Blogworld 09 - Integrating Media Into the "One Site"

The presentation has already begun, so this link to the description of this talk will have to do for an intro.

My takes:

• Richard Nicolay is the speaker. The presentation is aimed at real estate sites, but it's applicable to all.


• The website is all about creating relationships and the way the site looks is part of how you brand yourself.


• As long as you keep the key elements of your site as you change it, your visitors will be able to easily adapt to the changes.


• Richard spent a lot of time discussing Posterous. Posterous is a lightweight blogging tool that allows you to mix all kinds of media. Posterous even works with Blogger! Way cool. I may need to try this from my Blackberry. The presentation is more of a demo than a standard presentation so if I want to share this with you, I'll have to use Posterous myself and report back.


• Rich is a big WordPress user and has another cool tool - Lifestream. Lifestream is a WordPress plugin for displaying feeds on your site. Looks interesting, but not applicable to everyone.

OK, this is a pretty cool session, but he's really just getting into his favorite tools and gadgets. What it shows is that there are lots of tools out there that allow you to integrate multiple streams and feeds into your blog or website so that you retain the look and feel.