It’s been something like 90 days into my media creation project chronicled on this Website. I am quite pleased with what’s I’ve done so far, but have some other tasks on the immediate horizon.

Podcasts: I must figure out the means to record phone calls for ‘Casts so they have decent audio quality. Mike and my MADCasts have god content, but the audio quality sucks. AGB did not intend for phone calls to be recorded. Because of duplexing issues, one voice sounds louder than the other. I actually have a solution and presented the idea last week to the CEO of a service provider firm. He thought it was cool and is working to build a prototype. I hope to soon announce the solution.

V-blogs: Here’s an issue that's out of my hands. I need a SW package that can edit MPEG-4 on Windows. My sense is that those nice people at Adobe are working on that capability; since more MPEG-4 cameras are soon to hit the market, that functionality will be crucial. Today, only Mac folks can do a decent job of editing MPEG-4.

TV program: This is somewhat dependent on the issue above. In order for me to create a 15 minute program, I will need to edit segments together. I have the idea in hand and actually somewhat storyboarded. If no SW solution comes forward, I may have to convert files, convert back…you get the picture.

There are some projects I am working on using some new SW tools such as Amplify, Grouper, etc… The results of those should be forthcoming.

I am off to NYC on business. My camera will be along for the ride. I am hoping to have time to do a few short clips between business meetings. I have a new tool essential for traveling V-blogs—a 12 in one card reader. I will simply pluck the SD card out of my Xacti and move the files to my laptop. I also added my Adobe editing SW if I feel the urge to get creative.