Making Preparations For the Expo

Got my new mobile phone today, a Motorola Razr V3i. I really wish that Apple would bring out the iPhone. The Razr is OK and syncs with my mac using iSync but it's a bit clunky in operation. How I wish Apple would release a phone! I read a post a day or so about Apple simplicity and how easy it is to select an Apple product. I went into my local phone store and was totally bemused by the number of phones available for sale. Apple will clean up if they launch the iPhone. Anyway, the plan is to use the phone to take some photos of the Podcast and Portable Media Expo and my travels. I've included a Flickr photostream in the far right column and you can also subscribe to the photostream using this Link

I can't promise the photos will be of any note but it may give you a flavour of what is going on. i'll be uploading the photos from the phone via bluetooth to the MacBook Pro and then via wifi to Flickr. Hope you will follow along!

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New Tools Required

As ScreenCastsOnline becomes more popular, I'm realising I haven't got all the tools in place to manage the podcast as effectively or efficiently as it could be managed. This is in a couple of areas:

Subscriptions - This is currently a high priority to get sorted! It's been OK for the past six months but now that renewals are due, it's just too much to handle manually. I've identified a package to help but it's going to take some effort to deploy but it's a real priority

Show Production - Not much I can do about the recording and editing but the final stages of publishing need some attention - I'll see to this following the new member management package.

Extra! Membership - It's due for a revamp and restructuring. I was hoping to have this in place for 1st October but it's closely tied into the new software package so might slip by a few weeks.

Podcast Hosting - I've been with Libsyn since I started and I have the utmost respect for them and fully support them. Heck, without Libsyn, I wouldn't be in the position I am today as a full time podcaster. But any downtime or problems with the hosting really screws me over due. I needed to find a really stable, highly reliable and scalable alternative or backup hosting provider. Don't forget, these are large HD video files that I'm pushing out, the last one 146MB and the fallout from Libsyn hosting issues was manageable but if people are paying for an Extra! subscription, the delivery needs to be rock solid.

I think I've found a great solution in the Amazon S3 but more about that in another post!

I'll keep the blog updated with my progress over the next few months as I progress with developing and deploying these new tools.

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MWGblog » Blog Archive » I’m Not Buying It - Marketing Gone Wrong

My “stroke of insight” came suddenly yesterday morning: something fishy is going on with a campaign to promote Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey” published by Viking Adult, part of the Penguin Group.

MWGblog » Blog Archive » I’m Not Buying It - Marketing Gone Wrong
Michael Geoghegan has noticed some unusually activity on his blog comments which looks like some PR firm is trying to promote a book using underhand techniques. It's fairly obvious to spot that they are not genuine comments and the general effect is to actually discredit what appears to be quite a decent book by a respected author. Bad Show

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