I did a search on Google today for the search term “rick garcia” (no known relation). Originally, I intended to JUST get my name in the search engines, any search engine, after I searched for my name a couple of years ago and didn’t get a single hit. After two years I’m happy […]

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For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a new website for my real estate business. Designed to attract clients in the San Diego Real Estate market, I’ve managed to source many of the components, did much of the design, and now I’m moving on to the programming of the site.
I won’t say much […]

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It’s official as of today- I’m now a Licensed California Real Estate Broker!  I feel better about the countless hours of business planning that I’ve been doing, not even having that little piece of paper in my hand.
Now comes the painful part, giving money to the many different vendors required to start this venture.  You’d […]

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Podcast. This is a very interesting word to me. It’s a word none less interesting than, say, widget. Apparently, in order to be inducted into social media mainstream use, the word in question has to sound like it comes from a far, far away, fantasy land. I’m sure to get into the […]

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YouTube took a big step yesterday by announcing partnerships with several of it’s most popular members.
Up until now there’s been a distinction between the content you create and the content created by YouTube’s professional content partners. We want to start changing some of the perception here. Which is why we’re adding several of the […]

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The recent Digg controversy is an example of the effectiveness of social media as a viral tool.  While many observers view the Digg issue in a negative light, I prefer to look at these latest events as a study in how a Web 2.0 company can use social media to gather user or viewer input […]

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Rick Garcia del.icio.us links for 1969-12-31

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After reading a story about netvibes throwing a party at the TechCrunch site, I decided to go check it out.  Since this isn’t a post about netvibes, I’ll just describe the site as a sorta Yahoo-like customizable page where you have all of your RSS feeds, etc.
The thing I wanted to discuss was my experience with […]

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I’ve spent a couple of days creating and testing  both a CozmoTv widget, and a SplashCast Player. Both of these media players, essentially embedable widgets, have the ability to take YouTube videos (shows), and create channels out of the shows. Users are then able to create widgets out of selected channels, and embed the widgets to […]

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After reading a post on the socialmedia.biz webiste regarding the departure of collumnist Bambi Francisco from MarketWatch amidst a conflict of interest controversy, I decided to investigate further.  Since Ms. Fransicso was leaving to head up Vator.tv fulltime, it made sense to start there.
Basically, Vator.tv is a site that targets entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and investors with the […]

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