Jalaka Has A Cool Map Ap

Did you know that for just $10 you can get a map building ap that lets you create great looking interactive maps in Flash? Check out Jalaka.com.

Banff Mountain Film Festival: in Bay Area Now!

Don't miss the latest Banff Mountain Film Festival coming this week to the Bay Area:



For screening times and locations, see here.

My New Favorite TV Show: Crime Scene Wild

Have you seen this new series on Planet Green? Check it out here:



Here's a link to the current schedule.

And another link to the web site of Freeland Foundation, the nonprofit activist group that's behind this program.

It's kind of like Whale Wars - enviro reality TV. That's hot!

Here's another YouTube video promo of the show:

My New Favorite Ap

For many people, Flash IS a video, and that's why I am highlighting this great FREE tool that lets you make self-running Flash movies from your Powerpoint presentations. This is huge help for many people who would rather have a 5 or 15 or even a 60 minute presentation that their web visitors or Facebook friends can see on demand.

Here's how to get started with iSpring.

Top of My Wish List

This amazing new 360 degree video camcorder must have thousands of uses...I am not sure how I would use it, but I know if I had one, I would figure it out in short order. Take a look:



Find, specs on the Sony site and buying info here. It sells on the Sony site for $189.

From Zero to 25,000 Views

This summer I spent some time consulting (pro bono) to a fabulous group called Elephant Voices. Elephant Voices is the nonprofit home of the world-famous elephant researcher Joyce Poole, who made breakthrough discoveries in elephant communication during her decades of research studying elephants in Ambroseli, a game preserve in Africa.

Joyce and her husband and partner in her work Petter Granli took the consulting advice to heart and I'm happy to see they've been publishing new Animoto videos about their work now in trying to stop the ivory trade, which is decimating elephant populations in Africa. The rising affluence among Chinese people seems to be at the heart of the increasing demand for ivory. Here's a video the two of them made and posted this week:



They have a YouTube channel and have 25,000 views.

Another friend, and a great support of Elephant Voices, Coco Hall (who introduced me to Joyce and Petter) also made her own video using Animoto. It uses video as well as photos to tell a rather more harrowing video. I will post a link to the second video example here.

Japanese News View of The Cove