Living with Geeks

I just cut four videos - all brief - reflecting core discussions from DC Web Women’s 12th anniversary event last week.

Excellent affair.

-with other panelist Jonny Goldstein getting a laugh and strong commentary from DCWW member Barbara Halpern:

Andy’s also a DC Media Maker.

RE - tripod or not

I love the hand-held approach (vs tripod) esp in the video series. The look comes across more personal & participatory in interviews. So I experiment more with camera style in the vid series (vs with the core documentary content).

But!

I agree more with Phil, video creative & savvy DC Media Maker:
the movement distracts from this clip’s cool subjects.

Thoughts?

RE - As for the lighting

What do you think?

If memory serves, we talked mostly in the sun room late afternoon where additional lighting was unavailable (…memory is fading on this point!).

Loving the feedback (thanks and keep it comin’).

CLIP IN QUESTION:

Meet Miki & Eve.

—champions of all things tech (and their dogs) who have at least a what — 5000:2 computer to human ratio in their home. Slight exaggerations aside, they by day work in Web design & strategy; and by night, Miki at least per his wife becomes “a CRAZY online gaming freak.”

From their medieval nuptials to their modern debates over Mac vs PC, get a glance at their Star Wars geek-out on this week’s Living with Geeks:

It has arrived (1.5 minute vid).

It’s been a thrill organizing this event with a great committee team.

DC Web Women celebrate their 12th year as a group, encouraging and supporting women professionals and enthusiasts in new media.

Great folks - with some DC Media Makers - comprise our panel on Web 2.0 & video:
Andy Carvin
Beth Kanter (contributing remotely)
Jonny Goldstein
Maryam Scoble (contributing remotely)
Phil Shapiro

I just can’t wait!

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT!

Free and open to the media hungry public, especially those curious about online video.

The specs:
Thur, 4/12th, 6:30pm
Southeast Library, DC (at the Eastern Market metro)

Fantastic featured speaker:
Jim Long, NBC camera man & online video guru (correction made: I mis-printed earlier that Jim was with ABC. Thanks Jonny for note). More on the event here.

And yes, oh yes, Living with Geeks still lives!

By this point I just want to resume sharing footage (have loads to share). But it’s an ongoing, zany challenge right(?!) — balancing all the benchmarks and deadlines in life. But heck, it’s all so fun.

Hope you are well. What’s going on?

See you there!

I just linked to this elsewhere but after thinking on it, I want to give DC Media Maker Andy’s interview more attention. I loved this - for its candor & conversational view of Dan Rather.

He interviews Dan Rather from the SXSW conference — where Rather gave the keynote address.

I interview for the Gerry T Show tonight; I at first resisted when seeing the attire of this interview subject. But the interview revealed her awareness & confidence (and the direct yet sensitive style of show host Gerry). So I’m game.

And Andy Carvin’s wife Susanne just launched a new favorite series on child-rearing tips (starring Susanne and her infant daughter).

I laughed out loud at this overt-ops approach to packing diaper bags and breast feeding in public.

Check details (and see you there!).

How can you resist a year-round deadline?

Take a look.