Half Hour Huddle on ShermanHu.tv for 20090126
January 26, 2009 by Sherman Hu
Filed under Half Hour Huddle, Video
Saw 65+ audience on today’s Huddle. We had “thedvshow“, “CreativeOil” and “eldonletkeman” in attendance today, fabulous peeps involved in video. Also had “gesman” (developer of MemberWing Wordpress plugin) in attendance.
We covered topics from blogging (Wordpress, plugins, membership plugins), shopping carts, video (camcorders, live broadcasting platforms) and even homeschooling curriculum! 
Watch the video, read the show notes below, and please share your feedback and comments below. Thanks.
Show Notes
10:29 shermanlive : !moderateon
10:29 shermanlive : !topic Half Hour Huddle with Sherman Hu for Jan 26, 2009
10:29 shermanlive : hi Mike!!
10:30 ustreamer-7098 : Sean
10:31 shermanlive : U#7098 is Sean, wlcm 2 da party dood!
10:31 shermanlive : Hiya Graphic Guy!
10:31 ustreamer-7098 : ty looking forward to what we just looked at
10:31 graphic_guy : Hey Sherman. Watching you from across the water in Victoria
10:32 shermanlive : NICE!!!!
10:32 shermanlive : you bet, Sean!
10:34 ustreamer-76257 : live feed here work kinda like mine?
10:34 shermanlive : u shld b seeing a replay of the last live broadcsat
10:34 shermanlive : i’m going live in 10 secs
10:34 ustreamer-76257 : what time your live start?
10:34 ustreamer-76257 : cool
10:37 shermanlive : Hey Sandra!!
10:38 graphic_guy : 10k race yesterday on the island
10:38 sandraschubert : Hi guys.I am on a call but will go live w. you. I hope
10:38 shermanlive : awesome!
10:39 graphic_guy : Part of the Island Race Series – supports local running clubs
10:39 graphic_guy : 44:13
10:40 graphic_guy : 41:30
10:40 ustreamer-54847 : Morining
10:40 eldonletkeman : hey dude!
10:41 SelfMadeCelo : =)
10:41 graphic_guy : The super fast guys were 31 minutes!
10:41 SelfMadeCelo : Hi Sherman
10:41 eldonletkeman : My play opened this weekend, it was great!
10:41 SelfMadeCelo : Hey Eldon how was the play?
10:42 SelfMadeCelo : Everything go off without a hitch?
10:42 eldonletkeman : Amazing, great response from everyone
10:42 eldonletkeman : yeah, pretty much
10:42 SelfMadeCelo : Awesome, congrats
10:43 eldonletkeman : thanks, now seven more performances
10:43 eldonletkeman : www.gallery7theatre.com
10:43 eldonletkeman : Houise of James
10:46 TCTC : Afternoon all
10:47 james_harmon : i am all signed up
10:48 colmcgunnigle : internet connection is *hideous* here in Florida … keep getting dropped … but just wanted to pop by and say hey! Supporting u Sherman!
10:48 colmcgunnigle : Really I wanted to come by and dance
10:49 ustreamer-24996 : wassup peeps keep the music spinnin
10:49 colmcgunnigle : Will be good to be back in NY this week … back to normalcy! Although I do love the sun!
10:49 thedvshow : <— knows how you perfected that white background
10:50 thedvshow : wasssssup!
10:50 thedvshow : its ok to say nerd
10:51 eldonletkeman : yeah, I answer to nerd
10:51 eldonletkeman : geek just means you’re bragging
10:51 eldonletkeman : Yeah, cuz I’m humble!
10:52 RobNelson : I did and U?
10:52 james_harmon : geek is more of a pocket protecter guy
10:53 RobNelson : Looked like U had a fun weekend!
10:53 ustreamer-47476 : Hi Sherman! : )
10:53 ustreamer-47476 : It’s me Shama-watching 1st time live. 
10:54 ustreamer-47476 : hiiiii! : ) thanks!
