anything media

That’s a pretty broad, yet bold title. But, it gives me lots of latitude which I’ll try to use to point out or comment on the many amazing things happening in the media world these days. Here’s what I’m thinking for now, but like the ever and quickly changing horizon in media these day, I’m certain categories will be fluid, topics will be added, and what I’ll talk about will expand.

Web - Kendall Media Group originated in 2005 as a side business to my full time job allowing me to maintain some hands-on experience by developing or updating small web sites for folks whose budgets were shallow but had deep needs. Little did I know that KMG would expand in 2007 and become the full time gig. I’ll be monitoring and posting about trends I see in the ever diversifying areas surrounding web development.

Video - One of Kendall Media Group’s area of expertise is web and offline video. I’ll be monitoring what’s going on across the Web related to video for the web as well as video for offline use and posting things I find interesting or stuff I think readers should know about.

Internet Marketing - Art? Science? Maybe a little of both. I’ve had people tell me for years I am a marketer (but I’ve had people tell me for years I’m organized also… yeah, right). Nonetheless, you can’t be involved in new media and not at least be aware of and attempt to understand how marketing and the Internet collide. So, whether you consider me an expert or a novice I plan to point out stuff I see that falls in the category of marketing that relates to the Internet.

Terminology & Howtos - Because I have such broad interest in tech stuff, and because I am a teacher/helper at heart, I often find myself attempting to assist others in understanding technical stuff. There’s a wealth of help and tutorial content showing up on the Internet these days and I intend to point out stuff I think can be helpful for those of you looking for information.

Cool Gadgets - Having been tagged by others as a gadget geek, you can be sure I’ll be watching what’s going on in gadget world and when something peaks my interest I’ll post something about it.

Operating Systems - Okay, this one has potential to be interesting. I reserve the right not to pass judgment on what OS is the best or worst. I sometimes refer to myself as tri-puter. While I grew up computerwise on windows based PCs, I am fairly fluent in MAC/Apple as well as having some Linux experience. While I’m by no means an expert on the technical stuff behind the various OS’s out there I reserve the right to express my opinions on the usability and user experience of what’s out there.

Hardware & Software - This kind of goes with gadgets, but part of staying on top of what’s going on in the world of media also requires monitoring developments in hardware and software which are necessary to pull off the cool media stuff we all love or curse.

Web-based Productivity Tools - Call this an interest. As I said earlier, for some reason people think I’m organized. In actuality it’s a survival technique I’ve developed over the years. I have difficulty processing information and assimilating it to a point that it all makes sense together. Hence, I developed the ability to take a bunch of stuff, see patterns, and throw that stuff into buckets that seemed to help me make sense of that stuff. Along the way on that journey I discovered what I consider to be the holy grail of organization methodologies… David Allen’s Getting Things Done. Because of my fascination with those of you out there who are organized get things done-ers I tend to take notice of systems which help with this discipline. I’m sure some posts will details my thoughts and experiences with these tools.

I’m sure everything I’ve listed above will look different in a matter of weeks. Nonetheless, I thought it would help me to try to outline some of where I think the anything media blog is headed. Now, I intend to press on!