When Comcast TV Everywhere goes online next month, existing subscribers will be pleased to now that it’s free. This is a service to stream on demand programs online on different devices, such as your computer or your HTPC.

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Das Videoportal will nun auch Hobby-Journalismus zulassen und bietet ein Werkzeug an, damit das Videovolk seine ach so brisanten Filmchen direkt an Medienkonzerne und PR-Firmen verteilen könne.

Schuster, bleib bei deinen Leisten. Aber nein, YouTube ist derart neidisch auf den Twitter-Erfolg (insbesondere bei Naturkatastrophen), dass man unbedingt eine ähnliche Funktion einbauen musste. Die Empfänger, allen voran der San Francisco Chronicle, wird es nur kurz freuen. Klar, haben die US-Medienschaffenden fast alle Journalisten entlassen und lavieren sich mit Praktikanten und Quereinsteigern durch. Da kämen aktuelle Filmeinspieler vom jüngsten Tsunami, frisch von der Videocam eines Touristen übertragen, ganz zupass. Aber, wer durchfieselt die Tonnen von Videoclips, die das weltweite Publikum jeden Tag hervorbringt? Da steht dann oft “Urgent” drauf, aber drin ist dann nur ein Autounfall in Bangkok, ein vermisster Panther in Süddeutschland oder der umgekippte Sack Reis in China.
Jedenfalls glaubt YouTube daran, dass es jenseits von Twitter so einen Kanal für News-Videos vom kleinen Mann geben müsse. Dabei ist das Portal ohnehin schon voll von diesem Zeug – und auch bislang war der eine oder andere News-Profi in der Lage gewesen, sich hier zeitnah zu bedienen. [Ralf]

[TGdaily]

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A new survey by RightNow Technologies has some very disturbing news for those who think they can give poor service and get away with it.  The survey studied online shoppers’ attitudes toward the technology used for customer care, but it has application for anybody dealing with customers.

There were several striking statistics from the survey, especially when it comes to spreading word about a particular company through social networking.  Half of online shoppers said they felt “duty-bound” to warn others about a particular retailer, 16% tell about their negative experiences specifically to stop other people from dealing with that company, and 30% want to vent their disappointment about the experience.  Many, if not most of these people will use Twitter, YouTube, and other social media to spread the word, as United Airlines learned from the video “United Breaks Guitars.”

Survey respondents had some good and bad news for companies using multi-channels to provide customer care – chat, email, phone and web. While, respondents said they were generally happy with the interaction channels, more than half felt that the channels showed a lack of consistency when providing information. In other words, one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing. Also, 78% of online shoppers said that organizations should take steps to listen to what customers are saying about their products on social networking sites and to follow up with those people.  And 60% said it was acceptable for retailers to monitor their comments and suggest relevant products, services or uses, even when dealing with a customer problem.

But the most interesting thing I found was that 64% of consumers who used the “chat” function said they would rather “chat” with an agent than speak with the agent on the phone and 69% said they would prefer chat to email. This has major consequences for those who have set up their customer care departments around telephone or email service and have neglected to put in a chat option.

So, what to do?

• Go to your own customers and ask them what their preferences are when it comes to customer care.
• If you are serving customers in any way through your website, make sure you have a chat option or begin to plan for one.
• Start training your people on using chat and email functions as well as telephone and in person customer service.
• Have at least one person from your customer care area actively monitor social networking sites for mentions of your company or store. Give them the authority to make decisions to make complaining customers happy.
• Create an area on your own website where customers can leave comments on service, good and bad. Monitor those comments and respond to customers as quickly as possible.

When my grandfather ran his men’s store, the worst thing he had to worry about was whether his customers would complain about him or his store while drinking at the many bars in the neighborhood.  Being able to leave comments to a faceless website or a faceless chat has the same release of inhibitions as the drinks the bar patrons were using to loosen their lips back then.

Apple iTunes U “puts the power of the iTunes Store to work for colleges, universities, and other education organizations, so users can easily search, download, and play education content just like they do music, movies, and TV shows.”

This is Apple’s service for faculty to provide content for computers and portable devices.  Something to look into for podcasts and other online video/audio/PDF delivery services for classes.

Un sito divertente che ci permette di creare, inserendo una serie di parole chiave, nonché colori, forma, punteggio, font e altri parametri vari, la nostra Tag Cloud personalizzata.
Questo servizio si chiama Wordle.

Il sistema ci da sostanzialmente due possibilità: possiamo creare la nostra Cloud partendo da un qualsiasi testo (il sito eseguirà un conteggio delle parole più ricorrenti) o, nella versione avanzata, inserendo manualmente le tag (associando loro un punteggio).
Il sito ci permette inoltre di pubblicare la nostra opera finale nella gallery del sito per poi essre linkata ad amici o embeddata in un blog.

