[Globalization] Two free copies of Globalization Guide available. Send shipping info to scottabel@mac.com (US only)

[Social Media] Teens Don’t Tweet; Twitter’s Growth Not Fueled By Youth http://ping.fm/1J6E3

[Information Visualization] Transparency: The Best States for Alternative Energy http://ping.fm/KSxB1

[Jobs] Web Interactive Designer - 1 Year Contract - San Diego, CA (Local Candidates Only) Immediate Need! jack@ProspringStaffing.com

[Content Marketing] The Content Wrangler makes the list: http://ping.fm/tRPlB

[Music] On my iTunes right now, "La Vie En Rose" - Grace Jones

[TechComm] My new techcomm channel is now available on Business Week Business Exchange http://ping.fm/cTgsc

[Quote] "Everything is content" - Rachel Lovinger - Amen, sister! http://bit.ly/KROvG

[Collaboration] Google Wave Preview: http://wave.google.com/

[Collaboration] Are you a collaboration pro? If so, you need to understand operational transformations: http://ping.fm/rAtmy

[Marketing] Tips for tweets: humanize tweets, write succinct, error-free messages and learn the brand inside and out

[Quote] "Companies can no longer manage reputation via legal actions; consumers are no longer at a disadvantage" Augie Ray http://ping.fm/aCnLX

[Quote] "Better online ingredients makes a better online search experience" - David Carberry on Papa John's website http://bit.ly/4RVAr

[Social Media] U.N. helps Facebook secure Iranian domain http://ping.fm/B2Alp

[Health Information] NIH urges scientists to contribute to Wikipedia http://bit.ly/Co4Qf

[Search] Microsoft and Yahoo! Ink 10 Year Search Deal http://bit.ly/i2vI0

[Excel Tips an Tricks] Copy hundreds of rows of Excel formulas in three steps http://bit.ly/XTL6e

[Content Strategy] Chances are, you don't have a content strategy, but you should! http://bit.ly/KROvG

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Be My Husband" - Nina Simone - haunting ... and ready to be remixed and mashed up

[Mashups/Remixes] The Nonsek Machine generates rare / random graphic t-shirt remixes w/ a click of a button http://ping.fm/XARhh

[Marketing] The Biggest Cross Media & PURL Mistakes Marketers Make http://ping.fm/D6NYY

[Content Management] Love Plone? I've got a few Plone stickers for the hard-core Plone lovers. Send mailing info to scottabel@mac.com

[Privacy] IDG Connect online form reveals personal info of people who completed form previously http://ping.fm/yB5BH

[Email] Another reason for social media: 94% of all sent emails are spam http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/spam-back-to-94-of-all-e-mail/

[Literature] A great place to learn about free online novels http://ping.fm/HPvx7

[Marketing] Find Your Competitors' New and Returning Website Visitors: http://ping.fm/jg5on

[Search] July 09: Google 74.04% of all U.S. searches; Yahoo! Search 16.19%, Bing 5.25%; Ask.com 3.15% http://www.hitwise.com/press-center/hitwiseHS2004/google-searches-jun-09.php

[TechComm] What do you think? Do Screen Captures Still Make Sense? http://ping.fm/Oty04

[Social Media] Sharing your thoughts on Twitter? You should understand libel law; a good source: http://ping.fm/tTDvE

[Social Media] $50k lawsuit filed against woman that tweeted about her allegedly moldy apartment http://ping.fm/cciUj

[Marketing] Twitter is proving to be a useful marketing tool for low-budget and no-budget entrepreneurs http://ping.fm/KLOob

[Advertising] Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, dead at 15 http://ping.fm/4ftz8

[Social Networking] Join me on BusinessWeek Business Exchange http://ping.fm/1z6qJ

[Web Design] What the new NPR.org is going to look like as of July 27, NPR's Scott Simon offers a quick tour http://bit.ly/liLwe

[XML] XBRL US Conference, July 28-30, Santa Clara, CA http://ping.fm/BI2UW

RTing myself [TechComm] Adobe Captivate 4 Tip: Using Advanced Actions to control the playbar --> 7-min how-to video http://bit.ly/X77KR

[TechComm] Adobe Captivate 4 Tip: Using Advanced Actions to control the playbar --> 7-min how-to video http://bit.ly/X77KR6:21 PM Jul 15th

