FiremanRich End of Year (2010) Review

The 2010 Year of being online Blogging, YouTubing, Tweeting, and Audiobooing for me has been a good fulfilling year of fun, as well as a year that has been interesting and knowledgeable in what other had to say or express. I guess I can throw Facebook into the mix also, but I’m still not fully convinced that Facebook is all that it’s been made to be when compared to other online social media platforms. I’m still keeping an open mind about Facebook though. At any rate, if it wasn’t fun and interesting of doing what I’m doing on the internet I wouldn’t be doing it, so I’m still here with my presents on the internet that started with my blog Tioga Fire Protection and Fire Prevention.

Since creating the Tioga Fire Protection and Fire Prevention on Blogger I have started a second blog this year called FiremanRich: Different Various Subjects To Include Fire Protection And Fire Prevention over on WordPress.com to be able to write & post on subjects other then “Fire Safety,” though my main reason for blogging is for the interest I have in fire protection & fire prevention subjects. It’s been a good part of my life and I think it’s always a good thing to share information that will keep one safe. I’ve even branched out even still to where you can find FiremanRich on HubPages which are interesting to do if I find a particular subject to write/post about to a place in a different online format other than the typical blog posting. HubPages are fun to do also.

On the YouTube front I have the TFPFP Channel but also started a second YouTube channel which would be the RichTVTioga Channel that has a pretty good video intro. Think I need to work on a intro for the TFPFP Channel in 2011, :: makes a note, intro for tfpfp youtube ::. Doing the YouTubes have been great fun and having the second channel gives a flexibility to doing YouTubes where again one channel is for fire safety/protection subjects and the other channel to branch out with different subject matter. Plus on RichTVTioga Channel my good friend & pal Max can appear as my side kick.

Though I don’t have the big number of subscribers on the YouTube channels as compared to other YouTubers, for me it’s not about numbers as it is about the fun in doing them. With a total of 25 YouTube videos done from both my channels for 2010 I have had a lot of fun and plan on continuing doing the YouTubes in 2011. I do get some views and knowing that they are being viewed and receiving comments makes it worth the time & effort.

Here’s a video expressing some additional thoughts and outlooks as we begin to enter into the New Year of 2011:

I sincerely wish everyone an awesome New Year! I’ll end this 2010 year by saying to you all. . .

May your heart be light and happy,
May your smile be big and wide,
And may your pockets always have
a coin or two inside!

Best of Luck to you in 2011!

Happy New Year! : )

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)

Gnomedex 2010: Attended At A Distance. . .

Before the event even started I looked at the possibility of attending.

Cost to get in the door, no problem. Cost for a plane ticket and hotel room, well....slightly tight but doable.

It's when it came down to the "time" involved, it wasn't going to work. "Time" became the stopper in attending. This wasn't going to be a total wash though, because with today's technology and social media formats that are online via the internet, I felt I could follow Gnomedex 2010 in a scaled down sort of small way. I even made a YouTube video on the RichTVTioga YouTube channel of what I was going to do. Here's the video...

So, I was all geared up to pay close attention to the goings on at Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle WA via all the online internet tool that were available. Well, I wasn't disapointed. The #gnomedex Twitter feed was good as well as following individuals on Twitter who attended. The YouTube videos that were recorded by individuals attending were great also. All you have to do is do a Goggle Search for "Gnomedex" or head over to the lockergnome's Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/lockergnome#p/f on YouTube and you'll see a wealth of videos to watch.

The two online tools of Twitter & YouTube alone were great on keeping up, again in a small way, with what was happening at #gnomedex. It's when you add in the factor that Chris Pirillo had all the event's presenters/speakers that took to the stage streamed LIVE feed through UStream that it made you feel that you were actually there from a distance. Now Gnomedex 2010 is a event toted as "the Conference of Inspiration and Influence - where we showcase how Technology is changing the world!" The event's web page gives a very good breakdown and idea of all the happenings in Seattle WA for the two day event. http://www.gnomedex.com/ I think that Gnomedex once again accomplish exactly what it was billed as.

Now there was thousands of thousands of videos and pictures taken at Gnomedex but there was a certain picture that was quickly making the rounds at the conference as well as on Twitter...

The title of the famous photo is "How geeks go to the bathroom at #Gnomedex." You talk about a Kodak Moment! lol

It wasn't till later on the final day, at the sing along of the Gnomedex 2010 Song, that it was reveailed who belonged to the iPad on the stall floor and who was the owner in the stall. lol

Here's Derek K. Miller playing & singing the Gnomedex 2010 song with all attending singing along also...

This is the #Gnomedex conference that had a action pack lineup of speakers that keeped you engadged even while checking that Twitter feed on the TweetDeck.

Robert Scoble, @Scobleizer, a attender stated about Gnomedex, "This is the first conference where everyone is on a computer and using it during the conference and typing on it while the conference is going on."

Mattew Inman, @Oatmeat, one of the highlighted speakers/presenters said at the events after party, "I thought it was a PR Marketing conference and I was puzzling surprised it was just a big geek mix."

For me, I attended Gnomedex 2010 where there was a distance from Up-State New York to Seattle of about 2300 miles. But, because of todays technology as well as a forward thinking person, I as well as others attended "From Afar" virtually via the LIVE UStream feed. I was at #Gnomedex and I say Thank-You Chris Pirillo for providing the LIVE feed.

