Career
He is best known for his involvement in the development and promotion of new media technology, and for his work in new media production. Aldrich is a University of Washington Information Technology Department Manager connected with the establishment of the first formal educational podcasting service in Washington State, in October, 2005. The University of Washington project was also the first fully automated podcasting system used in the educational environment.
The goal of automation was to reduce the technology burden for instructors.
In April, 2007, Aldrich and his development team introduced an automated video screen capture system at the Pack Forest Conference Center, in Eatonville, Washington. The system replicated the automated model of their audio podcasting system, and delivered flash video, screen capture, chapter-markers, and sound to students through a Web interface.
In 2008, Aldrich began producing Peckhammer television, a web television documentary series about people who ride and race motorcycles. Aldrich filled a void resulting from the lack of special interest motorcycle programming on Television by creating a motorsport show on the Internet.
Forty-two episodes of Peckhammer television were created between January 2008 and November 2010.
In 2011, he released Randy Parsons: American Luthier, a documentary short about a Seattle guitar-maker whose client list includes Jack White, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, and many other well-known guitarists. The film aired on KCTS-9"s Reel Northwest series in 2014.