I’m really enjoying myself at the Portable Media Expo here in Ontario, CA. If you’re here, and you want to connect over the next few days, please feel free to call. My mobile # is 480-980-1533.

I doubt that Yahoo will be closing its podcasting website because podcasting is not “catching on.”

I think it’s because iTunes is the aggregator people use. I don’t know anyone who uses Yahoo for that.

This week on Izzy Video, I demonstrate an interesting effect using the channel mixer filter in Final Cut Pro.

Thanks to Alex Lindsay from Pixelcorps for showing the effect on a recent episode of DL.tv.

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Very good short film. Several funny parts. Great energy. Great characters. You need to see this.

Via Steve Garfield

In this installment of Izzy Video, I briefly review a Marantz Digital Audio Recorder, specifically the PMD-670. It’s a piece of equipment I’ve had for almost a year, and I really like it. I’m not affiliated with Marantz, and this wasn’t a paid sponsorship. I’m simply showing another piece of gear that I find useful.

Update: I don’t use this item for video production anymore. It’s great for recording audio, but I find that the audio recording of my video cameras produce excellent sound with much less hassle.

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Here’s my dilemma: More than a year after forming Glimpster, I continue to get requests from people with good ideas for shows, asking if they can join the network. I don’t know what to do about these requests. They’re tempting. Glimpster has four different shows, and only two of them actively produce new content, Paperclipping (my wife’s scrapbooking show) and Izzy Video. With only four shows, and two of them active, I can hardly call this a network and keep a serious face.

I admit that the thought of adding more shows to Glimpster thrills me. I can imagine how fun it would be to develop this into a network with ten, twenty, or more shows, all producing educational content and making it available for free. I think this kind of project could benefit people worldwide.

But the problem is, unfortunately, time. When I think about how strained I feel with only Izzy Video and Paperclipping as active projects, I wonder if I might become overwhelmed by additional responsibilities. Right now Glimpster is a spare-time project. Do I have time to do more? Honestly, I believe I do. But how far do I want to take it? I don’t know the answer to this yet.

I’d like to get your feedback. You are the viewers, after all. What should I do with Glimpster? If I accepted requests to join the network, would you want to participate? How would the arrangement work?

I’m curious to read your responses in the comments.

The audio engineers in my audience aren’t going to enjoy this Izzy Video much. My method for preventing audio clipping is a sure sign that I’m an amateur, but it works. For those of you who are like me, untrained in audio, this installment of Izzy Video might be helpful.

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