10:54 ustreamer-47476 : lol. okay will do1
10:54 gesman : hello Sherman
10:54 gesman : Gleb Esman, thank you man
10:55 TheSecretFog : Hello to you…Mo
10:55 ustreamer-66426 : this is Bizartist99 – ur BIT buddy
10:55 gesman : (im the author of MemberWing – in case anyone has live question about this wordpress membership site plugin)
10:56 ustreamer-80507 : Hi Sherman
10:56 thedvshow : hey gesman
10:56 thedvshow : I have memberwing and love it
10:56 ustreamer-59838 : jeetkundo here how do you sign in
10:56 ustreamer-66426 : ur going to be crystal clear on HD this week – we will rock
10:56 gesman : thedvshow, thanks, man. Update is in works
10:56 thedvshow : bring it on
10:56 SelfMadeCelo : MemberWing eh? URL?
10:56 RobNelson : Can gesman give us a link?
10:57 gesman : Sherman, could you give a link to memberwing?
10:57 SelfMadeCelo : I’ve been setting up a membership site with aMember..and I hate it
10:57 gesman : ok: thanks – it’s www.memberwing.com
10:57 thedvshow : www.memberwing.com/
10:57 SelfMadeCelo : Thanks will check it out
10:57 shamahyder : : ) all signed in. music is great.
10:57 RobNelson : Thanks for the link
10:58 gesman : Rob, my pleasure. feel free to send me email in case of any Q’s…
10:58 gesman : Thanks Sherman again….
10:58 gesman : are you in Montreal?
10:59 gesman : Ottawa here, -20 degrees here !
10:59 SelfMadeCelo : Sherman whats your favorite shopping car tin terms of being able to customize and functionality?
10:59 RobNelson : Sherm wearing your kevlar today? scary event there lately!
10:59 gesman : Lovely – marriage conference? wow
10:59 CreativeOil : Hi, Sherman!
11:00 RobNelson : shooting by the keg
11:00 CreativeOil : Hope youwave when you fly over Toronto!
11:00 gesman : CreativeOil, how’s weather in To ? So chilly in Ottawa. Only my standard poodles enjoy it – they’re too furry
11:01 shamahyder : Sherman, remind us of your favorite video camera (HD) for online video?
11:01 ustreamer-80926 : hi Sherman
11:01 shamahyder : actually-open to all suggestions for a video HD camera for the net!
11:01 shamahyder : woo-hoo! highest rated show.
11:02 thedvshow : i’m dancing right now
11:02 jeetkundo12 : het everyone
11:02 lenapple : Hey Sherman
11:02 CreativeOil : Crossing Delancy was a great movie!!
11:03 eldonletkeman : The play is even better!
11:03 gesman : lots of video / graphics guys here!
11:03 acemaker : Good afternoon from NH
11:03 eldonletkeman : but I’m kinda biased
11:03 RobNelson : eldon kid friendly show?
11:03 Tom_M : hey Sherman
11:03 ustreamer-21684 : Hi from London
11:03 shamahyder : the 2nd one
11:03 shamahyder :
11:03 shamahyder : Sha-mah.
11:04 gesman : Sherman, how many simul. viewers ustram can handle per channel?
11:04 shamahyder : yea!
11:04 gesman : 5k – not bad.
11:04 colmcgunnigle : So sorry I’m not gonna be able to interact, the video is cutting out way too much I only hear 1/10 of what you say … dang! I’ll connect again when I’m back in NY.
11:04 colmcgunnigle : Luv u guys!
11:04 Tom_M : Sherman, dropped my static site and went all SemPro this past week, converted the whole site…thanks!!!
11:04 aishaladon : hey sherman my iphone is stuck, trying to stream you with ustream app
11:05 reslynn : hi sherman dude…new haircut/hairdo?
11:05 solidmastery : Is ustream the only freely avaible video streaming site?
11:05 colmcgunnigle : Great hair, right?
