WEBCOAST

I will participate at WebCoast on March 18 - 20. It is a so called unconference with an open agenda / schedule that is generated by the participants. Here is a quote from the conference place, Lindholmen Science Park:

WebCoast is western Sweden’s first member-driven event with a focus on communication, Internet users and web developers. You are not coming to a pre-set agenda with paid lecturers; instead you will be involved in designing the content on location. To be held at the Lindholmen Conference Centre 18-20 March. (Lindholmen.se, February 4, 2011.)

I recommend you to read Glenn Reynold's book, An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths and Mitch Joel's book, Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone., if you want to understand the power of the world wide web.

Read Maria Gustafsson's interview (Tea Drinking Podradio Enthusiast) with me. [Editor's note: The text is in Swedish. You could translate it using e.g., Google Translate, Yahoo! Babel Fish, and Babylon.] 

Here is a video clip, explaining the open agenda / schedule (the grid):

BLOG TALK RADIO

I will continue to produce EGO podcasts on BlogTalkRadio on a regular basis. My goal is to publish a show once a week, but I have to start out with a show once a month and then every fortnight. It will take some time to build up a pool of potential guests and to schedule interviews with them. I have signed up for the premium package so I could grow my audience of listeners by getting 5,000 impressions per month as a part of BlogTalkRadio's featured show banner. I will also get in-depth analytics of show statistics that I could share with my guests and potential sponsors.

Listen to my thoughts on my new series of podcasts (May 4, 2010).

Related:

• 4 Steps to Podcasting Success - Social Media Examiner.
• Mobile Is Critical for Audio Podcasters: 3 Tips For Success - SeanCast.
• 100 Best Small Business Podcasts 2011 - Small Business Trends Radio.

BLOG BANNER IN PROGRESS

I have now illustrated the header with John Cox's second step in the making of the EGO blog banner. I will update the header with the final version in the near future.

SOCIAL MEDIA MODERATOR

As a moderator at the social bookmarking and networking site BizSugar, I can relate to the following video clip from episode four of the comedy series, Moderation Town. The clip is featuring social media expert, Amber Mac. I have listed her book, Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Grow Your Business, on my Amazon reading list.

"KILROY WAS HERE..."

I have added the location widget to the site. You could now follow my steps around the globe...

Haven't We Been Here Before (from the album, Kilroy Was Here) by Styx.

Here is an excerpt from Scott Kirsner's article, Foursquare: The 21st century's version of 'Killroy was here'?:

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you're clearly not a Foursquare user...yet. The mobile phone software and accompanying Web site turn your daily peregrinations into a competition: every time you venture somewhere (your neighborhood Dunkin' Donuts, or the Boston Garden), you use the Foursquare app or mobile Web site to "check in," getting credit for being there. The person who has checked in the most at a particular location becomes the mayor - at least until someone else shows up more often and steals the title.

It's a way of virtually tagging your regular hang-outs. Foursquare also enables you to see which other users have checked in at a place you frequent, or leave comments and recommendations: try the mac-and-cheese at John Harvard's, even though it's pricey, suggests one Foursquare user. (Boston.com, January 28, 2010.)

I recently helped Susanne Erlandson at Hillye of Sweden with putting her business on the geolocation map and I will soon have a workshop with Tommy Brandt of Visteon Corporation.