The Digital Media Podcast

Episode #31 – No CSS, oh my!

UCF Digital Media Podcast — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:42:38 +0000

Nick Reviews MyxerTones

Nick reviews the amazing new ring tone social community myxertones.com, where you can easily make and share/download your own tones. Download Nick’s Family Guy clips.

Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers

The Facebook developers project site updated with more useful applications to use with your list of friends. You can check out the full list here. Some of Joey’s favorites include the Facebook Exporter for iPhoto so you can sync your photo library easily with your facebook account, where you can tag, title, add description all within iPhoto. Use the Interactive Friend Thing or the FriendVis v2 to map a list of friends in your social sphere. Or you can map your friends hometown on Google maps with Friend Mapper. Hey, we almost love developers as much as Steve Balmer!

Joey reviews JaJah.com

Joey loves JaJah telephone service. It reeks havok and starts riots, but for April fools we say thats ok in our book. Also, remember to erase the cookies to use it on more than one person.

On this Day

Today, April 5th is Happy CSS Naked Day! “The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of xhtml, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure, and of course, a good ‘ol play on words. It’s time to show off your body.” It’s fun to be a geek! We talk about Web Developers aesthetic basics and tell the children down with Myspace, go Virb (no more tables please!) On a sidenote, we thank CrazyEgg for updating our accounts for free!

Viewer Writes…

Thanks Matt from Michigan for writing to clear up the component and composite debate on last weeks AppleTV’s segment. You rock!

Web Corner!

We love Maki from DoshDosh.com for the great articles helping Internet Entrepreneurs maximize revenue from their blog or website. Maki analyzes many services through trial and error and reports his findings of success and failures. A great popular article is “16 Adsense Optimized WordPress Themes to Maximize your Contextual Ad Earnings“.

Joey promotes legal ways to promote a high CTR (Click-Through-Rates) on online advertising campaigns, or you will get caught.

Listed is the Top Paying Google Adsense List. Edit, it is mesothelioma not melanoma, as mentioned on the show.

“Comprehensive Guide to StumbleUpon” is another great detailed doshdosh post to optimize your site on StumbleUpon.

Melissa recommends some of the best Firefox plugins, Adblock Plus/Adblock, ColorZilla, Download Statusbar, HTML Validator Plugin, Tiny Menu, UI Tweaker, and Web Developer.

David recommends Fasterfox, an alternative way to adjust your Firefox speed. To see what the some of the plugin tweaks exactly go check out TechManifesto’s Guide to Boost Firefox’s Speed. Also, the Torrent Toolbar watches the top Torrent sites for quick reference.

Alanis Morisette is our new idol.

Want more?

Stay tuned for a new episode every Thursday! We love our audience input. Email ucfdmpodcast@gmail.com for any comments or suggestions, hey, we might even mention you on our next weeks show. Also, thanks for the complements from our new European fans!

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Episode #30 – Google Mania!

UCF Digital Media Podcast — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:42:45 +0000

Google Stuff!

Cell Phone – Will there be a rival to the iPhone?

Homepage Themes – There are easter eggs, if you can find them!

Search History Evidence – A woman’s search history is used as evidence to convict her of murder.

Summer of Code – Get paid to work on an open source project!

Month of the Bugs

Mondo Armando & Müstaschio – Hacker duo that “help” websites fix bugs.

Official Announcement: April is for MySpace – Attack on MySpace, FINALLY!

Apple News

AppleTV – Review and critique.

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Episode #29 – Webalicious

UCF Digital Media Podcast — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:48:17 +0000

The Web Corner – By Melissa & Joey

Web analytics programs:
- Mint – “An extensible web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint’s flexible dashboard.”
- Peppermill – Lists of Pepper (plugins) on the official Mint site.
- Peppermint Tea – “A civilized collection of 3rd party plugins for Mint.”
Optimizing your site with unique services:
- CrazyEgg – “Get a clear picture of where your visitors are clicking and enhance your site’s results.”
- IceBrrg – Web forms made chillingly simple.

Unique Ways to Promote Your Site – By Melissa
- Button Rotations – A bit of code displayed on a website that rotates amongst the members buttons in the rotation. Example: GA Exhange
- Top Sites – A list of websites ranked by clicks in or out to the top site page. Example: GA Top Sites
- Fanlistings – Lists of fans for a particular subject, links your site if you have one. Examples: GA Collective, The Fanlistings
- Pixel Trading Clubs – Exchange links by trading pixel images. Example: The Quilting Bee
- Trading Card Games (TCGs) – Play trading card games online, very different from things like Pokemon, etc. Example: The TCGs

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Episode #28 – Frenzy WoW Hack Mania!

UCF Digital Media Podcast — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:50:27 +0000

Photoshop Frenzy Thursday! Featuring creating your own iPod Advertisement. Full Directions are featured on this website. Check it out, it is really fun to do with you and your friends.
Melissa’s WoW Leveling Tips “I first decided to write this after I received a comment from my friend Jess who was frustrated with how long it was taking her to reach level 60 on World of Warcraft. No worries, Jess, Melissa the PwnCookieNinja Powa Leveler is here to save the day! Check it out on my website here.”
Hack This! Apple iPod Amplifier Griffin iTrip – FM Transmitter Adapter Hack I stumbled upon this tutorial where your able to amplify your iTrip to a signal radius for 12ft – 20ft, 22 – 55ft. I was able to do this with my iTrip, now I must warn you are voiding your warranty by opening it. But it is definitely worth it! By cracking opening the lid of the iTrip you want placing the internal antennae up instead of its default sideways, you are gaining a tremendous amount of clarity.
Reminiscing about old Nick and Snick Shows!
Nick’s Entertainment – In the Box Office Students to Play a Role in Amanda Bynes Movie Filming on Campus. Also discussed, the Blair Witch Project filmed and produced by UCF students. The new Ghost Rider defy the limits to attention to detail which push the 3D Animation to new heights. While, Jarjar Binks still sets back 3D animators 50 years.
Leaked Spiderman 3 Videos! Spiderman 3 – Trailer with First Shots of Venom [Youtube] Dancing Venom! [Youtube]
Brought to you buy iGoatse!

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Episode #27 – Vista Crusade

UCF Digital Media Podcast — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:51:11 +0000

Vista is finally out! What are the features? Is it worth getting?

Laura is getting in trouble again with the RIAA. This time, it is still not serious.

We explain the art of honeypots and the music industry. Send us your emails to what you think the music industry would be like in the future and we will try to read it on next weeks show.

Join our new Facebook group! While your at it, Pin the Burning Crusade, must hear for WoW fans and WoW curious. Go Virtual Magic Kingdom is one of the first actual safe online games.

Joey’s EbaumWorld experience gets heated. View his infamous video at age four. With approximately 43+ million views, spreading from VH1’s Web Junk 20, Digg, Break, Myspace, Youtube, and of course front page of EbaumsWorld it has truly become an internet viral video phenomenon.

Do you want David to make a new video, email ucfdmpodcast@gmail.com for suggestions or features you would like be heard on our podcast panel.

PS – We love our Canadian viewers!

Episode #26 – Video Game Violence and Rage

UCF Digital Media Podcast — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:07:22 +0000

This show consists of a rousing discussion about violence in video games and movies and the influence that these types of media have on society. There is also a brief preview of the content of next week’s show. Please remember to take our UCF Digital Media Podcast survey.

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