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Ned Sublette I was on Gotham Gal's website this morning using th LIJIT Search Engine http://gothamgal.blogs.com/ I wanted to re read a book by one of my favorite authors and he is also a great musician ! Yes I found it! Viva Ritmo Latino Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo by Ned Sublette "This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination of music from a Cuban point of view, unearthing surprising, provocative connections and making a case for Cuba as fundamental to the evolution of music in the New World. Revealed are how the music of black slaves transformed 16th-century Europe, how the claves appeared, and how Cuban music influenced ragtime, jazz, and rhythm and blues. Music lovers will follow this journey from Andalucía, the Congo, the Calabar, Dahomey, and Yorubaland via Cuba to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint-Domingue, New Orleans, New York, and Miami. The music is placed in a historical context that considers the complexities of the slave trade; Cuba's relationship to the United States; its revolutionary political traditions; the music of Santería, Palo, Abakuá, Vodú, and much more. Cuba and its Music is an ambitious project whose repercussions in a different genre might be on a par with those of Buena Vista. Grounded on frequent trips to the island and an extensive bibliography, this book by Ned Sublette is a first for an English-reading public: a didactic and accessible steer through part of Cuba's turbulent history and its music, whose parameters embrace cultural anthropology, sociology, politics, and history, as well as musicology and music. I also get a lot of great Latin Music from NPR http://www.ritmolatino.org/ Lijit is great search engine with excellent Tech Support it is great add for any web site http://www.lijit.com/about N

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Scripting News: 1/24/2009 Guy Kawasaki, American venture capitalist and ... Image via Wikipedia To Be Or not To Be With Gusto : an individual or special taste enthusiastic and vigorous enjoyment or appreciation vitality marked by an abundance of vigor and enthusiasm. I find a few people that I follow have " Gusto !" Guy Kawasaki Fred Wilson Gothan Gal Frank Eliason Chris Brogan Seth Godin Louis Gray. Steve Rubel There was a book written a few years ago called the Talmud ! Among other things it stated We don't see things as they are we see things as we are ! [Talmud ] In my reads I find Dave Winer in the top slot as King Of Content Creation with Gusto ! I personally have only talked with Chris Brogan so I have to view the others as I read them ! For years I have been a student of General Semantics : Advocates of General Semantics view it as a form of mental hygiene that enables practitioners to avoid ideational traps built into natural language and "common sense" assumptions, thereby enabling practitioners to think more clearly and effectively. General Semantics thus shares some concerns with psychology but some do not consider it specifically as a therapeutic system, evaluating it as more focused on enhancing the abilities of normal individuals than curing pathology. This post What made the Mac different Saturday, January 24, 2009 by Dave Winer. Is a great read and is a nice complement to Guy Kawasaki ! The people who I have mentioned above will be the driving force behind what many have called Social Media ! At 72 years old I was brought up on the old media and am afraid it is as dead As Custer ! I watch with saddness as it shuffes off the mortal coil ! Mortal coil is a poetic term that means the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned, most famously in the phrase "shuffle[d] off this mortal coil" from Shakespeare's Hamlet. I once comm

