The Adventure of a Lifetime a Lifetime of Adventure

I was pleased to visit once again with Jean Michel Cousteau in the studio today. He was a guest of the BBC and presenter Nick Haslam. Nick interviewed him for an hour about his life, his father and his work. It was fascinating. Mr. Cousteau was relaxed but ready to speak clearly and passionately. He told some marvelous stories about his life aboard Calypso as a 13 year old boy with his 10 year old brother. To have been part of his father's voyages of discovery in the 1950's and 60's and to be part of the crew was obviously transformational for Jean Michel.

This was real adventure in an age when communication from across the world was by morse code and the ship stayed at sea for many months. And no one knew what they would find out there. "As my father said, 'If I knew what I was gonna find I wouldn't go'."

I'll post the link to the BBC interview when it becomes available.

And this week, I'm heading off on my own adventure with a portable Production Room. I'm driving from Santa Barbara to Prince Edward Island, on the east coast of Canada in a 1965 GMC pickup truck. I'll be posting updates so you can follow along the way. There will be a podcast updating the trip and Ayers Automotive Repairs, the shop that does all my service and maintenance, is going to run radio commercial updates from the road.

And what will we discover along the way from the southwest to the northeast? If I knew I wouldn't go.

Internet Media: Listen and Comment

This is a special blog topic for those I emailed today, inviting them to review a special live presentation I recorded and then edited into a down-loadable program about internet media. I did this to re-enforce the information I delivered that day and to demonstrate to others how this use of media might work for them.

A special thanks to Barnett Cox and Associates of San Luis Obispo, Ca., for inviting
me to present the original material on Monday, Feb 5th, 2007.

As I mentioned during the presentation, my purpose is not to demonstrate how much I know (or don't know) about the topic, it is presented to stimulate your thought and ideas about how you could use these tools to communicate more effectively with your online media.

If you'd like to listen to the content mentioned here, please send me an email:
record@prodroom.com and the links will be sent to you.

Thanks!

5 Minute Media Manager

This is the beta version (audio only) of the 5 Minute Media Manager podcast from The Production Room. You're invited to preview this program and write your comments before it is available by subscription.

When I began to write this project, the premise was "How To Create a Podcast". But I couldn't seem to communicate my ideas very well and I was frustrated. I'm not a technical engineer or a computer gearhead and the information I downloaded from other podcasters and bloggers seemed to feature technical knowhow, but offered limited insight into practical benefit for those who represent themselves on line. My script broke down. I needed help.

I began listening to my clients and my friends in other media and marketing related businesses. I learned that the more immediate issue for them was, "WHY do I need to know about podcasting, and HOW does it work?"

And thus was born the "5 Minute Media Manager" podcast concept.

Click here for 5 Minute Media Manager

Taymar Pixley of PixleyFlix has posted a very good link to answer the "What Is" and
some of the "How To" questions about podcasting on her blog:

http://www.pixleyflix.com/blogger/2007/01/so-just-what-exactly-is-podcast-anyway.html

Taken together, these programs are a thumbnail explanation of what's happening, how it works and why it affects you.

It's a good place to begin considering how you might use these tools.