DC Media Makers Test Cell Phone Video

At the last DC Media makers get together Andy Carvin, Chris Parandian, and Jonny Goldstein did a quick test of how long it took to get an online video to play on Andy’s phone. Details here.

Library of Congress has a blog

Jill and I met a guy at the DC Social Media Club who works for the Library of Congress, and he told us that they are now blogging from that august institution. Finally. Actually, they are one of the first (maybe the first?) Federal Government entity that has a high profile public blog. More power to them. With hot topics like “Should this blog and others have an ISSN number?”, what library geek can resist? Apparently there is already beefing about who is and who isn’t on the blogroll. Hey, the library game is not for the weak.

How soon til they have a videoblog?

Video Clip from DC Media Makers panel at DC Web Women.

Right here.

DC Media Makers. Join the party.

JonnygoldsteinWackyInterview

Originally uploaded by jonny goldstein.

DC Media Makers social meetup tomorrow night. Have a beverage and socialize with other DC Video Podcasters, videobloggers, and DIY Micromedia Moguls. And you can wear long pants if you want.

When: Weds, April 25, 6:30-8:30

Where: Irelands Four Provinces, 3412 Connecticut Ave, in Northwest Washington, DC 20008.

Located one block south of the Cleveland Park Metro Station On the Red Line.

DC Media Makers Social Meetup Weds, April 25, 6:30PM

Are you a capital region media maker? Or would you like to be but don’t know where to start? Come shoot the breeze with other D.I.Y. media makers at the DC Media Makers Social Meetup this coming Wednesday. We are a community of people who are intrigued by the intersection of digital production tools and social media. Come have a beer and chat it up.

When: Weds, April 25, 6:30-8:30

Where:

Irelands Four Provinces, 3412 Connecticut Ave, in Northwest Washington, DC 20008.

Located one block south of the Cleveland Park Metro Station On the Red Line.

DC Media Makers 48 Hour Film Festival

Ben Newman contacted me today wondering if I wanted to participate in the 48 Hour Film Festival with fellow media makers. I’m not sure where we’re at with this – but I know we’ve got a lot of talent in the group – and I think it falls in perfectly with our desire to produce a product where everyone can contribute. So I propose we figure out what kind of resources we have and do a minimum amount of prep work for the festival. Keeping this short – I think it will be a lot of fun and a chance for everyone to collaborate and put together something we can all be proud of (if not chuckle at). So – let’s pool our thoughts, our talents, our resources and do something fun!

DC Media Maker Jim Long Promotes Meet the Press Via Twitter

DC Media Maker and NBC cameraman/micromedia mogul Jim Long posted his thoughts to Twitter, a text messaging service, as he shot Meet the Press this morning. In doing so, he enticed  members of his connected, tech savvy audience of people who follow Jim on Twitter. Here is Jim’s post about the experience.

Washington DC: District of Communications

One thing that I’ve learned about this town since moving down here is that the DC in Washington DC stands for District of  Communications. DC is crawling with people who have the goal to influence policy via communications. Hey, it makes sense, I just didn’t get this reality in all its glory until I actually relocated here. But I get it now. So it makes sense to me that several of our DC Media Makers are people who are trying to effect change through web video. Eric Eckl has a great site called Water Words That Work, which coaches enviro wonks on how to communicate with the general public without drowning them in jargon. Check out one of his vids here. Meanwhile, Ashley Schillingsburg and Chris Parandian, are catalyzing conversation about mobile phone matters on mobilediner.com. They have not yet added video to their site, but it’s coming soon.  DC Media Makers Andy Carvin and myself just promoted the potential of videoblogging for nonproftits at NTC (The Nonprofit Technology Conference) in lovely Woodley Park. So welcome to the District of Communications. Doesn’t anyone actually make anything tangible anymore? Well, you can always get a half smoke at Ben’s Chili Bowl. That is still very concrete. Eat one and you’ll know what I mean.

Next meeting, Thursday, April 12, 2007

Come share your projects, get, and give, feedback. Plus, veteran media maker,  Jim Long will give his report from the the Video on the Net conference, as well as give a quick presentation on creating sequences. Yeah!

When:

Thursday, April 12, 2007

6:30 PM – 8:45 PM

Where:

Southeast Branch Public Library

403 7th St SE
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20003

Metro: Eastern Market stop, Blue and Orange lines.

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