11:05 colmcgunnigle : (Sherman’s hair is always a hot topic
11:06 shermanlive : Shopp Plugin
11:06 technorev : TechnoRev is in the house
11:06 colmcgunnigle : Hey Techno
11:06 thedvshow : that is a great plugin choice sherman
11:06 shermanlive : www.Interspire.com
11:06 lenapple : I’m gonna throw in Zen Cart. You can drop a wordpress blog into the cart. But I do them separately.
11:07 shamahyder : for a VERY simple cart- ejunkie.com does a decent job right.
11:07 SelfMadeCelo : Magento?
11:07 jeetkundo12 : what’s going on with the wordpresstut membership site
11:07 ustreamer-85086 : 1 shopping cart
11:07 gesman : SelfMade, Magento is sweet, but it’s not like it’s a plugin
11:07 SelfMadeCelo : I’ve been looking into X-Cart as well. That one is pretty widely used
11:07 colmcgunnigle : I use zencart too … anybody know any super-knowledgeable zen guys who I can hire out?
11:08 shermanlive : camcorderinfo.net
11:08 colmcgunnigle : I usually do it myself but am getting too busy
11:08 shamahyder : thank you
11:08 lenapple : I exclusively use Zen Cart
11:08 ustreamer-85086 : 1 shopping cart makes it easy for affiliates, credit cards and auto responders
11:08 colmcgunnigle : (guys or gals, that is
11:08 lenapple : I can do a lot of customization…
11:09 IanStuart : Is there a plugin/widget to insert 125×125 ads in WP or do you have to use a theme that already supports them?
11:09 SelfMadeCelo : 1ShoppingCart is okay, but I’m looking for something I can host myself
11:09 colmcgunnigle : if interested in extra work, drop me your contact info
11:09 sandraschubert : Hello everyone off my call…
11:09 SelfMadeCelo : I’ll check out Zen Cart as well. SO many choices lol
11:09 realsource : I have seen 15k during the Obama acceptance speech
11:10 lenapple : difference between 1 shopping cart (which is great) and zen cart would fall in product numbers. I have a cart online that has 5000+ products. This would not be pratical w/ 1 shopping cart…
11:10 ustreamer-9875 : My zencart has 7000 products and is working great!
11:10 realsource : I have seen 15k simultaneous users on Ustream during the Obama acceptance speech
11:10 reslynn : from my experience when it comes to videocam. esp. in HD, windows/mac compatible, ext. mic/headset capable,..if possible webcam capable too…im using canon hg 10 w/c is HD and also great doing static pictures
11:10 thedvshow : cams I recommend cli.gs/SM6sYm
11:10 SelfMadeCelo : How’s the support with ZenCart? Noticed it was a free solution
11:11 sandraschubert : Does Sherman have a cold? Sherman?
11:11 shamahyder : looks good!
11:11 aishaladon : Im not sure if this is a geeky tech question, but what method of homeshcooling do you do. Unschooling or what?
11:11 ustreamer-9875 : Zencart Forums have helped me through 4 years of hickups and coding
11:11 seabix : www.nowlive.com/
11:11 ustreamer-77636 : Have you heard about youtube rejecting duplicate video submissions? What is your best way to get video ranked?
11:11 TheSecretFog : I used 1 shopping cart for a year…they refuse to delete any member/affiliate who are inactive..total waste of space and you can get better for less.
11:11 colmcgunnigle : there are always tech peeps on the zencart forums and they respond pretty quickly
11:11 realsource : @Selfmadecelo – I use cubecart and oscommerce
11:11 SelfMadeCelo : okay cool, thanks colmcgunnigle
11:11 lenapple : Great forum support. 1000’s of knowlegable users www.zen-cart.com/forum/
11:12 SelfMadeCelo : thanks realsource, i’ll check it out
11:12 ustreamer-77636 : Have you heard about youtube rejecting duplicate video submissions? What is your best way to get video ranked?
