My Word with Douglas E. Welch

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Here are a few podcasts I have listened to today — Douglas

Tim O’Reilly on Language as a Map 6:11 Brady Forrest Ignite

Ola Helland on Getting One Million Giraffes 5:44 Brady Forrest Ignite

AHOW: 085 Reformation Centenary Broadsheet 1 Oct 2010 13:51 BBC Radio 4 A History of the World in 100 Objects

IOT: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage 6th Jan 2011 41:55:00 BBC Radio 4 In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

Jan. 15, 2011: The News from Lake Wobegon 13:09 American Public Media APM: A Prairie Home Companion’s News from Lake Wobegon

Directing, Headshots, Lens Flares and Zombie Mommy! – Film Riot 11:58 Revision3 Film Riot (Quicktime Large)

Our friend, David, is on the navigation team for this project — Douglas

NASA to Host Live Events for November 4 Comet Encounter

Nov. 1, 2010

NASA TO HOST LIVE EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 4 COMET ENCOUNTER

WASHINGTON — NASA will hold a series of media and educational events about the EPOXI mission’s close encounter with comet Hartley 2 at approximately 7 a.m. PDT on Thursday, Nov. 4. The spacecraft will provide the most extensive observations of a comet in history.

Live coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. from mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will be broadcast on NASA Television’s Media Channel and the agency’s website. A post-flyby news briefing is planned for 1 p.m. For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Media who would like to cover the event at JPL must RSVP in advance to the JPL Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011. Valid media credentials are required. Non-U.S. citizens must also bring passports. From 6:30 to 8:30 a.m., media can watch live coverage of the control room via a feed to JPL’s von Karman Auditorium. The auditorium will remain open through the day for working media. Reporters who won’t be at JPL may call the Media Relations Office to make arrangements to ask questions during the briefing.

The timeline for mission coverage is (all times PDT and subject to change):

6:30-8:30 a.m. — NASA TV commentary begins from mission control and includes coverage of closest approach, an educational segment, and the return of close approach images. 1 p.m. — News briefing following encounter. Participants may include:

Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington Michael A’Hearn, principal investigator, University of Maryland Jessica Sunshine, EPOXI scientist, University of Maryland Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager at JPL

Activities will also be carried live on one of JPL’s Ustream channels at:

http://www.ustream.tv/user/NASAJPL2

The public can watch a real-time animation of the EPOXI comet flyby using NASA’s new “Eyes on the Solar System” Web tool. JPL created this 3-D environment that allows people to explore the solar system directly from their computers. Visit:

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes

EPOXI is an extended mission that utilizes the already “in-flight” Deep Impact spacecraft to explore distinct celestial targets of opportunity. The term EPOXI is a combination of the names for the two extended mission components: the Extrasolar Planet Observations and Characterization (EPOCh), and the Hartley 2 flyby, called the Deep Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI). For more information about EPOXI, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/epoxi

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My fellow New Media Mastermind member, Tracy Pattin, produces this excellent weekly radio show on “Adventurizing your Mid-Life.” Check it out for great ideas and great guests each Wednesday at 1pm Pacific Time. — Douglas

Adventurize Your Midlife with Tracy Pattin and Lisa Greenfield

Date / Time: 10/27/2010 1:00 PM
Category: Self Help
Call-in Number: (347) 838-8845

Co-hosts Tracy Pattin (SizzleintheMiddle.com) and Lisa Greenfield (TruthinHand.com) talk to Author/ Relationship Expert, Barbara Berg this Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 1pm.

Of course Tracy and Lisa share insights and adventures from their own lives to inspire YOU to get out there and adventurize!

Upcoming Episodes
11/3/2010 1:00 PM – Adventurize Your Midlife
11/10/2010 1:00 PM – Adventurize Your Midlife
11/17/2010 1:00 PM – Adventurize Your Midlife

They have Author/ Relationship Expert, Barbara Berg this Wednesday, October 26th, 2010 at 1pm.

Listen to the show live or listen to past shows

I get the majority of the books I read from the LA Public Library and today they made it even easier to find and manage their holdings – LAPL to Go. Mobile apps are available for iPHone, Android, Palm and more. The screen shot here is from the iPhone app. You can download this app from the Apple App store for free or visit the link below for other mobile devices.

Get “LAPL To Go“, a mobile application that allows you to search the Catalog and Photo Collection, place holds and renew items, find libraries, and receive RSS feeds of recommended books! Available for iPhone here.
Android, Palm, Blackberry and MS Mobile users should point their mobile devices to http://lapl.boopsie.com.

I listened to this interview while driving around on consulting calls and I almost had to stop by the side of the road so I could make some notes. Even in this short interview, Chip Heath, gives some great, though-provoking, information that I was able to put into use immediately.

Heath talks about how important it is to use emotion when attempting to change anything. I think that over time I have fallen back more and more on analytical defenses and arguments instead of starting with the emotion that makes the change so important to me.

Listen to the interview, and read the book, to find out more about “the elephant and the rider” and how they work in combination to encourage or discourage change.

I will be picking up the book as soon as I can to explore these concepts further.

Tell me what you think about the interview and the book in the comments. I would love to hear your insight.

Chip Health – How To Change
Author of Switch

Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Chip Heath, Stanford Professor in Organizational Behaviour, about his new book, Switch, and learn the key to making real change in our lives, no matter what the change is.

Listen to the entire interview

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Find reviews and comments or Buy Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath from Amazon.com

Link: Stock Your Freezer – Tips and Tricks

There are a lot of great tips for the kitchen in this post – so many that I am having to work through it slowly. Even though I regularly make large batches of pasta sauce, chili and soups to freeze, there are some reminder in here other great things to freeze for later, like bread and pizza crust dough and unbaked cookies. We already use the freezer to store bananas which are on the verge of becoming overripe. These are then turned into smoothies and banana breads whenever we are ready for them.

It is also a great idea to freeze fresh berries as they come into season so you can have some all year long. To make them last longer, and easier to use, we lay out the fresh berries on a cookie sheet and put that in the freezer. Once the fruit is frozen solid, they can be stored in a zip top bag or other container without merging into one large clump that must be used all at once. It is great to be able to pull out a handful of blueberries for a smoothie or batch of muffins.

* Originally found at Annies Eats via Stock Your Freezer – Tips and Tricks.

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The second part of my interview for the VoiceRegistry podcast appears today. You can check it out using the links below.

Podcast- New Media/Social Media Strategies for Voice Actors (part 2)

March 23rd, 2010 Posted in Audio Podcast

Douglas E. Welch is a New Media/Social Media Consultant and pioneer podcaster. His early work in the theater prepared him well for a life of speaking and teaching about technology, computers and New Media and the amazing benefits they bring into our lives. Douglas spent 5 years at Walt Disney Imagineering, but eventually struck out on his own and has been working as a freelance consultant for almost 15 years. Douglas is also the founder of New Media Interchange (http://newmediainterchange.com), a free group dedicated to bringing the power of New Media to everyone. You can find links to all of Douglas’ projects on http://DouglasEWelch.com.

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