Podcast: A Conversation with Michael Smolens, dotSUB
We’ve recorded another podcast!
WeMedia is producing a regular podcast that features in-depth interviews with prominent media, technology, and social change figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news. Today marks our second installment. Our goal is to help the WeMedia community understand the roots of the changes taking place in our society, hear from the thinkers and doers who are on the front lines, really understand the difficulties facing the media, consumers, and others — all while being somewhat entertaining.
Today’s podcast features a conversation with Michael Smolens, the founder and CEO of dotSUB, a browser based tool enabling subtitling of videos on the web into and from any language. The platform is terrific, easy to use, and already having an impact on how content moves around the world. More importantly, however, Michael Smolens and the dotSUB team are thinking about the implications that language has on our politics and culture what role video — and the subtitling of video — could play in the future of the world’s economy. We talk about all of that, plus how Michael Smolen’s background in manufacturing has prepared him for the digital age and how he finds balance in his life.
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(We are still getting the hang of this podcasting thing, and we know there is lots of room for improvement. Help us — tell us what we can do better, where we can and should make changes. Please. We welcome your suggestions for how to improve the podcast, as well as ideas for guests and topics for future recordings.)
Brian is Managing Director of little m media which provides strategic guidance and support to organizations around the use of the internet and technology to facilitate communications, engagement, education, and mobilization.
