Cut #32: Are bloggers influential?
1 June 2007
 | Do bloggers posess influence over traditional media sources? In this episode, Todd Watson discusses the growing world of blog reporting and its frequent validity. Traditional media platforms have a growing online force to reckon with according to Todd 'Turbo' Watson, our guest on this episode of Shortcuts. http://whale01.haw.ibm.com/ShortCuts |
| Run time: 04:14, file size: 2.93 MB. |
Cut #31: What is microblogging?
18 May 2007
| In this episode, Todd 'Turbo' Watson - Shortcuts blogging expert, discusses microblogging and the emergence of Twitter. Have blogging, IM and texting converged? Is this a fad, or are there deeper possibilities for utilizing this technology? PBS - Your Guide to Micro-Blogging and Twitter | Wired - Twitter Cloning: Tiny Blogs Bloom Everywhere |
| Run time: 05:10, file size: 3.63 MB. |
Cut #30: How to get started with online video pt.2
26 April 2007
 | Many people don't realize that their modern computers come packed with multimedia creation tools. Even those who do recognize the installed software often assume that their video editing software is for camcorder-fed use only. In this episode of Shortcuts, we examine emerging alternative ways to use video editing software that may surprise you. With some audio and some still images, or by using screen capture, you can create content with impact. | The Machine is Us/ing Us | Windows Movie Maker How-to | iLife / iMovie |
| Run time: 05:52, file size: 0 MB. |
Cut #29: How to get started with online video
13 April 2007
| How do you get started in the exciting new world of online video? In this episode of Shortcuts, IBM online video expert David Berger discusses the very basics. You may be more prepared to jump in to this extremely popular practice than you realize... the basic tools are quite common. Helpful links: 'How to make a video' and 'Current training' |
| Run time: 07:47, file size: 5.48 MB. |
Cut #28: Subscription technology powers online publishing
29 March 2007
 | What effect has subscription technology had on the world of online publishing? How is this technology being utilized today, and what are some publishers doing with it as they work toward the future? In this episode of Shortcuts, Ben Edwards discusses the changing world of online publishing in the face of evolving subscription technology implementation. |
| Run time: 5:15, file size: 3.64 MB. |
Cut #27: The advantages of podcasting
22 March 2007
| Podcasting. Not a new thing for many, but it still confounds many potential publishers. Podcasting has truly become a mature publishing format, and many lessons have been learned by businesses and individuals over the years as to how to best utilize it. In this episode, Shortcuts publishing expert Ben Edwards discusses some of the key advantages podcasting offers over traditional publishing practices. |
| Run time: 5:10, file size: 3.64 MB. |
Cut #26: What is Web 2.0?
15 March 2007
 | What does the phrase Web 2.0 refer to? In this episode, Shortcuts Web 2.0 evangelist David Barnes discusses the meaning of this often used phrase and gives a brief explanation of its implications. This week's links: O'Reilly definition on "What is Web 2.0" Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us Intro to QEDWiki |
| Run time: 5:02, file size: 3.54 MB. |
Cut #25: Becoming a wiki evangelist
9 March 2007
 | What are some key factors in supporting and nurturing a wiki? How does one launch a socially collborative web experience and keep it from failing? In this episode, Shortcuts knowledge management expert Luis Suarez offers tips on becoming a wiki evangelist. |
| Run time: 6:56, file size: 6.5 MB. |
Cut #24: How to structure a wiki
2 February 2007
| How much structure should you build into your wiki? Is there an optimal level of structure that encourages the most collaboration from your team? ShortCuts knowledge management expert Luis Suarez offers five tips on how best to structure wikis. Here they are: 1. Have a welcome page 2. Make a shared calendar 3. Put together a who's who page of team members 4. Choose three topics for discussion/collaboration 5. Don't forget to add a section for resources and helpful links |
| Run time: 4:51, file size: 4.56 MB. |
Cut #23: Special Lotusphere 2007 edition
22 January 2007
 | This week, we've put together a special edition of ShortCuts from Lotusphere 2007 in Orlando, Florida. Reporting from Orlando, ShortCuts email expert Alan Lepofsky takes you through everything that's new from Lotus this year. Highlights: a new release of Notes and Domino that fully modernizes the user interface and integrates other desktop applications into the Lotus environment; two new additions to the Lotus portfolio of products - Lotus Connections, which bundles a suite of enterprise social software applications and Lotus Quickr, a document sharing solution; and some great upgrades to Sametime, the Lotus Instant Messaging client. Tune in to find out more! |
| Run time: 7:52, file size: 7.39 MB. |
