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Entries from February 2012

From “Social Media Self Preservation” by Douglas E. Welch

February 28th, 2012 · No Comments

“I am deeply convinced of the importance and effectiveness of social media. Like the Internet itself, which made social media possible, social media allows you to expose your talents, your products, your creativity to a huge number of people all over the world. The “loose contacts” we make online are the beginning of what I [...]

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Tags: Books

Video: TimeLapse: Houston to Los Angeles via Amtrak’s Sunset Limited

February 27th, 2012 · No Comments

My friend, Liam Johnson, produced the extensive time-lapse video during his trip back to Los Angeles from Houston, Texas. He used 2 GoPro Sport cameras in time-lapse mode to capture a photo every few seconds. The video is comprised of over 50,000 individual photos. Enjoy the trip! See the GoPro Sport camera on Amazon.com

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Tags: New Media · Video · YouTube

Audio: Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012

February 13th, 2012 · No Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed   A recording of our live show from February 12, 2012… Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012 Listen to “Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012″ Podcast A Live look at Love Letters and Poems Through History [...]

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Tags: Audio · New Media · Podcast · Podcasting

Photos: Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012

February 12th, 2012 · No Comments

Here is a collection of photos from today’s live reading – Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012 – Sun, Feb 12 — produced by my friends , Keri and Michael. We broadcast this live via Talkshoe, but an audio podcast will be coming soon. View the Flickr slideshow if it does [...]

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Tip: Video Lighting Technique: Turn a Hard Light into A Soft Light from Izzy Videos

February 9th, 2012 · No Comments

Israel Hyman has been producing great video technique tips for years. I met him a couple of times at PodCampAZ and he is a great guy. Take a moment to visit his site, Izzy Video. There is a huge amount of information there to help you improve the quality of your videos. Learn how to [...]

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Tags: Class/Workshop · Hardware · New Media · Podcasting · Tips · Video

Event: Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012 – Sun, Feb 12

February 6th, 2012 · No Comments

Announcing – a new Eclipse-1.com  radio show: – Listen to : Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012 Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:00 pm  Pacific      –       6:00pm Eastern A Live look at Love Letters and Poems Through History - Reaching Across the Distance- Join us in an [...]

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Tags: Events · Podcast · Show

Pricey, but sweet, chroma key solution for video

February 4th, 2012 · No Comments

If you have an extra $2k to spend, and need to do some Chromakey video work, this is a really cool system. The video below outlines how it works and gives some excellent examples. It is portable and isn’t effected greatly by additional ambient light sources. One of those things that sort of has to [...]

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Tags: Hardware · New Media · Podcasting · technology · Video · YouTube

YouTube Education uses New Media to spur lifetime learning

February 1st, 2012 · No Comments

Online education seems to be exploding of late and the biggest New Media powerhouse is helping to spread the message. YouTube Education Get more into learning YouTube EDU brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom. On YouTube EDU, you have access to a broad set of educational videos that range from academic [...]

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