Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
Is iMovie Enough? Sometimes…
Pretty awesome stuff… About a million years go (OK, maybe 15), I gave a speech at The Cable Conference in Chicago. The day after, someone called me up and said that IÂ should meet with the CEO of their company....
Read moreMy Biggest Failure
Are you kidding me? Dave Cohn, who runs Spot.us also runs something called The Carnival of Journalism. Every month he invites members to submit blogs on a specific subject. This month’s subject is ‘Something You Have Failed At –...
Read moreThe Vast Potential in Real Estate Videos
2BR 2Ba WBF EIK Gt Vus CAC…. For those of you younger than 30, this is how we used to sell houses. Or rent apartments Or sell cars. Compelling, isn’t it? Makes you want to just run out and...
Read moreHyatt Hotels’ Reverse Product Placement
Product placement- backward OK We’re all familiar with the concept of product placement. Federal Express in Castaway, for example… or the fact that James Bond drove a BMW 3.25 when he used to drive an Aston Martin… But now,...
Read moreWhen It Comes To New Media – Obama Does Not ‘Get’ It
small change A very long time ago, Lisa and I were cajoled into attending a Hillary Clinton fundraising dinner. It was at someone’s house and it ‘only’ cost us $10,000 to ‘get to meet’ Hillary and Bill – for...
Read moreWe Join Up With NATPE in LA
Do you like this? A unique opportunity in LA? There is no point in training people to be proficient in video if they can’t find a way to earn a living with it. Of course, not everyone who comes...
Read moreRoyal Wedding Coverage
Where’s the Rolls? OK It’s not the Royal Wedding. It’s my wedding. And it wasn’t in Westminster Abbey. They don’t allow rabbis in there – as far as I know. I am blogging about my wedding (or rather the...
Read moreUsing Video To Sell A House & VJ Work from Libya
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOo7YAinyXg[/youtube] Is this the way to sell a house online? This month we’re making an aggressive drive to create some partnerships with real estate companies for online video. As I noted yesterday, even the best real estate agencies have...
Read moreLast Typewriter Company Closes Up Shop
Also makes great novels…. It was the ultimate word processor Portable. Self contained. Never ran out of power. And to this day, the only one that had a self-contained printer. You could do envelopes as well as legal papers...
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