My Favorite New Media Things for March 2013

As always, let me know what types of interesting items you would like to see and I will keep an eye out for them especially. — Douglas

• Technology / ’Video Games Do Not Cause Violence,’ According To Former FBI Profiler | Techdirt
• New Media / Mark Cuban-backed start-up launches “HootSuite for YouTube” — Tech News and Analysis
• Technology / SoundGecko Reads Articles Out Loud to You, Almost Sounds Like a Real Person
• New Media / TV Is Changing Before Our Eyes – David Pakman – Voices – AllThingsD
• Technology / Skype scores an iOS update with improved calling UI and some bug fixes
• Technology / Free App Magically Turns Your iPhone Pics Into Videos
• New Media / Vimeo On Demand launches, aims to make it easy for creators to sell content to viewers
• New Media / Pinterest Adds Free Analytics Tools – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD
• New Media / BitTorrent Live now in open beta, brings live webcasting to the masses
• Technology / Photolettering App by House Industries
• Technology / Insert Coin finalist: Snapzoom scope smartphone adapter hands-on
• New Media / Moyer and Campbell’s “Power of Myth” documentary now online for free | MetaFilter
• New Media  Live Streaming for Writing, Musicians, and Other Creatives | Author, Coach, & Songwriter Matthew Moran
• New Media / Techmeme: Google+ Introduces New Hangouts App Called Capture, To Snap Pics Of Special Moments As They Happen (Drew Olanoff/TechCrunch)
• Technology / Amazon launches “Send to Kindle” button for web publishers and WordPress blogs — paidContent
• New Media / Rode Reporter Microphone ENG Handheld
• New Media / Google Maps Mania: Instagram on Google Maps
• New Media / 15 Cool Pinterest Plugins For WordPress | Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
• Technology / Live Gamer Portable – capture and share all the fun of your games | The Red Ferret Journal
• Technology / Precorder Ensures You Never Miss a Moment with your iPhone’s Camera
• New Media / Two ways the new Flipboard could disrupt media: Advertising and revenue sharing — paidContent
• New Media / iOgrapher Turns an iPad Mini Into a Video Shooting Powerhouse
• New Media / Lessons learned from YouTube’s $300M “Original Channel” fund – Boing Boing

Links to all of these items, and more, are on my Pinterest Feed.

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, Tips

Subscribed 029: CookAppeal – Food-Wine-Fun

Subscribed is my series highlighting the Podcasts, YouTube Channels and Blogs that I follow on a daily basis. Check out this entry, and past entries, for some great New Media Content — Douglas

CookAppeal

This is another one of the many food blogs I follow. I regularly re-pin and repost interesting items from all these blogs. They also help me keep in touch with what is happening in food all over the US and even other parts of the world.

Recent recipes and articles from CookAppeal include Apple-General Tso Glaze Stuffed Cornish Hen, Cherry-Lemon Pecan Cake and 5 Spices Beneficial to Your Health.

From the CookAppeal web site…

“I experiment with Flavors”… Elizabeth Stelling, hails from her home state of Texas and has been involved in the food industry via institutional, fast food, B&B’s, ethnic eateries and other restaurants since she was fourteen. Now living n New Jersey she has ran her own cafe, teaches culinary classes, runs a small boutique catering and staffing business, restaurant consulting for NJWBO, is a personal chef and shares her love of cooking with local, organic, healthy, and natural ingredients with the community. Chef E is a member of Slow Food and the American Wine Society, Princeton, New Jersey. She has published written works of poetry and media pieces, as well as ran Open Mics in the Princeton, NJ area.”

Link: CookAppeal

What are some of your favorite Subscriptions? Share them here in the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• City Farmer News
• Londonist
• Peter Lythgoe of the Zzipp & Co Podcast
• Cold Antler Farm
• Sorted
• Cooking Stoned with James Stone
• Backyard Farmer from the University of Nebraska
• Make
• Lifehacker.com
• Building with BDoubleO
• Thinking Allowed from BBC Radio 4
• In Our Time from BBC Radio 4
• The Kitchn from Apartment Therapy
• Vintage Beef – Gaming Let’s Play and More!
• Frieda’s Garden
• TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Engadget
• Minute Physics
• Grant’s Advent Calendar with Grant Baciocco
• Minecraft and More with Paul Soares, Jr.
• Gardenfork.TV
• Cool Hunting
• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Blogging, Elsewhere, New Media, Subscribed

Elsewhere: Jim Long on The How and Why of Live Web Video Streaming

Jim provides a great article on live streaming, what to use and who to prepare. Check it out!

