With a lot of help from my brother Jacob and my son, Guthrie, I have somehow managed to post my first video podcast. Be forewarned that it’s very, very, very low-tech. Anyhow, here it is:
A few annotations: After recording the podcast, I checked out the Freedy Johnston video I mentioned — for “Bad Reputation” — and the framing issues weren’t nearly as egregious as I remembered. … Many, many thanks to my friend Anthony Sandberg, the folks at OCSC Sailing, and all those nice people on my boat. … Also, I would like to note that iMovie should not be used by people with high blood pressure or with any plans to sleep.
My tentative goal is to try to use my new Flip HD camera (which I love) to shoot a second video podcast tomorrow, commemorating Memorial Day. I welcome — nay, crave — your comments on this one … but as noted, it’s my first time, so please try to be gentle.
Good first effort Josh! I can sympathize about iMovie; it can be horribly painful to work with. I upgraded to Final Cut as soon as possible. Steep learning curve, but well worth the effort. Since Sara is a teacher you may be able to get a steep academic discount for Final Cut Express…
Are you going to make a separate feed for this podcast or keep it integrated into your existing blog?
Thanks, Julie!! … Regarding a separate feed, how would that work? (As you know, I’m totally new to this stuff!)
It would be like the video podcast you had for the Josh Kornbluth show – you’d submit the feed to iTunes so people could subscribe on their iPods. Maybe ask the KQED folks how they set that up? Of course you’d then have to host the video files somewhere other than YouTube and might need to put them up in a different format…
I really enjoyed your first ever podcast. And I am very happy that you made it back from your long journey alive. I do have a question: A few nights ago I sauteed some chicken in balsamic vinegar and it tasted great, but the vinegar kind of stuck on the bottom of the skillet and burned, making clean-up much more difficult than I would have liked. Did you have this problem with your foot? If so, how did you handle it?
Thanks, Tanya! … Regarding your culinary question: The way I avoid that clean-up problem is by putting my foot in a baggie before sautéeing. This should also apply to fingers and noses. However, you do have to throw out the skillet after use.
Loved it! Looking forward to your next video podcasts. Disagree with Julie about Final Cut. iMovie should work wonderfully for what you need. You are about wit, story, content, not slick technology.
Josh.
Liked it. Keep going. Did the computer theft get any of the recordings for the upcoming movie? Hope not.
Mike
Thanks, Mindy & Mike!! And Mike, fortunately (!!!) we had virtually everything on both computers backed up on an external drive. Thank goodness for anality!!
Dear Josh,
I’m so proud of you — like only a mother could be! well… not only a mother… You’ve come so far, so quickly! Just look at you – shvitzing all over the internets, with your twitter, yideo podcasts, and the whole blog schmear you’ve got going here! And a store! You’ve got a store! That, I like. But you couldn’t maybe find more than two things that are sort of the same thing to sell? And now that you’re Mr. Fancy Schmancy Media Mogul you never call. Not that you ever called before…