Utile per i neofiti del graphic design.

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Sopra, qualche esempio di Cloud creata utilizzando le categorie di Design The Sign.

Online Coupon Codes are the best way to get great deals possible while shopping at your favorite online stores. As a tip, always confirm whether the expected discount is reflected in your shopping cart total before checking out. If the discount does not reflect on the total amount, the online coupon might have already expired or the terms may have already changed by the merchant. That’s why it is a must to check out the fine print along with the offer.

Before buying any product or service online, search for coupon codes and compare between 2 or more websites offering the same discount. By doing it this way you will be able to get the best possible savings. Aside from online coupons, you can also find a lot of grocery coupons on a printable grocery coupon sites, coupon booklets and magazines at the store’s customer service counters and magazines.

Human capital planning swings between Down-sizing. Right-sizing and Up-sizing, without ever finding a balance at any point of time. It is amongst the most challenging and demanding business problems of our times. Certain talent management questions arise in our minds like these:

•    When do we need a particular talent or skill set?
•    Where do we find it?
•    For how long will we need it?
•    Will the talent arrive just in time to manage the requirements?
•    What is the right price for the talent?

A solution to manpower provisioning meant for today’s uncertain times where managers find it impossible to forecast their business needs and their requirements for specific talent and skills.

But a bunch of innovative online companies are coming up with solutions to the growing demand for consultants. Says Ashok Shastry, CEO of ConsultGenie (www.consultgenie.com), an online service that helps businesses match their needs with the on-time availability of consultants, “We’ve already seen how the consulting industry, in the form of ‘temping’ in the junior segments, swept India in the last few years. It was a mature industry in the West and has picked up only recently in India, triggered by cost pressures and the need for flexibility. Today it’s a Rs 4,000-crore-plus industry and growing 15-20 per cent a year.”

“Consultants are in demand in today’s business environment where there is a squeeze on headcount. But the two most important factors in getting a consultant on board is on-time availability and cost,” says Sanjay Shelvankar, vice-president and head (talent acquisition), MindTree Consulting.

Online services like ConsultGenie, FlexiMoms (www.fleximoms.in) and JobsOnTemp (www.jobsontemp.com) are booming. “We had over a thousand sign-ups in the first few weeks of launch and our conversations across the stakeholder groups make us very confident moving forward,” says Sairee Chahal who launched FlexiMoms in May 2009 (see interview).

N R Aravamudhan, senior faculty, Suverna International Institute of Management Studies, noted in his paper, Temping — Redefining the Indian Job Market: “The growing clamour for temporary workers is driven by companies looking for workforce flexibility, faced as they are with the daunting task of managing constantly churning markets, demanding customers and shrinking product lifecycles. Another reason why temping is gaining currency is the changing attitude of employees entering the job market today.”

According to a survey conducted by the ministry of labour and employment, during the three months from October to December 2008, there was a decline in employment of about half-a-million workers. ConsultGenie’s Shastry says that these numbers have helped swell the available consulting workforce and stabilize consulting fees.

Clearly, several forces are driving the future of just-in-time consulting — and online portals that rapidly match business needs using real-time technology are a segment worth watching.

Source: Business Standard

When I need to make some fun with photos,  I tried simple MS-paint and Photoshop . But there are some website that provided me what I want with just 2 or 3 clicks. chech these websites photofunia.com,  magmypic.com, Picjoke . These are really good website to hang around, what u need to do is simply click browse button and upload ur photo and then select the design, voila u get amazing photo.

Exemplar allows you to see how a particular term or phrase is used in peer-reviewed, published literature.

Exemplar searches over 1,900 journals from Springer’s collection to find authentic examples of how a word or phrase is used in published literature. Comprehensive coverage includes both current and archival content in all major subject areas including the life sciences, medicine, engineering, mathematics, computer science, business, and law, contributed by some of the world’s leading academics in these fields. Exemplar is continuously updated with new content as it is published.

Exemplar is for:

• Authors who want suggestions on how to express themselves or want to confirm how a particular word or phrase is used in published literature.
• Teachers who are looking for authentic phrases and sentences for teaching and testing.
• Editors and reviewers who want to confirm whether or not a particular turn of phrase is justified by usage.

Exemplar was created via a collaboration between Springer Science & Business Media and the Center for Biomedical and Health Linguistics.

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When you fall short of money in the middle of the month but have some urgent expenditure, you can easily avail of a fast payday loans. Payday loans or cash advances are small amounts of money which are given till the next payday.

Cash advance in one hour are available in secured and unsecured form. These loans are designed to offer financial assistance to borrowers with a history of credit problems.

