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Postcards and the Art of Image Maintenance

Postcards and the Art of Image Maintenance

By femmetech on June 22, 2010

I’ve been up late these past few weeks, getting ready for Femme Pride Week, and working on media for the US Social Forum, where I’m teaching a DIY New Media workshop with Sarah Jenny, and Femme2010, the amazing femme conference that I’m Co-Media Chair of this year.
Part of my favorite media strategy has always been [...]

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Images: Print vs. Web, an explanation, instructions + resources

By femmetech on May 18, 2010

I love it when my talented friends send me fabulous pictures as proof of our magical lives on the interweb. It makes me feel grounded. BUT – beauty as those pics are, they aren’t always great for printing when it comes times to make postcards or send images to people for printing in their magazines, [...]

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My Friend Made My Site But…a Choose Your Own Updating Adventure

By femmetech on April 7, 2010

So your friend is super awesome and made your site a few years ago. You now have made more art or have new pics or got some great press etc. and want your site to reflect that…but your friend is Living On The Land and no longer does websites or perhaps is cray busy still [...]

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Buying A Video Camera

By femmetech on February 1, 2010

Buying a video camera might seem like a simple task, perhaps because you haven’t attempted to do it recently, or maybe you live in a world where video cameras are an oft-discussed item. For the rest of us — hearty DIY people who would like to purchase a video camera who are not independently wealthy [...]

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Recording For Free: Sound on a Mac & PC [how-to]

Recording For Free: Sound on a Mac & PC [how-to]

By femmetech on January 25, 2010

I love recording audio, making music, archiving stories and beautiful moments, and I am not endowed with money — and have definitely been seriously broke and still wanted to make audio art. What’s a techhead to do? Read on for audio recording recommendations for voices and music on mac and even pc!

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Webpages I: Getting A Name [how-to series]

By femmetech on January 22, 2010

So you want a webpage, or maybe you want to be like me and have six plus some blogs [see blogroll]. Either way, you have to start with your web name! This covers basics like getting a domain name [your URL], what the heck you do to make it work … and what you do [...]

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How To’s Are Hot: File Sharing

How To’s Are Hot: File Sharing

By femmetech on January 18, 2010

I really love knowing “how-to”  any and everything — both digi/technological and real-time. Lately I find myself to be the Lady of Reference among my friends — and because I believe in skill-sharing and DIY/C [that last "/C' is for "collectively"] I love to let people know how to do what I know…so, in the [...]

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