New Media Interchange LA Meeting Tomorrow Night – May 28 @ 7pm

May 27, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

We are only a day away from our first meeting of the new group, New Media Interchange.

My goal with this group is to bring together traditional and new media artists and technicians to foster the creation of new work.

I see so much wasted effort here in Los Angeles and much great creative work that is simply thrown away if it can’t find a place in the traditional media landscape. I have many friends who work on both sides of the traditional/new media world and would love to see them working together to create something instead of spending their lives pitching ideas with little to show for it.

We now have a new, open, market for our creative work and we should seek to exploit it for our benefit. Whether you are trying to create a promo piece for yourself, a show with online distribution of even an idea for a traditional broadcast television show, new media can provide you tools to get your message out to your audience directly.

Join us both online and in-person at New Media Interchange and let’s all make something special!

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
12131 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 762-2226 | phone
(818) 762-5566 | fax

They have several good spaces indoors, a large patio and free Wifi.

Please RSVP for the meeting using Upcoming.org

Podcasting and New Media for Writers – Now open for registration

May 16, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

UCLA Extension Writers Program is again offering our class, Podcasting and New Media for Writers, during the summer session. Registration is now open at http://uclaextension.edu“>http://uclaextension.edu.

Podcasting and New Media for Writers

Podcasting and New Media have given writers direct access to a worldwide audience and freed them from absolute dependency on television networks, radio stations, and publishers to buy and market their work. To the audience, new media is “what you want, where you want it, when you want it,” while to the podcast creator and producer, it is the ultimate creative freedom. This course covers the current state of this new medium; the basics of writing for it; and strategies for publicizing your podcast and expanding your readers, viewers, and listeners. Guest speakers available via audio and video podcast interviews, live interactive podcasts, and video conferences introduce you to the variety of ways you can use the medium. The course goal is to develop your own podcast based on individual professional or personal needs, interests, and goals. For technical requirements click here. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Additional technical requirements: Students need a recording device with microphone that is compatible with their computer; built-in microphones on laptops are acceptable. Students must have Apple iTunes software and access to audio recording software, such as Audacity or Apple GarageBand, to perform course exercises. High-speed Internet connection is required.

Course Open Reg# T8766U

No Textbook Required

Online&nbspCourse
July 9 – September 10

$55 nonrefundable.

Rosanne Welch, writer/producer; WGA member whose credits include five seasons as staff writer, executive story editor, and producer on the CBS series Touched by an Angel. Ms. Welch also has written for Fox Broadcasting’s Beverly Hills, 90210; Picket Fences for CBS and David E. Kelly Productions; and is the author of The Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space.

Douglas E. Welch, writer and computer analyst, whose work has been published in Wired, MacWorld, and Los Angeles Times. Mr. Welch is a member of LA Podcasters and Friends in Tech and produced his first show, Career Opportunities, in 2004. He has written and produced over 300 individual episodes and conducts podcasting seminars for schools and businesses.

New Media Interchange Meeting – May 28, 2008

May 11, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 meeting using Upcoming.org

New Media Interchange is growing! Join Us!

April 25, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 New Media Interchange by joining our mailing list at:

http://groups.google.com/group/newmediainterchange

and visiting our wiki at:

http://newmediainterchange.pbwiki.com/

The wiki has a Skills Bank page where you can list your skills so others can find the information that they need.

Andrea Louise (almost) LIVE tomorrow at Noon PDT!

April 18, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 video player and chat room below.

You can purchase Andrea’s CD, So Far, direct from CDBaby.com

New Media Interchange Meetup – Interested?

April 17, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 information on producing New Media.

This idea grows out of my Podcasting and New Media for Writers class that I teach for the UCLA Extension. I have had a really good time with that class as it focuses on “doing.” We talk as much about the creative side of the New Media as we do the tech and everyone has something to bring to the table. At the end of the class, everyone has produced and released the first episode of their production, ready to continue as long as they wish

While there is a social element to all meetups, I want to focus on the Interchange of ideas and sharing real world, useful information that we each need to know. I imagine a “5-minute meeting” where you can ask a pressing question and provide a great resource (web site, book, person, etc) to share with the group. Then we can break up and discuss whatever we wish.

If there is already something like this, please let me know. If you are interesting in the New Media Interchange, contact me directly at douglas@welchwrite.com. If there is enough interest, I will find a venue and start to select a date.

