Careers in New Media and Podcasting

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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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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Never heard of this method before, but it sounds liks something that could jumpstart a lot of beginning new media people. Give it a read! — Douglas Why is Video Hard? Five Shots and Patterns […] “One of the most famous, and useful of these, is Michael Rosenblum’s “five shot” method that he developed training [...]

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Some great advice on using your iPhone for journalism or any new media production, including software and hardware recommendations — Douglas   How to get the most out of your iPhone as a reporting tool By Lauren Rabaino on April 15, 2011 5:00 AM Increasingly, iPhones are becoming acredible, convenient and reliable tool for journalists [...]

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SHVH Update for Saturday Jan 22, 2011 Here’s an update of schedule and activies for this Saturday’s Super Happy Vlog House. This is an open and free event where we learn, share and play with web video, blogs and the like. Come and geek out for the day at the beautiful Ojai Digital Dojo with [...]

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WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms in the world today, whether you are using the free hosting of WordPress.com or running a self-hosted blog on your own web site. Along with all the power the WordPress carries, though, is a responsibility to keep your blog as secure as possible. There are many [...]

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Get more New Media Tips via Twitter – Follow @newmediatips

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# 3 Joby GP1 Gorillapod Flexible Tripod Whether you are taking stills or video, a tripod always makes your work look better. These portable tripods by Joby give you amazing flexibility, both literally and creatively. With adjustable, bendable legs, you can use the tripod on a table or the ground as you normally would, or [...]

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I have added the 3 current Flip Camera models to the WelchWrite store. I have the Flip MinoHD and really like it. I carry it everywhere I go and it makes it easy to grab whatever happens while I am out and about. The Flip UltraHD adds 2 hours of recording time, a removable battery [...]

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After 6 years of podcasting and a deep immersion into the New Media world I find myself wondering if we all need to stop listening to New Media pundits and just GET ON WITH IT! As with any new trend, meme, idea, service, product, whatever — there will always be those who think themselves experts [...]

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You may have noticed here that I sometimes like to use typographical elements — like the ?, ! and @ – as graphic elements in a blog post. Rather than go through the trouble of creating a JPEG, uploading it to the site and then linking it in with the IMG tag, I use this [...]

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I give a lot of training sessions — one-on-one, small group and larger sessions. I think this makes me a bit sensitive to issues when I am on the other side of the table. I cringe when I am faced with a class that is less than it could, or should be. Due to the [...]

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Podcasters and other new media folks can always use some good music for their audio and video projects. If you aren’t a musician, have friends who are, or can’t afford a lot of money to license music, Incompetech can offer you some nice, royalty-free music. They have music in a variety of styles and moods [...]

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Over the last couple of weeks, I have been asked this question more than a few times, both face-to-face and via email/Twitter. The on-going privacy policy battles with Facebook have turned off a lot of people on the large (and growing larger) service, but for the foreseeable future, if you leave Facebook, you might just [...]

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I had some open time in the last few days and I have spent some time finding sites and shows that can help you make your New Media projects even better. The first show I am highlighting is FilmRiot from Revision3. The production quality is quite high and the content is very good. There is [...]

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? I get a lot of questions every day and here is a one from today… Q: How do I set up a WordPress or WordPress.com blog to use a static page as the opening screen instead of a list of blog posts? A: I first turned to the WordPress Codex to give me some [...]

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We recently returned from a trip to the UK and I took several videos while we were there. The 2 videos below show 2 different methods of presenting a location to your viewer. The first is this time lapse video of a “flight” on the London Eye. It seemed to me that presenting clips from [...]

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One of the most common questions I get asked as a New Media consultant is “How do I live video stream my event?” The fact is, the technology part of the live streaming equation is easier than ever before, but it still requires a little bit of equipment and, more importantly, good planning to get [...]

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Location is hot in the technology world lately. As new services are created and achieve some sort of traction it is always a good idea to try each one. You never know how useful any particular service might be, especially until you give it a try. Recently, both Foursquare and Google Places (originally Google Local) [...]

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