Awakened Voice

One frequent query by people who are new to publishing audio or video is, “What’s a good Flash player to put on my website?” Adobe’s Flash is a universally recognized standard for embedding media within web pages so the question makes a lot of sense.
Direct media links to mp3 or Quicktime files for example make [...]

I met Vineet Gupta at the recent DrupalCampNYC event. Vineet is a technology evangelist and engineer for Daylife. Daylife is a social news site that is providing application developers with tools that allow them to include dynamic news in websites by leveraging the Daylife technology platform.
I’ve been keeping an eye on Daylife since their launch [...]

The Drupal platform has always lacked in one area that interests lots of people. The inclusion of rich media (video, audio, photos) into Drupal sites has historically been achieved by node focused solutions. Modules like Video and Audio attach media to specific nodes. These modules work well for certain implementations. But the issue of a [...]

I’ve been curious about the Amazon Simple Storage Service, also known as Amazon S3, for a while now. So this weekend I sat down and walked through the steps of getting started with the service with the help of an article called Scalable Media Hosting With Amazon S3. The process was easier than I thought [...]

I’ve just updated and republished a document that I originally created when I was working with the team at RawVoice. The document is a beginner’s guide to podcasting. I’ll be updating this document from time to time as new knowledge arises on the subject. The document is not meant to be a comprehensive resource but [...]

I’ve long believed that Drupal would make a great platform for everything from a single podcast to an entire network of podcasts. In general Drupal has been a bit short on modules that make podcasting easier but that has changed recently so now is a good time to point out what I’ve learned.
Why Drupal Is [...]