[TechComm] Content Reuse: When Less is More; the Joys of Eliminating Duplicate Content http://ping.fm/mNa2u

[XML, TechComm] Is XML Always the Answer? Keeping Down your Document Conversion Costs http://ping.fm/JlVPC

[Image Recognition] Google develops a "landmark recognition engine" http://ping.fm/jWxcw

[Electronic Medical Records] Internal Cloud Manages Health Records http://ping.fm/CX6d9

[Scientific Publishing] Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted? http://ping.fm/Z5zfz

[DITA, TechComm, XML] Vendor that actually uses DITA to create their own content and website: http://www.syntext.com/ (we need more of this)

[XML, TechComm] Had a nice discussion w/ Timofey Furyaev about Syntext XML Authoring tool used by NorthWest Airlines http://www.syntext.com

[TechComm] Do screen captures still make sense? http://ping.fm/ixXNN

[Cloud Computing] Configuration Management Database (CMDB) - cloud computing standard http://ping.fm/69smJ

[XML, Government] Proposed XML Data Model for Exchange of Voter Registration Data http://ping.fm/J1oGr

[XML] OpenXPS is an XML standard that describes the content and appearance
of paginated documents http://bit.ly/17NT3o

[Social Media] There are many practical ways of applying the principles and tools of social media w/in organizations http://ping.fm/O52gJ

[Content Management] Metrics are an effective way of setting project targets, assessing success, tracking ongoing health http://ping.fm/u2E75

[PDF] The different uses for PDFs and web-based content on intranets is a common source of confusion http://ping.fm/e3TjJ

[Intranets] Intranet managers need to be careful not to get caught up in their own experiences/perspectives http://ping.fm/vr5tM

[Social Networks] How to add a Twitter "Follow Us" Badge to your Ning Network http://ping.fm/aplMJ

[Interaction Design] Great site w/interaction from Cotton industry http://ping.fm/c2WGa

[TechComm, XML] Quark Works with EMC to Integrate Quark XML Author with EMC Documentum

[Open Source Publishing] "Free manuals for free software" http://ping.fm/fXt74

[Jobs] Seeking kickass marketing specialist 4 SaaS-based product, expert in participatory web, w/good community equity - scottabel@mac.com

[eCommerce] RT @David Meerman Scott @TechCrunch Amazon Buys Zappos http://tcrn.ch/Fo3 Congratulations @zappos

[Experience Design] User Experience as Strategy, July 23, 3:30pm ET http://ping.fm/2HdXo

[PR] Name-Dropping Celebrities in PR … or Why Oprah May or May Not Approve This Message http://ping.fm/gRdE5

[Content Management] EMC Momentum 2009 Conference, October 9-12, Athens, Greece: http://ping.fm/dYg3j #emcmomentum

[XML] New sponsor of The Content Wrangler --> Oxygen XML Editor: http://ping.fm/8uxBd

[TechComm] I'm presenting at Lavacon New Orleans, October 25, 2009 http://ping.fm/s7o32

[Marketing/Social Media] I'm presenting at Cross-Channel Marketing Conference, Oct 14-15, Toronto http://ping.fm/YXBHt

[Content Quality] Survey: Do you produce content in multiple languages?http://ping.fm/OuBkc

[Advertising] Death To Advertising? http://ping.fm/W05p0

[PR] Michele Kinman, the clue phone is ringing. If your press release is not on the web, it doesn't exist. PR people: It's not 1999 anymore!

[TechComm] Convert images of all types into a more flexible XML output for just $1 per image http://bit.ly/DsJMp

[Television] More than half of US homes have 3+ televisions http://ping.fm/JVfst

[Records Management] ARMA International Conference & Expo October 15-18, Orlando http://ping.fm/GUwcb

[Jobs] City of Calgary hiring digital communications pros. More info http://ping.fm/VDEAX - look for
positions 110248 and 110247

[TechComm] 10 annoying Word features (and how to turn them off) http://ping.fm/KsXnA

[Survey] Content Quality Survey For Organizations That Translate Customer-Facing Content http://ping.fm/C5D87

[Advertising] Consumers prefer ads that are funny http://bit.ly/zl7Jx

[Publishing] Gannett gives away advertising; designed to aid local businesses during the recession http://bit.ly/o0Fly

