Careers in Podcasting and New Media

Please join me for the first meeting of New Media Interchange on Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7pm
The location is Panera Bread in Studio City
Ventura Boulevard (map)
about 4.30 miles away
12131 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 762-2226 | phone
(818) 762-5566 | fax
They have several good space indoors, a large patio and free Wifi.
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Just a note to say that New Media Interchange is growing every day and we would love to have you.
My main goal is to bring folks from traditional media and new media together so we can all benefit. I think that we each have information and skills that others can use.
You can become involved with […]

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I will be producing a LIVE re-broadcast of a concert by our friend, Andrea Louise, tomorrow (Saturday) at 12 Noon PDT. We are hosting a LIVE chat via uStream while we and the fans watch the show from tape.
You can join in the fun by clicking the link below…
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/andrea-louise-live
or watch directly from here, using the […]

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I am looking to launch yet another meetup (Oh Noes!) , but one in an area I don’t think is currently being served in LA. I want to bring together New Media Tech folks like Flash animators, podcasters, videobloggers,etc together with creative and entertainment types like writers, actors and directors so that we can share […]

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Chris Brogan writes a long blog post explaining why the next PodCamp Boston will require a $50 registration fee.Unfortunately, this is only the biggest in a long line of “unconferences” that are turning from a community-driven, open access event into a closed, money-making conference. Here is my response which I posted as a comment to […]

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Here is a perfect example of what I was talking about earlier when I said that all authors and booksellers should be recording their talks and presenting them on their web sites and podcasts.
Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, presents a talk on the ideas in his latest book at Harvard’s Berkman Center for […]

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Last week I wrote an essay on how booksellers and authors could make great use of new media to help get their message out. The first step in the process is to simply capture the content they are already creating each time they host a book reading in their store. In that regard, I am […]

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This is the audio from my talk A Year of Visibility at BarCampLA-5 on March 1, 2008. The audio quality here is slightly better than the video segment, as I was using my lavaliere mics.

Listen: A Year of Visibility

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Douglas speaks on Podcasting Now! at BarCampLA-5 on March 2, 2008.

Listen: Podcasting Now from BarCampLA-5 on March 2, 2008

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Lunch 2.0 @ Oversee.net
Originally uploaded by dewelch
I didn’t take a lot of pictures at today/yesterday’s Lunch 2.0 meetup. I think I was too busy talking with folks. I met a lot of great people, as always.
Since the location was downtown, right across the street from the Central Library, […]

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(Updated 2/26/08 217pm: (from BarCampLA Twitter) - While a more formal announcement is coming later tonight, we’ve upped the number of attendees to 250 people. http://icanhaz.com/bcla5-guests)

The latest installment of BarCampLA is coming this weekend and I will be there. You should be, too. Check out the web site at BarCampLA.org
BarCamp is an unconference, which means […]

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Just got this via the BarCampLA mailing list. It sounds like a great way to spend President’s Day weekend and work on your audio and video projects.
Lan Bui and the OC’ers suggested another Super Happy Vlog House
We’re on for weekend of Feb 16th (bring your valentine for an Ojai getaway)
http://superhappyvloghouse.pbwiki.com/OjaiDigitalDojo
make media, make a vlog*, flickr […]

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Doug’s Neat Friends is a new concept I wanted to try out using the Seesmic.com Video Chat/Conversation service. On Seesmic you can make a video post and other members can reply and then you reply..and so on. Since I have so many neat friends, I wanted to bring them into the conversation and share their […]

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A grand time was had by all as we read A Christmas Carol and sent it out, live, over both Talkshoe.com and uStream.tv. Below is the audio version for your listening pleasure. If you would like to see a partial video if the reading, you can watch it on my uStream.tv page.

Listen:
2nd Annual LIVE Reading […]

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Wednesday night I spoke at the regular monthly meeting of the Orange County Podcasters on “What’s Next and What Needs to be Next in Podcasting.”
As is typical with podcasters, they were a great group of people and I had a great time, both during the meeting and later at some after-meeting time at the local […]

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Last night I spoke at the regular monthly meeting of the Orange County Podcasters on “What’s Next and What Needs to be Next in Podcasting.”
As is typical with podcasters, they were a great group of people and I had a great time, both during the meeting and later at some after-meeting time at the local […]

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Frank Castaneda had me on his show, The Struggling Entrepreneur, this week. We talk about working as an independent in high-tech, writing and new media.

Struggling Entrepreneur
15- Doug Welch- From Writer to High Tech to New Media Entrepreneur
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In this episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, we have an interview with Douglas Welch. I had […]

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Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 6 pm, I will be hosting our 2nd Annual LIVE reading of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol LIVE on Talkshoe.com. This is a service that allows LIVE call-in talk shows with audience participation.
You can join us in reading the story by visiting http://talkshoe.com and setting up a FREE account. Now you […]

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Douglas, writer and host of Career Opportunities — a weekly print column for ComputorEdge magazine in San Diego, and pioneer podcast — presents this session on developing content to keep your show humming from week to week.
Topics covered will include:
* Knowing what your gettng into
* Collecting ideas, […]

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This is my talk from PodCampAZ on November 3rd, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Video coming soon!

Developing ideas and content for a weekly show with Douglas E. Welch
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Douglas, writer and host of Career Opportunities — a weekly print column for ComputorEdge magazine in San Diego, and pioneer podcast — presents this session on […]

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