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Well, I havn’t written a personal update in a while so, now that a lot has happened, I figured now would be a great time to write an update. I just finished my first full year of college at Kutztown University. I completed the year with a 3.0 GPA and have completed the four core classes of the Electronic Media Major, I also declared my Concomitant (Minor) in business.

While in school, I also became a member of the Natioal Broadcasting Society where we  have toured media facillities, such as 6 ABC in Philidelphia, went to Regional (in Millersville) and National (in Dallas, Texas) conventions where we learned from professionals and networked with both Students and Professionals. We also did several sports productions (2 basketball games live and 1 multi-camera shoot of a baseball game. Next year, we plan on expanding our activities and do even more productions. I also became involved in our campus news show, Newsbreak, four nights a week and continued to  produce this semester. I was also elected to the Executive Board with the  position of Webmaster for Newsbreak and have a lot of great new ideas for both the site and great new content for the site.

This past week, I moved all my sites from 1and1 to a new host, HostMonster primarily because 1and1 no longer had the technical specifications to upgrade WordPress. I’m glad I made the move although the process was very frustrating and espcicially when I first made the move  to Go Daddy and then moved to Host Monster. I am glad I made the move though because HostMonster offers more advanced features and will be better for the future of my sites.

Speaking of my websites, I am planning to write several new articles in the very near future now that I have a lot of more time to do it. I also have given Gdovin.net a face-lift with a new theme and hope to complement that with some great new posts. The Weekly Spin has been going well, and we will be recording the 67th episode this week! Tomorrow, the 20th episode of Screencast Weekly will be released as well!

Wow, it’s been two months since I wrote another personal update! I have written several articles since and The Weekly Spin has returned from hiatus and we will be recording our 59th episode tonight! I have been very busy with my school work this semester but, I have also been doing extracurricular activities as well! I am producing Newsbreak, the night campus news show every Tuesday as well as working as crew for the show every night, which is 4 nights a week! I have also worked crew in 2 live basketball games and have really enjoyed that! In addition, I helped high school students in the DVC 4500 video contest in developing their 5 minute short films and then I helped judge the first round of judging which was a very fun experience.

Tuesday, I will be traveling to Dallas with my National Broadcasting Society grup to the national conference in Dallas, Texas. I am excited to attend workshops and learn new skills! We will also be touring various production facillities while we are in Dallas and I plan to take many pictures which I will post on my Flickr account.

Well Happy New Year first, off and it has been a long time since I wrote one of these updates, since September in fact. This was the third year of blogging on Gdovin.net and I am proud to announce that at the end of 2009 I have over 250 posts! The Weekly Spin has now gone over 50 episodes and is on hiatus for most of January as Plaz travels to China.

I also finished my first semester of college and got a 3.0 GPA! I really enjoyed it and got to do a lot of fun projects. In my Fundamentals of Video production class, I got to Produce and direct a 5 minute live-to-tape show in the TV studio which was very fun . In Scriptwriting for Electronic Media, our final project was to write a script for an episode of a show that we chose. I wrote an episode of Family Guy which I really liked too and was fun to explore the scriptwriting process. In addition to classes I was a Producer and Crew memeber for the nightly news show on campus, Newsbreak. I also am a member of National Broadcasting Society, and went to Millersville University in November for the regional convention. In March we will be going to Dallas, Texas for the National convention.

I am currently working on a new project that I will be revealing soon. So, keep an eye out for that. That’s all I have right now but, I will try not to forget about these again and get back to doing them monthly!