11:12 thedvshow : youtube is supposed to have a live option soon
11:12 jeetkundo12 : what is the best wordpress plug in for seo
11:12 colmcgunnigle : I have a client who used to use 1shoppingcart and recommended “stay away!” … Myself I’ve always used others
11:13 gesman : e-junkie is alovely cheap digital goods delivery service. Only from $5/mo
11:13 thedvshow : and its in your software gesman
11:13 gesman : i use it and like them
11:13 Tom_M : gotta say Denis @ SemPro was pretty helpful with SemPro. Very responsive, it took one day. My experience @ Elance, guru and Craigs was not so hot (for this) looking for help on the conversion of the static site to SemPro
11:13 lenapple : @jeetkundo12 – I use “metatags” simple and very simple, quick to use. Get great SE results
11:14 gesman : yes, thats why i can safely recommend it
11:14 graphic_guy : Sherman, any suggestions for managing passwords online or Mac app
11:14 Tom_M : Sherman, am I the only one who’s having a tough time getting used to the new dashboard in WP ????
11:14 gesman : my wife uses 1ShoppingCart, so I’ll have an extra vote for it
11:14 IanStuart : sidebar
11:15 shermanlive : Who Sees Ads
11:15 ustreamer-94355 : @Sherman It’s Chinese New Year today – you should taken a day off -!! Kung Hey Fatt C!hoy
11:16 gesman : senate.gov crashed during Obama speech, lol… CNN.com was holding well
11:16 solidmastery : What are the current business models for making a living with web content. How much can the average salary a high-quality blogger can expect to make.
11:17 sandraschubert : Did he say if you are here Nude?
11:17 solidmastery : ^what is the average salary a high-quality freelance blogger can expect to make.
11:17 thedvshow : it takes a few years and lots of dedication solidmastery
11:17 gesman : solidmastery, it’s like a standard data entry job. Lots depends on your creativity and how other people feels about it
11:18 gesman : (it’s *not* )
11:19 ustreamer-28727 : 1password = great password manager on MAC
11:19 sandraschubert : Ok get some water we don’t want a live passout to happen
11:19 gesman : sticky pad on a side of a monitor – makes password recovery easy. For everyone 
11:19 solidmastery : @thedvshow it comes primarily from advertisments or products sold to membership after developing a “name” for oneself
11:19 thedvshow : lol gesman
11:19 thedvshow : I write it on my hand
11:20 realsource : What is the best software for ripping dvd’s
11:21 aishaladon : where do you see technology an education in the future? Using blogging, podcasting, virtual worlds like second life.
11:21 realsource : got kicked off of vimeo – using tubemogul
11:21 Sean_w : pg1search.com award winning video marketing site!!!!
11:21 lenapple : with the url on youtube and other sites remember to use the “http://”
11:22 eldonletkeman : realsource – PC or Mac?
11:22 brandrider : Hi Sherman. What’s the 4 part of the 10/10/4?
11:22 realsource : @eldonletkeman – I have both – I use my PC the most
11:22 lenapple : no one will copy and paste your url…
11:22 eldonletkeman : Xilisoft for PC is great
11:22 gesman : custom permalinks – the best non-plugin for Wordpress SEO: /%category%/%postname%/
11:23 lenapple : @gesman permalinks are the only way to start!
11:23 gesman : Sherman – sure., would be happy too. i’m on Facebook and on Twitter (‘gesman’)
11:23 jeetkundo12 : how can you split test adsense vs banners on wordpress and track it
11:24 realsource : @eldonletkeman thanks i am getting more and more clients sending dvd’s to rip for their websites
11:24 eldonletkeman : @realsource – no problem
11:24 gesman : lenapple, i found custom permalinks gives me 5/95 results
11:24 Weltonian : Happy New Year Sherman! Kung Hee Fat Choy!
