Personal media: getting started

• Personal media glossary — to get grounded, start here!

• One-step social media checklist

• Video: Accessibility expert Skye Kilaen tells how to make your blog or website more accessible to the disabled. 4:17. MPEG-4 video | media page.

• Video: AskaNinja co-creator Kent Bye discusses how to create content for a Web TV show. 6:00. MPEG-4 video | media page | Flash version on Internet Archive

• Video: Eric Rice, a podcaster and videoblogger who co-founded Hipcast, talks about how to muscle your way into media. 9:07. QuickTime .mov | QuickTime 7 .m4v (high-quality H.264) | media page.

• Video: Multimedia expert CJ Wilson discusses the basics of video and audio compression. 11:57. MPEG-4 video | QuickTime 7 .m4v (high-quality H.264). media page.

• 5 rules for building a successful online community

• Video interview: Jason Calacanis, founder of Weblogs Inc., offers guidelines for participating in social news sites. 20:38. video in QuickTime/MPEG-4 | media page

• What is RSS? — how online subscriptions work

• RSS tutorial — RSS feeds in depth

• What are tags?

• Bloggers' FAQ on Student Blogging addresses legal issues arising from student blogging. (EFF — offsite)

• What is BitTorrent? Is it legal?

• What is remix culture?

• How to remix content

• Questions about copyright, including fair use, licensing, the DMCA and the right of publicity (EFF — offsite)

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