Well, it's after midnight, and I think I'm finally ready to return to the hotel for a sleep break! It seems like every day is an endurance test here - the first sessions of the day begin promptly at 9:30am, and the last ones start at 5pm or even 6:30pm. Then there are the parties, of which there are literally hundreds, and seem to go
When Zach and I first started Boulder Digital Arts way back in 2004, we occasionally did events upstairs at BMOCA that we called Salons. We held them pretty regularly till about 2009, when we got so busy, we just didn't have the brainpower to do them anymore. Back in those days, BDA didn't have its own space, especially one big enough to hold the large crowds
I go to a lot of business events, schmoozers, parties, and receptions, and it's always interesting to me to note those who stay off to the sides and don't mingle. I suppose sometimes those people are there just for the food and alcohol, as I have been known to do on occasion.
However, the question of "Will I benefit from networking with other professionals?" always seems
Remember when we were promised 500 channels on TV? Well, it's funny; now that it's here, I'm wishing they would take some away. It seems like out of that 500, about 300 of them are "reality" shows of some sort, then another 150 are sports channels, and the remainder show back-to-back episodes of "Law & Order" or "CSI." Whatever happened to programming of the people, by
When I first got started in real video production, it was while volunteering at the local Public Access TV station. I was living in San Francisco at the time, and found out that there was a place where I could take cheap classes, rent video cameras for free (!), and make a TV show about anything I wanted to - and then broadcast it to
Before we opened our coworking space here at Boulder Digital Arts, I headed out of state to check on some other coworking spaces to see how they do it. Overall, I was highly impressed, but I definitely noticed some things that I quickly made note of, to be sure our members didn’t have a similar experience. I’d like to focus on just one in this
People are sometimes curious as to how Zach and I came up with this whole crazy BDA thing; so earlier this year, when BMOCA asked me to present that story at their Pecha Kucha night last January, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to finally tell the tale! It was presented in traditional Pecha Kucha style; i.e. 20 slides, each slide up for 20
A longtime videographer overhead me talking on my cell phone the other day; he asked me later "How could you say you were filming; it's not film, it's video!". And it got me thinking how lucky we are to have the tools we have nowadays at our disposal. To buy an incredibly sharp, small video camera with great audio costs just a small fraction of
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After 20 years of "workin' for the man," I've now gone freelance! It's an amazing thing - this is the first time in my life (I'm almost 50) that I haven't had a regular job; I have no place I have to be at 9 am every morning! It's an amazing freedom, though a little bit