The How and Why of Live Web Video Streaming

While live video broadcasting is within the reach of anyone with high-speed broadband, “live” poses unique technological and performance challenges.  Senator Marco Rubio’s parched, water break delivery of the GOP response to the State of the Union will be remembered as a short-lived Poland Spring internet meme.  But what it really demonstrates is just how difficult it can be to connect to millions, in the solitude of a dark empty room through the unforgiving, unflinching lens of the live TV camera.  Live web video streaming can be equally daunting.  In this post, we’ll look how it’s getting done in the real world and how you can make it work for you.

Read the entire article

 

More about Jim?

“I’m a veteran, Washington, DC based, network news cameraman currently working for one of the original three broadcasters.  I’m also an entrepreneur and I started Verge New Media, LLC because I see opportunity where others see challenge in the media industry.  Verge New Media is my “side hustle”, something any savvy legacy media worker should have.”

See Jim’s full bio

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, podcasting, Technology, Video

Subscribed 023: Cooking Stoned with James Stone

Subscribed is my series highlighting the Podcasts, YouTube Channels and Blogs that I follow on a daily basis. Check out this entry, and past entries, for some great New Media Content — Douglas

Cooking Stoned with James Stone

I am always looking to branch out in my subscriptions, so it is great to find some new YouTube programming that isn’t gaming or geek related. Cooking Stoned are short (2-5 min) cooking video on a wide variety of dishes. One of the best elements is James seems to be enjoying himself a lot, which is always important in any video. His dishes fit within my fussy eating habits for the most part and some reach just far enough beyond that I am tempted to check them out at least once.

Cooking Stoned is “snackable content” in both senses of the term.

From Cooking Stoned YouTube Channel…

“Fresh and simple vegetarian recipes by DIY chef Jerry James Stone. Inspired by the San Francisco Bay Area and California cuisine, Cooking Stoned is a series of quick and tasty recipes and easy-to-follow HOW TOs.”

Link: Cooking Stone YouTube Channel

Link: Cooking Stoned Web Site

What are some of your favorite Subscriptions? Share them here in the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• Backyard Farmer from the University of Nebraska
• Make
• Lifehacker.com
• Building with BDoubleO
• Thinking Allowed from BBC Radio 4
• In Our Time from BBC Radio 4
• The Kitchn from Apartment Therapy
• Vintage Beef – Gaming Let’s Play and More!
• Frieda’s Garden
• TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Engadget
• Minute Physics
• Grant’s Advent Calendar with Grant Baciocco
• Minecraft and More with Paul Soares, Jr.
• Gardenfork.TV
• Cool Hunting
• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, Subscribed, Video, YouTube

Subscribed 020: Lifehacker

Subscribed is my series highlighting the Podcasts, YouTube Channels and Blogs that I follow on a daily basis. Check out this entry, and past entries, for some great New Media Content — Douglas

Lifehacker

We all know about hacking in computers and technology, but what exactly is a Lifehacker. A Lifehacker is someone who experiments with their own life, their own work, their own productivity and is constantly looking for ways of making themselves more effective, more efficient and, in a lot of cases, happier.

Lifehacker seeks to give you to the tools and information to help you along in this endeavor. Whether it is organizational tips or advice on how to go paperless, each tip is dedicated to making your life just a little bit easier. On the blog you’ll find tips that are high-tech, low-tech and no-tech at all.

If you are looking for ways to make some improvements in your life, subscribe to Lifehacker and see what they can do for you. I know for myself, I have found a wealth of ideas there.

