http://robertouimet.com Digital Media Consulting Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:00:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Publishers should be thinking a lot more seriously about electronic books and how to leap ahead of their competitors. Sony's eBook has only been available in Canada for a few months, and it's far from the perfect product, but it provides a glimpse into what's coming. Playing with the eBook Reader reminds ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/10/the-ipod-for-books/ [podcast]/wp-content/audio/20080220_vgg_james_glave.mp3[/podcast] A veteran writer turns his obsession with detail into a building project. In his new book, Almost Green, James Glave tells the story of building a green studio in the front yard - and changing his life forever. Recording at James Glave's eco-shed on Bowen Island, this podcast was recorded before the ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/09/james-glave-podcast-almost-green/ We love to create audio and video productions for our clients because they are such an effective way of getting your message across. We produce all our online content at broadcast quality so that you get the most out of your production investment. Some of our clients choose to add video ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/09/podcasting/ Podcasts provide a very attractive return on investment. The chart below shows their usage statistics from one of our clients' podcast series. We've found this pattern repeating with almost every podcast series we've created - as more people discover the podcasts, they tell their friends, and the usage continue to ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/09/podcast-return-on-investment/ Keynote at Northern Voice 2008 [podcast]/wp-content/audio/20080223_alm_mullenweg2.mp3[/podcast] Matt Mullenweg is the 24 year founder of WordPress, an open source blogging and content management software. He was the keynote speaker this morning at the Northern Voice blogging conference in Vancouver. This is audio of his complete presentation, un-edited. Matt Mullengweg at the podium, Photo by kk+ Vancouver ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/09/matt-mullenweg-podcast-keynote-at-northern-voice-2008/ HockeyStars.com launched earlier this week. It's a fun tool for anyone playing hockey and I was fortunate enough to help with a small bit of the site. I recorded and produced the audio you hear in the flash movies - there are more of them once you've registered. It was loads of ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/08/citizens-bank-hockey-stars/ I know with the long weekend at hand, you've been wondering about the state of media in Canada. Rest easy and enjoy that extra day off. Big Media in Canada is doing just fine. Again. Still. The CRTC today released its Communications Monitoring Report. In the past the Commission published one report on the ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/08/canadas-big-media-doing-great/ Dr. Tony Bates posed an interested challenge. The former University of British Columbia professor is a world authority on distance education and e-learning, and over many years in the field he's accumulated a huge bibliography. His desire to share the information he has, and how he's categorized that information, ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/08/wordpress-up-to-the-challenge/ A web site is a fluid publishing environment. Unlike producing a TV commercial or creating a newspaper advertisement, a web site is designed to be changed and updated starting the minute it is launched. For a lot of companies, this is one of the most perplexing and challenging aspects of operating ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/07/measure-it/ Take a glimpse into the near future, and you'll see plenty of options for wireless connectivity between devices. At the Consumer Electronic Show this year Sony was showing off a system to move large files, say from a video camera, to a computer or TV. Their system, called Transfer ... http://robertouimet.com/2008/07/go-wireless-until-the-juice-runs-out/