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Websmart TV

WebSmart TV - the basics of the web in about a minute.

Are you a regular person who is trying to make sense of all the new terms you hear being tossed around in conversations and in written messages such as: tweets, RSS, web 2.0, friend (used as a noun), blog, and many others? Does it make your brain hurt to think of figuring it all out? Well, Headstand Media has a new tool made to serve you! It’s called WebSmart TV and you can visit it online at http://websmart.tv

What is WebSmart TV?

Headstand Media (the Chicago web design company I founded in 2007) noticed a need in the marketplace for a resource that normal people (like you) could access to educate themselves about the web 2.0 world we now live in. Rather than provide a lot of long-winded, high fog-level technical articles (which you can certainly get elsewhere), we decided to create a video blog (vlog) of short one-minute videos that each explain one aspect of the web 2.0 world, in plain everyday language. Simply put, WebSmart TV offers the basics of the web in about a minute.

Who is WebSmart TV?

The Headstand Media team writes, acts and produces these videos ourselves using our own time, talents and “prosumer” level equipment. Taylor Birkey writes our scripts. Benjamin Nelson is our on-camera talent. Matt Ritsman does all the audio and video recording and production. Kyle Williams helps us get the site optimized for search engines and social media. We all contributed to the design of the site, but it was mostly Benjamin’s idea. We believe that if we can do this, then anyone can do it… including our clients!

So, I encourage you to check out the new site. We have launched it with 5 videos covering:

There is also a video explaining “What is WebSmart TV?” We plan to add a new video every week!

We’ve provided many ways for you to stay connected with WebSmart TV through: Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds and our YouTube channel. If you like what you see, you can easily share the links with your friends and associates, and spread the word about this educational resource.

Are Websites Becoming Less Important?

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A friend named Jake Bland mentioned this blog site and post in a report he recently wrote, that I had an opportunity to scan. The post is called “Nobody Cares About Your Website” and was written by Eric Murrell. Media Salt’s tagline is: God isn’t bland. The Church shouldn’t be, either. Looks like a really interesting site worth checking out.

Who Is This, Really?

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Hot Beans Show Mailer I received a direct mail card advertising “A Comedic Cabaret Experience” at Davenport’s Piano Bar Cabaret in Chicago. The show is called “Hot Beans in Love” and claims to feature Kelly Bailey and Benjamin Nelson. However, on closer inspection… that’s not Benjamin Nelson… that’s David Hoy, leading worship at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park! :-)

Benjamin or David?Seriously, Benjamin will be acting the part of “Benji Nelson,” life-partner to cabaret singer “Frankie Beans” in this hot n’ spicy production. The show starts on April 2nd at 8 PM, and continues through April every Wednesday night. Davenport’s is located at 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago and you can get more info on their website.

You can also get much more information about the show at the Hot Beans show blog site.

I plan to check out the show myself.

Welcome to the New BirkeyBlog Website!

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I’ve redone my former birkeyblog website into a new one powered by WordPress. The old one was hosted under my Apple .MAC account using a software product called BlogStudio. This new WordPress site gives me a lot more control and access to cool new features that I’ll be adding over time.

Many of my old posts do not show up properly yet. I will be going through each one to clean up the code and make them work. Give me some time, and it will all be back, better than ever. I hope you like it!