OWC RADiO Other World Computing

David Valdez, interviewed on OWC Radio with Host Cirina Catania, is a former Presidential photographer who worked with George Bush 41. He also photographed LBJ, worked for the National Park Service, the Habitat for Humanities, and the Republican National Committee. On the morning of 911, he was only two blocks away from the U.S. Capital and heard the plane hitting the Pentagon. He hasn't stopped working and volunteering his skills for over 50 years . It's a sure bet you'll find him at the yearly Texas Corvette Invasion wielding his 500 mm lens. This was a fascinating conversation!







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ABOUT OWC: Other World Computing, under the leadership of Larry O’Connor since he was 15 years old, has expanded to all corners of the world and works every day to create hardware and software that make the lives of creatives and business-oriented companies faster, more efficient and more stable.  Go to MacSales.com for more information and to discover an ecosystem that serves your needs. As Larry says, "Our dedication to excellence and sustainable innovation extends beyond our day-to-day business and into the community. We strive for zero waste, both environmentally and strategically. Our outlook is to the long term, and in everything we do, we look for simplicity in action and sustainability in practice. For us, it’s as much about building exceptional relationships, as it is about building exceptional products."







ABOUR OUR SHOW RUNNER & HOST: Cirina Catania, is a successful filmmaker, former Sr Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at MGM-UA and United Artists and one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival. She is the founder, CEO and Executive Director of the 501(c)3 High School Media Collective. Cirina is Founder/Lead Creative at the Catania Group Global est. circa 1989, partner, Lumberjack System, as well as Tech Ambassador for companies such as Blackmagic Design.  She is a long-time member of the Producers Guild, Writers Guild, Cinematographers Guild, the National Press Club, National Press Photographer’s Association, and more. She has worked as a writer, director, supervising producer, cinematographer, post-producer, or marketing exec on over 150 film, television and new media projects for the big screen as well as for networks such as National Geographic and Discovery.







OWC RADiO is recorded in the Catania Studios in San Diego, most of the time on a Shure SMB via Zoom and Audio Hijack. Cirina edits this show on Final Cut and Lumberjack's Builder.

George Edmondson and his team at Seed Creative have figured out how to keep their production clients happy, deliver great videos and still have a life with their families. How do they do it? What makes them tick? And why are authenticity and humor important? These topics and more kept the conversation going with our host, Cirina Catania. We hope you find some of your answers in this lively discussion. Thanks for listening! And thank you to Larry O'Connor and the team at Other World Computing for supporting this podcast.







If you enjoy our podcast, please subscribe and tell all your friends about us! We love our listeners. And, if you have ideas for segments, write to OWCRadio@catania.us. We are always up for new ideas!







ABOUT OWC: Other World Computing, under the leadership of Larry O’Connor since he was 15 years old, has expanded to all corners of the world and works every day to create hardware and software that make the lives of creatives and business-oriented companies faster, more efficient and more stable.  Go to MacSales.com for more information and to discover an ecosystem that serves your needs. As Larry says, "Our dedication to excellence and sustainable innovation extends beyond our day-to-day business and into the community. We strive for zero waste, both environmentally and strategically. Our outlook is to the long term, and in everything we do, we look for simplicity in action and sustainability in practice. For us, it’s as much about building exceptional relationships, as it is about building exceptional products."







ABOUR OUR SHOW RUNNER & HOST: Cirina Catania, is a successful filmmaker, former Sr Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at MGM-UA and United Artists and one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival. She is the founder, CEO and Executive Director of the 501(c)3 High School Media Collective. Cirina is Founder/Lead Creative at the Catania Group Global est. circa 1989, partner, Lumberjack System, as well as Tech Ambassador for companies such as Blackmagic Design.  She is a long-time member of the Producers Guild, Writers Guild, Cinematographers Guild, the National Press Club, National Press Photographer’s Association, and more. She has worked as a writer, director, supervising producer, cinematographer, post-producer, or marketing exec on over 150 film, television and new media projects for the big screen as well as for networks such as National Geographic and Discovery.