Loan till payday lenders are always serve to the individuals of either a bad creditor or good creditor. They crafts lots of loan option depending on the circumstances of the applicant Loans on next day is the one them.

Approved payday advance in seconds are absolutely unsecured short-term loans that are granted to the applicant without any security. The applicants only have to perform the terms that the lenders explained to grant the loan and that’s it.

But bad credit payday loans is a loan which is approved by the lenders or the companies of $1000 Payday Loans very soon that is usually within 24 hours. Through the amount of this loan the applicant can sort-out all their short term and financial necessities.

You can procure the cash only by enclosing the details of your permanent employee code and valid bank account number. Your poor credit is not a hindrance, in getting approved for quick pay day loan. Have no more worries about your bad credit history.

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I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting online, and once I do get online, being able to do things without freezing up and having to start over again.  So two days ago, I went over to the place that we get our online service from.  I told them the problem, and they said they would give me a new plug in card.  But, as is usual, they don’t have any in stock…they will mail it to me.  Now remember, never once did they question the fact that this wasn’t even my account.

Today, I received the plug in card.  I uninstalled the program, then reinstalled it, then plugged in the card.  All set to go you say…WRONG!!!  I try to go online and get nothing.  So I try to close out this white screen and again nothing.  After lots of poking at that X, I finally got something.  Would I like to pay $15 a day or sign up for a new contract?  WTF???!!!  We have a contract.  When it expires, I doubt we will renew it.  This online service is terrible.

So now lets call that handy 800 number and see what they have to say.  After pressing numerous prompts, I finally get a real live human being.  I answer all the verification questions correctly only to be told that they can’t help me because my name isn’t on that account. 

“You are kidding me, right?”

“No, I’m sorry, but I need permission from the owner of the account to speak to you.”

So I give her the junkyard number, and what happens?  Whoever answered the phone told her JE wasn’t in.  So now I have to call John to find out where JE is. 

“He’s right here.”

“Let me talk to him.”

I tell him what’s going on and to answer the phone when this person calls back.

Now, we have this all straightened out, and here’s what the problem was.  THEY forgot to put in the new serial number. 

Stupidity just burns my butt.  If you can’t do your job, QUIT.  Give it to someone who can.

BTW…I could have had them call Eric.  They would have never known who they were talking to.

This new card is just as bad as the other one.  Still slow and freezing up.

Installment payday loans can be grabbed easily by anyone who fulfills the eligibility criteria which requires you to be 18 years of age, having a regular source of income and holding a valid bank account. If you meet the above criteria then your application will be quickly approved.

You are eligible only if you fulfill payday loan company conditions. However, the best part about payday cash loans is that you can get the money within 24 hours of application.

Using a quick pay day loan to put you back in the black so you can continue to show a good repayment history with your creditors can be a great way to salvage an otherwise nasty downward spiral.

Online payday loans are convenient and give you the independence to avail a loan without any hassles. It also saves time and have become quite popular with the masses.

A flexcheck cash advance doesn’t have to be the first resource you turn to when you need money. By evaluating what your financial needs are and looking at some of these other areas you just might find you can do without them.

Many people find that they need pay day loans due to a financial emergency. However, because payday loans do not have collateral or even a credit check, they are known to have very high fees and rates of interest.

Dealing With Monthly Overdue

Immediate payday loans online lenders usually have their stores in busy roads or shopping malls where you can easily access them or find them. With the advancement in technology almost all payday loan lenders have developed their websites and mostly have started their business online instead of opening physical outlets to reduce their overall business cost.

There are many controversies and criticism about cheap pay day loans, some are in favor of it, while the others are not. Consumer union states that the Payday loan lenders exploit people with low income to avail the service at a very high interest and keep them in the debt cycle so as to make a constant source of income.

An online cash advance is small personal payroll advance loan completed online. It is by far the best and fastest route to getting the quick cash you need.

Same day loans are provided to those individuals who are in a need of quick and easy cash. These grants are offered for a small period of time.

This is a very quick way to obtain money that you need quickly. Be cautions of how you use this service because it can put you in a bigger bind. The interest rate attached to easy fast payday loans is usually very high.

At the end, having any kind of urgency on your head just applies for same day bad credit loans (Approval Payday Loans) and get instant amount without any bother. These are short term loans which can be helpful for those who require cash for short span of time. Apply freely whenever you require quick funds irrespective of poor credit status.

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The prerequisites that the applicant should have at the time of sending an appeal to lenders for payday advance loan acceptance are the applicant should be currently employed and the monthly earning should not be lesser than $1000 of per month, should currently have an active checking or savings account that must be valid in the bank for at least 6 months, and some proof of citizenship, age and earning.

