Just got back from a rock & roll bar mitzvah in Denver, Colorado, and I had time to get two new episodes of the Thinking and Driving series up. Zombies and Solar Flares (Episode 5) – An NPR talk on solar flares taking out our power grid got me thinking about viral videos for the [...]
It all comes down to the well written rule of social media. Find your community and engage them there. In the latest episode of Thinking and Driving, I ponder a forum post that came through my filters, for my job at NOLS. Anytime NOLS is mentioned online, anywhere, it passes through my Google Reader. A [...]
6 months, 20,000 video views, 400 comments, 4.7 hours, and 63 videos later, the NOLS & Patagonia Dream Expedition video contest is now over. This is a project that I have been heavily attached to, and it’s great to see it come to it’s conclusion. Check out this video compilation of the contest, and if [...]
I filmed three of these segments while driving back from the 2010 Summer Outdoor Retailer Show. I had wanted to stagger their release but due to stomach issues this weekend I was unable to think up any content for the site. In this episode of Thinking and Driving, I talk about getting a few “seasoned” [...]
Here are some things I learned about setting up a podcast: It can seem like a daunting task to set up a podcast. We used a blip.tv pro account to set up our podcast for iTunes. They do a great job of walking you through the necessary steps to get on iTunes and they can even automatically convert your video to be ipod/iphone compatible.
I was reading freelancefolder.com’s blog entry, How to Monitor Your Brand on Social Media and I liked the idea of using Twitter’s list feature to monitor your brand. I admin the NOLSedu twitter account and was pleased to see the lists NOLS was in. Here are some of the NOLS list catagories: travel activelife camping [...]
