The 2nd annual Digital Life Expo took place in New York City from October 14th - 16th. Digital Life is focused on educating and inspiring consumers, press and retailers. Products include, home entertainment, TVs, consumer electronics, home networking, gaming hardware and software, PCs and laptops, mobile technologies such as phones, PDAs, MP3 players as well as digital culture. This vLog series was broken up into a 3 parts covering some of the companies showcasing. Interviews with DIVX, Thompson, Video Without Boundaries, Akimbo, Mediamax, Xavix

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Previewing a few companies that will showcase at the Expo

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Thursday November 10th coverage of Podcast Academy. The Business side of marketing, networking, and branding of a podcast

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An update on the video footage that I took at the Portable Media Expo, well there are like 8 tapes of footage to go through so I

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Wizards Of Technology speak about searching out podcasts not mentioned in the top 100

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My Dual 450 G4 died on 11/19/05, I have to buy a Mac Mini. I started taping at 3:45 PM. It actually took about 1 hour and 20 minutes to video tape, edit, post, blog, RSS feed it to the world... I finished around 5 PM but left the house about 5:30

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At the mac store SOHO right now and its 7:34, I have recieved my Mac Mini and I just finished video taping, capturing, editing, and posting and posting to this blog all within 1 hour and 30 minutes. Thats the power of casting. from 6PM til 7:34 i was able to make this all happen

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Back home right now setting up the Mac Mini. I Started video taping at 9:30 PM finished uploading and blogging at 1 AM

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This is part of the Portable Media EXPO series part 4. Brother love is a renegade musician gone Podcaster. He is highly favored amongst the podcast community, I would even venture to say the most lovable of all of us, if anyone was to win the award for most personable podcaster he probably would get it. He is showcasing the Thought Out PED holders and speakers. In a few days I will put together a compilaton of venders discussing their products. PED will be one of them. To learn more about their products go to the PED website. Portable device holders and speakers for your "Digital Being"

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Podcasters at the first annual Portable Media xPO talk about their favorite podcasters. A gathering of folks from various parts of the podcasting culture came together for the first time

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This show is focused on tracking your subscribber hits. I have the ultimate solution for all you guys looking for a solution... I went to the Apple Store in SOHO in NYC last night to check out the free vlog presentation. Two Pioneers, Ryanne from ryanedit.blogspot.com and Jay from http://www.momentshowing.net/. Ryanne has been since last November and it looks like Jay has been vLogging since March but I need him to confirm that with me. Regardless they are pioneers and are very important fixtures in the vlog landscape. I believe I called them the vLog fathers... This show is dedicated to Ryanne :), actually its for people like Ryanne who struggle with inconsistent stats and inaccurate download readings. I am a big promoter of Podtrac, but one needs to diversify their tools and today I want to discuss webpasties. Webpasties are my tool of choice for accurately tracking my user downloads.

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http://codedsignal.com/ This episode charts back to the last show that I did on webpasties.com. The quality of the demonstration was not a high caliber instructional. As a result it got me to thinking about how media files should be compressed. As far as instructional compressed files go its best to have very limited motion or video for that matter and just deal with stills. Files with very little or no motion and a small color spectrum become significantly smaller file sizes compared to a high motion video with a wide ranging color spectrum. This is something we will discuss at a later date but its something to think about for the future. the other part of the show deals with node101.com and how its the place for vloggers and potential vloggers to learn and commune.

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http://codedsignal.com This show focuses on 5 free video distribution methods for video. It showcases other alternatives to iTunes. iTunes, Google Video, Fireant, DTV, Veoh, are all video based distribution solutions. As a content producer I use all five of these aggregators along with webpasties to strategically market and promote my work. As a consumer I use these applications to open my options in locating new media that of interest. Frappr is a beta application created by google. Frappr is basically their map solution (the answer to mapqwest). The added bonus and great feature of frappr is that it allows you to form a group and invite people to this group and map them on your map. It pin points their location on a global map and anyone apart of that group can see where everyone is situated.

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http://codedsignal.com This show uses the application compressor. These are general settings for the iPod video MPG-4. The other format that you can use is a Quicktime video H.264 CODEC. This will focus on MPG-4 compression settings, and MPG-4 is a more widely used universal format across all platforms.

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http://codedsignal.com/ This is part 2 of a 3 part series documenting the 1st annual portable media expo. It was a 3 day event held in ontario california from november 10-12 2005. This was the first time influential podcasters, media, content creators and device makers came together under one roof. This show is for people who missed the expo and curious minds seeking more about the podcast community.

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This is part 3 of a 3 part series documenting the 1st annual portable media expo. It was a 3 day event held in ontario california from november 10-12 2005. This was the first time influential podcasters, media, content creators and device makers came together under one roof. This show is for people who missed the expo and curious minds seeking more about the podcast community.

