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Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer was the virtual guest at the Hershey Apple Core's January meeting, and reported on his experiences at the Consumer Electronics Show. From Steve Balmer's keynote to the show floor, Jeff delivers his assessment of the show, the Mac/iPhone presence and names his biggest disappointment. 3D television was big at the show; Jeff provides his impression, the size and composition of the iLounge Booth, and the vaporware aspect of the show.

There are plenty of choices in the pocket video camera market. The Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera offers a compelling feature set, including expandable memory, an external mic jack and electronic image stabilization. In this profile, you'll see it perform, find out what does and doesn't work, and why it rocks!

Working with video can be time consuming, but exporting the video for various devices (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, etc.) is even more time consuming. Elgato's Turbo.264 HD solves this problem by giving any Intel Mac a dedicated video encoder and accellerator. Chuck shows you just how much of much of a difference it can make, and lets you make the decision on the quality results.

Looking for a versatile mobile platform for your digital camera or camcorder? You've probably considered plenty of tripods, but there is another option. Chuck profiles the Manfrotto 682B Self Standing Monopod, a monopod with collapsable metal legs that gives the unit a dual personality.

As BlogWorld in Las Vegas winds down, Michael Butler of The Rock and Roll Geek Show talks about his position as Director of Music Programming at Mevio and the Podsafe Music Network, how he's working to improve and expand their content, some of the recent topics from his show, why he doesn't always do with the PR people want him to do, and his activities as a real rock musician.

At BlogWorld in Las Vegas, David Lee, the founder of wetoku, describes how his new service provides the ability to conduct and record video interviews over the internet from within any browser. No special software, no special hardware, just your computers camera and mic. Perfect for those who want to add video chats to their blogs, or who want to produce a video podcast, wetoku connects two parties, records them, and even hosts the video files.

From BlogWorld in Las Vegas, Pat Lynch of Women's Radio discusses the role of women in media, both new and old, and how they are working to balance things out. Pat also reviews Audio Acrobat, their tool that anyone can use to record, produce and host audio web content, ready for podcasting.

From Las Vegas and BlogWorld, Joe Klein of New Media Creative talks about his role as BlogWorld's official announcer, making him, "The Voice of BlogWorld." Joe's reputation as professional voice talent spotlights the importance of audio in video productions. Joe talks about his career, why he finds the explosion of new media and social media so exciting, and how his company is evolving to meet client's needs.

On the how floor at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, Vincent Everts of yubby.com discusses his new service that allow you to aggregate videos from over 30 video sharing sites. Yubby's capability of collecting videos based on a specific subject or keyword into your own channel and display them on your web site or blog leads to uses both obvious and not-so-obvious. Vincent explains how easy it is and why you'll want to start our own Yubby collections whether you are a video content creator, or are simply interested in gathering vidoes about a particular topic.

From the show floor at BlogWorld 2009, Dave Méndez of Shure reviews some of their microphone offerings for home recording. Whether you're planning on podcasting, or just looking to get better audio in your projects, Shure has options for you. David shows off their USB mics that have mixer capabilities built in, and the X2U XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter, their adapter to connect standard XLR mics to your Mac via USB. Dave also comments on why audio is a critical part of video, and why you need to consider where it will be used when making your buying decision.

Jean MacDonald was wearing two hats while attending BlogWorld in Las Vegas. The first was, as you would expect, representing SmileOnMyMac in their efforts to connect with bloggers and as a corporate blogger for the company. The second was as an "aunt blogger" (yes, Jean coined the term). Jean talks about both the challenges of the FCC's new ruling on disclosure for bloggers in general and mommy bloggers in particular. Some of SmileOnMyMac's products have received upgrades recently; Jean also discusses the new OCR engine in PDFPen, tweaks to take full advantage of Snow Leopard, the trend of partnerships among iPhone app developers and more.

From BlogWorld 2009 in Las Vegas, RandomMaccess boss Chuck La Tournous takes some time out from the many conference sessions to discuss the rise of social media from a corporate perspective, and explains why your company isn't too far behind the curve, no matter what you have or haven't done. Chuck also compares and contrasts Macworld with BlogWorld, reveals the real value of trade shows, and discusses how social media has affected some news stories, and how the people at the center of the stories have used (or not used) social media to their advantage.

At BlogWorld in Las Vegas, Jeff MacArthur of Command-N talks about how the show has evolved from an iSight-shot video to a full-blown production that rivals the best on the Web, their upcoming anniversary landmark episode, why his sister, Amber MacArthur, is such a great interviewer, their first HD production, and more.

Live from BlogWorld 2009, The Mac Roundtable crew deliver an impromptu discussion of the week’s events in Las Vegas, their thoughts on social media, and their take-aways from the show. The panel includes: * John F. Braun: Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab * Victor Cajiao: Typical Mac User Typical Shutterbug * Dave Hamilton: Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab * Chuck Joiner: The MacVoices Group * Don McAllister: ScreenCastsOnline * Allison Sheridan: NosillaCast * David Sparks: MacSparky Mac Power Users

From the show floor at BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2009 in Las Vegas, Todd Cochrane, the CEO of RawVoice talks about Blubrry PowerPress, their podcasting plugin for WordPress. PowerPress allows the WordPress user to integrade podcasts into their blog, including RSS and on-site play support. Todd also explains how the free PowerPress can be integrated with the other offerings from RawVoice, including advertising options.