Podcasting Basics and Beyond

Web - Video Crossroads - Thursday, August 12

Podcasting has been around for a while now so you may think of it as old news. However, podcasting has continued to grow and has established itself as a great way to distribute ideas, information and entertainment while earning the respect of advertisers.

Guest Presenters

Our guest presenters have been in the podcasting space since the beginning as shown in the photo to the right.

Megan Enloe, current Organizer of the Orange County Podcasting Meetup Group, has a passion for podcasting that led her to create PodcastJunky.com. She subscribes to over 150 podcasts. Where Megan represents the "heart" of the subject, Jason Tucker (also involved in the OC Podcasting Meetup), is one of her "go-to-guys" for the techy aspects of podcasting. He describes himself as, "a Systems Administrator, Podcaster, Wordpress hacker and Social media guy." Follow his "tweets" at http://twitter.com/jasontucker. Jason will do live demos of the web tools used for podcasting and Megan will talk about podcasting the companion, entertainer and business tool. They promise an informal session with lots of time for Q & A. Learn how to have fun, make your mark on the world and perhaps even make a buck with podcasting.

Web – Video Crossroads: July 8th Meeting

iPhone Developer Program

Mike McGready, Web – Video Crossroads Manager, will do a quick review of what is involved in developing "apps" for the iPhone and why Apple calls it, "The fastest path from code to customer." This will be the next in our series of glimpses into developing for mobile devices. Last month we reviewed Adobe's Device Central. In the near future, we will be taking a look at the developer program for Android based devices like the Motorola Droid and the Nexus One.

Hot Tech
We will continue the very popular segment which discusses the latest topics in technical news related to online video, online marketing trends, rivalries and related technical issues. We will have a lot to cover and will find some of this month's topics surprising and really interesting!

Designing for Mobile Devices

Web - Video Crossroads - Thursday, June 10 

The focus of Web – Video Crossroads (Adobe User Group) will be to inspire and instruct our members to take advantage of opportunities involving online video and the underlying technology. Under the leadership of Mike McGready, Owner and Creative Director of Album of Life video studios, this SIG will focus on online video related opportunities and technologies. Whether you are a web designer, web developer, or a video/audio producer, our topics will be stimulating for you.

The Web Video Crossroads SIG meets on the second Thursday of every month. and the fee for Orange County MultiMedia Association non-members is $10, or $5 for students (New Horizon students are admitted free).

Come early (6:30PM) to enjoy snacks, networking, and your favorite "viral" videos.

First Presentation - Adam Mercado on VP8
Adam Mercado of Influxx Media Production will explore the recently announced Google decision to open source VP8 and Adobe to support it in Flash, as well as Theora which has the open source video wonks all excited. And what that means for widespread HTML5 video distribution. 

Software Focus: Adobe's Device Central

Mike McGready, Creative Director and Owner of Album of Life video studios (www.albumoflife.com), will explore an amazing Adobe tool that is accessible from most of its software offerings:

Adobe's Device Central

Adobe Device Central ties into most of their software to assist designers. It displays your project on each of a huge library of mobile devices and shows how it will interact with that item's controls. It is included in nearly all of Adobe's Creative Suite offerings and is utilized by the following Adobe products since CS3:

• Photoshop
• Illustrator®
• Flash® Professional
• Dreamweaver®
• Premiere® Pro
• After Effects®

There will be more to the evening's program. Check later for more.

Apple vs. Flash plus CS5 Premiere Pro and Dreamweaver

Web – Video Crossroads - Thursday, May 13th

This month's Web – Video Crossroads (Adobe User Group) will have 3 presentations: 1) A discussion of Steve Jobs assault on Adobe's Flash; 2) A presentation on the new features of CS5 Premiere Pro; and 3) The new capabilities of Dreamweaver CS5 will be demonstrated.

Schedule: The Web Video Crossroads meets on the second Thursday of every month.
Admission Fee: Free for annual members of the Orange County MultiMedia Association and New Horizon students. Non-members: $10, or $5 for other students.

Come early (6:30PM) to enjoy pizza, networking, and your favorite "viral" videos.

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Presentation 1: Discussion of Steve Jobs assault on Adobe's Flash

On April 29th Steve Jobs went on record in a controversial online article he titled, "Thoughts on Flash." We'll be discussing the points he made in this article with the goal of determining how this Apple vs. Adobe controversy affects us. Leading the discussion will be David Salahi. Dave's business, Artistic Web Design, works on all aspects of web development. He is also Manager of OC Flash so he has been following this issue closely. (Full Size Image)