The Looking Glass

Here is a great post that a guy that I have gotten to know, named Rick Ramirez, found concerning SEO plug-ins for Wordpress. I use some of these already and I will investigate the others more closely. SEO is a huge factor in getting your posts’ out and to the people you want to see them.  So check out The Ultimate List of Wordpress SEO Plugins and let me know what you think?

Here is a great post that @JoelECarlson posted on twitter this morning. It has great content and lays out strategy that is sound and helps keep the “anyone can do this” scenario in place.

Planning and commitment are two things are necessary for success in social media.

Here is a great post from the Google Analytic Blog with some basic fundamentals of how to use and interpret the information you get from Google Analytics.

And another one that is from the same post:

Have you ever really needed something to work, and to work fast, only to have it slow down or break? It has been my experience that the more you need something to work, the more it slows down or stops altogether.

My boss just showed me something funny from the Insterter Parts Source site that I just had to share. Here is the warning that I thought was just hilarious:

WARNING INSERTER OPERATOR’S

The Inserter is subject to breakdown during periods of critical need

A special circuit in the Inserter called a “Critical Detector” senses the operator’s emotional state in terms of how desperate he or she is to use the Inserter. The “Critical Detector” then creates a malfunction proportional to the desperation of the operator. Threatening the Inserter with violence only aggravates the situation. Likewise attempts to use another Inserter may cause it to also malfunction. They belong to the same union. Keep cool and say nice things to the Inserter. Nothing else seems to work.

Never let anything mechanical know you are in a hurry

I have several mechanical devices that should have a similar warning. What do you think?

I found this article this morning and thought that others may benefit from it. Checkout Why Facebook Changed Its Privacy Settings.

One thing that I can’t really understand is why people go out on social sharing platforms (Facebook, Twitter, ect…) and then want to keep everything private? Doesn’t make sense to me. I understand wanting to keep a phone number, birthday, or address private. Other than that, the whole point of the thing is to share your thoughts, photos, status updates with others. It has me scratching my head?

Here is an additional link that I found today, Cnet Facebook Article. Hope this helps.

This is huge. Check out Mashable’s coverage of this new development in video sharing and streaming with Knocking Live. Now I just need few friends that want to try this out with our iPhones.

It has been at least a week or more since I downloaded the Knocking live app on my iPhone. I don’t know many people with iPhones, so the phone to phone feature is not a major issue for me. The ability to upload directly to facebook is a very valuable feature. I have yet to get it to work at all. In fact, almost everytime I have attempted to use the app it locks up or doesn’t even open. I have an iPhone 3GS. I currently use VideoUp to upload videos to facebook and it works great. Unless the Pointy Heads get things together, I won’t be changing what I am using anytime soon.

I found this image on the Intercristo blog and thought it was worth sharing. This image is a great representation of the differences and complexities between men and women. The blog article is just about how different generations relate in the world. Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy your time with family and friends!

I found this in a post by Mari Smith. This looks to be quite interesting. Check this out and let me know what you think? Anyone out there have one already, I’d be interested in hearing from you.

kodak Zi8 Video Camera

I am not one to promote a company or corporation, especially not an insurance company, but I saw this commercial for the first time last night and thought I would share this. In these trying times, it is nice to see that someone, somewhere, can see what is truly important.

I realize that these are commercials specifically designed to evoke an emotion, but I like to let these types of commercials inspire and motivate me to appreciate the truly important things in life.

From West Bend Insurance



Here is another from Allstate (from about 6 months ago)



Sometimes I think that we can let our circumstances determine our attitude. The older I get, and the more I accomplish in life, the more I understand that relationships and character are everything. We all need to cherish what we do have and consider our blessings as well.

To me, these types of commercials bring to mind things that are worthwhile. Things like faith, family, community, and determination. These are things that are worthwhile.

What do you think?

Ok, so I found this on facebook today and it is awesome. I tried it on my iPhone and it found tons of places right in my neighborhood. Talk about reality and technology coming together, this really takes the cake. Check out the article AWESOME: Urbanspoon iPhone App Adds Augmented Reality on Mashable.