http://ElectronicSprocket.com my ramblings about new media Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:45:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're subscribed to this blog (Is there anybody out there?) ...you'll have to go over to the new site at EricSusch.com and subscribe there. I won't be posting here at Electronic Sprocket any more. All the new stuff will be over at the new ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2008/03/03/ive-moved-my-blog/ I just finished watching the first two episodes of Quarterlife. There’s an article over at NewTeeVee that examines the shows audience numbers, specifically that the numbers were going down. Andrew Baron commented about it on his blog too. Quarterlife seems to be losing their audience. The question is ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/12/06/quarterlife/ The Hollywood writers strike is on! Strap on your jet packs and hang on tight. It’s going to be a fast and bumpy ride for independent online producers. Pull your best work out of your pocket and start producing it now. Don’t worry about crossing any picket lines ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/11/05/make-it-so/ (Whoops! I wrote this entry a few weeks ago and I guess I never posted it. Still getting the hang of this blogging thing…) On the last day of the Podcast and New Media Expo, CAT and I sat down for a quick sandwich just before having to leave ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/11/01/two-and-a-half-minutes-with-steve-garfield/ So the new widescreen iPod that everyone was waiting for was announced a few days ago. Most of the discussions I’ve seen focus on the fact that you can’t change the battery, I got ripped off because the iPhone was reduced in price, iPods suck, PCs suck, you suck, ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/09/07/ipod-out-of-touch/ When I heard that YouTube videos were going to be available on AppleTV I didn't think much of it. YouTube videos look bad enough on my computer screen, why would I want to watch them on my big TV? I also heard that only select videos would be ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/06/27/youtube-on-appletv/ This may be the first documented case of a user generated YouTube video put into service in the class room. Learn what Mrs. Trudeau's eighth grade class was doing with it on Christian Long's blog think:lab. (I found all this via Scobleizer.) I wish all of these resources ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/06/11/chalk-boards-and-text-books-are-old-school/ The Break Up http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/06/04/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/ I've been seeing and hearing and watching a lot about what happened at Digg.com with the HD-DVD hex code. I see a lot of discussion of free speech, piracy, DRM, DMCA, safe harbor, etc. but I don't really see anything about what I consider to be the heart of ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/05/30/when-it%e2%80%99s-out-there-it%e2%80%99s-out-there/ Sometimes when shooting a documentary magic happens right in front of you.  It just happens and you know that you’re suddenly capturing an important moment that will enlighten the show, the one moment that brings meaning to everything else.  You freeze, do your best not to shake the camera or ... http://ElectronicSprocket.com/2007/04/27/the-one-that-got-away/