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  • Fair Use in Online Video

    I just received my periodic newsletter from American University’s Center for Social Media, and was reminded of an excellent talk I heard last year by its director, Pat Aufderheide.  She started off by explaining that the purpose of copyright was to support creativity.  She showed a brief video giving snapshots of YouTube favorites and asked

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  • Kris Allen performs

    American Idol winner Kris Allen came to town.  Kinda cool – he’s supporting the USO, and he gave a performance in our small community in the Netherlands – for free – to support servicemen and women and their families.  I have 3 things to say about that. Part 1: Lesson learned – I should have

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  • Barefoot Running (almost)

    This morning I woke up with every muscle below my knee screaming in pain.  Apparently there are lots of tiny muscles I didn’t know I had. Why?  I’ve been hearing about this barefoot running trend, and wanted to give it a shot.  Obviously it’s not a great idea to simply launch on a three- or

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  • Easy Ways to Improve Sound in Your Videos

    You could go out and spend a wad of cash on all the latest high-tech sound recording equipment money can buy. Or you can do some easy things that will go a long way toward improving the sound quality of your videos: – invest in an external microphone – it doesn’t have to be a

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  • The Blackbirds Came Back – Wildlife Videography

    I was pretty excited about the opportunity to do a little more “wildlife photography” in my back yard. The blackbird pair that I featured in the video “Learning to Fly” came back for another brood. I saw one of them fly into the ivy that climbs one side of our house and grabbed a closer

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