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.
Please RSVP for the […]

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I came across this FREE service, TubeMogul (http://www.tubemogul.com/), thanks to a Twitter message from TanjaB (http://twitter.com/tanjab), who was attending the Digital Hollywood Conference.

Getting your video productions out to a wide variety of web sites increases your exposure and can help to drive traffic to your web site and advertising revenue.
TubeMogul […]

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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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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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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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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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Twitter background guidelines
Ever wanted to make an interesting Twitter background? Here’s how I did it.
Side note: This post comes to you straight from an email reply to fellow long-time podcaster Michael Geoghegan in regards to my Twitter background.
Also of note, this layout works best on higher […]

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Since last weekend there has been a lot of talk about a possible end to the on-going WGA strike against the AMPTP. While it will certainly be great to get everyone back to work, I wonder if the writer’s new found interest in New Media will be one of the first casualties of any agreement. […]

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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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As you can see from my recent blog posts, I am using a wide variety of online video tools to capture classes, comments and conversation whenever I can. One concern has cropped up recently, though. Most of these services record the video in FLV (Flash Video) format. This means I can embed the videos in […]

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A lot of people are crowing about the DGA/AMPTP agreement today. Looking over the details of agreement, though, it looks like the “same old, same old” to me.
For me, New Media requires that the bulk of monies generated by creative products belongs to the creator of those products. When I see figures like sub-one percent […]

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I am involved a wide variety of new media projects these days, both large and small, but one important point is quickly being “brought home” to me. In traditional media, projects that required millions of dollars, but held promise to earn even more, could take months, year or even decades to come to fruition. In […]

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I had a great conversation on Seesmic tonight about podcasting and this particular piece has some great information on the 3 1/2 big advantages of podcasting.

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This piece was written in response to an email discussion I am having with a friend who is working on a major new media project. Our discussion got me thinking, rather deeply about what new media projects need to do in order to compete with the traditional media behemoth.
By its very name, New Media […]

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I took a few moments with my statistics today and pulled out the most popular blog posts and pages at WelchWrite.com. Did you miss any of these?
Most popular blog posts and pages on WelchWrite.com for 2007
My Word: Elsewhere Online: 10 Ways to Add Variety to Your Digital Photography
My Word: Norton Internet Security Problems
Career Opportunities: […]

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Wow! This plugin steps you through the entire process of upgrading your Wordpress installs — from checking and backing up the database to downloading the latest version from Wordpress to putting everything back together. It made my day a whole lot simpler than I ever thought it could be.
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade is […]

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We writers often kick ourselves when we don’t act on an article idea and someone else beats us to the punch. That said, today’s article in the Los Angeles Times entitled, “Striking writers in talks to launch web start-ups” re-states exactly what I have been telling my WGA-member wife and anyone else who will listen. […]

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I have been playing around with a new, free service called Utterz.com and I quickly realized that it can be used to create an instant podcast by anyone who wants to try a podcast without jumping through a lot of hoops. Here’s what to do:
Create an account at Utterz.com and follow the instructions to connect […]

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