Picture from My Flickr Page

Well it’s been over a month since I wrote my last update and there have been some changes since then! The biggest change is that I am now a college student at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania majoring in Electronic Media! I just completed my 4th week of class, and  I have really enjoyed college a lot! Some of my experiences have become blog posts like my idea of College without General Education Course and College Technology Survival Guide, and  be sure to expect more college-related posts as time goes by. I have posted pictures of my Dorm room to Flickr and will post many more once I get my camera back from being repaired. This semester I am taking: Scriptwriting for Electronic Media and Fundamentals of Video Production for Major-course, both I enjoy very much. One thing that Kutztown does in their media department, that most schools do not is they let us use all their equipment the first semester of our  classes while many others teach theory for the first year and then let the students use the equipment. Then for general education I am taking: College Composition, Introduction to Music Literature, and History of Civilization B. In addition to school work, I joined several activities on campus. First is Newsbreak, which is the fully student-run 15 minute  news show that broadcasts throughout campus and the surrounding areas. I will be working on Newsbreaks two nights a week, Tuesday as a Producer and Thrusday as Crew! I also joined the National Broadcasting Society, which is a group where broadcasting students, get together at conferences, learn more through workshops and network with professionals already in the field to have job-leads before graduating college. NBS also allows us togo on tours of production studios, and go to really cool conferences, the National Conference this year is going to be in Dallas, Texas! I also joined my residence Hall Council as well!

I have not done too much as far as websites are concerned, since I have been adjusting to college life, however, I have posted a few articles to my blog and more will be coming out soon. I also have some big plans for Gdovin.net in the near future with a new site design, and the addition of a portfolio page so that as I develop some broadcast-related work, I can post it and have the best of it availible so everyone can see it! The Weekly Spin just hit 40 episodes! We only took one week off so Plaz an I could adjust to college but we are back on track and are now recording and releasing episodes on Sunday! I have a few new ideas for projects but, they are all in the early stages so I will share them if they make it to be  developed!

I just got a 1 Terrabyte External Firewire Hard Drive for my birthday which will be dedicated to al my video work and it is great! I have also become more of a user of web/cloud storage and now use Dropbox to synchronize my school work between my computers! I have also gotten pictures included in Schmap Guide of New York City for my pictures of Time Square and Rockefeller Center.

I think that is all for now, expect some changes to Gdovin.net soon and I will be working on some more content very soon!

It has alreeady been almost a month since my last personal update and it has been a busy month and I will be getting even busier soon!

On the web front, I merged Cloud Scoop into Gdovin.net’s Cloud Computing Section, which I did because I could not fid too much content to keep both sites running and since I am going to college and will be becoming a full time student I figured it would be best to limit my web activities. Gdovin.net not only has all the old Cloud Scoop content, I have also been adding video editing solutions and some other great content. The Weekly Spin has been continuing and Plaz and I agreed hopefully to only take one week off for moving into college and then continue the show. Tecker 911 has recorded it’s final and 100th episode! I will definitly tweet when the last episodes are released.

On the personal front, I am moving into college in exactly two weeks! This is really soon and I still have a lot to do but, I am very excited! I ordered all my textbooks from Amazon.com which saved a lot of money over the school bookstore. I went to New Orleans and the beach, I just got back from the beach , all my pictures are on Flickr!

That is about it for now, but, I will be blogging at college about experiences and all! I may not be able to blog as often depending on my workload but, I will try and blog when I have something to write if I have time!

It has been a while since I have written a personal update adn a bunch of things happened since my last update. The biggest thing is that I am preparing for college, I am moving in in a little over a month! I went to New York with my friend Michael Plasmeier and have pictures posted on my Flickr! I also got my new HP Mini 1000 netbook and love it, what an amazing computer I love it for short trips so I don’t need to have my full computer with me. I also got a refurbished Canon Vixia HF 100 high-definition camera, review coming soon. This is the same camera Plaz has that we use for Tecker 911 and it is amazing!

Speaking of Tecker 911, we shot 11 episodes on Monday and have recorded up to episode 99! This coming Monday, we are recording episode 100 which will also be the series finale! It has been a great run for the past 3 years but with 3 of the hosts going to 3 seperate colleges and the other two hosts still in High Scholl there was no real plausible way to keep the show running.

