Cali Lewis Videos

Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv from JD Lasica on Vimeo. The host of GeekBrief.TV also offers 7 secrets to podcasting success If you travel in technology circles, chances are you ve heard of Cali Lewis, the extraordinarily gifted, personaable and successful Web show pioneer who hosts and co-produces GeekBrief.TV. She s about to top 50,000 followers on Twitter at @calilewis. Geek Brief, launched on Dec. 23, 2005, now boasts more than 600 episodes (I ve watched most of them), done on location or at Cali and her husband Neal Campbell s studio in Dallas. I don t know how they keep up the pace, given the show s high production values. Over the years in my talks on new media, I ve often held up Cali and Geek Brief as a spot-on example of how to break into new media — and of how the next generation of Web video shows will look: fast-paced, interesting, fun, personality-driven, passionate and polished. In this interview, conducted at WordCamp SF shortly before her talk, Cali discusses the genesis of Geek Brief (after 5 months, we were done with our day jobs and began doing the show full time — living the dream), podcasting s place in the mediasphere ( What podcasting offers is that anybody can do it. They don t have to be told by ABC or NBC or any radio station that they have the talent to do this. The audience is picking and choosing who is successful. ), and how she chooses which tech news to feature (new technologies that excite her and her viewers). Social media s role We spent most of the interview discussing social media and how to engage an audience. The most important rule of audience participation is you participating back, she said. Putting questions to the users is a good technique, through Twitter, blog comments and directly on the show itself. She s on a campaign to coax people to communicate via Twitter rather than email ( You can have a great conversation in 140 characters. ) She s also particularly adept at using live video streaming during some of her episodes, calling it a great way to interact. Her advice to those just starting out: Think about what you want, and then just go for it! I often echo her advice to not get tripped up by the technology. GeekBrief.TV offers some training materials on its Podcasting Tips page. The lighting on this 9-minute video was subpar because it was bright outside and my LP-Micro fill light wasn t up to the task. Watch or embed video on Vimeo Watch video in H.264 QuickTime on Ourmedia.org Download video from Archive.org Shortly afterward, Cali gave a presentation on Building an Interactive Audience to a packed house, and I tweeted her advice & the tweets are all gone now, of course — but she gave a very similar presentation at WordCamp Dallas recently, capably captured by the MSPmentor blog: 7 secrets to podcasting success Rule 1: Understand your core brand value. GeekBrief.TV’s brand value is “happiness,” Cali says. She wants her 3-minute technology product views to leave viewers feeling good. Rule 2: Start compelling conversations. Cali says you need to look around your daily life to create compelling conversations. Examples: The other shoe falls for former Computer Associates executive Memo to JetBlue: Change your WiFi strategy Rule 3: Be an asset. Cali says your sites and communications need to “add value. If you want to build an online community, it can’t be about you. It has to be about your community.” Rule 4: Make friends, not fans. Cali advises: “Don’t speak at the community. Speak with the community. Ask questions and answer questions. Loyal audiences will tell other people about your sites.” Rule 5: Show appreciation. Thank readers over and over again. Rule 6: Take breaks. Cali admitted she breaks rule 6 all the time. Rule 7: Always be upgrading. Cali says “Never let yourself you get stale. Show your community you’re vying for their attention.” All of it good advice.

Go Daddy Coast Hellway is back! The first of 4 shows with me guest hosting Radio Go Daddy while Bob is away for the next month features me making rude comments at Nima (as usual) and an interview with the one and only Cali Lewis. So smoke em if you got em, kick back and enjoy Radio Go Daddy hosted by yours truly. Next week our guest is uber-hacker Kevin Mitnick so let me know if you have any ideas for questions we should ask Kevin. From the Go Daddy site: 7/22/2009 If you thought Radio Go Daddy would lose its edge in Bob s absence, think again!. With guest host Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff sitting in with Nima Jones, the show crosses into uncharted territory as we cover brick-hurling retirees, attachment sizes s sure to spice up air travel! Meanwhile, Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.TV feels the force with this Xmas new Star Wars toy that teaches you to levitate stuff like a true Jedi! And in The Internet Files, Mark explains why Twitter is perfect for Britain s Royal Family and why a Chinese-style boot camp is the only cure for Web addiction. Also on tap: Bill Gates sets his sights on changing the weather! Plus: Owen Thomas has the lowdown on the Google CEO s latest adventures below the belt. And what is a ziggurat? LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE GoDaddy coupon | promo | discount codes PCH5 = save 10% off your entire order PCH6 = $5 off any $30 order PCH7 = $7.45 .com domains - $3 off! SPECIAL LIMITED TIME GODADDY DISCOUNT OFFER - PCH20 - 20% off 1 year, 2 Year and 3 Year Hosting Packages SEARCH FOR A DOMAIN NAME HERE! Download audio file (radio_2009_07_22.mp3) ShareThis

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We know in your drunken stupor you all forgot that you went to SXSW and Texas last month, never mind what you confessed to Irina as she drove you around in our gloriously luxurious TechCab . But guess what, it s all on tape for ever and ever and ever on the internet! After our newest editor Kevin and intern Calum (he lives in Nova Scotia!) slaved over hours of footage, we ve put together a few precious secrets that fell only on Irina s lovely door-knocker-earringed ears .and the entire internet! First, we start off with our own and dear blip.tv coder Justin Day (next to him is blip.tv s money man Ryan Chambers) Justin recounts how he tortured his fellow students in college with spontaneous eruptions of solitaire. Cali Lewis, a queen of geeks if ever there was one takes a ride with Irina and Eddie in her pajamas with her miniature daschund Zoe and explains how she dissed Jason Calacanis. Cali is SO not sinful, I had to give her a little nudge there. Rudy Jahchan and Casey McKinnon take a ride during which Rudy describes how through hacking skills he drove a colleage 1) out of his department and 2) insane. See if you can guess which tech celebrity videoblogging god Steve Woolf is talking about in his confession. Ellie Rountree s story from Rocketboom involves a bottle of wine, breaking NY State law and Justin.tv - and its still available online! TechCab fun for everyone. Episode links: TechCab Confessions, Justin Day, Cali Lewis, Rudy Jahchan, Steve Woolf, Ellie Rountree Format: iPod/iPhone (.m4v)

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All that and a bag of chips?? Buns investigates Cali Lewis of Geekbrief.TV.? The show's a little nerdy, but he determines it is ears up mate.