I was chatting with our morning meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez about her camera yesterday. She has a Canon Elph and was taking some pictures at a station event. Her pictures are always crystal clear with great colors. The only downfall I could see is that it’s another device to lug around in a world of too many small devices to lug around! Perhaps it doesn’t bother her. After all...
I love a good success story, especially when a person has a great idea with little means of building it financially. These visionaries put it all on the line because they believe their idea will explode. Some of the best companies started this way. And where’s the most affordable place to build an idea? The garage, of course. Here’s a great infographic presented by AAARemotes on the...
I’ve always appreciated hard drive storage. Working in TV News, I’ve created many resume tapes and I’ve enjoyed working on documentaries and short films. I’ve also been on a never-ending mission to convert my family’s 8mm video collection. At last check, I think we have about 30 hours of footage from 1989 to 2004. All analog, of course. So converting everything to...
If you’ve never owned a Slingbox, you’re missing out. It’s a box that can take a video stream like your home cable programming and stream it to you, live, without any audio or video glitches. In fact, the quality can be so good, it rivals some TV programming I’ve seen on flat screens. I’ve had my Slingbox since 2007 and haven’t missed a Minnesota Vikings game...
It was fun to visit with students from the Robert Morgan School’s video production class last week. It’s fun to see the excitement and answer great questions about the TV News business. Thanks, everyone. Hope you had a great visit.
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted an interesting viewer email. We all remember the recent email sent to Wisconsin anchorwoman Jennifer Livingston by a local lawyer ripping her about her weight. After a national media tour, Livingston seems to have gotten her argument across about what she calls a case of bullying. While I have received emails from viewers demanding everything from...
Have you registered to vote? Today is your last day. Get after it.
There’s already a lot of people taking shots at the new Passbook App for iPhone (now available on the new iOS6 upgrade). Some say ‘it doesn’t do anything’. Others say it has potential but it still seems silly. Others have just given up hope altogether: I want to put Passbook & Newsstand into a folder called “sad empty things”. — Anil Dash (@anildash)...
Newsgathering has changed so much in the past decade. Heck, it’s changed in the past month. And it will continue to change as bandwidth gets faster, devices get smaller and the option to capture news becomes more abundant. Smartphones allow reporters to ‘bring the scene’ to viewers in ways never before possible. Apartment fire? Snap a photo. Car accident with traffic back-ups...
San Franciscans can’t be thrilled today. After marching over the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions, their 49er’s face-planted against the Vikings this afternoon with a sloppy display of talent and fundamental mistakes. Fumbles, a blocked field goal, a dropped interception and confused play calling all contributed to the mess. The Vikings had their fair share of follies (fumblitis...