I will be going to New Orleans, Louisianna on Tuesday for a church trip to help rebuild the city! I will definitly take a lot of pictures and post them to Flickr when I get back! This will be a fun trip that also will help people in need in New Orleans!

The Weekly Spin has been going along well, we have recorded 32 episodes and our most recent episode had a video version as well because we recorded it after the Tecker 911 shoot! Cloud Scoop has gotten a few new posts but, I am running out of ideas and don’t think that I will have a lot of time for it once I am in college. I definitly will keep writing to my blog as I think of topics, but I will have to see how much time I have after classes and studying and all! I hope to keep as many sites going as possible but, I have to put school first. I have a few ideas for future videos that I hope to be putting out in the near future and I have been itching to make more videos because it is what I am majoring in and I really enjoy making them!

That is it for now, I hope to write more soon!

Ok, so a lot has been going on recenly, and I have not been writing enough personal updates.

On the blog front, although I  am no longer writing posts 5-days-a-week, I am still activly writing new high-quality posts for Gdovin.net and currently I have written predictions for WWDC and will write a wrap-up on Tuesday after the event.

The Weekly Spin has gotten up to 26 episodes and is going strong. I have begun to write more product and service reviews on Cloud Scoop, recently and I have been standardizing the pages on all my sites to include contact forms, about the site pages and other nessesary pages. Gdovin.net Video has released 3 new videos recently and I have some ideas for more great videos.

Websites are moving at the same rate as usual personally  I have been quite busy.  I will be graduating High School tonight and will be getting ready for college this summer. I also have found a disk of old pictures from 2002-2005 that was fun to copy onto my computer and sort through and upload to Flickr. I have been doing a lot of stuff and should be slowing down soon and should let me spend some more time developing my websites.

Wow, March went very fast, and I got a lot of stuff done. First of all Gdovin.net has continued to have new posts five days a week and has covered many topics and has also provided full coverage of  new iPhone 3.0 software release. The Weekly Spin has continued to released shows this month although I had to miss to of them, but, still The Weekly Spin has been holding strong. As for Cloud Scoop, I have not done anything with it recently but, I plan to have a plan very soon and I will be posting it there. I also have some other plans for the Gdovin Network that I plan on announcing very soon.Gdovin.net videos have slowed down, but i plan on releasing more videos very soon. I also have become a part of a podcast all about Apple called The Apple Juice Show, which is very successful and I have enjoyed being apart thus far and continue look forward to hosting in the future.

In addition to all my web work, I have also been busy offline,  I went to my final year of my church retreat at Harvey Ceaders and I will miss it but, I am considering returning next year as an adult advisor. Then last week, I attended the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Hershey where I won Tenth Place in the State. I also finished the Junior Achevement program which was a lot of fun and a valuable learning experience about business. I am currently on Sping Break so I will have more time to dedicate to my projects so expect a lot of new stuff very soon!

Wow, February has been a very busy month between launching Cloud Scoop, a new site dedicated to Cloud Computing, moving to daily blog posts and becoming an Eagle Scouts. February has been a bit busy and March won’t be much better. February was also the start of the second semester of my Senior year of school. I know Since I have posted two announcements during the month there is not too much more to report. I plan on write many more great blog posts and I have a lot of ideas. As for new stuff, I will launch at least one new service but, I will officially announce sometime this month hopefully in the first half. I might even launch a new podcast in March although that is not certain.

The Weekly Spin is up to 13 episodes and I am very happy with the progress the show has made. Gdovin.net now has over 100 posts and I’m looking forward to the next 100! Overall, Gdovin.net and the rest of the Gdovin network is moving along quickly!

I wanted to give everyone a peak into what a regular day for me is and all the different things I do during the day. This a whole day of events from Saturday January 3rd 2009. I plan on doing a weekday Day in the life soon and will post that to the site as well.

