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Network Theory + extending the 4th travelogue

It seems that you guys are getting more into the use of diverse media in your travelogue and are making it to the other side of the learning curve. I think we need more than one week to allow you guys to reach your conclusions, so we will extend this travelogue to 4 weeks instead of 3 and finish it in two weeks.

Each of you have their own brief this week as you all have different strategies – from posting a couple times a week to posting one big thing. Either way, each of you please comment 4 times this week on your friend’s posts.

Some important tip for video & audio podcast

  • Format – iTunes (for both Mac & PC) has an option to ’save for ipod & iphone’ & to ‘convert to MP3′. Both of these options will make your podcasts compatible with most podcasting devices and more accessible by all of us.
  • Be casual, not too casual – I found that some of you have written your text in advanced and are simply reading it out. It works for some of you, less for others. On the other hand some of you were making it up as you went, which again, worked for some, not for all. I think the recommendations on this site might be relevant both for screencasts and for podcasts. Either way, building a bullet-pointed scenario cannot be a bad idea, as it would leave you some more freedom from the tight text while keeping you on the right track. Remember, you are not making an audio-book.
  • You are beautiful – But ask yourselves, do we really need to see your faces? Maybe we do, but maybe the frame can be better used to support your content visually, screencasts are a good example for that, when they fit. If you don’t really have anything to show, maybe video is not the medium you need, maybe stick to voice only… think about it.
  • Support your media – rich media is rich, but it can’t do everything, for example, it cannot link to a site. If you want us to get more informed, link to the relevant content in your posts.
  • Share your experiences – Feel free to comment on this post, or even write a whole new one if you think there are other things you’ve learned that others can enjoy from.

Required Listening:

Recommended Reading:

Maggie:

  • Read the excerpt reviews & response and listen & flip through the slides of the talk.
  • Highlight and annotate the review to help its accessibility for the rest of you (one § highlights shift can include more than a single highlight range).
  • Summarize it for us in a nicely accessible post to be published by Sunday 4pm, ideally running some threads between them.
  • Be prepared to present the article and lead the discussion in class.
  • Post to del.icio.us some links that expand the discussion either about the text or about key themes in it.

Enjoy!

By Mushon 16:00, Nov 18th, 08 4-travelogue briefs 1 Comment

If you’re producing video for the travelogue, read this

Video Hosting: Where Vloggers Should Upload

To go from Blip to our site, follow the video and these instructions:

  1. Upload your video to Blip in MP4 format (best choice if you want to make it work on iPods and iPhones and the likes… (you can do that with iMovie on the Mac or just follow this extensive tutorial, with some easy solution for both PC and Macs)
  2. After uploading, copy the link to the file from your video’s blip page’s Files & Links box. Be sure to copy the link to thefile you uploaded and not to the Flash file.
  3. Past the link in the URL line in the podcasting aread in our blog post authoring interface
  4. That’s it. All the rest are optional (you might want to resize to 480×360 size which makes the best of our blog size).
  5. Enjoy.
 
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By Mushon 23:10, Nov 12th, 08 FYI tools No Comments

For all you screencasters!

I was about to write a tutorial for you guys but found existing ones to be much better. This one is pretty extensive with tips and references. Some tips I found here:

  1. Write a script. The public firebug screencast was probably take fifteen or so – the first ten of which I tried to do without a script. Let’s just say those ten takes included a good bit of French (in the “pardon my French” sort of way) as a result of my frustration. After I wrote a script, printed it out in large type, and set it by my monitor, things went much smoother.
  2. Memorize the script. The next five tossed takes were the result of me not looking at the screen while I was recording the screencast, but rather looking at the script. Once the script is memorized, you’re free to focus on what’s happening on the screen.
  3. Enunciate. If you’ve never recorded your voice for any published work, take a look at Ryan’s Training Your Voice for Podcasting guide. His tips are right on the money, especially this one: “Overcompensate. You’ll probably think you sound weird, but that’s when you’re doing it correctly.”
  4. Go for it! Enable Mouseposé, invoke Snapz Pro X, and give it a whirl. Expect to repeat this step several times until you’re happy with the end result.
  5. Publish. Compress your final take using Quicktime Pro, upload it to your favorite (preferably un-metered) webhost, and blog about it.

For the more ambitious, here are some more tips: How to Master Screencasts in Seven Step.

Some tools:

I recommend you start getting into it, and share your experiences (in the comments or in individual posts).

Enjoy!

By Mushon tools 5 Comments

Conclusion of the second travelogue & Our Media?

In next week we will conclude the second journey we started two weeks ago, each of you with her own brave path through different new media environments. We have started some very interesting journeys here, but there is still a long week ahead of us. This is what you should expect to achieve during this week:

By Friday Night:

  • Post at least one report from your journey.
  • Comments at least twice to other posts on the blog

By Monday Night (preferably earlier):

  • Publish your concluding post and try to look back at your journey and the path you’ve gone through. Try to situate your experience within this media environment and ask some questions about its own culture.
  • Post at least another three comments on other travelogues.

Required Viewing:

Recommended Reading:

David:

  • Read the two article and watch the documentary
  • (Optionally) Share your highlights using ShiftSpace.
  • Summarize it for us in a nicely accessible post to be published by Sunday, ideally running some threads between them.
  • Be prepared to present the articles in class
  • Post to del.icio.us some links that expand the discussion either about the text or about key themes in it.
  • Enjoy.
By Mushon 16:30, Sep 30th, 08 2-travelogue briefs No Comments

One day left before you get your YouTube back

Until then, I am sure you would appreciate this:

Sarah & Hillary on SNL

By Mushon 18:27, Sep 22nd, 08 a week without google No Comments

The Trap / Adam Curtis

A BBC documentary series by Adam Curtis. More about it from Wikipedia.

I have embedded all the files here in the blog but in case you have a problem watching or prefer the option to watch it in full-screen, I have also uploaded it to my server, where you can download it from as a Quicktime video.

Part I:

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=404227395387111085[/googlevideo]
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By Mushon 13:37, Aug 31st, 08 Uncategorized 1 Comment