Live iPad GiveAway Show
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 1:32PM Well, it's time to start preparing for the live show I'm planning to do tomorrow. Live is uncharted territory for me, I specifically went with the "ScreenCast" format in the early as I wasn't too enamoured with having to appear on screen (I'll leave out the usual "perfect face for radio" cliché...Too late!)
But after 4 years of screencasting and my more recent forays into YouTube videos and MacBreak Weekly, I should be able to cobble something together. Besides which, I'm always fascinated by trying out new technology.
So the plan is this....
I'll be broadcasting live on Ustream (and on the Ustream iPhone application) at 9pm UK Time on Friday 9th April 2010. If you're unsure of your local time, this should help (thanks to @DaveHamilton for the inspiration)
Fixed Time - World Clock 9pm UK Time - Click to check your Time Zone
The show will be anything from 15 minutes to 30 minutes long (hey, it's my first time) and I'll give you my first impressions of the iPad and a quick look at some of the applications. I'll also be taking some pre-recorded questions from the ScreenCastsOnline audience. Rather than try and handle these live, I thought it best to get some pre-recorded questions to keep it flowing! If you have any questions, please feel free to record a short video clip and send it into me (or a link to it on dropbox or similar) at screencastsonline@gmail.com.
Of course, the main event will be the live drawing of the winner of the 16GB iPad.
Although anyone can watch the live show, the iPad draw is only open to ScreenCastsOnline Extra Members who are in current membership at 5pm UK on the 9th April and have entered their names into the draw (or have joined or renewed since 1st March) - Terms and conditions apply. I'll be closing the entry at that time to weed out any duplicate entries before the draw show.
If you're an existing members and want to enter the draw, go to the special prize draw page.
If you'd like to become a member to be entered automatically, check this page for details.
If you can't make the live show, I'll be recording a high quality version and posting it to the ScreenCastsOnline members feeds as this weeks show.
So all that remains for me to do is to setup the studio and learn how to use some of this new fangled technology.
Wish me luck!
Reader Comments (7)
Looking forward to this.
How we confirm that we've entered correctly (I entered a while ago)?
Hope it goes well Don, what am I saying of course it will go well.
Hope you enjoy it, I'm pretty sure you'll have a large audience.
Gaz.
Good luck Don! I am nervous too for tomorrow's show :)
Oh Great, 6AM here.
But look forward to it Don. I'll set me clock, make a cuppa and be watching.
Will a replay be coming through the iTunes Feed?
bunga
Dave, there's no easy way to check and I won't be able to check individual entries. Safest thing to do is to re-enter. I'll be filtering out the duplicates so there will be no penalty for a duplicate entry.
has the screencastsonline.com domain been hacked and stolen? the website is not responding now and whois shows some strange registration info that doesn't belong to you Don. ????
No, some DNS problems ;-( The whoi refers to my ISP. Will try and get back online ASAP