Image via CrunchBase I don't ever like to see anyone fail, but I suppose success in the Digital Age has created a new set of Rules ! I have found to date a few solid efforts in the application category which I use ! Zemanta Twitter Adaptive Blue Glue Mac Journal and Evernote ! Louis Gray as well as Dave Winer http://www.scripting.com/ both give in my opinion the most honest and astute product reviews ! I feel that the most promising Firefox add on is http://www.adaptiveblue.com/ and Zemanta http://www.zemanta.com/ is a work of Semantic and Technical Art ! I find myself using Nsyght a lot http://www.nsyght.com/ I may not be the average internet user since I am 72 years old with little or no Tech knowledge, if it is not easy to use I don't use it ! I have found to use Twitter I only follow a few people ! Fred Wilson.Vc Louis Gray Dave Winer Chris Brogan Andrew Badera Guy Kawasaki Frank Eliason and Jay Rosen ! I also read Mr Rosen's blog PRESSTHINK One of my Favorite blogs is http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ The Creator Of Squidoo and blogs by people mentioned above ! Micro Blogging is hard for me to use since I live in a world of complete thoughts some times it reminds me of New Age Music no beginning no end just a middle part . Twitter does give me data but I am not overly interested in Social Media or Tech and wish they would create other streams with the application Like A stream for Literature Art etc ! Oh Yes I Follow Steve Ruble and Approve of his Messages-http://www.micropersuasion.com/ MarshalSandler.com is a playground of ideas, introductions, and synergies. Marshal exhibits a blogging style that is less about tamping out his thoughts and more about the juggling, rearranging, juxtaposing, and syndicating of the content of other people and companies - a communications cubism of sorts. There's no room for crap, but there is plenty of room for friendly people with interesting ideas. Marshal's day is the search for new technologies,

Micro Persuasion: Marketing Authentically with Personal Brands as Corporate All-Stars Image representing Squidoo as depicted in Crun... Image via CrunchBase Hook-If you are attempting to brand read Steve Ruble he and the folks at Edelman do it for a living and they do it with GUSTO ! I think the greatest site on the Internet to start branding your self is http://www.squidoo.com/ Squidoo is a community website based in Irvington, N.Y. that allows users to create pages (called lenses) for subjects of interest. Lenses are interactive, and can contain Flickr photos, Google maps, blogs, eBay auctions, YouTube videos, and other links. Squidoo is in the top 500 most visited sites in the world, and in the top 250 most viewed in the United States.[1] It has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity. Development on Squidoo started in 2005, launching a beta testing period in October of that year.[2] The launch team consisted of Seth Godin, his book editor Megan Casey, former Fast Company employee Heath Row, Corey Brown, and Gil Hildebrand, Jr. Upon its announcement, Seth Godin, Squidoo's CEO, released a free ebook titled "Everyone's an Expert."[3] The ebook outlines the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, and then goes on to detail lenses and their effectiveness as a "nowblog." The site came out of beta testing two months later and reached 100,000 lenses within the first six months. It now has more than 700,000 lenses. Squidoo owes its name to the squid, which has eyes containing large lenses, analogous to Squidoo's lenses which as Godin notes, "provide a view on the world."[4] It ends in "oo" since tech companies with two "o"s in their name - Google, Yahoo!, Godin's own Yoyodyne - have all been a success.[4]Key people Seth Godin, Founder. Megan Casey, Editor in Chief Gil Hildebrand, Jr., Chief Engineer Corey Brown, COO Kimberly Dawn Wells, Community Organizer I have Lense and work on it a couple hours a week. Squidoo

About Please be advised that this web site has been constructed at my own cost as a personal vehicle to promote for the most part content of people I feel contribute to developing among Other things the Social and Technical aspects of the World Wide Web ! I bring in feeds from Other peoples web logs and do not claim the content to be created by me ! If you browse the site it is obvious you will see this is fact ! I have devoted a Free Page to Mariner Software, because I use their products and find them reliable and the company has excellent tech support ! When I use a certain feature in word-press to grab a website and post it I try and add a comment describing the page ! This should make it obvious it is some one’s web page not mine ! In my opinion this is not what Nerds call Scraping ! I have alway’s let the owners of the feeds know what I am doing to date not one feed owner has said STOP ! They know my site has no affiliate links and I am not generating revenue from their Content ! If you do have a problem please marshal.m1@gmail.com ! MarshalSandler.com is a playground of ideas, introductions, and synergies. Marshal exhibits a blogging style that is less about tamping out his thoughts and more about the juggling, rearranging, juxtaposing, and syndicating of the content of other people and companies - a communications cubism of sorts. There's no room for crap, but there is plenty of room for friendly people with interesting ideas. Marshal's day is the search for new technologies, new ideas, new relationships, and new things to curse happily about. So, participate. Cut bait.