Link: Lifehacker.com

What are some of your favorite Subscriptions? Share them here in the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• Building with BDoubleO
• Thinking Allowed from BBC Radio 4
• In Our Time from BBC Radio 4
• The Kitchn from Apartment Therapy
• Vintage Beef – Gaming Let’s Play and More!
• Frieda’s Garden
• TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Engadget
• Minute Physics
• Grant’s Advent Calendar with Grant Baciocco
• Minecraft and More with Paul Soares, Jr.
• Gardenfork.TV
• Cool Hunting
• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Blogging, Elsewhere, New Media, Subscribed

Subscribed 018: Thinking Allowed from BBC Radio 4

Subscribed is my series highlighting the Podcasts, YouTube Channels and Blogs that I follow on a daily basis. Check out this entry, and past entries, for some great New Media Content — Douglas

 

Subscribed 018: Subscribed 018: Thinking Allowed from BBC Radio 4

I figured I might as well double-down on last week’s post about another BBC Radio 4 show, In Our Time, and post my other, favorite show from the BBC. Thinking Allowed with host, Laurie Taylor is all about culture and society. His guest regularly include authors and experts on sociology and culture as he explores 2 topics during each episode. Recent shows include discussions on Intoxication and Drugs, History, Heritage and Tradition in British Politics, Children in Hospitals, Family Funerals and Red Tape in India.

I love the far ranging topics of the shows and also the unique British take on problems and issues that effect all nations and cultures. It gives a fresh perspective on topics that have become the realm of dogma in American society. I tend to listen to both these shows as I drive around on client calls or as an educational moment when I am in the kitchen cooking dinner. As an audio podcast, it perfectly fills those 2 podcasting niches for me.

Like In Our Time, I highly recommend Thinking Allowed as a large part of any self-directed educational program. We should all be learning something new every day and this show is a great way to do it!

Check out more info on the In Our Time web site at BBC Radio 4

What are some of your favorite Subscriptions? Share them here in the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• In Our Time from BBC Radio 4
• The Kitchn from Apartment Therapy
• Vintage Beef – Gaming Let’s Play and More!
• Frieda’s Garden
• TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Engadget
• Minute Physics
• Grant’s Advent Calendar with Grant Baciocco
• Minecraft and More with Paul Soares, Jr.
• Gardenfork.TV
• Cool Hunting
• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Audio, Elsewhere, New Media, News, Opinion, Subscribed

Subscribed 017: In Our Time from BBC Radio 4

Subscribed is my series highlighting the Podcasts, YouTube Channels and Blogs that I follow on a daily basis. Check out this entry, and past entries, for some great New Media Content — Douglas

 

Subscribed 017: In Our Time from BBC Radio 4

In Our Time, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, is one show that I always include in my collections of great podcasts. I consider it, along with a few other shows, “My Own Private Masters Degree!” I learn so much in 45 minutes that it almost seems impossible. In each show, Bragg, along with 3 experts, tackle the heart of a given subject. Some weeks it is history, sometime science, sometimes philosophy. Regardless, it is an entertaining and enlightening overview of the topic.

People often ask how I can carry on intelligent conversations with nearly anyone at a party. In Our Time is one big reason. It provides such a great introduction into so many topics that it is rare I can’t find some common ground for discussion with nearly anyone.

I highly recommend In Our Time as a large part of any self-directed educational program. We should all be learning something new every day and this show is a great way to do it!

Check out more info on the In Our Time web site at BBC Radio 4

What are some of your favorite Subscriptions? Share them here in the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• The Kitchn from Apartment Therapy
• Vintage Beef – Gaming Let’s Play and More!
• Frieda’s Garden
• TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Engadget
• Minute Physics
• Grant’s Advent Calendar with Grant Baciocco
• Minecraft and More with Paul Soares, Jr.
• Gardenfork.TV
• Cool Hunting
• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Audio, Elsewhere, New Media, podcast, podcasting, Shared, Show, Subscribed

News: Amazon To Produce 6 Original Comedy Series Pilots, Viewers Decide Which Shows Survive

Amazon Studios, the online retailer’s department responsible for sourcing scripts and developing original video content, today announced the development of six original comedy series pilots. When production is completed, the series will air on Amazon’s Instant Video platform, which delivers video content like TV and movies to users’ set top boxes, phones, tablets, and computers.

[…]

Here is a list of pilots to look forward to on Amazon:

Alpha House – Alpha House was written by Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer-Prize winner Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury, Tanner ’88). Alpha House follows four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington DC.

Browsers – Written by 12-time Emmy-winning comedy writer David Javerbaum (The Daily Show) and to be directed by Don Scardino (30 Rock), Browsers is a musical comedy set in contemporary Manhattan that follows four young people as they start their first jobs at a news website.

Dark Minions – Written by Big Bang Theory co-stars Kevin Sussman and John Ross Bowie, Dark Minions is an animated workplace series about two slackers just trying to make a paycheck working an intergalactic warship. The pilot will be produced by Principato-Young (Reno 911).

