http://EricSusch.com my ramblings about new media Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:55:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The test of any vendor is not the quality of their products or the price. The true test is how well they handle problems. I’ve dealt with a lot of professional video vendors over my 25 year career and most are mediocre, some are really bad, but occasionally ... http://EricSusch.com/2008/07/02/a-good-vendor-is-hard-to-find/ Looks like podshow is re-organizing and changing their name. I was never really sure if Podshow was going to succede. Here's why: In 2005 I was heavily invested in my broadcast television career. I saw the writing on the wall however and I was fond of saying, "It's ... http://EricSusch.com/2008/04/23/podshow-implodes-into-mevio/ Yesterday at Roosevelt High School in Fresno California, a police officer shot and killed a student after being attacked with a baseball bat. I believe the person who took this video of the press conference that followed is a newspaper reporter for the Fresno Bee. The Qik service allows you ... http://EricSusch.com/2008/04/17/the-future-of-tv-news/ This is a response to a post on Michael Geoghegan’s blog called Podcasting - It’s a Community Not an Industry. Podcasters, it is time you face the facts. If you are waiting for a podcast advertising service to ride in on a white horse and rescue you from your monetary woes, ... http://EricSusch.com/2008/03/21/grabbing-the-same-old-eyeballs/ Check out these interviews Zadi and Steve got at the Spirit Awards. "You can't see paintings on the internet."That really struck me. I'm not sure why. It doesn't make much sense to me. I went over to the epic-fu community site and left the comment: ...you can't slice a ... http://EricSusch.com/2008/03/03/you-cant-see-paintings-on-the-internet/ I just finished watching the first two episodes of Quarterlife. There’s an article over at NewTeeVee that examines the shows audience numbers, specifically that the numbers were going down. Andrew Baron commented about it on his blog too. Quarterlife seems to be losing their audience. The question is ... http://EricSusch.com/2007/12/06/quarterlife/ The Hollywood writers strike is on! Strap on your jet packs and hang on tight. It’s going to be a fast and bumpy ride for independent online producers. Pull your best work out of your pocket and start producing it now. Don’t worry about crossing any picket lines ... http://EricSusch.com/2007/11/05/make-it-so/ (Whoops! I wrote this entry a few weeks ago and I guess I never posted it. Still getting the hang of this blogging thing…)   On the last day of the Podcast and New Media Expo, CAT and I sat down for a quick sandwich just before having to leave ... http://EricSusch.com/2007/11/01/two-and-a-half-minutes-with-steve-garfield/ So the new widescreen iPod that everyone was waiting for was announced a few days ago. Most of the discussions I’ve seen focus on the fact that you can’t change the battery, I got ripped off because the iPhone was reduced in price, iPods suck, PCs suck, you suck, ... http://EricSusch.com/2007/09/07/ipod-out-of-touch/ When I heard that YouTube videos were going to be available on AppleTV I didn't think much of it. YouTube videos look bad enough on my computer screen, why would I want to watch them on my big TV? I also heard that only select videos would be ... http://EricSusch.com/2007/06/27/youtube-on-appletv/