[TechComm] The Big Picture: Writing With Perspective http://ping.fm/HuqyE

[Open Source] Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code http://ping.fm/B0sn3

[Mobile] More than three-quarters of Indian consumers base their choice of mobile service on network or price http://ping.fm/UmZPB’s-wireless-providers/

[Amazing] RT @christineluan "omg. are you serious? really" talk at #TED today; micro-artist Willard Wigan http://bit.ly/16FLWc

[Social Media] You'd have to be a real dumb ass not to let your employees use Linkedin for fear your competition would steal your clients

[Content Management] Sign of the Times? PTC now offers 0% financing. What's next, lay-a-way? http://bit.ly/1jiqsa

[Social Media] Planning to write a book on social media. This ought to be fun. Proposal in works now. Also a book on XML in my future!

[TechComm] DITA 101 book only $10 (PDF) - Great value: http://ping.fm/N2JFn

[Incredible Experiences] Making plans for Burning Man; 49,000 people convene in Black Rock City, NV for this event http://ping.fm/tiDVh

[Productivity] @twitcontentguy: IM doesn't make you more productive. It may/may not make YOU more productive, it does me http://bit.ly/vJv38

[Global Content] Content Quality Survey For Organizations That Translate Customer-Facing Content http://bit.ly/EnC2J

[Twitter] Twitter tip: WHOIS username
retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter; Example: whois scottabel

[Drugs and Creativity] LSD and Steve Jobs: http://ping.fm/X7fBf

[Twitter] Twitter Tip: Mark a user lastest tweet as a favorite - reply to any Tweet with FAV to mark it as a favorite; Ex: FAV scottabel

[Communication] Are you irrelevant? You may be surprised to find out how irrelevant your communication is http://ping.fm/YGuT8

[TechComm] How many things in the Penn State style guide could be automated/auto-enforced? http://ping.fm/XDMyw

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Jolene" (Divide & Kreate Remix) by Dolly Parton --> this ain't your mama's Dolly Parton

[TechComm] Online Handbook for the Engineering Communication Centre Univ of Toronto: http://ping.fm/uNcF9

[Social Media] Hey marketers! Ever think about documentation as conversation? http://ping.fm/rGhZu

[Quote] "Why are we bailing out bankers w/ $9 trillion, but breaking promises to fund life-saving AIDS programs?" Omolola Adele-Oso, DCFB

[XML] Metalink is an XML-based document format that describes a file or lists of files to be added to a download queue http://ping.fm/FmXsC

[XML] XBRL Technology Workshop to Feature Case Studies and Advanced Topics in XML Development http://ping.fm/S3Jlh

[Semantic Web] Semantic Web Technology to Get Update: SPARQL query technology set for improvements http://bit.ly/10miMU

[XML] Inter-domain Transformation: Optional XML in Relational Databases - Using JAXB and Java Annotations http://ping.fm/f43cM

[XML] Summary of W3C Workshop on Speaker Biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0 http://ping.fm/TMAvo

[Advertising] Mobile advertising to reach $5.7 billion by 2014 http://bit.ly/p9fBl

[Remixes/Mashups] 7,000+ people have viewed my article on mashups featuring U2, Diana Ross, The Beatles, Mariah Carey http://bit.ly/v5ZRv

[Productivity] RT @guykawasaki Study claims Instant Messaging improves productivity: http://om.ly/?orl AC

[Mashups] 5,000+ people have viewed my music mashup article including @djearworm; http://ping.fm/GlyZu

[Advertising] Great - and very funny - video for a bottled water company http://ping.fm/hzYvo

[Music] The BEST Michael Jackson tribute video mashup - outstanding!! http://ping.fm/pF3mP

[Blogging] WordPress Themes: http://ping.fm/XE0LE

[Humor] D-Lister Kathy Griffin to host Joan Rivers Roast - What a scream this ought to be http://ping.fm/Z2XMI

[Content Reuse] Understanding the Value of Modular Content Reuse by Examining User-Generated Music Mashups http://bit.ly/v5ZRv

[Operating Systems] Google re-thinks what operating systems should be http://bit.ly/x5xP4

[Marketing] As soon as you lay your hands on a conversation to steer it, it’s not a conversation anymore; it’s a pitch. http://bit.ly/har1J

[Publishing] The Printed Blog is dead (already) http://bit.ly/2fZHB8

[FireFox] How fast can you make it go? Performance and network tweaks for Firefox: http://ping.fm/di8hB

[Music] Remixers mashing up MJ's songs for past week; some remarkable mashups and remixes!