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Part of the Mac World Series of interviews, Michael Rubin discusses his book droidMaker, the inside story of George Lucas, his intensely private company, and their revolutionary work in filmmaking. Here is the story of how Lucasfilm's Computer Division make film and computer history, as well as Lucas' uneasy role in combining business, filmmaking, and technology. Providing an informed and informative, candid and revealing portrait that cuts through the mythology of George Lucas, here is the chronicled history of his vision made possible by the Star Wars films. Given unprecedented access to company records, personnel files, and photographs, Droid Maker is a definitive biography that is "must reader" for the legions of Lucas fans, as well as a privileged and seminal contribution to cinematic and filmmaking history.

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Part of the Mac World Series of interviews, Gene Munster is a managing director and a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, specializing in security and design. He cites his thoughts about whats to come for Apple in 2006. Some of the design companies that he covers: Apple, Adobe, Avid, Microsoft...

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An electrically charged video piece showcasing the mac world expo experience through Gary Paul Princes eyes. Gary is the Promotions Manager for Peach Pit Press and he has a lot to say about the changing media landscape. Watch this fun filled educational piece on video bloggers taking over at the Mac World Expo and beyond.

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Magnatune is an effort to create the first real internet-era record label. Creating a competitive dynamic pricing model that change depending on demand. Podcaster and vLogger friendly company.

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Mac World Expo 2006, San Francisco, I interviewed some truly stand out women on the floor. We all know the guys who are Mac Geeks so its time to showcase the women who are just as geeked about the apple products.

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Mac World Expo 2006, San Francisco, I interviewed some venders on the floor. This episode hosts 3 great apps: Seefile is an excellent solution for file transfer. Its a software solution that allows you to use your host computer to serve files to your clients. This application will appeal to anyone who is in constant need to show files to remote locations, basically graphic artists, ad agencies, musicians... MissingSync is a total replacement for the Plam desktop software that allows you to sync your PDA with your Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and other standard apps. It extends beyond these standard apps by including new functionality like itunes and enhanced features only found on the desktop. Ovolab's Philink which is a telephony software/hardware solution for you to record phone messages onto your desktop. The application is rather powerful because it also allows you to podcast and schedual programming for 3rd party applications on your desktop.

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Record complete songs spontaneously without putting down your guitar. Lay down your riffs and snap them together into a song complete with drums and effects. Riffworks versatile features help guitar players easily capture ideas and record entire songs that include great sounding drums, fabulous tone and polished effects. Guitar players can set the tempo and start recording just by playing their guitar using RiffWorks technology. Go to http://sonomawireworks.com

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In my travels to various Expos I have seen many great products and servies but Jambo has got to be one of the most important social solutions. This service will truly be a major player in the coming year. You heard it here first. "Jambo Networks is the first company to design technology to let you see these invisible opportunities, letting people who share something in common to directly find each other and network face-to-face, when they want to. You don't even need to be on the Internet to use it. You just need Jambo, a WiFi device and a common interest. You join Jambo through an affiliation you already have -- your school, alumni association, a conference you attend, an online social network -- any trusted network based on a common interest."

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NAB Las Vegas Day 01 Saturday, April 23rd 2006. I'm covering the Expo working with NAB Co- Sponsored by JWT

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I did a 4 part video series with Peachpit. They brought me in to cover the Flash Forward Conference and I got some excellent footage. Gary Paul Prince the promotions manager for peachpit is the talaent for this fun piece.

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An incitful discussion with Hilman Curtis one of the worlds greatest luminaries in motion graphics. He has influened me twice in my professional career. Hilman discuses his new book and about the flash comunity. A great interview probably my favorite.

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Vloggercon 2006 was held at the Sweedish American Hall in San Francisco from June 10th -11th. It was an exciting experience seeing that was the second ever gathering of vloggers en mass. There are so many people in this space that I respect and regard as pioneers for what they do and I am showing my appreciating by showcasing some of them in this video clip. Enjoy!

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Digital Media Tips N Tricks collabs with the Williams Group to cover Dominique Wilkins induction to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Friday September 8, 2006. Here's a clip showcasing some of his NBA moments. Enjoy

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Bendrix and AnG (my new talent) teamed up with the organizers at Big Apple Con held on September 16-17 2006. Featuring a Celebrity list that features Jimmy Hart, Tank Girl, Iron Sheek, Mark Goddard, Captain Lou Albano, some playboy bunnies and many more... The Big Apple Con is the oldest and longest running Comic, Art and Toy, Sci-Fi show in New York City! Enjoy the clip

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My producer Bendrix and I submitted an entry for this competition - "Who wants to be the 'OFFICIAL VOICE' for the 2007 New York Anime and Comic Con. Please go to Youtube, rate and leave a comment expressing your support. This Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzdxHM0y0bw

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