Happy 2nd Birthday TFPFP!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Tioga Fire Protection & Fire Prevention!

This second year of blogging just flew by it seems. Though this last year of blogging amounted to only 57 blog articles posted as compared to the 95 blog articles I did my first year of blogging, I feel that I'm settled into doing the blogging thing here on the internet. They say content is king when it comes to blogging and the over all idea here on Tioga Fire Protection and Fire Prevention is to provide content that is knowledge as well as information to keep one safe from fire. I do think that useful information is being provided from the fact that there's been over 9000 visitors to TFPFP since April 2009. The visitor count far exceeded what I would have thought it would be at this point when I first stated. It may not seem like a lot to those larger blog pages out there but it is to me. It should only continue as long as the enjoyment and learning process of blogging keeps me moving forward. I do have to say thank you to all who visit here, it really means a lot.

I stated last year on TFPFP first birthday that blogging isn't for everyone because some are or may be afraid they may not have much to say. I sort of felt like that when first starting out blogging but having a 2nd year under the belt, that has changed. Sometimes I may have to much to say or write something that may not get the point across that I want. Thus the add ins one can add to ones blog to help get the point across for a particular blog post. Not just limited to posting a picture but adding a YouTube or two and even a Audioboo can make the blogging process fun. It has for me!

Here's the "Happy 2nd Birthday" audioboo I recorded this morning...

As I blog I will always remember something Chris Pirillo, who host

The Lockergnome Blog site, once said...

"Your blog is alive. It will grow as you grow."

The Tioga Fire Protection and Fire Prevention Blog is my connection point to the internet.

I'm not perfect as a blogger, and won't use that as an excuse for not blogging. I have the outlook that I can only get better as a blogger by staying the course. Again, I'm not or shall I ever be perfect as a blogger. To some I will even suck, but if I keep having fun, learn while on the journey I can get better and will.

Well, here's to the next year here at TFPFP as the journey continues...

(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.)

FiremanRich on AudioBoo: On The Porch

FiremanRich is now on audioBoo!

You can view or I should say listen over at...

http://audioboo.fm/FiremanRich


I came across audioBoo after viewing YouTuber Barry Aldridge talk about it and he has a collection of his own audioBoos to which I listen to. You can also follow Barry Aldridge on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/BarryAldridge and he is well worth following on the YouTube front.

Now you can only get 5 minutes of record time at a time, and I think that's more then enough for me to say or state something in a web base audio format. Any more then 5 minutes I think one could always get a blogtalkradio account and broadcast that way. I don't plan on doing the blogtalkradio bit but I do listen to them. To see what a blogtalkradio web base audio format for longer then 5 minutes is like you can check out Firefighter Netcast which I join online when I can. When I can't join I always follow up with the recording that are done and I do have a portal to Firefighter NetCast over on the right side column. Their on iTunes also.

The Firefighter Netcast Crew of Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell over at http://www.firefighternetcast.com/ do a very good set of blogtalkradio broadcasts on news, information, and opinion concerning fire fighting issues. If your in the fire fighting field these podcasts are well worth the time to listen to.

So here is my 2nd audioBoo which will give you an idea what one is. . .



The audioBoo in this TFPFP blog post is my secound one and in my first, which was that first "Test"one, I mentioned of how I haven't seen any real types of online reviews of this web audio platform. I thought even that Internet Guru Chris Pirillo of http://chris.pirillo.com/ hadn't done a review when he actually did post a great YouTube concerning audioBoo. . .



Now, I'm still on Twitter where you can follow me @FiremanRich of course along with a cast of others, there's the TFPFP YouTube channel with some future videos are in the works, and I do have the TFPFP Blog here. Some very nice web base platforms and tools to keep all informed on Fire Protection and Fire Prevention matters. I just think it's neat to be able to provide alittle audio via audioBoo now is I choose to do so in a blog post.

If you haven't checked out audioBoo I recommend that you do so. Even if you just listen to the huge collection that are on the web page again at http://audioboo.fm/ you expand your online knowledge of thing.

"Audioboo. Because sound is social."

(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.)