[Firefox] Automate Firefox. Record and replay repetitious work. http://ping.fm/xnvhX

[Facebook] If you haven't already, please join me on Facebook: http://ping.fm/xBCnm

[Music] On my iTunes right now, an amazing track from Matt Alber, "End of the World"

[Twitter] Average Twitter user has 126 followers, and only 20% of users go via website http://om.ly/?jBW

[King of Pop] Jennifer Leigh Warren "Man in the Mirror" @ Upright Cabaret in Palm Springs July 4. http://ping.fm/As2E2

[Netbooks] The Price is Right: The $0.99 Netbook has arrived, on Sprint http://bit.ly/VHKRh

[Web Security] UK to recruit former hackers in cyber war effort http://bit.ly/P392c

[Firefox] Keep track of how much you browse with TimeTracker http://ping.fm/drc63

[XML, TechComm] DITA 101 — Book Review by Richard Hamilton http://bit.ly/12MPJb

[Online Advertising] Deeper data, stronger targeting http://ping.fm/bxvWk

[Personalized Browsing] Webwise Discover brings relevant content from across web directly to you, wherever you are http://bit.ly/siONG

[IT Crime] Developer allegedly stole automatic trading code from unnamed financial firm, believed to be Goldman Sachs http://bit.ly/1aARR1

[Collaboration] CatsAndLassos.com: Business analysis on the plains of corporate America http://ping.fm/Wd5J2

[Games] Video Game Engagement At All-Time High During Recession http://bit.ly/1WnEk

[Jobs] Instructional Designer, Baltimore, Maryland. Interest parties should email their resume to kcalivas@stephenjames.com

[Copyright] Blog Zone: Devoted to deterring plagiarism/copyright infringement, helping legitimate bloggers promote blogs http://ping.fm/MM9rU

[XML] New book helps writers, managers, programmers understand Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) http://ping.fm/JXvbI

[Collaboration] One of the queens of collaboration (and great Sharepoint expert) is Lisa Woods. Her blog: http://ping.fm/AnPqh

[Training] Looking for Microsoft Sharepoint trainer in Seatle with excellent references for contract gig; Interested? scotttabel@mac.com

[Contracts] US Military Academy Seeks Instructional Data Management System http://ping.fm/QpGFS?pn=industry

[Apple] Why Did A Hospital Lie About Steve Jobs? http://ping.fm/CvudP

[Design] 10 Common Mistakes In Logo Design http://ping.fm/aDW8r

[Mobile Internet] $10,000 Prize for Unblockable, Anonymous, Encrypted Mobile Internet Access http://ping.fm/EGvXM

[Travel] Why Cheap Airlines Are Cheap http://ping.fm/y7Jni

[Firefox] Ever want to clear the cache but not exit the browser? Try this extension: http://ping.fm/8YQfy

[Firefox] Too many tabs open can be confusing. ColorfulTabs makes it easy to distinguish tabs by color coding them http://ping.fm/DiUQs

[Firefox] Allows active content to run only from sites you trust, and protects your against XSS and Clickjacking attacks http://ping.fm/6Ojrv

[Firefox] Organize websites by day and open them up simultaneously as part of your daily routine; great w/coffee http://ping.fm/9Wu4v

[Canadian Telecommunications] MythBuster uses Twitter to fight $11,000 phone bill http://ping.fm/UHjUD

[Semantic Web] Everything You Wanted to Know About Semantic Technology, But Were Afraid to Ask (at SemTech 09) http://ping.fm/cEZia

[Journalism] How Michael Jackson's death shut down Twitter, overwhelmed Google... and 'killed off' Jeff Goldblum http://bit.ly/KoLve

[Translation] ProZ.com and SDL Join Forces to Bring SDL Trados Studio 2009 Training to Translators Across the Globe http://ping.fm/ho8KK

Product Development Strategies in a Down Economy: Executive Summit featuring CIMdata
Lake Geneva, WI – July 14, 2009 http://ping.fm/tMuaN