Link: New Media Interchange Google Group Mailing List
Link: New Media Interchange Wiki

PodCamp Boston to charge $50 for admission

April 15, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 his blog.

Well, this certainly puts the stake in the whole “unconference” philosophy. Once again we see how something great is eventually turned into a money-making enterprise that serves the few instead of the many. I have been fighting this same battle with nearly every tech event here in LA.So $35K for an unconference? This is absolutely ridiculous. No one says there has to be breakfast, coffee, snacks, lunch, dinner, free beer at an unconference. We are there to converse and learn. If the price of these items to so onerous, simply don’t provide them. Ask people to bring something to share, bring water, etc. That fact is, we have come to see an unconference as a big party, with all the associated accoutrement and the price keeps going up. Give us space, intelligent people and a few borrowed projectors and we will have a conference. The rest is absolutely superfluous.Maybe if we turned it into less of a party, fewer people would flake out on it, since fewer people would sign up to begin with. Size is the curse of an unconference and Boston PodCamp clearly proves that. Strip it to the bare, and useful, parts and a PodCamp will shine. Overload it with fees, food and flakes and it dies, crushed under its own weight.

Follow the great on-going discussion here

Perfect Example: Book reading/talk by Clay Shirky

March 26, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 Internet & Society. Harvard made a point of recording the talk and released it on their web site and via podcast. Shirky was then able, through no extra effort of his own, to re-post the video to his own site.

Harvard wins. Shirky wins. The publisher wins. We win, since we can see a talk we would have been unable to see otherwise.

Link: Book Talk at Harvard’s Berkman Center

New Project: LA Book Readings on audio and video

March 24, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 looking for booksellers who might be interested in having me in to record their readings so that I can share them via a dedicated web site.

In that regard, I am looking for booksellers who might be interested in having me in to record their readings so that I can share them via a dedicated web site.

I would start here in Los Angeles, but I can foresee accepting media from all over the country (and the world) into a larger system broken down by location, genre, etc.

So, now I am looking for my first partner in this endeavor. Are you a bookseller who regularly hosts author readings in your store? Are you an author has an upcoming reading in the Los Angeles area? Do you already have audio or video content of a reading that you would like to share? If so, drop me a line in the comments below or send an email to douglas@welchwrite.com.

Audio: A Year of Visibility from BarCampLA-5, March 1, 2008

March 9, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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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.

[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2008/cip-visibility20.mp3]

Listen: A Year of Visibility

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

March 6, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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

[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2008/cip-podcasting-now.mp3]

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

Lunch 2.0 @ Oversee.net

February 28, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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, I took the Orange Line to the Red Line and exited at 7th Street/Metro station. A couple of blocks walk and I was there. I have known for years that the best way to go downtown is on the subway. (SMILE)

A few more photos below…

BarCampLA-5 is This Weekend – March 1 & 2

February 26, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

(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 the program is developed entirely by those attending. Everyone who comes is also a presenter. Come listen to sessions on business, technology, PR…whatever strikes our fancy and then give others the benefit of your expertise.

I am hoping to present 2 sessions at this BarCamp:

A Year of Visibility 2.0 – You need to let people know what you do, and how well you do it, if you want to take your life and career to a new level. I will show you how to go about raising your visibility in whatever realm you wish and the tools that can help make it happen.

Podcasting Now! – Using free Internet tools, you can be podcasting within minutes. I will give you step-by-step instructions on how to start podcasting right from BarCamp itself. No need to take weeks getting set up. Pick up you cell phone or camera and start podcasting TODAY!

Openings to attend BarCampLA-5 are filling up fast. Get your name in today or, at least, get on the waiting list. You don’t want to miss it.

Super Happy vlog House in Ojai on weekend of Feb 16

February 1, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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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 walk in the los padres forrest next door, relax in the spa, whatever.

hope you can join us.

(* drupal and wordpress geeks especially welcomed)

http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com/

Doug’s Neat Friends 01 – John Braheny – from Seesmic

January 16, 2008 by Douglas E. Welch

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 knowledge and information with everyone on Seesmic and, also here on the blog.

Don’t be afraid to play with new services and new technologies or new uses for older technologies when it comes to new media. You never know just what you might create.

