eric rochow : social media handyman

A really nice article in the Litchfield County Times magazine LCT about Gardenfork. The writer, Rebecca Ransom really ‘got’ what Gardenfork is all about, and the photographer, Robin Gourd, took some great picts.

You can read the full text of the article online here

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I was invited to Mint Digital’s UGTV panel discussion last night, and of course, I had a couple of thoughts.

Rob Norman of MEC Interaction chaired the panel, and to start off he put some pictures of known celebrities up on the screen, then he put up a picture of someone who looked familiar, but I [...]

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Meeting Bill Sobel was one of the smartest things I’ve done lately. He’s the master connector of media, and he’s got a big heart as well. [He has a stack of gardenfork.tv postcards prominently displayed at his events.] His monthly NYMIEG breakfasts are great. He has engaging panelists, I always meet several interesting people, [...]

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Yet another example of how networking while walking Henry in Prospect Park pays off:
One of my neighbors, Liz Libre, is a graphic designer/printer who does custom note cards, invitations, etc. She has an online store, and I suggested she also have a blog to allow her customers to get to know her better. So she [...]

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OK, I’ve been invited by Chris Brogan to join another social media site Facebook.
 
 
 

I’ve heard of Facebook, but truth be told, I haven’t signed up as its just one more thing I have to manage. I asked on Twitter yesterday, can I just export my LinkedIn connections and paste them into Facebook? I didn’t get [...]

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Bill Cammack, who writes Fast Company’s Technology column, interviewed me last week. Here is the link

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After learning about the success of Pixelodeon on the west coast, I posted a note on the Yahoo Videoblogging group if an east coast version could be made to happen. Then Vloggercue was announced by Adam Quirk. Videos being projected on a screen, vloggers, and drinks over a weekend. I will at least be there [...]

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Last night at the NY Videoblog meetup, we got to hear from Kat from Lets Knit 2 Gether.

Definitely the flip side of many ’seat of the pants’ video podcasts. Kat’s husband, Eric, is a professional videographer, and they produce a real TV show, they even use a teleprompter. Kat showed us a powerpoint presentation on [...]

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This is what Web 2.0 luminary said to me last week.
I listen to internet radio. I love it. I can’t stand terrestial radio, way too much hype, bad advertising, and really bad playlists. In the car, we listen to podcasts or songs we’ve bought on iTunes.
I received a letter recently from Tim Westegren, founder of [...]

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I’ve been posting the Colebrook News email newsletter to the new Colebrook News Community Site. In addition, whenver someone sends in an announcement to be included in the newsletter, I also post it as a separate item on the site. This helps in several ways, it gets the word out immediately rather than having to [...]

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