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- Episode 10 - Great Ways We've Found to Manage Our Images
Image management is a key part of being a creative studio. From avoiding cloud storage services to image management gems, unsponsored and honest discussion and tips from small studio owners Eleanor and Trevor.
Useful Links...
NAS - Network Access Storage
Offline Backup Service (the one we use)
PureRef
Eagle 4
Eagle 4 Feature Video
Our Mailing List
22 min - Episode 9 - How to Combat Creative Block
What are some of the best ways to combat creative block? Every creative studio can have inspiration dry spells - usually with a deadline looming. We discuss some of the best ways to combat it and increase the flow of great ideas.
Useful Links...
Pollocks Toy Museum
British Folk Art at Tate Britain
John Cleese Talking About Open and Closed States
Seth Godin
15 min - Ep.8 - Sound FX
How does a small media studio without a Hollywood budget create high quality sound effects? What are some of the tricks and tools are available?
Useful Links...
Zoom H2N Handheld Recorder
Pond5 Stock Sound Effects
Reaper Digital Audio Workstation
Samarost 3 Sound Design YouTube Clip
Tapocketa Blog
17 min - Ep.7 - Splitting Your Business: The Power of Sub-Brands
How do you make sure you don’t present a muddled picture of the various aspects of your business? Is it clear to people what you do? Sub-branding may well be the solution.
Useful Links...
mini-tonic website
tapocketa website
tapocketa blog
12 min - Ep.6 - Why We Don't Use Adobe Software
With the latest Adobe controversy fresh in our minds, we discuss that and other reasons why we avoid using Adobe software at our creative studio.
Useful Links...
Photopea: To open Photoshop files
Affinity Suite (Photo, Designer and Publisher)
Tapocketa's website
Tapocketa mailing list
17 min - Ep.5 - Reversing The Creative Decline in Schools (part 2)
The second half of small creative studio owners look at the serious decline in the creative subjects in schools and what can be done to reverse the worrying trend and build up the next generation of talented creatives for small studios everywhere.
Useful Links:
Tapocketa Mailing List
13 min - Ep.4 - Reversing The Creative Decline in Schools (part 1)
With the recent UK election fresh in our minds and a 47% drop in the take up in creative subjects at schools since 2010, we discuss our thoughts on the state of creativity in our schools.
Useful links
Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk (mentioned in podcast)
Tapocketa's mailing list
13 min - Ep.3 - Tools We Use - Productivity
With numerous studio productivity tools out there, we picked the best and ditched the rest. There are two tools we use on a daily basis we believe are a great option for small studios [not sponsored content!].
Let’s go through them in our ten minute podcast…
Useful links:
Teux Deux
Notion
Tapocketa Mailing List
11 min - Ep.2 - Avoiding Computers
In the second of their weekly podcast, small creative studio owners, Eleanor and Trevor, discuss the benefits of embracing low tech solutions to advance the progress of your working day.
Useful links
Wafer 1 Lightbox: https://daylightcompany.com/wafer-1-lightbox/
Our Mailing List: https://www.tapocketa.com/mailing-list
20 min - Ep.1 - Why We Are Leaving Facebook (and Instagram) !
Eleanor Long and Trevor Young discuss why they are leaving Facebook (and Instagram) and what that means for the future of their marketing.
Useful links...
Our Mailing List: https://www.tapocketa.com/mailing-list
Our Blog (and RSS): https://www.tapocketa.com/blog
Us on Cara: https://cara.app/tapocketa
Cara home: https://cara.app/home
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About The Small Media Podcast
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Small media studio owners, Eleanor & Trevor, take an open and light-hearted look at the way they face the challenges of running a creative business. Small media with big impact.