Make Your Own Louis-CK-Style Video Distribution Site

Louis CK is probably the best standup performing today—and I say that as podcast-listening, special-re-watching, club-attending, die-hard fan of standup comedy. But CK is more than a comedian, he’s a director, writer, and producer (who edits his own show on his MacBook Pro) and recently he made big waves with both comedy nerds and tech nerds (I am ...

Passpack: Great Password Management for Groups

photo credit: 28 misguided souls I like to use secure passwords—really long strings of characters that aren’t my dog’s name or the word “password”—but it’s hard to remember these things. Up until recently, I had a collection of .rtf files with all my password info in them. If I had to work with team members ...

An Analog Solution for Talking to Politicians

AdWords TV Ads: Run Your Ad on National Television for Only $100

Check out this video from Seth Stevenson, the ad critic at Slate. He explains how Slate's V—Slate's video site—ran an ad campaign on Fox News for only $100. This wasn't prime-time ad real estate—it was re-runs of Glenn Beck shown at 3am—but it proves the point about how easy it can be to run a nation-wide TV campaign from your computer.

Hot Mic! Put an End to Audio Static in BoinxTV

A few of the folks who have contacted me about BoinxTV after reading a piece here at ReadyMadeWeb have complained about audio static or "popping" when they switch between cameras. I've found that this can be addressed in one of two ways.

My Live Video Production Setup

BoinxTV can free you from the tedium of video post production by enabling simple live-to-disk or live-to-streaming video production. Live production turns your Mac into a sort of TV studio in a box, allowing you to switch between cameras and other video sources, create overlays, and mix audio sources on the fly. I've been recording live successfully for about 2 months, so I thought I'd share this diagram of my setup.

4 Great WordPress Video Theme Designers

Whether you're a creating a new web video comedy series or filming a series of panel discussions at a professional conference, you'll want to display your handiwork on your own site and not rely on clunky and barely customizable account pages from services like YouTube or even ReadyMadeWeb's beloved Blip.TV. Thankfully some brilliantly talented designers have made a plethora WordPress themes that will have you running your own spectacular-looking video site in no time.

Live Video Production for Mac with BoinxTV

If you're ever tasked with recording a lecture or a panel discussion at a conference, you know how time consuming and tedious video recording and post production can be. BoinxTV solves this problem by allowing you to create an affordable live production setup.

Use CamTwist to Live Stream Your Desktop, SlideShow, or Movie

Services like Ustream.TV, Justin.TV, and LiveStream are no longer limited to streaming the signal from your web cam thanks to CamTwist. This free software will turns your desktop, a slideshow, or a video file into its own virtual web cam.

Distribute Videos on the Web and to iTunes & TiVo with Blip.tv

For anyone creating long-form videos such as recordings of lectures, conference presentations, panel discussions, or other lengthy and large videos, Blip.tv is an excellent and cheap means of hosting and distributing your video.