I’ve set up a new site for a couple of feature film projects I’m producing.  We’re also releasing a seven-minute video clip from one of the projects this coming Sunday on the site.  The site is based on a WordPress theme (just as this site is).  I’m getting some experience using WP as a basis for regular, non-blog websites.  It’s a mostly functional CMS these days, with all sorts of nifty plugin functionality.  Very cool.

I just got the go ahead today from the E.D. at VCAM. I will be attending the national Alliance for Community Media conference in Minneapolis in July. I believe that I will be participating in a panel discussion about videoblogging while there. The last national ACM conference I went to was in Tampa two years ago. They’re always in the summer so I’m glad it’s in a northern state this time. I’ve never been to Minneapolis but I hear it’s a nice city and I have a good friend who works for the University of Minnesota, so I’m hoping I’ll get to see her while I’m there. w00t!

I’ve just been asked to contribute a profile of Dave Gibson and Propeller Media Works for the June issue of Business People Vermont Magazine. I like that I’m slowly becoming the technology writer for that magazine. Honestly, business writing is not my forte. I vastly prefer writing about subjects I know something about. The most fun I’ve had writing for BPV has been on the tech stories, like the one on J-Smart, a cell phone software developer. My favorite piece yet was January’s profile of Tim Nulty and the amazing telecom network he’s building in Burlington.

The Propeller piece will be particularly fun because I know those guys. I shot the video that appears on their homepage. Their office is next door to VCAM. If I shout really loud, they might hear me.

I’ll post an update here when the piece is published.

BillSimmon.com has launched. I have finished the main tweaking I wanted to do and ported the site to the live url. This page is uses a WordPress theme called Unleashed3c. I haven’t really messed with the design all that much except for the header because I really quite like the look of it. Everything seems to be working fine, but if anyone has trouble with the look or functionality, please let me know.

Well, I guess the newest news is that I have created this site.  This is a blog within the billsimmon.com site that I plan on using for news about my professional life primarily.  I’ll likely cross-post any items here at Candleblog too.  We’ll see how much use this gets.