What did we learn this time?

The key lesson is that it just isn’t possible to do everything on my old PowerBook G4. There ain’t enough processing power. And there isn’t quite the cashflow to organise my new Macbook Pro for a couple of weeks. That leaves me with an important decision: How do I shape this alpha series in the meantime?

The coming Geek Week will provide plenty of interesting interview opportunities. Perhaps I should get hold of a DV camera for a few days and record material for use over subsequent weeks? Does that defeat the “live” bit?

That said, anyone got a DV camera with Firewire output I can borrow for the week?

Should I do live reports directly from the conference venues, using simplified audio and video layers so my poor little ‘puter isn’t overloaded?

Ah questions, questions… and it’s Saturday. I have no answers.

• How To Stream A Conference In 2 Minutes- Easy! | Ustream: Tutorial on how to live stream a conference. Focuses on conferences where there are already professional videographers providing a switched feed.
• Streaming Video: Creating a Professional uStream Show | Internet Marketing Strategy: Conversation Marketing: More tutorial material on using Cam Twist and Ustream.
• Chris Pirillo Live – 06/06/2007 04:44 | Ustream: Chris explains how he uses Cam Twist and other software to create the variations on his live video feed.
• Using Skype With Audio Hijack Pro: It's actually a tutorial for Mac owners on how to get our Skype calls into your Ustream live programs using Audio Hijack Pro.
• Unibrain Fire-i digital camera: Apple's old Firewire-based iSight cameras were so good that they don't hit the second-hand market often and when they do they're not cheap. Here's an alternative.
• Platypus venom linked to pain relief | University of Sydney: New research released today in the scientific research journal Nature reveals links between platypus venom and its potential benefits for advancing pain relief and antibiotic medication.
• How to Record a Podcast | MacDevCenter.com: This O'Reilly article by Glenn Fleishmann explains how to use Soundflower and Audio Hijack Pro to remove unwanted audio monitoring delays when recoding from Skype. Somewhere in here is the solution for my similar problem with Cam Twist / Ustream.