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MacVoicesTV #961: MacVoicesTV at BlogWorld – Joe Klein Talks About Being BlogWorld’s Official Announcer and More

From Las Vegas and BlogWorld, Joe Klein of New Media Creative talks about his role as BlogWorld’s official announcer, making him, “The Voice of BlogWorld.” Joe’s reputation as professional voice talent spotlights the importance of audio in video productions. Joe talks about his career, why he finds the explosion of new media and social media so exciting, and how his company is evolving to meet client’s needs.

MacVoicesTV #960: MacVoicesTV at BlogWorld – Vincent Everts Introduces the Video Collection Service, Yubby

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On the how floor at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, Vincent Everts of yubby.com discusses his new service that allow you to aggregate videos from over 30 video sharing sites. Yubby’s capability of collecting videos based on a specific subject or keyword into your own channel and display them on your web site or blog leads to uses both obvious and not-so-obvious. Vincent explains how easy it is and why you’ll want to start our own Yubby collections whether you are a video content creator, or are simply interested in gathering vidoes about a particular topic.

MacVoicesTV #959: MacVoicesTV at BlogWorld – Dave Mandez of Shure Shows Off Their Home Recording Mics

From the show floor at BlogWorld 2009, Dave Mandez of Shure reviews some of their microphone offerings for home recording. Whether you’re planning on podcasting, or just looking to get better audio in your projects, Shure has options for you. David shows off their USB mics that have mixer capabilities built in, and the X2U XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter, their adapter to connect standard XLR mics to your Mac via USB. Dave also comments on why audio is a critical part of video, and why you need to consider where it will be used when making your buying decision.

MacVoices #9112: Jeff Carlson Visually QuickStarts Adobe Elements 8 And Calls for Photos for His Next Book

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Jeff Carlson has been busy, and joins us to talk about his two latest books, Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide and Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, as well as his upcoming book, Canon PowerShot G10 / G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots, all from Peachpit. Jeff covers some of the almost-magical features included in Elements 8 that tap the full power of Photoshop, but with a much simpler interface. Find out how Recomposing, Cleaning, Effects and more can help you get more out of your photos. Then, Jeff previews his new project, and offers you the opportunity to be part of it, just by taking some pictures.

MacNotables #948: Christopher Breen Discusses the ‘Eight Steps to Internet Unpopularity” and Reader Reaction

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Christopher Breen

Macworld Senior Editor Christopher Breen shares the second step of his therapy by talking about the first, his penning of Eight Steps to Internet Unpopularity, an article drawn from his service on the front lines of the Macworld forums. Chris takes each point in turn, explaining trolls, insults, grudges and various flavors of cluelessness along they way. Chris also reveals a special, secret ninth step, talks about some of his personal experiences, the surprising reaction to the article, and how it has started some positive conversations about online behavior. Are sequel articles on the way? Chris contemplates some ideas.
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