Wizzard Video Player

The podcast hosting servise we use, Libsyn, is part of Wizzard Media in Pittsburgh. They've got a video player that looks great! (I'm not posting this as an endoresement of any candidates.) Take a look - and a listen:

Good News for You

Here's the first "Good News for You" video from Fr. Dennis Gang. He'll be setting up his own YouTube account to share more Good News.

Streaming Franciscan U of Steubenville Commencement Live

We're planning to stream the 2008 Baccalaureate Mass and the Graduate and Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies live on the Web using uStream.tv.

• Friday, May 9: Baccalaureate Mass - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT-4)
• Saturday, May 10: Graduate Commencement - 9:00 am EDT
• Saturday, May 10: Undergraduate Commencement - 11:30 am EDT

Microsoft Looks Up - Way Up

Robert Scoble brought "videoblogging" to a new level while working for Microsoft, letting us "meet" many programmers and other Microsoft employees, showing the Real People side of the corporation. After Microsoft, Robert brought his Scobleizer TV to other ventures, and is a key part of a new online video service called Fast Company TV. About one of the first programs, Robert wrote:

This is the most innovative thing I've seen Microsoft do in years. It had a huge emotional impact on me, as I realized the way my son will see the Universe will forever change, thanks to the work of two guys in Microsoft Research...

Take a look:

The Oscars in 60 Seconds

Got a minute? From Mahalo Daily, here are the 2008 Academy Awards...in 60 seconds.

Media and Faith: Engaging the Culture Conference

We - the Communication Arts Department at Franciscan University of Steubenville - are sponsoring Media and Faith: Engaging the Culture, a communications conference April 4-5, 2008, at our campus. I've been updating the conference website the past several days and recalled an online tool called TagCrowd. I used it to analyze the almost-complete Speakers biography page for the top 25 words used. Here are the results:

arts (10) catholic (41) com (10) communication (15) communications (15) currently (9) editor (13) franciscan (22) international (11) jim (13) lillis (9) media (28) news (16) newspaper (9) ohio (9) podcast (16) press (15) program (8) radio (32) several (11) steubenville (18) television (9) university (41) worked (12) years (13)

created at TagCrowd.com

Check out the conference website to find more details - and join us if you can!

Jim Coyle

Must Be Related to a Class Project

I guess I've been thinking too much about a video project my classes are working on.

I found some old movies with barely legible labels saying people used to prepare mailings this way. It must me some kind of joke. I watched ... all the films again and again ... I must have started dreaming. I woke up sweating - was it all a dream? Will I ever know?