Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, was in Warsaw on 24 September 2006 celebrating the fifth anniversary of the on line encyclopedia in Poland. So it was nice that he had not allowed success to...
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, was in Warsaw on 24 September 2006 celebrating the fifth anniversary of the on line encyclopedia in Poland. So it was nice that he had not allowed success to go to his head and he managed to drop in on old friends and tell them about his plans for this country.
My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. With almost one film per day, one may be forgiven for thinking I do nothing else but I do have a day job as well. I have produced more than 400 original films, most in English but also in Polish, French, Italian, Spanish and the occassional hint of German and Hebrew. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects
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There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine!
Central and Eastern European Packaging examines the packaging industry throughout this region, but in particular in the largest regional economies which are Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria. That is not to say that the other countries are forgotten, they are not, but obviously there is less going on. However the fact that there are so many travel related films here is not from holidays but from business trips attending trade fairs around the region and the sites http://www.ceepackaging.com/articles/... and http://www.ceepackaging.com/articles/... give a pretty good idea where future films are going to come from! Every packaging trade fair is a new excuse to make another film!
In 1997 I founded Polish Business News http://www.pbn.com.pl .There are a number of business related films here and I intend to do many more on CRM (customer relations management).
I have also a second blog on the site http://www.navigeo.net/blog/alan-heat... . This site has been recently started by a friend and I think it will soon be one of the leading travel sites in Poland, if not Central Europe. It contains additional information about some of the places and events shown in these films but most of that is in Polish.
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My goodness, you do pick them. David Irving and Jimmy Wales. Have you managed to find someone less important to interview or is that humanly impossible?
For those that like to complain about the poor quality of my films this is your chance to have some input. My Sony Cybershot - used for all films here but one - has given up on me. I do not want to buy a video camera - just a compact camera which I can carry around in my pocket. What camera should I buy and why?
Pop down to your local lombard and buy whatever is going cheap (that's what I did).
Sound quality: this isn't an equipment issue. It's about how you use it (e.g. sit as far from the camera's microphone as the person you are interviewing).
Without a tripod, a table-type-thing acts as a worthy substitute.
"Reasonable labor costs with quality" - thanks for the indorsement! ;)
As for the popularity, people in Poland seem to have a complex of not being noticed in the World. In fact, that complex has some grounds: Poland is, comparably to her size, much less on the news, (or when it is, it's "the German view": poor, primitive etc.). On top of that here in Poland there seems to be a real love of communicating with others: see the data on Skype and IRC usage (it's very high).
I do not know if skype use is any more than elsewhere. On a recent journey to several countries I found that skype was just as popular as in Poland. (What is IRC?)
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David Irving and Jimmy Wales. Have you managed to find someone less important to interview or is that humanly impossible?
Please bear in my mind that this is just a hobby - it is not my day job.
If you are interested in David Irving then you may be interested to see some of the holocaust related films I have posted here.
My Sony Cybershot - used for all films here but one - has given up on me. I do not want to buy a video camera - just a compact camera which I can carry around in my pocket.
What camera should I buy and why?
Sound quality: this isn't an equipment issue. It's about how you use it (e.g. sit as far from the camera's microphone as the person you are interviewing).
Without a tripod, a table-type-thing acts as a worthy substitute.
As for the popularity, people in Poland seem to have a complex of not being noticed in the World. In fact, that complex has some grounds: Poland is, comparably to her size, much less on the news, (or when it is, it's "the German view": poor, primitive etc.). On top of that here in Poland there seems to be a real love of communicating with others: see the data on Skype and IRC usage (it's very high).
(What is IRC?)