Producer showcase

Drupal: open-source publishing

JD Lasica — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:26:41 -0700

An 11-minute interview with Dries Buytaert, founder and creator of Drupal, the open source content management system that is now powering tens of thousands of websites.

Buytaert talks about Drupal, the power of open source publishing, and a new partnership with Acquia, a Boston-area company that gives citizen publishers a free publishing platform and tech support to get it up and running.

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Delver: a social search engine

JD Lasica — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:31:00 -0700

A 5-minute video interview with Liad Agmon, CEO and co-founder of Delver.com, and PR rep Paula Gould about the new social search engine, which has some very interesting bells and whistles you won't find on other search engines, such as restaurant and hotel recommendations by your network of friends.

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Causecast

JD Lasica — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:26:33 -0700

A 6-minute video interview with Ryan Scott, founder and CEO of Causecast, on the day of its launch, Sept. 10, 2008.

Causecast empowers people who want to make change. It's a platform and social network where media, philanthropy, social networking, entertainment and education converge to serve a greater purpose.

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Mendelssohn Concerto

JD Lasica — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:05:31 -0700

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David Rovics in Japan

JD Lasica — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:13:24 -0700

David performed in Japan in 2007 and 2008. This was recorded in the Spring of 2008.

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Project: Learn to Sign

JD Lasica — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:57:52 -0700

A video of various Muslim artists signing their names in British Sign Language. In order of appearance: Dawud Wharnsby, Zain Bhikha, Mecca2Medina, Khaleel Muhammed, Mesut Kurtis, The Sound of Reason, and Outlandish.

They learnt to sign... have you?

SignLabs.org

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Zerofootprint on carbon emissions

JD Lasica — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:31:38 -0700

A 4 1/2-minute video interview with Deborah Kaplan, executive director of Zerofootprint.net, an organization devoted to help organizations, cities and individuals recognize their carbon footprint and take specific measures to help reduce climate change. Conducted at the Stanford Summit in July 2008.

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Heart of Africa, travel in a forbidden land

JD Lasica — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:05:10 -0700

A docu-fiction of a travel to Nigeria

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Using Technorati to Connect with Your Blog

JD Lasica — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:06:18 -0700

As the title suggests, this one addresses the connectivity afforded by Technorati, and walks viewers through creating a Technorati account, claiming a blog, linking to the Technorati blog page, and so forth. It also discusses Technorati authority, rankings, and other minutiae.

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Young actors: The magic of performing arts

JD Lasica — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:13:52 -0700

Cie Probst talks about the nonprofit Tri-Valley Young Performers Academy, which she founded a year ago with another mom and two directors. In this 7-minute video on the set of