RevenFlo Launches New Website for York School District One, district office and all schools Filed under: Portfolio RevenFlo is working with the York 1 School District to create a district-wide website that is a powerful communications tool for all stake holders in and around the York, SC, public school system. The site is complete with interactive calendars, feedback options, staff news feeds from central office and technology, spotlight reels, and competitive HR tools such as a "Celebrating our Team" kind of blog, listings for open positions, and document and links serving as ready resources for prospective hires. Soon to come are teacher pages and blogs, clubs and programs individual sections and blogs, an interactive guidance experience for the high school, and much, much more! The site is built in Drupal, an open source content management system. The initial site is up with the district and basic sites for all schools in the district. (Visit Site)

Content Matters: Five Questions for Fred Wilson Clipart of bills and coins Image via Wikipedia This creative bit of content is a great read for people planning start-ups it might be titled how to avoid the [soup line] when you start a new Venture ! It was noted on Fred Wilson's site-http://www.avc.com/ Barry Graubert writes the excellent Content Matters blog and he's got an interview with me up there today. Fred Wilson Here is one question and my answer: CM: Historically, as the economy comes out of recession, it creates transformation and change. Which segments have the potential for transformation in an eventual recovery? FW: Every industry that is based on knowledge or information or some other form of non-physical matter (atoms vs bits) is going to fundamentally transform and this downturn will be the darwinian forcing function. Think about energy and power systems, banking, media, education. They all have that aspect to them Barry Graubart has spent the past 20 years applying technology to content to develop high value business-to-business information products. Barry today serves as Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development for Alacra, a leading content technology company, where his focus is on eCommerce and social media applications. Previously, he served as EVP & Chief Marketing Officer for Leadership Directories, a content provider of biographical and organizational data. Prior to Leadership Directories he spent four years in various roles with ClearForest, an emerging leader in the text analytics market. At ClearForest, he helped open the publishing and federal intelligence markets. Previously, he held general management, product development and marketing roles with b2b content businesses including divisions of Primedia, Nelson Information (now Thomson Financial), Kaplan/Washington Post and McClatchy Newspapers. Barry holds a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany. Barry sits on the Board o

You can act, and there will be reaction. That's never in question. Thus, doing something always affects change, but how much change and in what way altered and to what effect? These are the questions. The only way to know the degree to which your actions are effective is to define or articulate "effective" and interpret results in light of this articulation. In other words, you must have a goal to know whether you are making progress. Moreover, you need defined objectives to track and manage actions and investments. In terms of Web Marketing, your basic goal and objectives determine how you use the Web, what you will build and manage, and more. Your website, for example, will be built around these objectives. The site will be built to facilitate actions that work toward the attaining of your objectives. When looking at your web analytics, you basically looking at two things: traffic and behavior. In terms of traffic, you want to increase the amount of good traffic (the right people in the right place). In terms of the behavior, you want to function as a tool that enables the visitor to pursue you further. More specifically with conversion tracking, there are two major considerations, the number of opportunities for conversion (traffic) and the number of successful conversions (behavior).