My first “neat friend” today was John Braheny, author of The Craft and Business of Songwriting. John is a highly respected member of the music industry community and has taught me everything I know about the music business and songwriting.

Below, you will see a video player for my initial message from John and then links below that which allow you to view the entire conversation, held over the course of an hour or so.

Please let me know your comments using the comments link below. I’d love to hear what you think of this method of “interview” and how it might be improved or expanded.

Question: What does collaboration mean to you?

Answer from John

Question: How would you collaborate on a product advertising jingle?

Answer from John

Question: More on collaboration

Answer from John

Question: How do I buy rights to use music?

Answer from John – Part 1

Answer from John – Part 2 and Closing

Closing note from Frieda

Audio: 2nd Annual LIVE Reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

December 23, 2007 by Douglas E. Welch

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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.

[audio:http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-10848/TS-61014.mp3]

Listen:
2nd Annual LIVE Reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Video: A Presentation to the Orange County Podcasters

December 14, 2007 by Douglas E. Welch

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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 WingNuts. Below is a link to the audio from my presentation and the following Q & A session.

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Watch: A Presentation to the Orange County Podcasters (MPEG 4)

Presentation to the OC Podcasters – December 12, 2007

December 13, 2007 by Douglas E. Welch

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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.”

Listen : Douglas E. Welch presents to the Orange County Podcasters
[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2007/cip-ocpodcasters.mp3]

Douglas E. Welch presenting to the OC Podcasters

Photo by Jason Tucker

Douglas E. Welch on “The Struggling Entrepreneur”

December 9, 2007 by Douglas E. Welch

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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 the opportuntity to meet him in person at the Podcamp Arizona unconference in November, 2007. Doug is a high-tech consultant and recent New Media Entrepreneur. Coming from a corporate IT environment and also being a writer, Doug shares with us his road to becoming a successful entrepreneur. As a family man, he does this in concert with his wife and her career, as well. What is interesting are 2 areas that are mentioned in this 40-minute interview:

1. The need for the entrepreneur to be aware of the obstacles with affordable health care; and

2. How being a successful entrepreneur can enrich your personal and family life by “buying yourself time” for a quality life.

A Christmas Carol – A LIVE reading featuring YOU! – Dec. 22, 2007

December 3, 2007 by Douglas E. Welch

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 can JOIN IN for free, using just your computer.

I will be joined by my wife, Rosanne, some friends and anyone who calls in and wishes to read a section of the story. We will be using a condensed version of A Christmas Carol, created by Dickens for his own public readings.

If you think you might like to join us, as a listener or a reader, please RSVP to douglas@welchwrite.com, so I can get a feel for how many core readers we will have.

Link: Download the script now

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Podcasting and New Media for Writers – Now open for registration

New Media Interchange Meeting – May 28, 2008

New Media Interchange is growing! Join Us!

Andrea Louise (almost) LIVE tomorrow at Noon PDT!

New Media Interchange Meetup – Interested?

PodCamp Boston to charge $50 for admission

Perfect Example: Book reading/talk by Clay Shirky

New Project: LA Book Readings on audio and video

In that regard, I am looking for booksellers who might be interested in having me in to record their readings so that I can share them via a dedicated web site.

Audio: A Year of Visibility from BarCampLA-5, March 1, 2008

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

Lunch 2.0 @ Oversee.net

BarCampLA-5 is This Weekend – March 1 & 2

Super Happy vlog House in Ojai on weekend of Feb 16

Doug’s Neat Friends 01 – John Braheny – from Seesmic

Audio: 2nd Annual LIVE Reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Video: A Presentation to the Orange County Podcasters

Presentation to the OC Podcasters – December 12, 2007

Douglas E. Welch on “The Struggling Entrepreneur”

A Christmas Carol – A LIVE reading featuring YOU! – Dec. 22, 2007

A Christmas Carol – A LIVE reading featuring YOU!
Saturday, December 22, 2007 — 6 PM PST/9 PM EST

In that regard, I am looking for booksellers who might be interested in having me in to record their readings so that I can share them via a dedicated web site.

A Christmas Carol – A LIVE reading featuring YOU! Saturday, December 22, 2007 — 6 PM PST/9 PM EST

A Christmas Carol – A LIVE reading featuring YOU!
Saturday, December 22, 2007 — 6 PM PST/9 PM EST