Careers in Podcasting and New Media

One only has to talk about new media, with someone deeply involved in traditional media, to understand the stigma that is involved. The strong reactions I receive to new media project proposal border on those you would receive if you asked someone to do porn. Typically this involves a nose wrinkle and a universal dismissal [...]

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A while ago, I came across this site, http://www.wishbookweb.com/, which hosts scanned copies of historical Christmas Catalogs from the 1940s-1980s. As I was flipping through the site, it brought back some great memories of my childhood. As a child, on the cold Winter nights in Ohio, I would often sit for hours flipping through [...]

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Update: 10/28/07, 10:00pm PST: The audio from this reading is now available directly from Talkshoe.com. You can hear me reading Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, Annabelle Lee near the 27:25 mark.
We had some great readers from around the country, along with our little repertory group here in Los Angeles. Grab a blanket, turn down the lights [...]

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I will speaking at PodCampAZ on November 3rd, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona.
I posted a few possible topics, but this is the one that seemed to garner the most response from attendees..

Developing ideas and content for a weekly show with Douglas E. Welch
Douglas, writer and host of Career Opportunities — a weekly print column for ComputorEdge [...]

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Slated for release on October 24th, it’s the annual Technology-themed Halloween Special presented by Friends in Tech.
“It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg!”
Convinced that the Great Server will be making its yearly appearance, Kreg refuses to go Trick-or-Treating with the rest of the FiT gang and instead pulls an all-nighter waiting for the Great [...]

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I wrote this message in response to students questions during my Podcasting and New Media for Writers course that is on-going at UCLA Extension. It seemed like it would also be a good item to share here. — Douglas

Oh, Oh…I knew this topic would rear its ugly head sooner or later…
As an early podcaster once [...]

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Over the last three years I have been involved in several podcasting “networks” of various types and I spent quite a bit of time at the last Podcasting and New Media Expo discussing them with a variety of people. Thinking back over my experiences I see now that podcast networks are an anachronism…a concept meant [...]

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I have a red LED name tag that I wear to events and it never ceases to attract attention. Since I always have people asking me where they can pick one up, I offer up these links to Amazon.com.
I see now that they both my original red LED name tag and a new BLUE [...]

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This is a follow-up to Prelude to Revolution - Part 1, which aired on July 4th, 2007. — Douglas

Prelude to Revolution - Part 2
The voices and events leading up to the American War for Independence
1761-1775
Performed LIVE on September 22, 2007,
An audio play taken from historical documents.
Listen to Prelude to Revolution - Part 2

Written, Produced and [...]

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This is the audio from the question and answer session at the beginning of PodCamp SoCal on September 27, 2007 in Ontario, California. When some speakers were delayed, I offered to kick things off by getting the conversation started.
Note: The audio is a bit rough during the first part of the session [...]

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I had a great time hanging out with my fellow tech folks at today’s Lunch 2.0 hosted by YellowBot in Burbank, California. It is always great getting to catch up with everyone and the neat projects they are working on.
Below is a short video made from the pictures I took today and a link to [...]

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In this interview, I talk with Kevin Devin, founder of Friends in Tech and former co-host of In The Trenches: The Podcast for Sys Admins.
When faced with the outsourcing of his traditional IT position, Kevin was able to use his podcasting skills to create a new position for himself in the company.

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The most critical factor in building the success of podcasts and other new media shows is to get them “On TV.” Now, let me be clear, I am not talking about trying to sell your shows to a big television or radio network, get them on cable TV or sell them as [...]

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Here I am a week later and I am just getting around to writing up my thoughts about PodCamp SoCal which took place the day before the Podcast and New Media Expo. ORGANIZER, Jason Tucker noticed that no on had really written anything, so I thought I would take a few minutes to put some [...]

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Hear and see what my fellow Friends in Tech members had to say about podcasting at this year’s Podcast and New Media Expo. What is there take on my recent article, “I am not a podcaster. I am a producer.”
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As I was walking around last week’s Podcast and New Media Expo, one phrase kept coming to me again and again, no matter who I talked with…Why wouldn’t you?
If you could get your message to thousands of people, instead of 10 or 20, why wouldn’t you?
If you could have your own television or radio show, [...]

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I sat in on the SoHo Tech Podcast’s Monday Night Tech again, talking about the Podcast and New Media Expo and about podcasting in general. Check it out using the links below — Douglas

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STP’s Monday Night Tech - PNME and Podcasting
Introduction
Member of the Tech Podcast Network at http://www.techpodcasts.com
Member of  the Blubrry Network [...]

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Hear and see what my fellow Friends in Tech members had to say about podcasting at this year’s Podcast and New Media Expo. What is there take on my recent article, “I am not a podcaster. I am a producer.”
This video only captures part of the talk. You can hear the entire [...]

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