11:25 gesman : lenapple, with just permalinks I got on first page of Google in 32,000,000 competing pages only 5 months after registering domain
11:25 aishaladon : Sherman is this what you do full time, or do you have a day gig, what is the title of your consulting stuff?
11:25 shanej : Hey Sherman – what would you recommend for live feeding 2 live audiences together – tried LiveVideo but latency was crap
11:25 thedvshow : I use all of the above models sherman just mentioned
11:26 Weltonian : How do you like Revolution2 compared with your old Sem Pro WP site? Curious about your thoughts since the changeover…
11:26 gesman : Revolution2 are adorable – i love their designs
11:26 lenapple : @gesman keywords in url, title, blog content, tags, and metatags is the formula I use. Lots of relevant keyword density – this strategy works gret for me!
11:26 gesman : I am soon probably will be switching memberwing.com to revolution2
11:27 realsource : I have revolution2 to be a little difficult to manuveur
11:27 thedvshow : gesman what is your twitter
11:27 technorev : www.twitter.com/technorev
11:28 gesman : thedvshow, ‘gesman’
11:28 thedvshow : tx
11:30 Weltonian : Aloha!
11:30 acemaker : I use Rev 2 Love it too.
11:30 Weltonian : Thanks!
11:30 realsource : www.twitter.com/realsource
11:30 lenapple : Thanks Sherman!
11:31 shermanlive : twitter.com/shermanhu
11:31 acemaker : You are right but they hav egreat support
11:31 RobNelson : twitter.com/RobGNelson
11:31 eldonletkeman : www.twitter.com/eldonletkeman
11:31 acemaker : @acemaker
11:31 aishaladon : twitter.com/aishaladon
11:31 technorev : www.twitter.com/battleforthefam
11:31 gesman : twitter.com/gesman
11:31 BiggiFraley : twitter.com/BiggiFraley
11:31 sandraschubert : twitter.com/sandraschubert
11:31 SelfMadeCelo : twitter.com/selfmadecelo
11:31 CreativeOil : www.twitter.com/creativeoil
11:31 technorev : www.twitter.com/technorev
11:31 Sean_w : twitter.com/video_delivery
11:31 lenapple : twitter.com/lenapple
11:31 thedvshow : twitter.com/thedvshow
11:31 ustreamer-34179 : twitter.com/JoAnne_S
11:31 shanej : www.twitter.com/shanejohnston
11:31 griff366 : www.twitter.com/jimgriff
11:31 reslynn : www.twitter.com/reslynn
11:31 ptnetwork : twitter.com/ptnetwork
11:31 ustreamer-28727 : www.twitter.com/perry_droast
11:31 graphic_guy : twitter.com/leighlundgren
11:31 TCTC : twitter.com/JeradB twitter.com/TCTC
11:31 marions : www.twitter.com/marions
11:31 EdShaz : Thanks Sherman! Always Accurate!
11:32 acemaker : twitter.com/acemaker
11:32 james_harmon : : twitter.com/james_harmon
11:32 FemmeFilmmaker : TwitterKathleen.com
11:32 solidmastery : Thanks Sherman and thedvshow
11:32 Weltonian : twitter.com/welton
11:32 sandraschubert : *****
11:32 jeetkundo12 : twitter.com/BobbyGordon
11:33 IanStuart : twitter.com/IanStuart
11:33 gesman : I want suggestions for full page flexible width Wordpress theme for memberwing.com . Anyone? send me twits if you know good one
11:33 SelfMadeCelo : =)
11:33 ustreamer-83112 : Did I Miss the Show already?
11:33 lenapple : @FemmeFilmmaker – love the url forward to your twitter!
11:34 SelfMadeCelo : gesman i use Artisteer to create my own themes, works great
11:34 focusbeyond : yeah baby
11:34 FemmeFilmmaker :
11:34 jeetkundo12 : can anyone help me with split testing on wordpress
11:34 focusbeyond : home schooling ROCKS
11:34 gesman : SelfMadeCelo, will note it – thanks
11:34 CreativeOil : Hope to see you in Atlanta too!
