Thanks to Jeff Price at BOC International, who sent me a LinkedIn connection invitation via a new Outlook plugin called Xobni, I have hope of “taking back my inbox.” This is according to both Xobni’s literature and reviews like CNet‘s. I had never heard of Xobni. I can tell from the spelling that our high-technology [...]
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What’s Behind That Entertaining Video?
The Pew Internet & American Life Project recently reported that “48% of Internet users said they had visited a video-sharing site such as YouTube.” This data represents an increase over December 2006 statistics that showed 33% of Internet users had visited such sites. Online video certainly appeals to Internet users, and according to the Pew [...]
Use Humorous Videos to Engage Your Audience
People like funny videos. Humor can get your point across in a memorable way and create a lot of buzz for your site. Why tell them when you can show them? Take a look at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP’s innovative Careers section of their site. Instead of relying on the usual boilerplate descriptions about [...]
Quick Grounded-flight Solution: Take a Video!
The NYT reports on a creative airline passenger, David Ollila, who realized that after four hours on the ground in an airliner with no A/C, his wait was far from over. His personal solution: get tossed off the plane by the cops! He accomplished this in short order, by pulling out a mini-video camera and [...]

