I recently did some Drupal development work for Cambridge Community Television. As part of the really amazing work they are doing combining new media with traditional Cable Access Television, CCTV has been mapping videos their members produce. They call this project the Mediamap. I was really excited to work on the Mediamap with CCTV because [...]
Last week I attended NTEN’s 2007 Nonprofit Technology Conference and sat in on a wonderful session entitled Nonprofit Communications 2.0: Seven Steps to Transform Your Organization. Led by Lauren-Glenn Davitian of the CCTV Center for Media and Democracy, the session provided a strong framework for nonprofits to better communicate in an increasingly networked society. I [...]
Click To Play I had a two hour layover at Dulles Airport. Before I left, I was showing off my camera to my boss . It shoots full frame (640 x 480) mpeg-4 video; that’s over an hour of video on a two gigabyte card. My boss told me to make lots of videos. I shot [...]
Click To Play Last Saturday was Beyond Broadcast 2007 and being a part of the The Future of Cable Access Working Group got my rear in gear to edit together some soundbites I shot at last November’s Alliance for Community Media Northeast Regional Conference. During the working group we got to hear the not-opposing viewpoints from [...]
My friend and coworker Rebecca made an extensive list of things she’d like for her birthday. I really like her rationale: my list is all about ‘you’ because I’m curious who will answer, what you will come up with, and because it will mean that on my birthday I’ll be thinking about people thinking about [...]
The heatwave in Boston finally broke yesterday bringing some much needed coolness to the city. As soon as I got home from work, I hopped on my bike and took a nice relaxing ride. In Jamaica Plain, where I live, there is a long bike and walking path that follows the Orange Line subway nearly [...]
Another smoothie post… Boston is still scorching and nothing is better than some ground up fruit and ice. Sure, the storebought strawberries out here on the East coast are about as flavorful as a glass of water, but they add nice color. This is strawberry-peach-orange I believe. Watch the Video
My roommate Dean created this video about some peculiarities in our store bought eggs: Watch the Video Now I’m not sure what these guy’s are doing with their chickens, but frankly the result is a little freaky. With a name like “Lally Farms,” I think anyone would be suspicious. I made some tacos tonight (eggs, grated [...]
Watch the Video A wedding tribute for Paul and Elizabeth Hansen. With all that was going on at their wedding, they maybe didn’t have time to enjoy all the little pieces. Here is one of them.
Boston has been bouncing between baked days and drenched nights. I shot this video walking the five blocks home from a Boston Media Makers’ mid-month meetup at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain. music by Drop Trio “Wet Dog“ magnatune.com
!(centered)http://island94.org/files/23bdaytg_1_thumb.png!:http://island94.org/files/23bdaytg_1.mp4 This is the first installment of the day when both my 23rd birthday and Thanksgiving coincide. There are a couple problems with the camera work, lighting, script (there is none) and such, but hopefully you will enjoy it, or at least be able to take part in my day, even though you aren’t here.
!(centered)http://island94.org/files/poolsoupthumb.png!:http://island94.org/files/poolsoup.mp4 *Length:* 41 seconds *Music:* “Josh Cook — Fishin’ Blues”:http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=FishinBlues [Internet Archive] This is a short video that I shot of my neighbor’s pool. Using my little Casio digicam and a camera mount consisting of a box of Trader Joe’s Green Tea, I taped some of the gusty winds we were getting today as they [...]
