Making Flash Video, Problematic!!

One procedure is wrong, the whole process is ruined, probablly now I understand why people spend couple and couple of hours in front of computer! my past years are rarely having such kind of experience!

Don't be afraid to change your direction in life (Fortune Cookies). the saying is fit my brief here.

Asking help from friends

I called Chris and Laura during my uploading. God, where's the problem, tried so many times, what the hell, why the video isn't come out?

Anyway, I have to solve the problem, Chris and Laura should be very familiar with the process, really need help from friends.

Both of them are podcaster in our websites, londonAlternative and LondonOutLoud Alternatively.

Problem Solving Process

Oh, I see!! here is the reason why I can't upload my video. Before inserting flash video into dreamweaver, I need to produce two files from flash, one is fla, the other is flv.

The one to upload is flv. So during producing flash video process, I need to go to Stream From Flash Video Streaming Service. then after couple of "Next", the consequence will be coming out 2 files, one is fla, the other is flv.

Again meeting trouble

I just feel the problem will be solved finally, can't imagine that after inserting flash video into dreamweaver, the video still didn't come out.

Only couple of days later, I realised the process is absolutely right after Laura's instruction, just because my pc is blocked all of the strange elements, so I just need to close the block.

Do Journalists Need to be multi-skilled?!?

Today in David's class, he throw out a question to us that do journalist need to be multi-skilled.

Such as understanding CSS, podcast, flash etc, or we journalists just need to know how to write?

Seems quite a hot issue among media industry recently, even within academic world.

Different academias possesses different opinions. Professional journalists, journalism students all have their own views.

What do I think?

I personally agree with David's opinion, if journalists understand web, understand CSS, and flash etc, the media industry will function more efficient.

It's like an individual journalist possesses a range of skills, and you just pick it up whenever you need it.

Media industry'll become more and more competitive if journalists aware that they all need to understand these technologies.

But obviously the whole journalism field will be more advanced.

Do my opinion count? So what the real professional say?

Got an chance to inquire BBC London managing director about does journalists need to possesses all of these skills?

His answer is definitely yes!

Indeed he explain that BBC London require all journalist at least have basic understanding of web, of different kinds of technologies, and not only write for paper, making stories for TV/Radio.

Nowadays, Online is same important as other media outlets, such as TV/Radio.

Thanks for David and my sensitivity

Recently I read an article about Apple prents David as "One Man Hurricane".

He's a crazy man.

But thanks for his Hurricane, otherwise I'm still unawarely enjoying sunshine somewhere in this world.

As well, my sensitivity helps, for creation and innovation.