A message from South Africa was the genesis for today's blog post. I had just made FaceBook contact with Marinda Botha -- a voice actor who lives in Centurion, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. She had wanted to join my FaceBook Friends VO group, and in chatting with her online, I found...
Some of you may have seen the question I posted on my Voice-Over Friends FaceBook group about scanning business cards. It occurred to me it might be beneficial to wrap-up and summarize those answers, and share some options that were NOT mentioned there. If you responded to my question on...
Without getting to the politics of corporations, loyalties, patents, stock prices, or international intrigue, can I just say that Google is the new Apple?...the new Apple in the sense that they've earned the mantle of the hippest, coolest, most innovative and technologically edgy/highest quality...
The reason I watch EWABS is because George Whittam and Dan Lenard are smarter than I am. I learn something every time. Among the many deficiencies in my voice-over self-wiki is the understanding of audio engineering. I know some basics. I try to buy good equipment. I know I don't have to...
Oddly enough, a new-client call from Bahrain put me on notice... and I was unprepared! I hadn't used my Source-Connect in months and months. More importantly, I hadn't tried connecting to ANYONE on SourceConnect (SC) since I put my new computer in my studio earlier this year. Sure, SC was...
We all know the importance of designing a useful signature for your professional VoiceOver emails. You know... that's the info you include at the bottom of your email message. Any email program worth its salt, let's you design a custom signature with pertinent information. The signature should...
Back when Driver's Ed was taught in public schools, my instructor gave me a tip I've never forgotten. "Keep the Broad View," he said. Meaning: always scan the visible scene passing all around me for developing actions. Sure, you have to break away to see the detail of what's directly ahead of...
Traditional online services that helped you create and send newsletters have morphed into such multi-use platforms, that I'm not sure what to call them anymore. Constant Contact -- one of the oldest and most successful of the services, now offers marketing, surveys, metrics, social media...
Michael Minetree reminds me of a very generous whack-a-mole. He seemingly disappears from sight for a while, but when he pops up, it's always good. Other than being a fine voice-actor, he's got this genius entrepreneurship innovation thing always going. He surfaces from time-t0-time with...
Google doesn't sit still for long. Even on their flagship products (search, email, calendar, G+, etc) they're constantly tweaking. Sometimes they just bail on stuff they've spent billions on (Buzz, Wave). Latest on the chopping block: Google Reader. Fans are not happy. There's even a petition...
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