The Onion Presents: The News – The Onion Presents: The News is a smart, fast-paced scripted comedy set behind the scenes of The Onion News Network that shows just how far journalists will go to stay at the top of their game. The Onion Presents: The News is from The Onion’s Will Graham & Dan Mirk (The Onion News Network, The Onion Sportsdome).

Supanatural – Supanatural is an animated comedy series about two outspoken divas who are humanity’s last line of defense against the supernatural, when they’re not working at the mall. The series, written by Lily Sparks, Price Peterson and Ryan Sandoval, will be produced by Jason Micallef (Butter) and Kristen Schaal (The Daily Show).

Those Who Can’t – Written by Andrew Orvedahl, Adam Cayton-Holland and Benjamin Roy (Grawlix), who were discovered through Amazon Studios online open door process, Those Who Can’t is a comedy about three juvenile, misfit teachers who are just as immature, if not more so, than the students they teach.

Read the entire article

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, News

Subscribed 016: The Kitchn from Apartment Therapy

Subscribed is my series highlighting the Podcasts, YouTube Channels and Blogs that I follow on a daily basis. Check out this entry, and past entries, for some great New Media Content — Douglas

Subscribed 016: The Kitchn from Apartment Therapy

Apartment Therapy is a large network of blogs focusing on style, DIY, Homekeeping, Family, Tech, renovating, Shopping and Entertainment. The Kitchn is their food blog and it never fails to have some amazing foodie content. I am constantly Pinning and Sharing posts from The Kitchn — almost so much that I have to pause between flurries of retweets just to give my readers a break.

Check out The Kitchn and the entire collection of Apartment Therapy blogs.

What are some of your favorite Subscriptions? Share them here in the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• Vintage Beef – Gaming Let’s Play and More!
• Frieda’s Garden
• TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Engadget
• Minute Physics
• Grant’s Advent Calendar with Grant Baciocco
• Minecraft and More with Paul Soares, Jr.
• Gardenfork.TV
• Cool Hunting
• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Blogging, Elsewhere, New Media, Subscribed

WordPress Wednesday: WordPress 3.5 is released!

The latest version of WordPress press, 3.5, has just been released. Following my usual WordPress Wednesday, it’s time to look at your blogs, update your plugins and try out the new 3.5. 

For a complete list of new features and other changes, visit the WordPress Codex.

A few of the changes…

New Media Manager

• Beautiful interface: A streamlined, all-new experience
• Create galleries faster with drag-and-drop reordering, inline caption editing, and simplified controls
• Insert multiple images at once with Shift/Ctrl+click

New Default Theme – Twenty Twelve

• Simple, flexible, elegant
• Mobile-first, responsive design
• Gorgeous Open Sans typeface
• Uses the latest Theme Features

Admin Enhancements

• New Welcome Screen
• Retina-Ready (HiDPI) Admin
• Hide Link Manager for new installs
• Better accessibility for screenreaders, touch devices, and keyboard users
• More polish on admin screens, including a new color picker

…and much more!

Filed under: Blogging, Elsewhere, New Media, News, podcasting, Software, Technology, Wordpress

Subscribed 013: TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Today on “Subscribed” I focus on another blog. My blog subscriptions are my lifeline to the world and have easily taken the place of all the print magazines I used to read each week. — Douglas

TUAW: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Looking through my Google Reader stats, it looks like TUAW is one of my most favorited subscriptions. Even when I don’t have time to write an entire blog post on a topic, I can favorite it in Reader and it will automatically be Twittered out, posted to my Facebook page and stored away for future reference and inclusion in my month-end “My Favorite Things” posts.

TUAW is my go-to site for Apple information of all sorts. I am a Mac user myself, so much of this information is put to immediate use, but a large part of my clientele is also Mac-based, so when an important update, bug or announcement goes out, I am sure to hear about it quickly and thoroughly via TUAW.

Like many of the blogs I mention here, TUAW also has a companion YouTube channel.