OWC RADiO is recorded in the Catania Studios in San Diego, most of the time on a Shure SMB via Zoom and Audio Hijack. Cirina edits this show on Final Cut and Lumberjack's Builder.

Adam Sims is a world-class professional windsurfer turned cinematographer and director. He travels the world filming, editing and curating content for famous brands involved in World and European tours in multiple action and extreme sports…and, he still jumps in when he gets tempted into an international competition. 







We met Adam because he uses OWC gear, specifically the Atlas media cards and the Envoy SSD Drives. Of course, we wanted a report!







Our host, Cirina Catania, interviewed him about his years starting with sailing his familyall the way to his ridiculously amazing windsurfing. As with most extreme athletes, he’s had his share of injuries, but he overcame them, continued on and now he has his own company AALVAA Media working across the globe.  







He about talked gear, wind, sand and sound…You’ll find this fascinating.







If you enjoy our podcast, please subscribe and tell all your friends about us! We love our listeners. And, if you have ideas for segments, write to OWCRadio@catania.us. We are always up for new ideas!







ABOUT OWC: Other World Computing, under the leadership of Larry O’Connor since he was 15 years old, has expanded to all corners of the world and works every day to create hardware and software that make the lives of creatives and business-oriented companies faster, more efficient and more stable.  Go to MacSales.com for more information and to discover an ecosystem that serves your needs. As Larry says, "Our dedication to excellence and sustainable innovation extends beyond our day-to-day business and into the community. We strive for zero waste, both environmentally and strategically. Our outlook is to the long term, and in everything we do, we look for simplicity in action and sustainability in practice. For us, it’s as much about building exceptional relationships, as it is about building exceptional products."







ABOUT OUR SHOWRUNNER AND HOST: Filmmaker Cirina Catania, the Founder and Lead Creative at The Catania Group Global, has been involved as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer or marketing exec on over 130 film, television and new media projects for the big screen as well as for networks such as National Geographic, Discovery, etc. She is one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival and former senior executive at MGM-UA and United Artists. She recently founded the non-profit, High School Media Collective and has a roster of over 50 leading technologists and trainers teaching media literacy to high schoolers. Cirina lives in San Diego, D.C. and Berlin when she is not on the road filming for her projects or for clients, or speaking as a tech evangelist for companies such as Blackmagic Design and Lumberjack System. For nine years, she was the original “BuZZ Babe” showrunner on the weekly tech podcast, Digital Production BuZZ heard in 195 countries.  Cirina is a member of Local 600 (IATSE), the PGA and the WGA. Best way to know more about her is to type her name into your favorite search engine! There you will find all the good stuff. 

We all use MEMORY CARDS! OWC has an internal team made up of some of the industry's best engineers and technical planing experts. Farchid Tabrzizi is their Senior VP of Flash Memory and Media Development. In this detailed "under the hood" discussion with OWC RADiO's host, Cirina Catania, we examine the history of memory cards, and riff on OWC's new line of CF cards type B.







We love tech, right? And isn’t it fun to know more about how things work?  Today, we unbox those new Atlas memory cards that we use in our stills and video cameras. 







If you enjoy our podcast, please subscribe and tell all your friends about us! We appreciate all our listeners worldwide. You have put us in the top ten of podcasts! If you have ideas for segments, write to OWCRadio@catania.us. We are always up for new ideas!







ABOUT OWC: Other World Computing, under the leadership of Larry O’Connor since he was 15 years old, has expanded to all corners of the world and works every day to create hardware and software that make the lives of creatives and business-oriented companies faster, more efficient and more stable.  Go to MacSales.com for more information and to discover an ecosystem that serves your needs. As Larry says, "Our dedication to excellence and sustainable innovation extends beyond our day-to-day business and into the community. We strive for zero waste, both environmentally and strategically. Our outlook is to the long term, and in everything we do, we look for simplicity in action and sustainability in practice. For us, it’s as much about building exceptional relationships, as it is about building exceptional products."







