Category Archives: Videos

Interviews with Photographers 0

Lately, I’ve made an effort to produce more video content for my library’s YouTube presence. Here are some video interviews with some of the top finishers from the recent teen photography contest. I shot each of these five videos in our Digital Media Lab against the chroma key wall (aka SPL’s green monster). It was [...]

Skokie Madden Bowl II 0

Last year, my colleague and I started a new tradition of hosting a Madden tournament during the weekend before the Super Bowl. This past Saturday, we held the 2nd annual Skokie Madden Bowl and it turned out great! We had about 20 participants (though a couple had to leave early) competing for the top prize, [...]

Mashable Picks YouTube 0

I’ve had the opportunity to talk a lot about the Digital Media Lab to both patrons and professional colleagues in recent weeks. Whenever I start explaining why we created the space and the context in which we did so, I always find myself starting with incredible growth of YouTube and digital video. Even though the [...]

The Library Strikes Back 0

I created this short video for my library’s staff day. It was shown in our auditorium right before our director went up on stage to give her “State of the Library” address.  The idea was to make my colleagues feel good about the awesome work they accomplished during this past year and have a little [...]

Understanding YouTube 0

Recently, I gave a presentation on YouTube at mpow. It was a lot of fun and I even had the audience attempt to do the wave for a short video I uploaded. At the start of the class, only about a quarter of the attendees indicated an interest in both watching and sharing videos on [...]