Careers in New Media and Podcasting

My friend, Liam Johnson (@editorliam) just told me about this free New Media event happening in early June in Orange County, California. It sounds like a great day and — based on Liam’s recommendation — something worth attending. I have already registered to attend. Hope to see you there. — Douglas MCAI LA/OC MediaProCamp 2012! [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed This presentation was recorded as part of the ELearning Guild’s Online Forums in 2010. I still find it to be a great overview of why new media is important and how it can be used in a variety of environments — not just elearning. If video [...]

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I was having a difficult time releasing my latest gardening podcast last night. The PowerPress plugin I use from Blubrry.com was silly refusing to accept a podcast enclosure link. I could past in the URL of the media file, click verify to assure the file existed and press Update on the WordPress post, but once that [...]

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An interesting acquisition, but I wonder what Discovery is getting out of the deal. Are they looking to do more web-based entertainment or are they basically hiring a bunch of web video talent to create new properties for Discovery or bolster their existing properties. Only time will tell. I wish them the best and hope [...]

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Nimble is looking for a Social Media Manager to aid in building relationships with various groups of stakeholders: customers, partners, bloggers, press and other members of the ecosystem. Reporting to the director of social media, the Social Media Manager will communicate and champion the vision externally, while helping develop and establish best practices, metrics and [...]

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After many years of talking about marketing, learning about marketing and consuming marketing. I feel confident in saying that “Marketing”, with a big M, is dead. The term carries so much baggage — so much angst and, in some ways, so much hatred, that it is worse than useless as a definition. Marketing’s meaning is [...]

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It always thrills me when I look at my Google Analytics pages and see something like this. Readers from around the world (Los Angeles, Limerick, Paris and Nei-Heu, China) on my web site. While I sit her writing this, people from all over the world are looking at the content on my web site. This [...]

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It is a sad fact of the entertainment business that many of the entry level workers are unpaid interns who are working in order to build their “reel”. Working to build your portfolio is fine, up to a point. In reality, we all need to eat. We all need clothe ourselves. We all need to [...]

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Ok, call me a geek (and many do) but there are several shows on this new channel that I would consider watching. I already watch the guild, of course, but the sizzle reel makes the other look really interesting too. There is not a lot of info, but some of the shows listed and showing [...]

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Here are the New Media Tips and questions shared via the @newmediatips Twitter account. Follow @newmediatips Just released: Social Media Self Preservation Audio Book – Buy directly via download at http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=993358 [Tip] Telling a story using New Media can change the world. What story do you want to tell? No go do it! Product: TASCAM iXZ [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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TASCAM iXZ Mic / Instrument input for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch Want to turn your iPad or iPhone into a portable recording studio, the Tascam iXZ can do just that. This interface allows you to plug in standard XLR connector microphones, guitars or any other audio source and then record them using iPhone and [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed On Thursday, January 26, 2012, I spoke to Janet Wilcox’s UCLA Extension class, Pursuing a Career in Voice Overs. I talked about New Media and the need for students to develop their voice over careers in non-traditional ways, as the industry changes. 71 Minutes Listen to [...]

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MicW Professional Microphones I had 2 separate friends mention these iPhone/iPad compatible microphones in the last several days. Both saw them at the manufacturers display at the MacWorld Expo that was held in San Francisco this week. Portable devices are now capable of recording high quality audio, but sometimes you want a better mic, or [...]

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Are you ready for the next New Media Challenge? This time I want you to get close…really close! This might take some doing depending on your camera, as they often don’t focus on very close objects, but I am sure you can work it out. Of course, getting close can mean something else entirely, too. [...]

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I am so amazed it has taken this long for something like this to occur. I figured back in 2004 that podcasting would break open the media industry and provide a lot more alternatives to traditional, but media, programming. As they say, though, it can take a long time to turn a battleship. It is [...]

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