Contact / Tours
Email Ryan O’Connell – I will answer your email. If I don’t, send me more threatening emails.
– Other Social Networks where you can follow Love That Languedoc –
Facebook Love That Languedoc – If you use facebook on a regular basis, you can become a fan on facebook, and you’ll receive updates in your news feed when I post a new episode. And you can communicate with other fans about regional news, events, and anything else Languedoc-Roussillon
Twitter – Lots of links and conversations about the Languedoc-Roussillon. A lot of the stuff that’s interesting but doesn’t make the blog, will appear on the twitter feed.
Other networking sites:
DailyBooth – This is sort of like if Twitter and YouTube had a baby. People post pictures once a day or so. Photo posting is engaging, but not as demanding as making a whole video, plus you can scan lots of posts simultaneously. And there’s still a space for text and comments if you want to go in depth. The site has amazing potential, but it is sort of dominated by tweens. I want to change that! If you are an adult who surfs the net, consider setting up an account so that this website doesn’t go to the dogs.
Viadeo – This is a really French networking site.
LinkedIn – This is like facebook, but boring (I think they’re proud of that) and constantly asking me to pay for premium membership.
Wine-Specific sites:
Cork’d – An offbeat wine tasting community that shares and discusses reviews and ideas. They’re working on doing a wine review aggregator like metacritic or rotten tomatoes do for the movies. It will be pretty sweet. Also, they have a mashable style blog that is constantly churning out wine news for winos. I write for them frequently so it’s a must-see for everybody who can’t get enough Ryan O’Connell (that’s a common problem, right?).
CellarTracker – Eric Levine’s site lets you track the wine bottles in your cellar. I use it more for reviews since my cellar is in constant flux and enormous. But whatever. It’s still fun.
Snooth – It’s another site that lets you rate and follow wines. The neat thing about Snooth is it surfs the net and automatically adds wines.
Adegga – ANOTHER wine review site. I really like this one because it uses AVIN codes and other sweet tech.
Video sites:
YouTube – Obvious. I use YouTube for shorter videos and stuff related to my vineyard.
Vimeo – I used to use Vimeo for all the episodes.
Blip.tv – My primary video sharing site for Love That Languedoc. A video syndication site that automatically adds your uploads to lots of other sites. They have great quality preservation and less damaging compression than popular sites like youtube.
DailyMotion – A very French video sharing site. Why is the name in English? Who knows?
Sites that I don’t really get yet but would love to learn about with you at my side:
Tumblr – I occasionally post photos and links that remind me of the Languedoc. Tumblr is a good micro-blogging service that isn’t so reliant on texts like Twitter. You can get photos, mp3s, and much more so you never know if I’ll be posting a song from the region, a quote from a famous winemaker, or a photo from the 2010 Cheese Maiden Calendar (Yes, that’s a real thing).
Plurk – This is like a bit of twitter and a little dailybooth and some tumblr mixed in, and it looks like it was designed by a deranged five year old. In a good way. I don’t really update much on Plurk YET, but I’m intrigued if any of you want to explore the site with me.
Jaiku - Google’s microblogging platform which includes a more structured use of #channels.
identi.ca – Micro-blogging under creative commons lisence
