Ideas from Mark Stout

Audio version of this post One of the reasons for this blog was to share my absolute delight with technology.  Let me share my most recent delight. First, a little of my background is relevant here.  I earned a BA in Broadcast Journalism back in 1978 yet within two years embarked on the career of selling computers, other technology and enterprise software.  Broadcasting becanme a memory. About twelve years ago we bought a couple consumer grade video cameras and Adobe Premiere. I was astonished at the product I could put out. It was comparable to what I could in 1978 with access to a TV station.  I used the capability to shoot a couple of friend's weddings and make a couple of documentaries.  Some are at my YouTube Channel . Last night, I fooled around with a free software product called Open Broadcast Studio , or OBS for short. For those who know video production a bit, OBS is basically acts a video switcher.

One of the many things I could have seen myself doing was writing television screenplays. I even wrote a MASH script for a class in college. It's long lost, probably a good thing. One person who knows about writing good MASH scripts is Ken Levine .  He is a writer, producer and director on shows like MASH,  Cheers, Frasier and many more. His blog at kenlevine.blogspot.com is a daily read. He has a lot of insights on television and the entertainment business. And he has a great podcast too. I'd forgotten until recently that back in 2008 he even wrote an entire column answering a question I wrote.