“As of November 1, 2006, Odeo phone posting will no longer accept calls. We will continue to host and serve all MP3s made with the service indefinitely, but you will no longer be able to use it to post new audio.” Until moments ago, I would recommend Odeo and Hipcast (formerly Audioblog.com) as the easiest …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Introducing the HijackingWP Script
One of my biggest problems with podcasting is the production process. Even without editing the audio, the process is far too manual to repeat without inherent discouragement (65 podcasts in year 1 and 20 in year 2 should speak to that). In an effort to publish more and make podcasting as effortless as writing this …
The ‘With’ Exception that Proves the ‘Because Of’ Rule
“Ahem, because you’re not [making money in podcasting] doesn’t mean that others aren’t.” – Kris Smith, Pale Groove Studios
First Crack 86. Busting the 12-Step Cycle
The first crack at the new, fully-automated publication process. Listen to Busting the 12-Step Cycle [2 min] (This podcast brought to you by HijackingWP)
“Statistically Nobody is Listening to Your Podcast”
“…at the beginning of the year Feedburner had 1 million subscriptions to podcasts it helped deliver. That number has now grown to 5 million subscribers for 71,000 podcasts. For you math fans, that means the average podcast has … 70 subscribers. – Frank Barnako” (emphasis mine.) 70 is a great number. It’s not a number …
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This is a Test Post Using Applescript
Not much more to say. Things really shouldn’t look different on your end.
Severe Cold Alert
Monday night, I stopped by the Target cold and flu aisle on the way home from the Emerging Digerati presentation. I’m thankful that cold remedy makers put they symptoms on the box front; body ache, sore throat, fever, headache. Tuesday, all the symptoms were turned up to 11. The few conversations I had, were hastily …
Shure is Quiet in Here: A Review of the E2c-n Sound Isolating Earphones
Noticing I get more work done with headphones on and music drowning out the rest of the world, I picked up a pair of Shure E2c-n Sound Isolating Earphones – thinking I wouldn’t need the music up so loud. I don’t know how I could have handled airplane travel without them. The rest of the …
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First Crack 85. Jeremy Messersmith Talking about the Alcatrez Kid
Here’s my long-awaited conversation with Jeremy Messersmith talking about his new album, the Alcatraz Kid ($13.00 PayPal, City Pages review, Pulse review), and playing a couple of the songs of from it – two of my favorites (Day Job, Snow Day) and one of Jeremy’s (Great Times). Listen to Jeremy Messersmith Talking about the Alcatrez …
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Slow Marketing
“slow marketing is a focus on human, one-on-one connections” – Evelyn Rodriguez The great thing about technologies like RSS, is their low-committment persistence, their bias for – as Evelyn calls it – ‘slow marketing’. For example, take real estate. It’s a big purchase occurring infrequently. Most of the time, I’m not looking for or buying …