Lori Katz radio aircheck from WMBS Radio – Interview about Parkinson’s Disease

In this audio podcast, we present a telescoped aircheck recording of an interview with Lori Katz, Cherry Hill resident and Parkinson’s Disease activist and advocate. (A telescoped aircheck removes the commercials and irrelevant content of a broadcast. This interview was broadcast Thursday, April 19, on WMBS-AM 590 Radio, Uniontown, PA, near Pittsburgh. We previously interviewed Lori for our CompuSchmooze column and the Compuschmooze Video Podcast #5 in January 2010 to discuss her own experience with Parkinson’s Disease and some assistive technologies she was using. To read the complete CompuSchmooze article, visit the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey website.

CompuSchmooze column discusses video tools and lessons learned at Jewish Federation’s SuperSunday

My latest “CompuSchmooze” column at JewishVoiceSNJ.org is about the lessons learned when we produced near-realtime video onsite for our newspaper at the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey’s annual SuperSunday fund-raising call-a-thon. Check out the video interviews on the Jewish Community Voice Varied Voices blog.

CompuSchmooze January 2012: Utility converts Vinyl Records to Digital Audio

In this month’s CompuSchmooze column in the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, I review BIAS Inc.’s Sound Saver software, which converts audio recordings from vinyl records and other sources.

Updating Microsoft Office…at last!

Read this month’s CompuSchmooze column in the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, about my experience upgrading from Microsoft Office 2003 to 2010.

Israel might be putting the Stuxnet computer virus to very good use

Israel might be putting the Stuxnet computer virus to very good use. Read about it in the October edition of the CompuSchmooze column.

Learn how to protect your technology when nature’s wrath strikes

Last month’s unique weather and geology, which featured an earthquake and a hurricane in our area, reminded us that it’s always important to have an emergency plan for our families. It’s also important to think about protecting your vital technology assets from a natural disaster. In this month’s CompuSchmooze column in the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey,  I offer some suggestions for protecting technology and data when Mother Nature reminds you she doesn’t like being fooled.

SNCR Excellence Awards Submission Deadline is Only One Week Away!

I’m a Senior Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research and they asked all of the Fellows to promote the Excellence in New Communications Awards, so here’s the blurb. The Society for New Communications Research has issued a call for entries for the 6th Annual SNCR Excellence in New Communications Awards. These prestigious awards honor the work of organizations that are innovating the use of new communications tools and technologies, social media, ICT, and mobile media in business, media, and professional communications, including advertising, marketing, public relations, corporate communications, and CRM, as well as entertainment, education, politics, and social initiatives. Entrants are asked to submit case studies detailing their initiatives and technologies. Winning case studies will be published on SNCR.org, and will be honored at the Society for New Communications Research Symposium & Awards Gala, which will be held November 3-4 at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Submission guidelines and the online entry form can be found here. Deadline: September 9, 2011

Professional Podcasts Android App now available (UPDATED 5/3/2012)

Updated 5/3/2012: The link to purchase this app has changed. It is now in the Amazon Marketplace. Thanks to Wizzard Media, which hosts our audio podcasts on Libsyn.com, we can now offer an Android App so you can listen to our “house” podcasts from your Android smart phone or tablet. The app provides access to four of our popular podcast series: Lubetkin on Communications – our podcast on communications, public relations, and journalism, featuring interviews, panels and other news. Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast – interviews with authors, musicians, and other creative professionals. Compuschmooze Podcast – The audio and video podcast series supplementing Steve’s monthly newspaper column in the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey. RatingAgency.com Podcast – Our occasional podcast on the people making news in the debt ratings business. Please visit the Amazon Marketplace to purchase!

Google Plus is subject of this month’s CompuSchmooze column

In this month’s column in the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, I discuss Google Plus and its opportunity to attract social networkers away from Facebook. Have you tried Google Plus? What do you think of it? Leave comments here!

Gannett digital media director Ted Mann is keynote speaker at Jewish Community Voice newspaper’s annual dinner

Ted Mann, digital media director for Gannett newspapers in New Jersey, was the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey in Voorhees, Camden County, on June 1, 2011. Mann discussed the digital changes and technology innovations rocking the news media industry, and its impact on traditional print newspapers. You can read Ted’s blog, TurkeyMonkey and learn more about him professionally. Mann was introduced by Steve Lubetkin, managing partner of Lubetkin Global Communications, who is the Voice’s technology columnist. A sad postscript to the cautionary comments in Ted’s keynote is the post on his blog July 10, announcing that he had killed Gannett’s hyperlocal effort, InJersey.com, with a detailed explanation of why it went dark.