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Archive for October, 2006

Trick or Treat

Posted by Bob on October 31st, 2006

Our great creations

These are the 2006 pumpkins.
Yep the Halloween pictures are up. No, I don’t have my own pro flickr account, just a basic one. So for the important stuff we use Cat’s flickr…

Libsyn sold!

Posted by Bob on October 26th, 2006

Yep – Libsyn has been sold, No, not to me – to Wizzard Software. No terms were disclosed, but I assume we’ll find out eventually..
Seems like an interesting match, Wizzard does text-to-speech and speech recognition, Libsyn hosts more podcasts than you can shake a stick at. Automatic transcripts for podcasts coming soon? I hope so!
Too [...]

3 year olds and user interface design

Posted by Bob on October 26th, 2006

So I’m working here in my home office, and I had to transfer a big file from a client site to my local machine. While it’s downloading, our 3 year old Simon walks in, sees the FTP progress bar on my screen and says :
Wait Papa – it’s doing something. You have to wait for [...]

AMPed!

Posted by Bob on October 23rd, 2006

As you may know, through mostlytunes I’m a member of AMP (Association of Music Podcasting).. This week, I host the AMP new music weekly #45, and I’ve put the show up as a mostlytunes episode as well.
Check it out, there’s some great music that you (and I) hadn’t heard before!

De-Virginified

Posted by Bob on October 16th, 2006

It’s true. I’m no longer pure.
Last night Sage Tyrtle had Mark Blevis,Bruce Murray and myself on Quirky Nomad’s Quirky Quiz. It was just about the most fun I’ve had on Skype in ages. If you’re not familiar with the format, listen to a few to get an idea for it. It’s a hoot.
My hat [...]

Powered by Passion

Posted by Bob on October 13th, 2006

Check out the comments on my “Is it really all about money” post. Andrea from Just one more Book has come up with a wonderful idea..
If clicking on that link is too much right now, here’s the nugget in her comment:
“..if we were to come up with a “Powered By Passion” icon, would those of [...]

iPod firmware flaw

Posted by Bob on October 11th, 2006

AHA!
I knew it wasn’t just me.. I’ve been following the threads on the Apple discussion boards, and people are having problems with podcasts and mono files. I discovered the problem went away when the EQ is turned off…
Here’s a document from Apple validating my findings. They don’t mention me specifically, but we all know [...]

Back to the future?

Posted by Bob on October 10th, 2006

Let’s mark Google’s purchase of YouTube by enjoying a clip from Tom Wilson, funny stand-up who played Biff in the Back to the Future movies.
Too many repetitive questions? Write a tune!

Is it really all about money?

Posted by Bob on October 6th, 2006

Feeling a bit reflective on this sunny friday before the long weekend…..
I’m looking through podcast-related news items, conference session topics.. and more and more the articles are about advertising/corporate/marketing/money/$$…. etc..
Is money really taking center stage, or am I reading the wrong sites? Maybe I’m naive, but when a “social media” wave such as podcasting takes [...]

Conferences, UNconferences and many hours in the car

Posted by Bob on October 5th, 2006

I’ve signed up for PodCamp Boston 2. The wonderful experience this year and the great people behind it make it a must-attend event for me.
I’ve also signed up to attend PodCamp Toronto in February. Great people behind this one too..
Then there’s Podcasters Across Borders / PodCamp Canada in Kingston in June 2007..
That’s about 3000kms planned [...]