I’ve lost my passion for the Amazing Race. Maybe it’s the time switch – from 8pm Tuesdays to 7pm Wednesdays. Dunno. It feels like the segments between the commercial breaks are so fast cutting that nothing happens – like I don’t have time to focus on what’s going on. On the whole, the challenges this …
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Gillmor Gang & WSJ vs Hugh MacLeod & Dave Winer
Jason Calcanis says, “With three or four ad slots you’re gonna do a $3 to $10 RPM…So, if you can do 500,000 pages a month…you can make $1,500 to $5,000 a month.” Gillmor Gang says Hugh MacLeod should sell his cartoons as an advertising-delivery channel. “But journalists seem to have a problem getting their head …
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Where Are Your Customers Going To Be Tomorrow?
Today, perhaps a small handful of people are skimming 300+ RSS feeds on their laptops, publishing podcasts and blogs, etc. Tomorrow that number will be more. Next week that number will be more. Next year, etc. If there’s anything I took away from a childhood in rural Wisconsin, it’s when hunting, you aim for where …
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Coke Blak? Bleeech
Inspired by Eric Rice, I just recorded a Coke Blak tasting podcast.
Now You Know I’m Listening To Your Podcast
I’m in the early stages of a couple podcast listener measurement methods. Methods that put the control in the hands of the listener – not the podcaster or a third-party – and the metrics in the hand of the podcaster, not a third-party. I’m trying one of the methods out with a small handful of …
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What’s In Your Media Bag?
In First Crack Podcast #77, Erik Dahl mentions his ‘media bag’. A bag of recording devices and gear ready to document any event. Got me thinking about consolidating all my gear more intelligently in a single, unified, media bag. First step – inventory: iRiver IFP-790 M-Audio MobilePre USB Mobile Preamp Powerbook (does this count?) Lots …
Amazing Race Season 9 – Episode 7
All you need to know about tonight’s episode; BJ & Tyler weren’t eliminated, the Dentists were. Everything else – aside from the wrestling – blah. Garrick’s Favorites BJ & Tyler – #5 Ray & Yolanda – #2
First Crack 77. The Smith 3 on the State of Podcasting
The Smith 3 – Kris Smith (Croncast, Pale Groove Studios), Erik Dahl and Garrick Van Buren (Working Pathways, First Crack Podcast) – are back and we run through the state of podcasting, including; The recent Forrester research report The difference between podcasting as unique media form versus audio distribution method. Erik talks about using podcasts …
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Your Podcast Is Easy To Igonore
Related Posts: Podcasting’s Image Problem The Center of Podcasting Podcasting is Ron Popeil for Radio Elsewhere: “I’m doing my best to find a show that doesn’t spend most of it’s time discussing the goods or services of a third party” – Conrad Slater Conrad, might I suggest the First Crack podcast “The slicker you make …
Wanted: Server-side Torrent Generator
I’m in the market for a server-side torrent generator. Something I can point a URL at and will spit out a torrent file. Google’s coming up empty on this. I know one’s out there. Do you know where it is? Auto RSS Torrent looks promising.