06.19.09     Tags: , ,     Filed under: Great multimedia, Great tools, Video, Work

Go ahead, embed

July 1, 2009 update: I’m aware that the spokesman.com videos I’ve embedded aren’t playing. I’m in touch with the admin to see what’s happening.

We (as co-workers other than me) debuted a new feature on spokesman.com videos today: video embedding.

If you check out my previous post, you’ll note that the video player looks identical to the one on spokesman.com. Thanks to Brian Immel, it is!

To grab the code on any Spokesman-Review video, just click the <> button in the lower right of the player, click “copy code,” then paste on your blog or elsewhere.

This is a great step forward in sharing the multimedia talents of Spokesman-Review photographers and videographers. We get our content out there, and we get the clicks. But why should you care? Well…

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04.06.09     Tags: , , , , , , , , ,     Filed under: Self-promotion, Video, Work

Demolition Saturday in Spokane

I guess it was the itch to shoot something fun that made me volunteer to work Saturday. In exchange I got a chance to cover the demolition of a duplex that had been cramping the style of a historic mansion in my neighborhood.

The video is below. Here’s a link to Shawn Vestal’s story on the event. Continue past the video for a couple observations on the assignment.


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11.19.08     Tags: , , , ,     Filed under: Reflections, Self-promotion

Blog changes, new toys and a shot in the arm

Credit: thebeamans.blogspot.com

I feel like I’ve been hibernating (see photo). Sure there was excitement on Election Day, but this blog has been on sedatives, and it’s been a long time since I’ve undertaken anything big at work. This is partly my [...]

10.28.08     Tags: , , , , , , , , ,     Filed under: Great tools, Uncategorized

Links for October 27th from 23:27 to 23:43

Links for October 27th from 23:27 to 23:43:

How to Use FriendFeed as a News Ticker | New Media Bytes | Online journalism, web production and promotion – This intrigues me. For this ticker to convey much information, I’m going to need [...]

10.27.08     Tags: , , , , , , , , ,     Filed under: Great tools, Uncategorized

Links for October 26th through October 27th

Links for October 26th through October 27th:

Blogs are so over, Wired magazine says — mathewingram.com/work – In answer to Paul Boutin. “Is everyone going to have a blog? No — and they never were. Facebook and Twitter are probably enough for [...]