Careers in New Media and Podcasting

Seth Godin has it right when he says… “Marketing isn’t always about pandering to the masses and shooting for the quick payoff. Often, the best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing at all” …in this short blog post on Disney/Pixar’s Wall-e. Pixar certainly provides and example we should all follow, in new media and traditional media. [...]

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Sunday, June 29, 2008 EPISODE 3 Prelude to 1776 “Our Lives, our Fortunes and our Sacred Honor” Time: 06/29/2008 4:00 PM PDT Pacific — 07:00 PM EDT Live your liberty, don’t lose it in a history book. We are going live again this weekend!!! This is Prelude to Revolution – May 1775, to July 4th, [...]

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I saw this story today in the LA Times. While, again, it is someone who has lots of money to invest, it does show some movement into the new media world by traditional media folks. Another story on this show — Whedon’s Web Musical Fanboy-tastic! Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo. From The [...]

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I helped (a little) in getting Megan, Valerie and Erin’s new show, Mean Mommies Club up and running today. If you are a parent, or thinking of becoming one, check it out. Here is some info from their web site about their first episode, “Crying it out” . 1. Introductions: Megan, Valerie and Erin 2. [...]

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In my role as a computer consultant, I often have to deliver bad news like “Well, the hard drive is dead,” “I’m sorry, but you overwrote that important file,” or “I think it’s time for a new computer.” Frequently, in these Internet times, I have to deliver another piece of bad news. “Did you know [...]

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The Conversations Network has announced the latest version of their free Levelator audio utility. This easy-to-use program for Windows, Mac and Linux can help bring your podcast audio up to new levels of quality. From the web site… About The Levelator™ So what is The Levelator? It’s software that runs on Windows, OS X (universal [...]

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Lend Me Your Ears: Advertisers Begin To Target Podcasts BY PETE BARLAS INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 6/20/2008 Podcast audiences have branched out far beyond just geeks. And advertisers are starting to like them, too. After having placed ads with Web sites and search engines, more advertisers are starting to spread their ad dollars to audio [...]

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Rosanne and I will be joining some other LA New Media folks for this panel on The Future of Online Content, tonight, 730pm, at Blankspaces (5405 Wilshire Blvd, LA). Douglas Recorded video of the event Live .TV show provided by Ustream Here is the information on the panel… Panel on the Future of Online Content [...]

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Celtx is an open source screenwriting program with great tools that easily rival commerical products like Final Draft and others. I have used Celtx to write several scripts and my television writing wife, Rosanne, recommends it to her students whenever she teaches television writing at Cal State Fullerton or UCLA Extension. Celtx 1.0 adds many [...]

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Author Scott Sigler is credited with having the first podcast novel, Earthcore. His latest book, Infected, is now headed up the book charts. In this interview, he talks about Infected, but also about how podcasting helped to establish his writing career. Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Scott Sigler, who talks about his bioterror thriller “Infected.” [...]

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Fred Castenda, from the Austin Podcasters Group, let me know today that they have highlighted my TubeMogul screeencast demo in their latest podcast. Thanks to Fred and the entire Austin group for the link love. (SMILE)

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed As a video blogger, podcaster, or someone who just produces video on occasion, one important aspect is to get your video out to the largest number of viewers possible. This means uploading your video to a number sites, which can be quite time consuming. TubeMogul.com allows [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed I recorded this screencast demo to show off the new Woopra.com service which provided web site owners with real-time stats for their sites. I heard about Woopra.com via FriendFeed and user Christopher S. Penn iPod Ready Video

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The Red Ferret Journal points on this new, free full functioning 30 day demo, audio recording and editing software. I have been looking for an alternative to Audacity to recommend to my podcasting students and clients, so I am looking into Reaper deeply. As an aside, I love seeing multi-platform software is becoming more of [...]

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