The podcast graduates from audio to a three camera video shoot this week! All the better as the New York Cine crew reviews the game-play of the classic Sega “Streets of Rage” game on the Retron 5 system. The Retron 5 is a console system that allows users to play all of their old video cartridges from the NES, Super NES, Sega, and more.
Webinar: Creating Engaging Content
Here is the video from my recent webinar on “Creating Engaging Content for the Web and Social Media”. This was the second in a multi-part series of online seminars to educate potential students at CUNY School of Professional Studies about the field of new media. I decided to conduct the webinar because attracting users to build a sustainable social media presence for themselves or their organizations requires the Continue reading “Webinar: Creating Engaging Content”
The NYC Tech Scene and Community Colleges
Almost a year ago Shuprotim Bhaumik and the team from HR&A Advisors produced a comprehensive report on the New York City Tech Ecosystem and how it is generating economic opportunities for many New Yorkers (http://www.hraadvisors.com/nyctechstudy/). Last week Gail Mellow, President of LaGuardia Community College, had a number of the college faculty and staff attend another important meeting with the same team from HR&A.
Shuprotim and his team gave a presentation that went a step further than Continue reading “The NYC Tech Scene and Community Colleges”
Digital Disruption and the Cable Industry
Last week the New York Cine Radio hosts had a fairly raucous discussion about some of the new streaming services and how they might lead to the decline of cable. With the average cable bill floating at well over a hundred bucks a month it is not hard to wonder why consumers are starting to rebel against cable providers.
The poor customer service offered by these cable providers makes their industry ripe to be digitally disrupted. This is especially true when they bundle tons of low value channels that no one really wants with one or two great channels in order to charge a premium price.
VHS Massacre: The Upcoming Documentary
We got drones!
The Husban H107 Mini quadrocopter, with built in HD camera, I ordered for Christmas finally arrived yesterday. This was fairly cheap and yet functional mini drone. I was interested in getting one for a few months now. I had decided to bite the bullet and snag one after visiting some of my colleagues in the media program at York College during a recent conference. They have integrated drones technology into various aspects of their new media curriculum, which covers everything from videography to programming. The visit made me think about Continue reading “We got drones!”
Bridging the Gaps in Digital Media
The following video is of a panel discussion I organized for the 13th Annual CUNY IT Conference back in December. The talk that took place was on the topic of designing digital media programs within higher education. I gathered a number of my colleagues from some of the digital media programs throughout CUNY to find out how they approach program design and the maintenance of curricula in evolving technical disciplines.
This has been an area that has been on my mind since completing the Periodic Program Review for the LaGuardia New Media Technology degree, as well Continue reading “Bridging the Gaps in Digital Media”
New York Cine Radio: North Korea and other Dumb stuff
This week we welcome Ken Powell back to the podcast after a semester off to get that degree. Just one more final exam left and then he is done with school. In addition, this week I went from being a guest host to a co-host on the show, so if this whole professor thing doesn’t work out Continue reading “New York Cine Radio: North Korea and other Dumb stuff”
New York Cine Radio: Guest hosting again at Mama’s Place?
After attending my office Christmas party I headed to Mama’s Place Studio The new episode of the New York Cine Podcast. The gang and I talk about the latest on the Sony hacking scandal and a whole bunch of movies we reviewed this week. Most notably the Chris Evans Sci-fi film Continue reading “New York Cine Radio: Guest hosting again at Mama’s Place?”
New York Cine Radio: Sony and the Star Wars trailer
Last night I schlepped over to Mama’s Place Studio in Astoria, Queens and guest hosted the weekly New York Cine Podcast. My co-hosts, Tom Seymour and Dave Leute, discussed the recent hacking at Sony Pictures, the new Star Wars and Terminator series trailers, and a whole bunch of other media and culture issues. I even introduced them to the Continue reading “New York Cine Radio: Sony and the Star Wars trailer”