Seth's Blog: Take the ball and go home Image representing Zemanta as depicted in Crun... Image via CrunchBase I sent this to my Tubmlr Theme http://msandler.tumblr.com/ with Posterous this morning . Then more I read this post I decided to do a re-blog with Zemanta When I first decided to reblog a few years ago I always asked permission from the original Content creators. Most people who are professional don't mind giving you permission ! I got Banned from Mahalo and Friend feed , but with Mahalo they extended a lot of courtesy and exlpained their Policy with a personal e mail Friendfeed who has someone in the UK Drowning in Guiness sent me a Tweet On Twitter calling me a spammer ! As you will notice on my site that Techburgh is rebuilding there are no advertisments! At 72 years old I don't not accept apologies or thank you's so i could not tell the Lad in the UK to S@@@ himself ! You can critisize me all day long ! Now I have some great friends who are Teche's and when I need help there are very kind-like Dr Lev Seletor and His Son Alexsy a student at cooper union http://www.selectorweb.com/ Jason Broadwater http://revenflo.com/ Joe Orr http://www.nycircuits.com/ All the Above have done work for me on other projects and are bright and kind ! I also have been reading http://www.avc.com/ I am a great fan of Adaptive Glue that Mr Wilson's firm has a investment in- Glue A great Firefox Add on and a real live Tech Support Crew ! Now lets get back to Seth Godin ! His content creation's are a model for content creation and fact check ! Seth Godin Fred Wilson Frank Elliason Steve Rubel have set the curve ! Mr Elason has brought Tech Support to the Internet by using Twitter as a Vehicle. http://www.eliasonfamily.info/blog/ these are folks who know the three great word in the English Language KIND KIND KIND ! Also My Wife Naomi is a fan of Mr Wilson's Wife Gothan Gal http://gothamgal.blogs.com/ We get our Scrapple from the apple

Initial thoughts on the Palin nomination Friday, August 29, 2008 by Dave Winer. 1. It certainly was creative and thought-stimulating.   2. However... it shows McCain thought he was losing to Obama and needed to do something bold that would stir things up. And he certainly did that.  3. However... no matter how well they vetted her, even if nothing terrible shows up, she has no experience in the world, and virtually no experience in the United States. What does she know about American cities? Our industries and businesses? Economic issues? Balance of trade? The military? Katrina? He picked her because she was the governor from the state that was furthest away from Washington. Point made. But despite what the Republicans say about her qualifications, she has no grounding to run this country. Might as well pick someone from another country.   4. They say she's as qualified as Obama, but that's wrong. They should get to know Obama's background and how intelligent and studious and thoughtful he is. Read his books. He's incredibly well educated, and I'm sorry running a successful campaign for the Democratic nomination for President is much more experience than being the governor of a very small state with no budget problems (they have a built-in surplus because of tax revenue from their natural resources and a very small population to spread it out over -- Alaska is a very strange state, unlike any of the other 49). 

Flipping abundance and scarity I think it's dangerous and often fatal to put free on top of an existing business model. Things fall apart. People look at the free revolution and say, "oh, that could never work. If I gave x, y or z away for free, I'd fail." They're right. They will fail... If they keep the model the same and just give away stuff for free. The way you win is by reinventing the model itself. So, for example, lululemon doing giant free yoga classes in New York. The more people come, the more clothes they'll sell... it'll become a movement. Or Crossfit, publishing their insane work outs online. The more people do them, the better the scarce part (private coaching, etc.) does. We spent a generation believing certain parts of our business needed to be scarce and that advertising and other interruption should be abundant. Part of the pitch of free is that when advertising goes away, you need to make something else abundant in order to gain attention. Then, and only then, will you be able to sell something that's naturally scarce. This is an uncomfortable flip to make, because the stuff you've been charging for feels like it should be charged for, and the new scarcity is often difficult to find. But, especially in the digital world, this is happening, and faster than ever.

Audiences are skipping TV spots with their DVRs and learning how to ignore ads on the web. Instead, they're talking (bluntly) about products and brands on Twitter, chatting about them on Facebook and searching for the reviews and opinions of other customers on Google before they buy. Armed with free, easy-to-use tools that allow them to ask trusted friends what they think or give an unsolicited opinion to hundreds in an instant - it's word of mouth on fire. The truth is, as people are increasingly empowered by social media, marketers are losing control. In a lot of ways these trends are great news for the world because more customers are getting the real story and finding out from each other which products and services have real value, and which ones don't. But where does this leave the people who've build honest businesses being experts in push strategies that used to work? A lot of them are scratching their heads wondering "How the hell are we going to make money now?"

