Robert Todd Felton's Blog

• Recording Audio Tours

  July 20, 2009

  • Okay - I'm jumping off into the world of multimedia by recording an audio tour of Transcendentalist Concord.  I will be recording narration for the North Bridge, the Old Manse, Walden Pond, Bush House, the Concord Museum, the Wayside, the Orchard House, and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.  Each stop along the tour is about 5 minutes. I am doing it on my freshly-delivered iMac with Garageband.  Is ...
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• Tours to Go

  June 29, 2009

  • I am becoming increasingly interested in audio tours that can be downloaded and brought with on an iPod, cell phone, or GPS unit. I remember one my dad had of the section of I80 from Auburn to Truckee in California. It was fantastic and we listed to it repeatedly. Here are some of the more recent ones I've found.Discovery Audio: they seem to offer a wide array of downloadable tours. I'm not sure ...
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• BEA REcap

  June 1, 2009

  • BEA RECAPFor those outside the book publishing world, Book Expo of America (BEA) is the annual gathering of book publishers, book sellers, librarians, authors, editors, and hangers-on. It’s where deals are struck, buzz is created, and the schmoozing oozes. As you can imagine, this year’s version was a bit subdued compared to previous years.As I wandered the rows of publisher booths at the ...
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