So, fast short term loans are here to do everything for you. They can extend their financial assistance even in your bad credit situation. Now, you can make the loan application online as well as offline. Of that online application making is preferred. It takes hardly a few minutes in whole of the guaranteed approval cash advance loans process. So, you do not have to waste your time in the least.

The lenders do not give much importance on your credit report. You can apply for a loan even if your credit report is very poor. No valuation of the property and online searches in land registry is required for the approval of cash til payday loan. So it takes a very short time for the lenders to approve the loan and draw down the funds into the borrower’s account. The funds get transferred within the next 48 hours of your application.

As there’s a risk factor involved in lending bad credit pay day loans to a borrower who can be a tenant or a bad credit holder, such loans are usually attached with a higher interest rate. Borrow less and pay back on time, to avoid any kind of repercussions. Seek financial assistance easily online!

When you are unemployed then you can presume that if being unemployed is a cursed for one to take relief from the finance. But check cash advance are not of those loans which are provided by taking security and checking record.

Almost each clause of online cash advance is advantageous for its applicants but still it is suggested that study the guideline of executives before applying.

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You may plug-and-play with our new porn detection service www.pifilter.com . As I reported before, porn and adult content in images can be one of the big issues for online media, ISPs and search engines because it cannot be detected automatically. Now the time is changing, and we installed the online service which you can easily use.

pifilter website capture

If you have a social network, online albums, file sharing or provide ISP, you may set up your system to query our engine on each image being viewed or uploaded in your service. piFilter provides the simple API to send the query and receive the response in the form like ‘porn’, ‘no porn’ and ’suspicious’. It does not filter out images – it works much better offering the user the opportunity to manage the situation by himself. 

The technology is a part of our strategic development with www.picollator.com, so make sure that we implemented best pattern recognition algorithms to analyze images by piFilter. The service does not analyse text (maybe, yet!), it recognizes image content itself, so it is 100% language-independent and can work at English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, German, Korean, Estonian – at any website.  piFilter does not care about the language, because it sees the image, not reads the texts.  Such advantage is one of the key feature for most of social networks, blogs and ISPs, where there are many pageviews or uploads with no associated text content. The quality of the detection is above 80% and piFilter can process all image sizes and types in the Internet.

piFilter works by the analogy with 99% of manual content moderators, but performs much faster and does not need overheads, administration and operational expenses, and it is much cheaper in terms of direct costs. The commercial model reminds best cases of SaaS – you pay only for usage, not for time! So you subscribe to the particular traffic in number of requests, and may spend this traffic as long as you want. Something like pre-paid cellular tariffs, isn’t it? piFilter tariffs are made so any small or average site owner benefits up to 10x times subsribing to piFilter. Especially if calculate all direct or indirect expenses on content moderation or legal issues.

It is the unique market offer, so try it and be flexible and safe.

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Start with this, I did

Now think about this – How do libraries fit into this picture? As far as I can tell the technologies we’re struggling to adapt to and implement might very well be outdated by the time we’re ready to start using them.  That’s not good. Right now technologies are running by and we’re still crawling to keep up.  What does it mean? Maybe we can’t keep up, maybe we should stop focusing our energy there, at least temporarily.  Let’s face it we’ve been talking about the next gen OPAC for how many years?  Would our time be better spent elsewhere?  Maybe we need to look at changing our organizational structure and mindset first.  Then we’ll be better equipped to keep pace.  Perhaps becoming more fluid and ready to adapt much more rapidly to change as it happens?     Because right now I see two problems

1. The level of online service and interactions patrons  take for granted is not being met by libraries.  Not even the most cutting edge, front line, tech savvy ones.  
2. The technologies and trends the most cutting edge, front line, tech savvy libraries are preparing may not longer be relevant by the time they implement them or become obsolete soon there after.

We’re barely treading water here people and I don’t think another blog post about how your library can use Twitter or an article about website usability is going to keep us from downing.  We’ve got to change, and I mean really change.  

More Reading:

• The Beginning of the New Normal
• Inherit the Wind
• Libraries might not provide content in the future & its okay

разбирая twitter-related сервисы в сети наткнулся на synble.com. описание обещало “упростить запись коротких сообщений и схожесть с twitter’ом”. регистрация в сервисе только через клиент на мобилке (S60v3 only), после запуска установленного приложения происходит “синхронизация” клиента с сервером (примечательно, что точку доступа можно выбрать только GSM (wifi нельзя). при завершении синхронизации через web-интерфейс можно посмотреть лог звонков и смс в хронологическом порядке а так же по группам.

отправлять сообщения другим пользователям получилось только через web :\ вобщем некая пародия на zyb.com, o-sync.com и прочие SyncML сервисы. порадовала поддержка русского языка и наличия кнопочки “Delete all your data from Synble”. воистину синбле..