Disqus Adds FriendFeed Integration-to Follow Fred Wilson Author Seth Godin at PDF 2007 Image via Wikipedia Why I follow Fred Wilson ! http://fredwilson.vc/ This article on http://disqus.com/ is written by Mr Wilson A master at Content Creation. Fred Wilson and Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ both have the ability to capsulize. capsulize - put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"! It is a skill mostly prevalent in Poetry. I use Disqus and am currently having this site rebuilt and it is not installed yet ! I miss it but still have access to post with Disqus on other sites ! Mr Wilson an investor in many applications like Glue from Adaptive Blue always states his position in an article, if he is an investor in the Application discloses the fact ! Personally if what he is reviewing is a good product I really don't care who owns it but he is probably right other wise you play "Ok With Corrections!" Mr Wilson's Wife has created a great content platform http://gothamgal.blogs.com/ My wife follows it on Tabbloid a free service from Hewlett Packard tabbloid_2009-01-10_0901-gotham-gal2 I also have her feed in my Gmail -Gotham Gal's blog belongs in a newspaper it a true social media vehicle! I hope find following my reads intersting since I am a a Man Of Good Taste and absorb good content with Gusto ! You can also find me at link below http://msandler.tumblr.com/ MarshalSandler.com is a playground of ideas, introductions, and synergies. Marshal exhibits a blogging style that is less about tamping out his thoughts and more about the juggling, rearranging, juxtaposing, and syndicating of the content of other people and companies - a communications cubism of sorts. There's no room for crap, but there is plenty of room for friendly people with interesting ideas. Marshal's day is the search for new technologies, new ideas, new relationships, and new things to curse happily about. So, participate. Cut bait.

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« A Different Davos | Main February 13, 2009 How To Push Back Constructively It has been a strange week for the business community on both sides of the Atlantic. Big bankers from the US and the UK were called before their legislators, who were venting public frustration over huge pay packages, constipated lending and opaque use of government bailout funds. It is important that companies learn how to play a new game, to dance the tango with a newly aggressive partner, namely government. Here are the four steps to a more equal relationship with the big-footed dancing companion: 1. Explanation and Contrition-No forward movement is possible in this relationship without an examination of the past. Companies should be willing to acknowledge misjudgment, and yes, even error. There should be lessons learned, policies amended, personnel changed in the process. The more specific the information, the more likely it is to be credible. For example, "We anticipated that the maximum decline in housing price would be 20% but the decline has proven to be 35%." There must also be a clear statement of contrition, not a fuzzy "once in a lifetime market circumstances". Executives should acknowledge personal failure and apologize to shareholders and employees alike. 2. Appreciation for Change from Shareholder to Stakeholder-CEOs must change from a uni-polar world of investors and analysts to a broader definition of audiences that puts employees first in line in the need to know. There should be a recognition of implication for society in any action, from reduction in force to decision to relocate production to another facility. 3. Presentation of Long Term Vision-The company needs to solicit buy-in for its future direction. Rather than keeping strategy as a matter for the board of directors alone, the CEO should share the vision with its broader publics. This will enable its new investor (government) to have the public support for a long-term view instead of b

« US Media Goes Global | Main August 8, 2008 Business Up North I was interviewed on Tuesday by Amanda Lang, anchor woman for the Squeeze Play show on Business News Network in Canada. The segment will air tonight and will be posted on Monday on the BNN web site. Here is what I learned about the network in the course of my pre-interview make-up session (must admit it is fun asking journalists a few questions about their employers, even while the pancake and eye-liner is being applied): 1) CTV, the largest network in Canada, began Business News Network in 1999 to compete with CNBC. It was initially a joint venture with CNN, now completely owned by CTV. At present BNN's ratings in Canada average about 20,000 viewers during the day and 40,000 viewers during prime time. Most of the major financial institutions will have both BNN and CNBC playing on the trading floor.

