Yesterday marked the inaugural meeting of the Videographer’s Association of Kansas here in Topeka. As the founding member, we felt that it was important to have an association in this part of the state for education and networking with others in the video industry. We had a great turn-out and everyone gave excellent feedback on the future of the group. If you happen to be a videographer and would like to join us at our next meeting, please feel free to contact us at kellen@studio32productions.com. We hope great things are in store for this new association and the videography industry as a whole, and we really appreciate all of the enthusiastic support we have gotten as we get this new endeavor off the ground.

So……for those of you who have not heard about Topeka’s bid to become the chosen city for Google’s upcoming ultra-high-speed broadband project, it is pretty entertaining. Google is planning on selecting a city in the U.S. to experiment with a new fiber-optic internet set-up, for which some very creative individuals of Topeka decided the town would be the perfect fit. Topekans have done everything from create new organizations to promote this idea, to spelling out “Google” with humans at a hockey game, to getting the mayor to officially proclaim that during the month of March Topeka would now be known as the city of “Google.” (more…)