line, am I? No. That’s because people are conversing about the conversation all the time these days. It’s the meme of the moment. Memes are a great example of conversational … Continue reading
Social network of networks, Ning
This morning I read on paidcontent.org that KickApps just received $11 million funding. These guys are a competitor to Ning, covered recently by the Baltimore Sun. Social networks are all the rage, of course. They offer so many opportunities and … Continue reading
Half the globe in half an hour
Click to play the video Lisacast showcases interviews on citizen journalism, sports and music covering half the globe in half an hour. Let’s take a trip across the western hemisphere from NY to Pittsburg to San Francisco and LA and … Continue reading
Evern Willams and Dr. Lynette Cruz
Evern Williams and Dr. Lynette Cruz, broadcasting with me live on Lisacast.com. Williams is the community media manager at Olelo television in Honolulu, HI and Dr. Cruz is a cultural anthropology professor and public access activist. UPDATE: Show is being … Continue reading
Dr. Noam Lemelschtrich-Latar on Lisacast (transcription)
I transcribed this interview which was a bit hard to hear at points with my guest from Israel, but it’s a very worthwhile discussion and fascinating I think to hear the respected guest talk about his experiences over the course … Continue reading
Upcoming guests on Lisacast
July 29th, 2007: Evern Williams, Media Center Manager for ‘Óleolo Community Television in Honolulu, HI about the application of new media in the local community August 5th, 2007: Roberto Spietzio, Italian citizen journalist and OhMyNews contributor on the spread of … Continue reading
Dr. Noam Lemelschtrich-Latar on Lisacast
It seems to me that many of our problems rest in a lack of common understanding — from all of human life each of us individually. There is angst and frustration before we learn to walk. When we learn to … Continue reading
Funding culture – the life of a VC
Sean Wise Continue reading
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Tagged canada, lisa padilla, lisacast, lisapadilla, media, new media, pr, public relations, sean evan wise, sean wise, tech, technology, vc, venture, venture capital, video, wise words
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A matter of definition
“A Gadfly Becomes Persona Non Grata in City Hall By DIANE CARDWELL Published: June 16, 2007 It took Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to actually bar Rafael Martínez Alequin, the publisher of a small independent newspaper, from City Hall news conferences.” … Continue reading
Marketing, sex and other business
Our Father’s Day show, named “Who’s Your Daddy?” featured a discussion with Steve Gershik and Emily Morse of sexwithemily.com. We talked about the use of podcasting for business and pleasure, radio industry challenges, the tradeoffs to accepting sponsorship dollars for … Continue reading
Webware.com and “15-Minutes of Fame” on Lisacast
BlogTalkRadio’s Hilary Leewong interviews Lisacast on her BlogTalkRadio show “15-Minutes of Fame“. Miss Leewong featured Lisacast this week after a great show yesterday with Rafe Needleman, who runs CNET’s Webware.com. Mr. Needleman provided some wonderful perspectives about the convergence of consumer-adopted … Continue reading
Lisacast airs early this week
This week’s guest Dr. Thomas Buckholtz makes an early appearance this week on Lisacast, Saturday at 2 pm PST live . Date: Saturday, June 2rd, 2007 Time: 2:00 – 2:30 am PST Dial-in #: +1 (646) 478-4956 Download the show … Continue reading
What can we learn from the government?
Dr. Tom Buckholtz is a business advisor and executive coach, consultant, speaker and author of several books. He has been an integral evangelist in the creation of practices such as enterprise software licensing and grassroots communication of the Republican National … Continue reading
Fair news, oui or non?
“There is too much spite. Spite of traditional journalist for citizen reporters, spite of citizens at large for journalists, spite of politicians for journalists, spite of journalists for sponsors, etc. The things at stake are huge, information is basically one … Continue reading
Samsung cars and Saab planes
There are roughly 9 million people in Sweden, which holds control over the highly profitable trade routes of the Baltic Sea. After overhauling the country’s welfare program (a costly venture), it still exceeds the UN target development in aid donations … Continue reading
Delayed justice
A follow up from this week’s show with Rafael Martinez Alequin who was supposed to have his press credentials addressed on the 15th this week: “The following is an article publish today in the New York Sun. Last night the … Continue reading
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Big sour apple?
“After covering New York’s City Hall for over 20 years, Mayor Bloomberg and his press secretary banned me from the mayor’s newsconference at the Blue Room in City Hall. This is an issue concerning not me but the fundamental right … Continue reading
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Using new media, live.
Lisacast is a weekly live broadcast radio show available for live call-in and streaming through your browser or archived download. The show is done at BlogTalkRadio and contains discussions about the culture surrounding media, communication and technology from all over … Continue reading
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