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• Turning the Radio Off Last weekend was Chicago Trip #1. The drive put a pretty good dent in my Unlistened Podcast playlist - down to 17.5 days (from a high of 24). There were a couple of spots near the Wisconsin/Illinois border and around Schaumberg where the FM transmitter couldn’t hold a frequency. Rather than scanning the dial, I turned
• Where to Draw the Line on the Freemium Business Model  I’ve been thinking about “freemium” - Fred Wilson’s Favorite Business Model the last couple days, and sketched up where the boundaries feel right for me. How do these feel to you? Jason Fried on freemium-ish.
• Reflections on a Year of Podcasting On October 12th, 2004, I sat down with a Jabra Bluetooth headset, some since forgotten audio recording application, and published the first First Crack Podcast. How I’m doing the show now is far, far different than I did then - if only that I’m not hand-writing RSS. Despite improvements on my end, iTunes adding a
• Putting the ‘Fish’ in AmigoFish After 3-years of knowing what a fantastic idea it would be - I finally moved the Mac Mini into the living room and plugged it into the HDTV. While the initial plan was to use it as a DVD player1, it piqued my interested in video podcasts 2. Not knowing where to start, I headed
• Kongrats to Kris with a K Since the beginning of podcasting I’ve looked to Kris Smith to make a go of it professionally in a way that feels right (selling services) verses some of the smarmier approaches I’ve seen (CPM, shoehorning the broadcast network model). Today, Kris announced he’s leaving Room 214, the marketing firm he joined at the beginning