A Day in the Life of Mike Gdovin:

7:37- Woke up and Made tea

7:45- Got on Computer and check my email

7:47- Read News on Google Reader

8:05- Watched Scam School

8:22- Created Gdovin Network Page on Gdovin.net

8:32- Renamed “My Sites” Page to Gdovin Network

8:36- Added Gdovin Network Banner to all Gdovin Network sites

9:09-Wrote friend regarding new project we discussed and see if he is ready to begin now or if he wants to hold off

9:15- Shared Google Document of  my plans for this project with friend to get plans rolling

9:18- Cleaned out old papers

9:25- Worked on developing new website set to go live sometime between Late January and Early February

9:41- Published first post on New website

9:50- Investgated Screen capture software for Mac

10:06- Tested iShowU HD and was impressed by results, plan to buy soon!

10:08- Researched how to use my own Router with Verizon Fios because Fios router is really bad

10:19- Ate Breakfast

10:45- Writing another article for new website

11:23- Investegated names for new website. I found a great name and cannot wait to announce it with the site!

11:50- Setup Google Analytics on all Gdovin Network sites to replace Statpress extention WordPress for more insightful analytics

12:35- Setup Podtrac Tracker to track downloads for my Audio Podcast The Weekly Spin

1:20- Unpacked from Recent trip from The Poconos that I just got back from yesterday!

1:34- Cleaned Tea Pots and made second batch of tea

1:41- Read new emails

1:49-  Wrote email about new method of advertising Gdovin.net

2:00 Read Google Reader news feeds

2:03- Removed unnecessary Google Reader Feeds

2:12- Looked into Google Notebook and discovered it is a great tool that I plan to utilize in the near future

2:13- Checked out Google Site Builder although I do not plan on using it, many people ask me what they should use and I want to see if I shuld suggest Google Sites.

2:16- Decided that Google Site builder is very good for people who want basic web development or do not wish to pay for a full web package

2:19- Went to Adagio.com and put together order from Adgio to restock my Tea

2:33- Downloaded the Weekly Spin Episode 4 to add intro music which was left out by Substitute editor when I was on Vacation. I added music in Audacity and exported it back to a MP3.

2:41-  Uploaded new Version of the Weekly Spin to web!

2:46- Double checked that new version worked on site- SUCCESS!

2:50- Browsed LinkedIn

3:06 Shower

3:36- Continued browsing LinkedIn

3:47- Wrote another new article for new website

4:15: Took a quick snack break while, planing out the rest of the day!

4:25- Put finishing touches on Blog posts I started while on Vacation!

4:50- Set blog release schedule for most of January- there is a lot of good stuff coming

5:07- Updated Personal Events Calendar on Google Calendar

5:16- Cleadedup and fixed Gmail Filters and Labels

5:23 Read More news on Google Reader

5:27- Wrote new blog post on Gdovin.net set to be released in Late January

5:52- Checked Flickr photo statistics

6:05 Looked at Google Adsense earnings from Gdovin.net

6:08- Checked Web Package usage to see how many resource I have availible

6:10 Found Out that I  am only using 25% of my allotted disk space!

6:14- Settup Twitter Account for The Weekly Spin

6:29- Wrote email to Michael Plasmeier regarding upcoming Tecker 911 shoot

6:35- Cleaning up Tecker 911 episode topics list on Projectpath

6:53- Ate Dinner

7:17- Updated Resume

7:38- Talked to Friends over Instant Messaging

7:41- Talked to Steven Stinson about future plans for The Weekly Spin and specifically the upcoming episode and special plans

8:13- Read Gooogle Reader news Feeds

9:00- Researched National Wifi Plan and Network Neutrality online, I know so much more now and plan to write about it on Gdovin.net!

9:45- Typed Up A Day in the Life Article

10:07- Watched Tekzilla

10:39- Read Google News feeds on last time!

10:45 Read last email of the Night

10:48- Went to Sleep