YouTube is for sale and it’s magic number is $1.5 Billion. While most media companies think the number is too high, YouTube founders believe that they could get what they are asking for.

I think YouTube has a huge potential for growth especially that they enjoy a level of freedom that TV has lost to the FCC.

And if facebook is asking for $1.0 Billion then YouTube seems like a bargain…

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Tag My City messaging feature is almost ready for deployment.

When deployed, users will be able to contact each other by sending internal messages.

Click on the picture to see more screenshots.

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Don’t forget webmaster jam session in Dallas Sep 22 & 23.
And of course it’s listed on Tag My City :)

Speakers

• Eric Meyer
• Andy Budd
• Derek Featherstone
• Nick Longo
• Ethan Marcotte
• Jared Spool
• John Moore
• Scott Fegette … and more.

Topics

• IE7 and Beyond
• Essential Web Skills
• Website Promotion Methods
• Photoshop Tips and Tricks
• Flash: Beyond the Intro
• Why Good Content Must Suck
• Web Design Roundtable
• Starbucks Tribal Knowledge
• Designing with CSS
• Adobe Product Showcase
• Web Marketing 101
• What’s New in Web Software

I was trying to help my friend install some Excel/VB macros on her PC. Here is what I found searching Microsoft’s support website:

• Call the Add method of the AddIns collection to add the new add-in to the list of add-ins in Excel Add-In Manager.

Yeah that was very helpful .. thank you I got it..

If you don’t believe me, see for yourself here.

Yesterday’s presentation about High Fidelity Prototyping by Mark Kraemer was very impressive.

Mark talked about prototyping and it’s effects on customers, investors, analysts, programmers, etc. He also covered some of the HCI (Human Computer Interaction) methodologies such as stories, scenarios, mockups and usability.

I found his presentation to be very helpful because it presented a real life example. And covered prototype development during different iterations (phases) of his project’s life cycle (SDLC).

Prototyping is a tricky issue and there is no perfect formula for good prototyping. There are some guidelines that you can follow. However, you always need to modify your techniques according to your specific requirements, audience, time and budget.

You can download a PDF version of the presentation here

Thanks to mark for his efforts and thanks to Refresh Dallas for making this happen..

Don’t forget Refresh Dallas meeting tomorrow from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Christopher A. Parr Library

6200 Windhaven Parkway

Plano, TX 75093 google map

What is Refresh?

Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of new media endeavors in the Dallas area.

I am working right now on adding few functionalities to Tag My City

• Add users as party buddies (Social Networking)
• Subscribe to your buddies events. e.g If I subscribe to my buddy’s events, I will be notified (email or SMS) every time she sign up for an event.
• Subscribe to places events. e.g If I subscribe to a certain place events, then I will be notified about every event that will occur in that place.
• Subscribe to places news-letters and specials. This way, you will be the first one to know about VIP passes or special discounts.

If you like to recommend more things to be added, then please feel free to contact

me: kinan [at] tektactic [dot] com

or

Callie: callie [at] tagmycity [dot] com