Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Facebook advertising

My SmithWalker Productions website is almost finished, so I decided to try out Facebook's advertising. A colleague of mine told me that I could advertise my Event Videography business specifically to people on Facebook near Monterey that display "engaged" statuses for a minimum of a $1 a day. So I am giving it a try.

I am also in the middle of preparing for some new media workshops, and have made a podclasstv blog on wordpress so I can teach people how to use it. So far, it's leaps and bounds better than blogger (sorry blogger). Although, for new bloggers, wordpress could be overwhelming. Blogger has less options, so probably less confusion.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Websites and Festivals

I leave for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in one week. I am busy remaking my www.smithwalkerproductions.com website and updating podclasstv. I will be on two or three new media panels, so I will also need to make a new media presentation by next week. I just ordered Leopard OS 10.5, and need to buy a screen capture program called ScreenFlow so I can make my multi-media presentation. With ScreenFlow I can record me (my computer) visiting and using some of my favorite innovative new media websites. If I try to show the audience the websites live from the web, there would be a huge chance the internet would be down or too slow. With ScreenFlow, I will be able to play a DVD of my me (my computer) visiting those websites. I will post this presentation soon.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

New Media Project for local landfill

I have just finished the first of 7 virtual tours for the Monterey Regional Waste Management District. The first one is on the Material Recovery Facility, where they reuse around 60% of incoming waste.
I am shooting one next week on their reuse store, the Last Chance Mercantile.