Visit TUAW’s YouTube Channel

What are some of your favorite Subscriptions? Share them here in the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• Engadget
• Minute Physics
• Grant’s Advent Calendar with Grant Baciocco
• Minecraft and More with Paul Soares, Jr.
• Gardenfork.TV
• Cool Hunting
• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Blogging, Elsewhere, Hardware, iPhone, Software, Subscribed, YouTube

Real World Example: Lorilyn Salamanca hosts “Foundations for Healthy Generations” on Hawaii Public Access

Lorilyn Salamanca has been a close friend of ours since she was completing her Master’s Degree at nearby Cal State Northridge (CSUN). She was originally the student and friend of our friends, Helen and Enrique, but quickly became a close friend in her own right.

Lorilyn has heard me preaching the New Media gospel for years now, and I have been coaching, consulting and cajoling her to use her own talents to get the word out about those issues which most concern her. Since moving to Hawaii over 8 years ago, she has worked for the WIC program, helping underprivileged families raise healthy kids.

Just today Lorilyn let me know that she had stepped up her New Media “visibility” — as I have been pushing her for years — and is now the host of “Foundations for Healthy Generations” on the Hawaii Public Access channel, ‘Olelo. Like all good Public Access programs, ‘Olelo also makes all their shows available, on demand, from their web site. They can also be easily shared and embedded in blogs and other web sites.

It is so great seeing Lorilyn extend her influence using a combination of traditional media and new media on the island. I wish her great success! This is exactly the type of Real World Example I would love to see other’s pursuing.

Foundations for Healthy Generations - Episode 4

Can’t see the video above? Watch it here!

Watch more episodes of “Foundations for Healthy Generations” with Lorilyn Salamanca

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, News, Real World Example, Show, Video

Subscribed 007: Cool Hunting

Who doesn’t like some “cool” in their lives? Cool Hunting provides a regular dose of cool through its video series highlighting cool stuff in design, art, engineering and more. Cool Hunting is available both as a YouTube channel and a podcast via their web site. The videos are high-quality and shot with an eye towards the artistic while giving you insight into the people involved in the projects.

I highly recommend Cool Hunting as a refreshing bit of entertainment for your mind. Hopefully it can spur you to some “cool” projects of your own.

Visit the Cool Hunting YouTube Channel for more videos!

What are some of your favorite YouTube Subscriptions? Share them here i the comments!

Previously highlighted on Subscribed:

• CareerCamp International
• Tested.com
• Simon’s Cat
• Science @ NASA
• Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac
• PBS Idea Channel

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, Show, Subscribed, Video, YouTube

My Favorite New Media Things – September 2012

Here are my favorite shared new media items for September 2012.

Please let me know in the comments if you find any of the particularly useful. I’ll keep my eye open for similar items — Douglas

• Technology / Blue Microphones Mikey Digital takes iPhone and iPad recording up a notch | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• New Media / Five Best Audio Editing Applications
• New Media / Article: How To Create A World: Skyrims Director On Building A Never-Ending Fantasy
• New Media / New Liveblog plugin for WordPress turns any post into auto-updating liveblog
• New Media / Livestream announces Studio HD500 all-in-one video switcher, ships October 15th for $8,500 — Engadget
• New Media / Contour+2 review: the best consumer helmet camera on the market — Engadget
• New Media / Focusrite launches iTrack Solo, a two channel interface for iOS and desktops (video) — Engadget
• New Media / iStabilizer Monopod puts your iPhone photos above the crowd | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• New Media / Sony announces new pro audio suite for OS X | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• New Media / Stitcher updates its iOS app with offline mode for data-free radio — Engadget
• New Media / Use rubberband technique to smooth out pans with inexpensive tripods
• New Media / YouTube offers new app for iPhone and iPad
• New Media / Ebook Authors Continue To See Self-Publishing Stigma Disappear | Techdirt
• New Media / Powerful fast audio editor Fission updated to version 2 available on Mac App Store | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• New Media / Microsoft hires former CBS executive to produce original video content for Xbox – Engadget
• New Media / Twitch Raises $15 Million to Be the YouTube of the Videogame World – Tricia Duryee – Commerce – AllThingsD
• Technology / Wearable Camera Captures Every Last Moment Of Your Mundane Existence
• New Media / Jasmine is a Gorgeous, Free YouTube App for iPhone and iPad
• New Media / ”Recipe Rehab,” From YouTube to TV – Amir Efrati – Voices – AllThingsD

Filed under: Elsewhere, Shared, Tips

Subscribed: PBS Idea Channel

I have been moving away from mainstream broadcast and cable programming for a while and switching over to watching a lot of stuff on YouTube. My son, Joseph, has switched almost entirely to YouTube Channels for his entertainment viewing.

