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If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, then a video must be worth at least 10,000. Over the past six months we’ve had more and more opportunities to include video clips as a key part of our blog content – to the point that we recently started a separate blog just to document all the video clips.

Most Of What I Know

"Most of what I know, I learned while searching for something else." In my particular case, that's doubly true, as I was reminded by today's journey across the internet. Robert, a friend and fellow technology enthusiast, wrote to me asking if I knew any good outlining software . . .

Hacking Photo Accessories On A Tight Budget

If you're like most people, then every once in a great while you need to take a macro photo or close-up but can't afford the money to buy professional equipment. So, you try to get by with what you have, but end up with an image ruined by really harsh shadows.

PowerGramo - On My Evaluation List

I've become an avid Skype user, to the point that I use it several times a day to keep in touch with business contacts, friends, and relatives around the globe. So, when I read that Steve Gillmor just revamped his podcasting setup to use Skype with PowerGramo, it instantly caught my attention.

Google Ready To Upgrade Google Video?

The ZDNet.com blog, Googling Google, just published an article focused on the new Google Video terms and conditions. It’s been obvious for a long time that sooner or later Google would make some drastic improvements to their video play, and given the new T&C’s, it looks like they are almost ready to make their move.

A Cheap Cure For The Video Jitters

I do a lot of videocasting, both for personal use on our family blog, and for my more mainstream Robot's Dreams weblog. I use my Sony Cybershot F717 digital camera to capture most of the videos, but get frustrated because I can't hold it still enough. Spending thousands for a Steadicam rig was definitely out of the question, but for under $50 I think I've found a workable alternative. . .

Russell Wright Interviewed on The Marketer's Podcast

Alan Stewart and Andrew Winter, two great blokes from "Down Under", have created an extremely informative and useful regular podcast called "The Marketer's Podcast" (see links below). The format has evolved over time, getting better and better with each 'epi-pod'. Their October 29th podcast, the 17th in the series, is an interview with Russell Wright - Search Engine Analyst for Icon Interactive that turned out to be extremely insightful.

Video Drives Traffic

Robot Addict Says-

We've been spending a lot of time recently implementing video clips on our Robot's Dreams website, and they seem to be incredibly popular. Website traffic has zoomed, visitors are spending 3 times longer on the site, and our weblog revenues are up dramatically.

Photo Search Turned Upside Down (Gillmor Gang - Photo Gang)

Podcast Addict Says-

The November 30th Gillmor Gang podcast, titled "Photo Gang" triggered hundreds of little firecrackers going off in my brain. I've listened to it all the way through 3 times already, and will listen to it a few more times - it's that thought provoking. Here are just a few of my initial impressions-