Bringing Joy Into People’s Lives: Kat Caverly interviewed by Kathy Davis
In The Artist Studio: an interview with greeting card legend Kathy Davis October 2011 Kat Caverly, an artist in the truest sense of the word… zany, brilliant, talented and not afraid to take risks… ~Kathy Davis I was so excited excited when Kathy asked me if she could interview me for her series. After all [...]
What to Do When a “Friend” Unfollows You on Twitter
In this marvelous age of the social media new words have become popular but some of these words had prior meaning. So there is a potential for confusion. In the world of Facebook the word “Friend” has a meaning a bit closer to our offline worlds. Ostensibly we “know” the people we friend on Facebook, [...]
Valentines Day is NOT a Test
©Kat Caverly, Greetums.com If there is one truism in the greeting card biz, it’s that 90% of cards are purchased by women, and of those, 90% are sent to other women. While it’s very true that women are known to be more social, more communicative, than men; and that women are usually keepers of the [...]
To Err May Be Human but to Invoke Ire is Piracy.
photo by Kat Caverly © 2011 I know. What does piracy have to do with the Holidays? Nothing and everything. Just before Cyber-Monday and the feeding-frenzy that is holiday retail sales, another frenzy hit the Internets: Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. As an artist I have a dog in this fight against online piracy, [...]
The Top Ten Reasons I Wish I was Jewish
I have been a greeting card professional since 1987. And I have lived in New York since 1981. I have watched with intense interest all of the wonderful Jewish festivals and Hanukkah is really a HAPPY HOLIDAY! So as my continued commitment to “Celebrate Life” I celebrate Chanukah every year. I created a online Hanukiah [...]
Video Production: Going Small for Big Results
shot with an iPhone on a Steadicam Smoothee by steadicam operator Saade Mustafa, behind the scenes at “Unforgettable” I have a confession. I coveted an iPhone ever since I started to see photography from its camera. But when I saw the video. I had to have one.
Five Ways to Keep Thanksgiving in Your Heart Every Day in Every Way
Photo by Kat Caverly I love this time of year. I love the season changing, the colors, the smells and most of all looking forward to the Thanksgiving feast.
The Free Ride is Almost Over: Copyrights and Copywrongs
illustration © NoEvil productions Within 8 hours of discovering Robert Levine’s new book, “Free Ride: How Digital Parasites are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business can Fight Back” I had read it in its entirety. No small accolade.
Is Online Influence Irrelevant? Is the Game Gaming You?
It all started as a game with Twitter stats. How do you measure online “influence”. No one took these things seriously. It was all just fun and social gaming; right? Well that’s until someone “pokes an eye out” with Klout. Klout is mainstream now. The influence of this “influencer maven” has been documented by the [...]
Facebook is Stalking You (UPDATED)
illustration ©Kat Caverly Enterprises inc Even if you are logged out, Facebook still knows and can track every page you visit. ~Nik Cubrilovic In an update, dated October 3rd, Mr. Cubrilovic notes that Facebook re-enabled a controversial tracking cookie that they claimed to have “fixed” back in May. In Related News: Facebook Patent Application Describes [...]
5 Things You Can Do When the Day is Going Horribly Wrong.
All you need is 5 minutes to start having a good day again. 1. Laughing yoga – Hayasa Time: 60 seconds Doing this video proved to me that this simple technique is the most powerful way to relax and see things a bit brighter. It is easy and can be done anywhere and I find [...]
The First Social Media: The Face
The face is always the most important thing on a page, in a video. Our brains are wired to see faces as the most important things in our environment. Smile. It increases your face value. ~proverb
Can I Be Frank? A Tribute to Outrageous Self-Expression
Ask any salesman. They will tell you all about the myth that people don’t like to be sold to which is code for “I’m scare to put myself out there”. Business cannot be conducted without selling.
Hacked Sites? A question of When,
Not IF.
It had been 3 days since I was warned. I successfully cleaned pages of the iframe exploit I had found. Within hours they reappeared. Freaky.