I realized today that I should be highlighting some of the YouTube Channels I subscribe to for my daily entertainment (and educational viewing).

Today’s new subscription is the PBS Idea Channel. This is a great collection of education and entertaining video on a variety of topics. I found the channel when I came across a blog post linking to their show on Minecraft, Makerbot and the Post Scarcity Economy.

Below you will find a link to a playlist of all their videos. I highly recommend subscribing on YouTube so that you will be notified of each new video as it appears.

* Just a reminder…you can also subscribe to my own YouTube Channel for videos on gardening, careers, technology, new media and more!

See all the shows I am watching and subscribing to in my YouTube Channel Feed

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Don’t see the video playlist above? Check out PBS Idea Channel on Youtube.

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, Subscribed, Video, YouTube

Elsewhere: Storytelling the Pixar way

Has your New Media project hit a snag? Maybe you can find some useful help in these trips from Pixar. One thing I appreciate about every Pixar movie is the fact that they concentrate on story from the very beginning. They have learned that no matter what the whiz bang technology looks like, if you don’t have a great story, you won’t have a great movie.

Storytelling the Pixar way from Boing Boing

From the Twitter feed of Pixar story artist Emma Coats, a series of “Pixar story rules.” Some of these strike me as specific to the Pixar business and/or filmmaking, but others are perfect storytelling…

Read the entire article

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, New Media Tips

New Product: MicW iPhone/iPad Microphones

This post originally appeared in Careers in New Media by Douglas E. Welch

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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 more suitable microphone when out recording in the field.

I haven’t heard the quality of these mics, but my friends and the web site have certainly piqued my interest. I will see if I can get a demo model here at the Careers in New Media office so I can record some audio and share it with you.

For now, here is an audio sample using the i436 mic (picture below) from the company’s web site

Download  i436 Violin Sample

Other samples from MicW web site

Filed under: Elsewhere, Hardware, iPhone, New Media, News, Technology

Subscribe To A Newsapaper, Get An E-reader Free

It’s starting to happen. I was talking to someone just the other night about how such deals would greatly benefit mainstream media outlets. The price of the readers is falling very rapidly while their capabilities just keep growing.

Subscribe To A Newsapaper, Get An E-reader Free

Well, this was bound to happen. Barnes & Noble is offering big discounts on its Nook e-readers to people taking out subscriptions to digital editions of magazines and newspapers:

The Nook edition of People is $9.99 a month; with a one-year subscription, customers will receive a Nook Tablet, a color device with a 7-inch display, for $199, a discount from its regular price of $249. Customers who buy a one-year subscription for the Nook edition of The New York Times for $19.99 a month, which in…

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Filed under: Books, Elsewhere

Voiceover class starts January 12, 2012 at UCLA Extension

NMI friend, Janet Wilcox, will be starting her UCLA Extension voiceover class again in just a week. If you are interested in getting started in the industry, this could be the class for you. Douglas E. Welch will be speaking to her class about New Media this session, as he has done in the past.

Class Description:

Pursuing a Career in Voice Overs

Do people say you have a wonderful voice? Gain a comprehensive understanding of the tools needed to excel in TV and radio commercials, animation, narration for documentaries, and other areas of voice over work. Instruction includes breath and microphone technique, script analysis, finding characters spontaneously, and how to keep it fun, even when the pressure’s on. Participants also learn how to pursue a career in voice over.

Janet Wilcox’s Bio

Writer, producer, and actor with extensive experience on both sides of the microphone. Ms. Wilcox has written and produced promos for HBO, ABC, and The History Channel, among others. As a voice over talent, she has been heard on Lifetime, HBO, E!, Cinemax, and AMC. She is the author of Voiceovers: Techniques and Tactics for Success.

 

Filed under: Elsewhere, New Media, News

Audio: Ghosts of the Internet 2011

Looking for a little Halloween-appropriate listening for tonight? Listen to Ghosts of the Internet 2011!

Listen to Ghosts of the Internet 2011!

More photos from the event

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615

 

The whole family participated in this annual live reading yesterday and here is the recording of that event. We had a great time, as always, reading, noshing, joshing and laughing.

Filed under: Audio, Elsewhere, New Media, Show