Saturday, 13 February 2016

Vlogs ,Blogs, Apps and Pods

Another freebie chapter from my new book : Seren and the Molly Malones ( FREE on Kindle 02/14/2016)

Question: What is Skype?
Answer: 
 It is a form of video conferencing. Skype allows you to chat to friends and family from any device that has an internet connection. Two-way skype video calls are free but you need a subscription if you want to chat to more people from different places. Go to http://www.skype.com/en/
Question: What is Facetime?
Answer:
 It is another form of video conferencing. Facetime only allows you to chat to friends and family who have apple devices.
Question: What is a blog?
Answer: 
A blog is where you discuss or give information postings on a site published on the World Wide Web. Choosing where you want to build blog is pretty much the first thing you have to do. I suggest using WordPress, Blogger or Tumblr. They make it super easy and fast to set up with free themes and layouts as well as a forum that you can go to for support if you get stuck.  What you post can be shared, commented on, and so on. Go to https://wordpress.com/
Tumblr is also a microblogging platform and social networking site. You can post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Go to https://www.tumblr.com/
Question: What is a vlog?
Answer.
Vlogging is a video blog. A “Vlog” is short for “video blog.” You have an actual video of you discussing a topic. They’ve become super-easy to make with Flip and iPhone technology. If you vlog you are known as a vlogger. YouTube has the biggest vlog content on the internet. You can watch vlogs free on YouTube. If you want to vlog you will need to open a free account on YouTube. How long should a vlog be? Shorter is better.  I think 60-90 seconds is usually enough; you may be able to go as much as three minutes, depending on your topic. If you’re doing a how-to video, try to keep it to three to five minutes. Go to http://www.vlognation.com/how-to-start-a-vlog/

Question: Can you name 4 of your favourite Apps and how can we find them?
Answer:
I have lots of favourite apps and some have been mentioned in the book but ‘Pinterest is a particularly good app that has a catalogue of ideas and all kinds of fashions. Go to https://uk.pinterest.com/
Sign up and just type in the word ‘fashion’.
Another amazing app that I use all the time is one called ‘Pose’ which lets you see what to wear and how to wear it. Go to http://pose.com/
If you are into Cosplay as Erin from Belfast was then this cool site will show you more  http://9gag.com/cosplay
And this app is for cosplayers and cosmakers http://cosplanner.catokusanagi.com/
Another must-have App is Instagram. Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharingvideo-sharing and social networking service that enables you to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking sites. Go to https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en
 Question: What is a podcast?
Answer: 

An audio blog; can include music; can be music; the equivalent of a radio show; something downloadable that you listen to. Easy to make. Stored online. If you’re podcasting, you can go on for longer because people are likely downloading it and listening while driving, cleaning, relaxing, etc. Some podcasts are 15 minutes; some are 30 minutes. Some are an hour.  They are easy to share. You can interview other people and make podcasts — or “interview” yourself. Podcasts are often made in episodes and you can get automatic updates on your device telling you when a new one has been made.You can listen to them any time and anywhere as long as you have a device and earphones. A lot of podcasts are free.

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