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown This is a prime example of customer service ! Service is slowly disappeared from our economy ! Frank Eliason wrote an excellent article in his blog on customer service http://www.eliasonfamily.info/blog/ Recently Naomi and I bought the new Phones from LG Take a good look at the exceptionally eye-catching Vu™. Not only does it have a sleek exterior, but you can play with all the toys you have at home on-the-go. You'll love having the ability to browse in HTML and access email, games, and music. http://www.lgmobilephones.com/phone.aspx?id=1018 We did not go to the AT &T store but a a Franchise location the customer service was excellent today there is no business with out customer service ! It motivates us to spread the word ! Nice of Chris to take time to acknowledge the kind supplier response ! Click below Waterfield On The Web ! Waterfield -http://www.sfbags.com/ I'm so grateful to Jared Goralnick of SET Consulting who turned me on to the Waterfield bags on a recent visit to my town. I bought the VertiGo bag with a Mambo laptop sleeve case to go inside, and I bought the shoulder straps with D rings. What's really cool about the experience was that the people from Waterfield emailed me shortly after the order to say that they were missing a piece of material and that the order would be delayed by a day or two. I wrote back and thanked them, and then they wrote back and chatted me up a bit. I loved it. I felt like they really cared who was buyin

The All-Digital Newsroom of the Not-So-Distant Future Image representing Seth Godin as depicted in C... Image byhttp://www.prestonlee.com/archives/67 via CrunchBase I am not sure any of the old media could ever pull off the a digital newsroom ! There are certain content creators like Chris Brogan Seth Godin Steve Rubel Dave Winer who could show them how, but will they understand ! I don't think so ! Most of the Old Media could not find there way with Google Earth ! Attached is a copy of tabbloid Seth Godin talks about how to create a newspaper tabbloid_2009-01-10_0901-seth-2-now I was born in 1936 and sadly can get more infrmation from Twitter than any of the local media in Michigan, unless you wnat information you might find in A publication in the United States by this name was officially The National Police Gazette, although commonly referred to as simply the Police Gazette. It was founded in 1845 by George Wilkes, a journalist and sometime transcontinental railroad booster.[1] The editor for most of the 19th century was Richard K. Fox, an immigrant from Ireland. Ostensibly devoted to matters of interest to the police, it was more often a tabloid-like publication, with lurid coverage of murders, Wild West outlaws, and sport. It was well known for its engravings and photographs of scantily clad strippers, burlesque dancers, and prostitutes, often skirting on the edge of what was legally considered obscenity. The National Police Gazette enjoyed considerable popularity in the late 19th century and early decades of the 20th century; but its popularity decreased during the Great Depression. [1] It continued publishing until 1982. [2] Musician Dan Hicks has claimed that he derived inspiration for some of his witty, satiric lyrics by stories he had read in The Police Gazette. The website, www.policegazette.us[3], mimics the Police Gazette style in coverage of current events and contains some archival materials from the original publication that give a

I like Louis Gray's take on the new forms of Digital Media ! First I must explain my personal position I was kicked off Friend Feed for posting a Re-blog about Edelman Digital in the Wrong Room no warning one of their employees was complaining about my post's to another employee not to me ! Another from the UK sent me a Tweet saying I was a spammer ! My account was then without addressing the issue to me deleted , this to me is ok I am still alive but this is not a tactfull way of building a business ! Obviously only Geeks who communicate with machines not people are FriendFeeds Market ! Now I am 72 years old and am sure have more business and marketing experience in my little red wagon then the folks at Friend Feed ! They have built an excellent visual application and developed a following but they have and it is obvious no marketing direction ! Understand they have right to pick and acknowledge a client base but to survive their application needs a Universal Appeal us the unwashed not a Snob Appeal ! You might read this blog and this article Helping FriendFeed? http://www.scripting.com/