ABOUT Cirina Catania, our host: She is the Founder and Lead Creative at The Catania Group Global, has been involved as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer or marketing exec on over 130 film, television and new media projects for the big screen as well as for networks such as National Geographic, Discovery, etc. She is one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival and former senior executive at MGM-UA and United Artists. Cirina lives in San Diego, D.C. and Berlin when she is not on the road filming for her projects or for clients, or speaking as a tech evangelist for companies such as Blackmagic Design and Lumberjack System. For nine years, she was the original “BuZZ Babe” showrunner on the weekly tech podcast, Digital Production BuZZ heard in 195 countries.  Cirina is a member of Local 600 (IATSE), the PGA and the WGA. Best way to know more about her is to type her name into your favorite search engine! There you will find all the good stuff. 

We ALL need to find better ways to catalogue and manage our media, track b-roll, monetize what we’ve shot and preserve those valuable assets for the future! Mick Reed, CEO of Clippn.com, explains all to our host, Cirina Catania, in an interview guaranteed to elevate your success and ease the stress of your work life.







If you enjoy our podcast, please subscribe and tell all your friends about us! We love our listeners. And, if you have ideas for segments, write to OWCRadio@catania.us. We are always up for new ideas!







ABOUT OWC: Other World Computing, under the leadership of Larry O’Connor since he was 15 years old, has expanded to all corners of the world and works every day to create hardware and software that make the lives of creatives and business-oriented companies faster, more efficient and more stable.  Go to MacSales.com for more information and to discover an ecosystem that serves your needs.







Our host, Filmmaker Cirina Catania, is the Founder and Lead Creative at Catania Studios. She has been involved as a writer, director, producer, cinematographer or marketing exec on over 150 film, television and new media projects for the big screen as well as for networks such as National Geographic, Discovery, etc. She is one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival and former senior executive at MGM-UA and United Artists. Her non-profit, the High School Media Collective provides media literacy education and career guidance to high schoolers throughout the United States. Cirina lives in San Diego, D.C. and Berlin when she is not on the road filming for her projects or for clients, or speaking as a tech evangelist for companies such as Blackmagic Design and Lumberjack System. Cirina is a member of Local 600 (IATSE), the PGA and the WGA.

You're staring at the blank page. Maybe you are on deadline. Maybe you just REALLY want to put your thoughts down on that page. But you are blocked. Jacob Kreuger, Founder of Jacob Kreuger Studio and host of the popular podcast, Write Your Screenplay, has the solutions. He talks with OWC RADiO host, Cirina Catania, about his secret anti-writers-block technique, and three skills every successful writer needs. He enlightens us on how to survive toxic mentors/producers/production executives and best communication practices...structure, subconscious mind vs. conscious mind, moleskin vs the iPhone, beat sheets...and more. You'll want to take notes while listening! Or just revisit OWC RADiO whenever you like at OWCRADiO.com !







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If you enjoy our podcast, please subscribe and tell all your friends about us! We love our listeners. And, if you have ideas for segments, write to OWCRadio@catania.us. We are always up for new ideas!







ABOUT OWC: Other World Computing, under the leadership of Larry O’Connor since he was 15 years old, has expanded to all corners of the world and works every day to create hardware and software that make the lives of creatives and business-oriented companies faster, more efficient and more stable.  Go to MacSales.com for more information and to discover an ecosystem that serves your needs. As Larry says, "Our dedication to excellence and sustainable innovation extends beyond our day-to-day business and into the community. We strive for zero waste, both environmentally and strategically. Our outlook is to the long term, and in everything we do, we look for simplicity in action and sustainability in practice. For us, it’s as much about building exceptional relationships, as it is about building exceptional products."







ABOUT CIRINA CATANIA: Cirina Catania, is a successful filmmaker, former Sr Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at MGM-UA and United Artists and one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival. Her movie, "The Purple Heart" about two generations of wounded warriors is nearing completionShe is the founder, CEO and Executive Director of the non-profit, High School Media Collective. Cirina is Founder/Lead Creative at the Catania Group est. circa 1989, Showrunner and Host of OWC RADiO and partner, Lumberjack System, as well as Tech Ambassador for companies such as Blackmagic Design.  She is a long-time member of the Producers Guild, Writers Guild, Cinematographers Guild, the National Press Club, National Press Photographer’s Association, and more. She has worked as a writer,