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How not to make a great video, from a guy who makes great videos.

(The embed code isn’t working, so here’s the link.)

If for some reason you (like Jenny Hunsperger) are having trouble getting Audacity to export to .mp3 format, there are other options for file conversion.  Here are two I’ve found:

Here’s free software you can download:  http://www.nch.com.au/switch/
 
Here’s a free online converter:  http://www.zamzar.com/

I haven’t tried either of them, but they both appear to convert .WAV files to .MP3 files.

Jenny Hunsperger writes:

The LAME “library” enables Audacity to export files as MP3’s. Think of it as a plugin for Audacity. To make it work, you need to (1) download a compressed file, (2) uncompress it and place the resulting files somewhere on your computer; and then (3) tell Audacity where it can find the plugin.The instructions about what to do are here:http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3and here (linked from the preceding page): http://spaghetticode.org/lame/

You need to uncompress the files and store them somewhere (anywhere, actually) on your computer. You don’t need to open or run those files directly.The first time you try to export an .mp3 file from Audacity, it will prompt you to tell Audacity where you have stored the key file (which in Windows is called lame_enc.dll, may be different on the Mac) If for some reason you *don’t* get prompted by Audacity, you should be able to set up the plugin through the Audacity interface itself. On a Windows machine, you:* click Edit | Preferences
* go to the File Formats tab
* Under MP3 Export Setup, click “Find Library”
* Navigate to the file using the File window and click “Open”… I don’t know whether this is done differently within the Mac interface to Audacity, but I would expect the process is similar.

Writing for the Web is different.   Here is a before-and-after example:

• Nebraska tourism:  before
• Nebraska tourism: after

What changes have been made between the “before” and “after” pages?

I’ve been looking for a good tutorial on HTML for bloggers who want to get beyond simple formatting.

This one is concise and covers all the key things you need to know.

Amy Gahran has a good summary of how to set up RSS feed alerts to keep tabs on a topic.   Amy is editor of E-Media Tidbits, a blog on the Poynter Institute site that I have contributed to for many years (but not much recently, unfortunately).

This handout (PDF, will open in new window) from Johnson C. Smith University covers most of what you need to know about using Photoshop to create/modify images for the Web.

This handout was prepared by Matt Paolelli of the Medill Staff