I’ve been saving Dave Slusher’s Punk and NaNoWriMo [mp3] talk until I could give it a proper listen. After a week of working through some very hard problems – and only still only seeing just a glimpse of a solution, this morning seemed like a good time. Around the 27 minute mark, Dave mentions the …
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Kindle 2.0 – 2nd Impressions
Dave’s “Decade of Ebook Arguments” post took me back a decade, to my first portable MP3 player – the Diamond Rio‘s 800 1 If memory serves, the 800 had 64Mb of storage2 – just enough audio for the walk from the apartment for the L ride into Loop. Not even enough for something new on …
Something New In the Air
Two of my favorite people are starting new podcast projects in the next week. Kris Smith formerly of Croncast will be launching Life in the Can next Friday, still with Betsy on the other mic. Dave Slusher is launching the Reality Break podcast a couple days later. Both projects are aiming to be more sponsorship-friendly …
Dave Just Got a New Phone
There was a time when, if you wanted telephone service, there was one model that AT&T leased to you. Today, there’s no requirement that you and I must use the same phone when we talk to each other. Just as there’s no requirement that we must use the same email or IM client. This weekend, …
Podcasting is My Co-Pilot
I’ve been making regular trips across the metro lately, the time in the car and all the road construction detours are perfect for podcast listening. Via a recommendation from Dean Allen, I grabbed Stephen Fry’s Podgrams. I quite enjoy all Fry’s work, from Jeeves & Wooster though to his appearances on Bones1. His podgrams are …
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 …