11:34 jeetkundo12 : I will write some freea rticles for you
11:34 FemmeFilmmaker : thanks lenapple… makes it easier to share
11:34 focusbeyond : great stuff, once aaain!
11:34 SelfMadeCelo : gesman-definitely worth the 99 bucks, new version does Joomla and Drupal themes
11:35 RobNelson : Have a Happy New Year Sherman!
11:35 EdShaz : Thanks Sherm
11:35 shanej : Thanks a ton Sherm
11:35 CreativeOil : Thanks Sherman!
11:35 sandraschubert : Thanks sherman
11:35 shermanlive : Thanks peeps!
11:35 jeetkundo12 : thanks for your time
11:35 shermanlive : u r wlcm!
11:35 gesman : SelfMadeCelo – interesting site – never heard of it – would love to check it for sure… Thanks!
11:35 shermanlive : hope U had some good takeaways this Huddle
11:35 eldonletkeman : Thanks Sherman
11:36 shermanlive : Thx Eldon
11:36 thedvshow : my cup is running over sherman
11:36 james_harmon : Thanks Sherman
11:36 ustreamer-83112 : did I get here too late Sherm? not seeing a video in the left column?
11:36 eldonletkeman : thanks for the plug for the show as well
11:36 sandraschubert : digging the music
11:36 realsource : Selfmadecelo – i have looked at this software a few times – i will give it considerable look through this time around
11:36 RobNelson : Let’s talk some more about VRE?
11:36 RobNelson : Yes we will it sounds great!
11:36 IanStuart : Thanks Sherman
11:36 jeetkundo12 : next huddle maybe we can discuss split testing rev streams on wordpress
11:36 FemmeFilmmaker : thanks Sherman! Great info, as usual.
11:37 RobNelson : post eldons link to the show!
11:37 graphic_guy : Sherman, where are you speaking on the island?
11:37 SelfMadeCelo : realsource – it’s really easy to use, i put up WP sites in no time with their own templates
11:37 griff366 : Sherman, great as always.
11:37 FemmeFilmmaker : not sure yet… will do my best to get there
11:37 SelfMadeCelo : realsource and gesman – theres a demo you can play with as well
11:37 shermanlive : sounds good
11:38 realsource : Anyone want split a business animoto account tweet me
11:38 james_harmon : what show are you talking about? with filmmaker
11:38 Weltonian : Thanks Sherman. Will get up with you next week to work on our project.
11:38 realsource : www.twitter.com/realsource
11:38 eldonletkeman : www.gallery7theatre.com/content/view/126/1/ This is the direct link to the show
11:38 realsource : thanks Sherman – going to try and start my own show this week
11:38 james_harmon : cool thanks
11:38 gesman : Sherman, good luck at Stompernet conf. I missed being there
11:39 SelfMadeCelo : StomperNet Live is open to the public this time around? Huh..didn’t know
11:39 SelfMadeCelo : Missed the last one =(
11:40 realsource : @eldonletkeman – great joomla template
11:40 DorothyBeach : ‘Got distracted – thanks for this!
11:40 eldonletkeman : it’s not mine
11:40 lenapple : bye all, awesome hanging with you! twitter.com/lenapple
11:40 sandraschubert : bye, bye Sherman. wonder who called hmmm
11:40 eldonletkeman : but yes, it is great, that’s a show I’m directing right now
11:42 realsource : looks like the show is great – wish i was closer
11:43 gesman : Anyone interested to beta test new wordpress membership site plugin that allows gradual content delivery? (great for these autopilot membership sites / empires) send me email to: gleb@memberwing.com
11:43 eldonletkeman : thanks, it is a charming show
11:44 RobNelson : Thanks Sherman U always give sooo much great Advice!
11:45 aishaladon : thanks for the suggestions sherman
11:46 eldonletkeman : well, I’m off, cya later all.
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