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Wednesdays @Starbucks 003

September 15, 2011
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Our weekly live show. Tony and Sean talk about the taxi project and Stephen tells us about his new client. There are some good tips in this show about working with clients. Next Wed we are taking break because we all some projects to work on but the following week we’ll be back. Let...

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Wednesdays @Starbucks 002

September 9, 2011
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Okay this was a bunch of foolishness. But I think we go our audio issues worked out. We talk about Howard Schultz townhall meeting, Kodak Zi8, conversion software. Here’s some photos from today. Photo by Sean McMenemy Photo by Sean McMenemy Photo by Tony Gasbarro Photo by Stephen Knapp Photo by Stephen Knapp

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MMN Season 2 ep 004 Crossing Lines

September 6, 2011
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I talk with Charlie Breit about his Branded entertainment project "The Lines". He's also putting together a meetup on Thursday September 29th to bring together local Chicago filmmakers. "The Lines" is branded entertainment sort of "The Hills" meets driver education. Allstate Insurance is the brand and safe driving is the message....

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CN-160 LED Light UnBox

September 2, 2011
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If you’re looking for a cheap “inexpensive” light pick, up one or two of these. I do an unboxing of the lights I’ve purchased and just recently used them on a shoot. Was pretty happy with them and plan on buy 2 or 4 more. Wish they came with barn-doors. Maybe it’s the farm...

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Live from Starbucks

August 25, 2011
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Yeah I know we’ve done this kind of show before but we are going to do this as a regular thing at Starbucks. When we get together on Wednesdays we really find we have a lot of discussions that we should have recorded. We even tried it and well guess what that takes time...

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MMN S2 ep003 Space Hospital a Galaxy of fun

June 6, 2011
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Yes I like cheese especially on pizza, hamburgers, fries, hotdogs and yes some of my content. Check out what one of the co-creators of Space Hospital Rob Poe has to say about making a series on a shoestring and still making sure everyone has fun doing it. Space Hospital has found that...

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Wood Sugars, Comedy Brewing in Chicago MMN S2 ep002

May 6, 2011
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I've been lucky doing this show. I keep meeting a lot of funny people here in Chicago that are making great comedy. Maybe this dates me I'm not sure but when you listen to the Wood Sugars podcasts you really get a sense of old school comedy. When they say variety...

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We Are Skokie — MMN S2: ep001

April 22, 2011
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In this episode I talk with Karen and Frances. They are working to bring a community together with photography and social media to help build out it's historical archive and start conversations and share stories about what life is like in Skokie, IL.

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Ping

April 18, 2011
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We want to partner with you the help bring this site and the stories, podcasts, tips and tricks and whatever else we can come up with a voice in the Midwest to help other content creators old and new find a new way to establish a creative foot hold in middle America and salute...

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How to Fake a Webcam

April 16, 2011
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The Zi8 comes though again. For this episode of FashionCents we needed a webcam look but I didn’t want to record the webcam video and try to make that HiDef. Of course I could have purchased a HD Web Cam but why when I had the Zi8. I could have had our talent use...

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