While Gmail key-stroke command hacks are not a boat-floater for me, I think Adam Pash’s LifeHacker screencast on how-to “supercharge your Gmail” is a great example of how to create a screencast* that is both instructive and entertaining. Instead of droning on with some narration of what the viewer can obviously see he’s doing (my approach), he scored it with a Gwen Stefani tune. While I’m not sure the copyright cops will appprove, I sure do.

*Screencast definition.

Eric Rice is creating a list, in no particular order. Actually, a master list of tech, new-media, social-media, blogging, podcasting, web 2.0® and un-branded knock-off conferences would be helpful. Is there a one-page version somewhere?

While I do not know PC Magazine editor Jim Louderback personally, I have long subscribed to an email newsletter version of his “blog” which, in his case, is a blog-version of his email newsletter. Today, Jim (or someone posing as Jim) guest-blogged on the PR-blog, Strumpette.com to respond to a Twitter “tweet” made by Steve Rubel last Friday. Jim’s (or Fake-Jim’s) guest-blogitorial takes Steve to task for tweeting that he trashes his free print copy of PC Magazine.

As Steve is an executive in a large PR firm with lots of technology clients, Jim didn’t think it was cool for Steve to be trash talking on Twitter in such a way. Steve today blogged an apology and admitted that he regretted the Twitter trash talk.

I hope that expanding this conversation beyond 140 characters allowed everyone to set the record straight. I know it sure made me feel better. I feel so good about how this was all handled, that I’m awarding Jim and Steve my Kumbaya Badge for civility. Congratulations.

Speaking of trash and Twitter, there’s a handy Twitter feature called the trash can. If you post something you immediately regret, you can trash it. (However, that won’t keep all those who “follow” you from seeing it before that surge of regret overcomes you.)

Also, speaking of Jim Louderback. While I do not know him personally, ever since he used to appear on Tech TV, he’s always reminded me of someone — but, I can’t quite figure out who:

I needed something funny this morning, so I’m glad Rafat Ali pointed to a new online venture in which Will Ferrell is involved, FunnyOrDie.com. It’s like hot-or-not meets YouTube. Comics can upload short videos — and viewers provide instant feedback through the common methods: favorites, comments, rankings. Farrell’s short, “The Landlord,” is an instant classic; that is, if you’re a Will Ferrell fan like me.

• Cumulative advantage in a connected age | NYTimes
  Quote: “People almost never make decisions independently — in part because the world abounds with so many choices that we have little hope of ever finding what we want on our own.”
  (tags: community conversational-media culture marketing)
• Microsoft, Adobe set a collision course on Web | WSJ.com
  Quote: Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Inc. are on a collision course as they seek to dominate a new kind of software that will change how personal computers and the Web work together.
  (tags: software)
• Web-Only Magazines: Real Business or Face Saver? | MediaWeek
  Quote: Publishers are trying to keep defunct titles alive online. Is it a real business or just face saving? (Response: Why do editors/reporters ask questions in headlines and articles? Tell us, don’t ask us.)
  (tags: b2b magazines)
• Don’t speak. Point! - Three ingredients of the future of journalism | Bruno Giussani
  Quote: The days of journalists and editors “speaking on behalf of people” or “speaking to people” are over. “Point to people and get out of the way.”
  (tags: journalism conversational-media)
• 2007 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism | New York Times
  The 2007 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday. This is a list of the winners in journalism.
  (tags: journalism pulitzer)
• Giving away information, but Increasing revenue | New York Times
  It’s not everyday the New York Times does a story on the economics of business-to-business media.
  (tags: b2b events media abm)
• Survey: User-Generated Content Is Top Threat to Media and Entertainment Industry | Accenture
  Quote: “Media and entertainment executives see the growing ability and eagerness of individuals to create their own content as one of the biggest threats to their business, according to results of a survey.” My take: You fear what you don’t understand.
  (tags: Media socialmedia)