I felt like I was there & I was there at #Gnomedex 2010! : )

"We'll E You Later!"

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; this is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)

"Double Dipping Twitter Tweets No More!"

Anyone that has been reading & checking the TFPFP blog here you might have noticed that a slight change taking place over the last few weeks. That's the nice thing that I like about blogging and that is, it's pretty flexible in being creative and changing it up when you feel the need to. Ok now it was back a few months, on the April 18th blog post here at TFPFP that I started posting
"Twitter Weekly Updates" and "Social Media Updates" from my Twitter account @FiremanRich and I stated the following...

April 18th blog post: "Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18":

With my second year of blogging started, I figure it wouldn’t hurt to place the tweets I made over on Twitter for the week as a weekly blog post here on TFPFP. There’s other bloggers that do it from what I see and it gives one another reference spot to check out those tweets of interest. CONTENT, CONTENT! That’s what blogging is all about. CONTENT is KING!

If you blog and it becomes to rigid to where you start getting the feeling "Oh my God I have a deadline to meet," then your not having fun in doing the blogging process in my opinion. If you differ from that view then I can respect that, but for me something wasn't feeling right with my blogging. After looking over the pass two months of doing the blog thing I started to not like what I was seeing. All those "Social Media Updates" were looking like alot of CLUTTER! The "Twitter Weekly Updates" were looking more and more also like I was "Double Dipping" with my Twitter posts.

What do I mean by "Double Dipping," well here's a very good YouTube video of that classic Seinfeld double dipped chip scene that sort of explains what I mean and how I feel about "Double Dipping Twitter Tweets". . .



For me though after two months of doing weekly "Social Media Updates" in blog posts, because I saw other other bloggers doing it and I thought it would be neat to do for the extra blog content as my reason, I've decided to stop doing it. No more Double Dipping Twitter Tweets and or Clutter Twitter Tweets! Besides on the sidebar of my blog there's a Twitter Update section showing my last five current Tweets that I made and that is more then enough. Remember, you can follow me on Twitter @FiremanRich where I'll be doing the "Tweet on Tweeter & Have Fun!" thing.


Today, the 4th of July, is the United States of America's Birthday and the Good Old U.S.A. is a young 234 years old.

I wish every one a great & enjoyable Independence Day holiday.

When you BBQ ensure you do it safely and keep it fire safe so nobody gets burned.

If your shooting of any type of fireworks do so it safely. The previous blog post of the NFPA's press release has warnings as well as some very important & informative warnings when using fireworks.

Myself along with family will be watching the professionals fire off those fireworks. Not only safe but more enjoyable.

Keep it Fire Safe All & Learn Not To Burn!


(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; this is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)

Happy Birthday TFPFP!

WOW! I've been having a lot of fun this past year doing the "blog thing." I've also been haven fun with the Social Media of Twitter and Facebook .

Oh, did I tell you that you can follow me on Twitter @FiremanRich.

Here it is a year later after starting Tioga Fire Protection & Fire Prevention (TFPFP) and today, yes today is the blog site's 1st birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Tioga Fire Protection & Fire Prevention!

This birthday blog post makes my 95th blog post for me. Lots of articles and lots of views over the last year. Maybe not as much as a Joel Comm, (@JoelComm), Chris Pirillo, (@ChrisPirillo) or even as much as The Fire Critic (@FireCritic), all of who are big time online celebrities, if I do say so myself. The blog posts I've made over the past year are a significant amount to where they are a big deal to me. They express a view and outlook of Fire Protection/Safety that is very important to me and allows me to be able to pass on this knowledge to each and everyone.

I really wasn't sure where this was all going to take me. When I first started I figure let me give it a try and see where it'll takes me. What would result is knowing that if I can blog then anyone can blog by just giving it a go. It has sparked an interest to learn a process and to pass on that knowledge as well as to encourage others who would not otherwise try doing a blog or create a twitter account.

Blogging isn't for everyone but if you have something to say or knowledge to pass on it's a great format to do so. Blogger by Goggle has worked out very well as a blog host for me. Couldn't beat that price of using it either, which is FREE!

The blog platform to work from has been and will continue to be a good place for me to share Fire Protection & Fire Prevention practices, thoughts, ideas, or just some general discussion. Doing so I found it keeps me engaged on the subjects and keeps its exciting. It's a work in progress for me, that’s fun. With all the other Fire Service Blogs that are out there now, reading them helps me become a better informed fire fighter with each blog post.

Now there’s that FIREFIGHTER netcast out there for us to listen to. Check it out you won’t be sorry, I know I wasn’t. . .

I’ve been in the process of listening to all the podcast since the start of them this past January. Their online and their on iTunes too! Lots of GREAT information that’s current for todays Fire Service. I’m hook and I’m a fan. Plus there’s some exciting things coming up so take the time to visit FIREFIGHTER netcast .

Well, time to have some cake & ice cream. The cake is a cupcake with one candle on it.

Part of starting a 2nd year of blogging, Tioga Fire Protection and Fire Prevention has a Facebook Fan Page now. . .

Isn’t this World Wide Web and Social Media Great! : )

Thanks again for all the visits to TFPFP and I look forward to future visits when I’m a doing the “blog thing.”

Be Safe Out There and God Bless.

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; this is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)