My First Video Podcast
August 14th, 2009 | 
Author: My First Video Podcast
Last weekend, I was one of more than 300 people who attended Podcamp Boston 4 at the University of Massachusetts campus near the John F. Kennedy Library along Dorchester Bay.
The original Podcamps were specifically focused on the creation of audio and video podcasts but these events have evolved to encompass a wider range of new media tools. For a Baby Boomer
like me, all this youthful energy, intelligence and enthusiasm can be daunting but I also find this collection of people sharing their insights and knowledge to be inspiring and invigorating.
Of course,like any even of this type, Podcamp Boston had it’s share of interesting characters…
And there was some nice scenery, too…
One of the challenges I heard presented over the weekend was to describe your purpose in two “tweets” or less. If you’re new to Twitter, a “tweet” consists of 140 characters including the spaces between words. Here’s what I came up with:
Buzz4Boomers’ goal is to help Baby Boomer adults adapt to today’s rapid changes in information flow and media options by sharing the knowledge and insights I learn from people I meet in new media and experiences I encounter.
By my count, that’s 230 characters, 50 under the maximum allotted 280 tweets.
One piece of advice which I heard frequently at Podcamp Boston was that the most important thing a person can do when they’re planning to create a podcast is to just do it. So I decided to take their advice and create my first video podcast using my Flip Ultra camcorder. You can tell that my camera work needs a lot more practice but in the New Media spirit of “authenticity”, here’s the first Buzz4Boomers video podcast:
Well, the way I see it things can only improve.
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Hey there Buzz,
I watched your first podcast and enjoyed “the speaking nostril.” Yes, many of our generation are working to get up to speed on the new stuff. Or just enough to remain relevant and pay the mortgage. And with your 15 year old daughter probably going to college soon: “Yeah. I need the money.”
I also recently produced my first podcast — audio only — for a photographer friend of mine. Of course, since he deals with visual media, we will probably soon venture into video podcasts.
My website is rudimentary but at least it’s up. All the best to you, Buzz.
Tomorrow morning I’m having breakfast with Bobby Cohen. We’ll look back to our past as we try to figure out how to contibute to our family budgets.
The WNEU crowd, as you know, are talking about another reunion. I hope you can make it.
Norm
BTW, I wish I had known about the Podcamp. I found out about it after the fact.
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