Macworld, for us, was an amazing week. We met old friends and made new friends. We’re convinced people who watch GeekBrief.TV are the nicest, coolest people we could know. We also learned a lot.
The shows we make outside the studio are not as good as those we make when we’re here. Cali is great in both situations, but I’m not.
At the end of this month, I’ll be doing a four-day bootcamp at the Travel Channel Academy in Washington D.C. My least favorite part of what we do is running a camera. I like the pre and post production stuff, so I hope to learn some shooting skills that will make camera work more interesting for me and for people who watch what I shoot.
When we speak to an audience about what we do, we refer to a video Ira Glass made for Current TV. In the video, he talks about how all video wants to be crap. Making good video is working hard against video’s tendency toward crappiness. He also talks about how your skill doesn’t live up to your taste when you’re getting started. It takes most of us two or three years to start making video that starts to live up to our original imagination. I’m still not there.
I have it in my mind. I know how I want the show to look and feel when we’re outside the studio, but I’m a long way from making that happen. I’m hoping I’ll be closer after the Travel Channel thing.
BTW, Cali isn’t feeling well. She worked hard and didn’t get much sleep last week, so I’m hoping she’ll take a couple more days to rest. I have PLENTY of Briefs in the can, so that should help.
We’re extremely grateful to xTrain.com, Drobo and PodShow for making our first trip to Macworld happen!
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