Careers in New Media and Podcasting

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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Here are the top Career Opportunities posts for 2011 according to page views. Check them out! 10 Tips for better Skype Audio and Video Calls What do you need to live video stream your event? Feedburner Email Subscriptions Douglas E. Welch – Speaking Photo: WGA “Toot your own horn” Panel Discussion I Like This – [...]

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E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download Our 6th Annual LIVE Reading of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol will take place on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 6pm EST/3pm PST. Our annual holiday reading of this classic Dickens’ story. We bring together frends and family to read sections from a condensed version of the [...]

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Cool example of what can be done with high-end cameras and remote control helicopters Aerial RC Heli Demo – Summer / Fall 2011 from Heli Video Pros on Vimeo.

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Techmunch Panel: Tips on Creating and Distributing Mouthwatering Multimedia Content Watch “Tips on Creating and Distributing Mouthwatering Multimedia Content” from Techmunch – iTunes Ready Video Moderator: Douglas E. Welch (@douglaswelch), New Media Consultant & writer/producer of A Gardener’s Notebook. More at DouglasEWelch.com Sara O’Donnell (@averagebetty), Producer and Host of AverageBetty.com Diane Cu (@whiteonrice), Photographer and [...]

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I was part of this panel a few weeks ago at the Writers Guild of America West here in Los Angeles. You’ll find my section around the 36 min point as well as during the small group discussions after the panel proper, but the entire panel is worth a watch. Here is the info from [...]

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I produced this video for my “A Gardener’s Notebook” blog and podcast and thought I would share the results of this New Media project here, as well. – Douglas Douglas E. Welch from A Gardener’s Notebook visits Tomatomania 2011 in Encino, California. He interviews Scott Daigre, organizer of Tomoatomania at a dozen locations across the [...]

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Woolly Mammoths For Sale Stuff To Blow Your Mind HowStuffWorks.com You haven’t misread the title; rest assured that woolly mammoths are still extinct. However, there are several scientists trying revive mammoths — and they might just succeed. Tune in to learn more about mammoth cloning. Phil Gerbyshak on Twitterworks – Part 2 The Bigg Success [...]

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When I discuss New Media with folks, they often say “What do I have to say that is interesting to other people?” This video gives a great example of how all of us have something interesting to put out there in the world. I think this video is a great illustration of how much snow [...]

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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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This talk was part for the eLearning Guild’s Online Forum 2010. Making the Case for Using Media for e-Learning The physical and creative aspects of media are easier than ever before, but sometimes there are those people that must be sold on the usefulness of using media for e-Learning. It always pays to ask “Why?” [...]

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I did a short interview via Skype video today with Tracy Pattin of Sizzlecaster.com. Tracy is starting this new show and business to help with “Turning your Passion into your Personal Brand.” We talk about the how and way of moving forward with your own personal branding. You can find Tracy’s complete blog post at [...]

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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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Update: I got to try viewing this post on an iPad and, sure enough, it allows for the embedded video to play right in the page, much like we see every other video. Very cool! In this blog post, A New Way To Embed YouTube Videos, YouTube announced testing of new EMBED codes for your [...]

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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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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Co-hosts Tracy Pattin and Danielle Gruen talk flip cam and shooting videos with New Media and IT guru, Douglas E. Welch of New Media Interchange. Doug joins New Media Tea Time and yes, via Skype! We are so delighted to have our “go-to-geek” guest starring once [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Since one of the best ways to demo and talk about a technology is putting it to work, I guested on New Media Tea Time this week via Skype, live from my own kitchen as I made peanut butter fudge and offered up some Skype tips. [...]

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Just 10 simple steps to insure that your Skype calls (and other VOIP calls) are as high quality as possible. Shut down resource hogging program and services If your computer is busy doing something else, it is not giving you all the power you need for your Skype call. Shut down your Instant Messenger, Twitter [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download From New Media Tea Time… “Where high tech meets low tech for tea and chocolate. Part 2 talking with the amazing Douglas Welch about Ning communities, how he set his up and how the rest of us can do so too.” Click To Play Download New Media Tea [...]

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