Bencredible

The launch of STS-123 is coming up (hopefully) on March 11th in the wee hours of the morning. I wanted to get at least one on-demand show out the door for SpaceVidcast.com as well as prep for live coverage of STS-123. A couple things were missing though, namely a web site design. Sure we have the logos for the live show and whatnot, but no web site. Bluefox to the rescue!

Web Design version 1 (click for larger version)

Large Banner

Standard Ad Banner

Small Ad Banner

Vertical Ad Banner

Some of the text needs to change before I start using the banners. I would like to partner up with sites like NASASpaceFlight.com and Spaceflightnow.com. To do that I don’t want to compete with their core audience who will be reading breaking news. My goal is to bring awareness to the masses on why space flight is important for humanity, why it is worth the billions and billions of dollars it takes and frankly to get people excited about space travel again.

I am working on a new personal project which right now is known as NASASpaceCast.com (no domain there yet so no actual link). This will be a weekly live video podcast on all things space flight as well as live coverage of NASA space missions including the upcoming STS-123 flight to the International Space Station.

So far I have many pieces of the puzzle in place. I already own all the audio gear myself (I have some pretty kick butt gear), I have the computer but what was missing was the video side and the show image. The video portion of the show is near completion with a new revision of CamTwist from Steve Green (it is going to be uber cool). The show image (branding) is being worked on by BlueFox AKA Sean Blake (one of my favorite designers) and below is the first draft of what you’re going to start to see.

This of course is just the logo and will be the basis for what all of the show graphic, advertising banners and templates look like. I also need to make a final decision on domain name. The options I have are: NASASpaceCast.com, SpaceVideocast.com, SpaceVidcast.com and SpaceFlightCast.com. If you have a preference please leave it in the comments below. Personally I go between NASASpaceCast.com and SpaceVidcast.com. What I really want is Spacecast.com but that’s not going to happen as it is already taken by a TV network (curses!)

The final steps will be to create a theme song, which I’ll start working on soon and finish up the show outline. I’m really close to release, about 80% there. Then again I was 75% of the way there about 2 months ago. I’m in the stages where one element can hold up the whole thing. Unlike other live videocasts and podcasts I want to ensure that I have fantastic production values and make a show that is fun and interesting to watch week after week. Content is king but it needs to be fun too!

Keep watching Bencredible.com for more interesting announcements and behind-the-scenes info on NASASpaceFlight, the Compass Networks (more on that soon), and the resurrection of the old TechnologyEvangelist.com podcasts under a new brand. Very exciting stuff is headed your way soon! I’ll keep updating everyone on the progress of these projects here.