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Why does a film making business care about a marketing “guru” like Seth Godin? BECAUSE THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT Times, they are a changin’ and if you don’t figure out what’s going on you will be lost. Seth has a lot of ideas about these changes and how to change with them. More importantly, his [...]

There has been a lot of buzz lately about biking. Here is an old 2005 video that strives to inspire commuters to have more fun, and ride a bike. It’s called “Why Drive When You Can Ride?”. The video was a First Place Winner of the WNC’s Land-of-Sky Regional Council: Strive Not to Drive, 2005, [...]

Image via CrunchBase I’m a proponent of Google’s web based tools, and it all started with Gmail. I recommend it often, so I made a list. Why I use Gmail: It’s a core part of my web proficiency. I use the web a lot. I love the conversation mode, where emails with the same subject [...]

Google Docs does not really Work on the iPad. This will be a major hurdle for Gdocs folks who want to really make the iPad a part of their workflow.

This was taken a week ago, on December 2nd, 2009 from the Flat Iron Building. I used a Canon 500D DSLR with a EFS 17-55mm lens. I did not have a tripod, so it’s a little shaky. DSLR’s are notoriously bad at audio, so there is not much to listen to. Viewable in HD. If [...]

I’m starting to do pre-release rough cuts of projects I’m working on. In November of 2009 I shot video for the first time in a hot air balloon. As you can see from the footage, it was a beautiful morning. And yes, the whole experience was fantastic. Some previous Rough Cuts from Consider Haiti.

A few clips from a work in progress: Consider Haiti, The Work of Mission Manna Derek Dephouse, , M.D. in clinic. Filmed in Piyat, in the Montrouis region of Haiti. Ora Wells, M.D. Filmed in Asheville, NC. Ora travels to Haiti almost every Spring. David Bourne, of Bourne Media filmed in the Piyat clinic, in [...]

Bourne Media designed a new bumper sticker for our client Mission Manna in an effort to raise awareness for Haiti. Be on the lookout! We will have a stack of these in the studio, so stop by and get one. Go to MissionManna.org to learn more. See more Bourne Media posts about Haiti.

Last month, Bourne Media sent footage via FTP to TED for a TEDx Demo that was to debut at TED India. Just when we were wondering what became of that footage, we got news of a new post at You Tube. It’s great to see some Asheville work and some Asheville faces so prominently displayed [...]

Attention spans on the web are short. Sometimes you need to get to your point, then hope the viewer will stick around for more. Here is an easy technique called “Jump to Time” in YouTube. Just add this kind of string to the end of the YouTube link. #t=1m45s If you say it the string [...]