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Five Things to Consider Before Starting a Podcast
Starting a podcast can be a great first step towards a rewarding and even profitable hobby. Careers have even been made through podcasting, as this new form of media has changed the dynamic of how we share viewpoints, information, and news forever. Podcasts come in many different forms. Audio recordings, video productions, episodic fiction, YouTube [...]
Why I Switched from Rhapsody to Spotify
I have been a huge fan of Rhapsody for quite a while. As a music fan and long-time believer in the idea that music drives an increase in productivity, the integration of at least one of the several big music services into my home office was natural. Pandora One offers a pretty great service that [...]
Photoshop CS6 Beta: New Interface and Features
Guest columnist (and stalwart Gnomie) Matthew Sabia gives us his take on the new Photoshop CS6 beta. Adobe recently released the public (free) beta of Photoshop CS6. Adobe is known for breaking new ground in design technology and Photoshop CS6 is a great example of that. There are a lot of performance improvements like with [...]
Are Video Games Consuming Our Lives?
LockerGnome guest blogger, YouTube tech broadcaster, guitar player, and blatant vowel eschewer bllymcgvrn12 writes: I have spent countless hours of my life playing video games. It all started when my grandfather bought my brother and I a Nintendo 64 and Mario 64. The never-ending game Mario 64 kept us playing for hours and hours. Is [...]
How to Set Up Soundflower for Audio Recording
Soundflower is one of the most powerful free audio tools available for OS X. Not only does it give you the ability to route audio from one program to another, but to record that audio in addition to your primary input device. Screencasting, podcasting, and even basic video recording can benefit from the added flexibility [...]
Beyond Netflix: What Roku Offers That Apple TV Doesn’t
This winter I finally picked up a Roku box — er, digital media streaming device. Roku is a US company that’s in the business of delivering streaming media to televisions and home theater (or audio) setups. For years I’d been interested in picking up one of the company’s SoundBridge devices, but never took the plunge [...]
Top 10 Things to Shred
This is a sponsored post that I’ve written on behalf of Fellowes Inc. for IZEA. All opinions are 100% my own. One of the biggest nightmares I have ever endured was identify theft after my wallet was stolen during college. Gone with it were not only my debit and credit cards, but also my social [...]
How to Make Multi-Cam Video Editing Easier with a Plugin
Editing video projects with multiple camera angles can be a real pain. Not only is it difficult to sync the clips up so they match, but you basically have to watch the video many times over to determine the best shots to keep. Perhaps you’re not using multiple video clips, but have an external audio [...]
Five Great Video Editing Programs for Windows
Video editing has become a popular hobby these days with sites like YouTube making it possible for anyone and everyone to be a video producer of sorts. Every day, more video is uploaded to YouTube than anyone could conceivably watch in a lifetime. More videos are watched on a daily basis than there are people [...]
How to Record a Google Hangout
Google Hangouts is a great tool for anyone wanting to have a round table discussion with a group of people without requiring everyone involved to install specific third-party software or hardware to do so. Thanks to Google Hangouts, we’ve been able to enjoy meeting with members of the LockerGnome community in a more personal face-to-face [...]
