Today we started making changes to support the +1,700 follower strong #hcsm community more effectively.

1. We created a streaming media aggregation web site and service: http://hcsm.blokcast.net

2. We simplified the existing blog-style content site: http://www.healthsocmed.com

The streaming media aggregation web service includes feeds from various media streams that provide #hcsm transcripts, summaries, commentary or reference material. Adding "hcsm" or "#hcsm" tags to YouTube video or Flickr images will enable the streaming media web service search feeds to find and display relevant thumbnails. We are open to adding more feeds. Please suggest additional feeds to @healthsocmed via Direct Message. RSS feeds that update frequently are preferred. If the content you want to recommend doesn't have an associated RSS feed, consider using Feedburner to create an RSS feed or Microsoft Bing create a saved search (which will also create an RSS feed) that is targeted to a specific web site or page.

There are more changes in the works. As soon as the current set of web service updates is complete and tested, we'll launch a public beta of some additional social publishing features that we think will make Sunday night #hcsm sessions far more useful. The new features will make it much easier for individuals to collaboratively link relevant resources with the topics and transcripts from #hcsm sessions. All of the new features are being implemented using Drupal (open source) with hosting at Amazon. With the recent addition of Drupal authentication and content auto-post support by Posterous, a simple "easy-as-email" method for updating Drupal-based content became available. We think this combination of technology can provide a simple way to annotate, curate, memorialize and supplement the fast-paced Sunday night #hcsm sessions.

We will be making content edits to the streaming media and blog-style web services and fixing bugs for the next three or four days. Thanks for your patience.

Many thanks to Reed Smith (@reedsmith) for providing new #hcsm graphics to support the web service updates. Also thanks go to Stew Apelzin (@sapelzin) at Aperial for the web development work on the new and updated services.

Tom & Dana

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