By Michael Pick
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January 15, 2008
I’ve just finished and shared my video for the awesome dataportability workgroup:
DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, Remix from Smashcut Media on Vimeo.
Enjoy!
By Michael Pick
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December 2, 2007
Smashcut Media is my latest project, and is essentially a micro-studio for producing professional screencasts and other new media. Largely serving the Web 2.0 startup ecosystem, I’ve opened up a number of services and options for potential clients and now have a price guide available upon request. You can also download a brochure detailing what’s [...]
By Michael Pick
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October 26, 2007
I have a screencast double-bill for you today, over at Tubetorial.
Parts five and six of our 7 Must Have Plugins for Wordpress series cover a smart, easy to use video aggregation script and a very effective way to change your permalink structure without losing all of your traffic.
By Michael Pick
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October 24, 2007
We mac screencasters are relatively limited in our options when it comes to screen recording applications. The only two worth the time of day, in my humble opinion, are iShowU and Snapz Pro. I ditched Snapz a good while back thanks to the instant rendering and extensive options available in iShowU, which I now use [...]
By Michael Pick
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October 18, 2007
If the old way of learning ever had any value, it’s certainly starting to show it’s limitations now. In the following video (by the same guy who brought you the cool Web 2.0 video, Michael Wesch) we get a very compelling view of the way that students learn today, and also the myriad ways [...]
By Michael Pick
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October 11, 2007
The Jing Project, TechSmith’s free-to-download, cross platform screen capture and screencasting tool, has just received some welcome upgrades that make it even easier for anyone to get started in the world of screen recording. I reviewed Jing when it first reared its head, over at Master New Media back in July, and since then the [...]
By Michael Pick
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October 3, 2007
I was probably as excited as anybody at the thought of Boing Boing TV launching, as a huge fan of the blog. But in spite of the mild and in some places sycophantic praise being bandied around, I have to say that the first episode royally sucked.
Why?
For me, Rocketboom has long been the Boing Boing [...]
By Michael Pick
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September 27, 2007
Episode three of our Seven Killer Must Have Plugins series for Wordpress is live over at Tubetorial. Today’s plugin is a cool way of making sure that your Wordpress database stays optimized and backed-up with a minimum of effort. If you’re wondering what the hell that means, you probably need this plugin.
To cut a long [...]
By Michael Pick
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September 18, 2007
I’m pleased to announce that the second in our seven part guide to killer Wordpress plugins is now live over at Tubetorial. This episode is dedicated to the handy dandy Google Sitemap Generator plugin by Arne Brachold.
This is a plugin that makes it very easy to optimize your blog’s sitemap and make some fine adjustments. [...]