Evil Genius Chronicles | Croncast - Life is Show Prep

mr @glemak in nyc. is that @geniodiabolico's sticker?

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:29:43 -0400

heading to lunch and talking podcasting now. now it gets good!

it's very cool to be in an office so far from home with podcaster memorabilia. a home away from home of sorts.

thanks to mike for having us!

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Dave Slusher does me wrong - open reply

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:23:29 -0400

The following is a comment that I left for Dave Slusher regarding his podcast from yesterday lambasting me on "podcasting day job" from a presentation that I gave in 2006. It is waiting approval at his site, and in case it doesn't meet the specs I thought I would post it to the public here. To hear what I am writing about you can download it and listen to 20:40 - 24:50.

I usually don't respond to this type of stuff but this deserves another perspective . . . like one from me, the guy in question. Thanks to the friend that pointed this out. He also rips Scoble, so I am in good company.

My comment:

Okay, where do I begin. Dave, you and I are not strangers. We know each other from podcasting and have spoken on more than one occasion. We've both been at this podcast thing for a long time, you since Aug '04 and me since Nov '04, we've both got some perspective.

I respect your thoughts on my presentation, but I don't agree with you.

The presentation in question, "Leveraging your knowledge as a successful podcasting consultant" from PME 2006 was based on sharing my experience working for clients to produce podcasts from my basement. It was to help give a framework to those who wanted to make some extra bucks. Shit, I even give out my own business template for pricing and structure to those who attended and to those still asking for it.

Success, for me has been doing what I love, audio production, writing code and using my creativity in projects that pay me. Would you have me buy the argument that only "real" creativity comes from the absence of greenbacks?

In February of 2005 I opened my consulting company and two weeks later I had MTV as a client. Was it also bad that in my presentation I shared how I lost them as a client? Maybe the fact that I recommend to podcasters that they should talk to a business attorney and an IP attorney so that they can avoid pitfalls like libel or onerous contracts?

In my life, I too am trying to save for retirement, college for the kids and a safety net. If I can make a buck podcasting for other people . . . big or small to put toward them by making podcasting my day job it doesn't feel like I am punching the clock. It might mean that I am working "just another shit job" in my basement. However, it doesn't feel like a shit job. It feels like I am doing something that I love. That should account for something in the personal satisfaction category, I rank this job a 1.

You and I simply differ on how to make money podcasting. You like the advertising/sponsorship model and I prefer to both produce my own personal podcast and use my skills to make works for other people. My personal podcast has been delivered 3 times a week for 2 1/2 years with my wife every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Want to question my passion for podcasting?

On this, I'm not asking to debate this topic but simply recommending that if anyone is interested to hear the presentation in question head over to http://pa.gigavox.com/ and look for big goatee and bald head for the right session.

The bottom line for me is this is what someone who enjoyed both of our sessions had to say about them:

"Dave Slusher from Evil Genius Chronicles. When he speaks, I'm there."

"Kris with Palegroove Studios gave the most honest, non sales pitch presentation on podcast consulting. He shared real world numbers, which is rare in this day and age."

Given our interactions in the past a comment about me like this shouldn't surprise me but as one podcaster to another, I'm sorry that you need to . . . wait, someone is asking for another mocha something, biab.

Back, I'll let the public decide if I am an evil prick trying to destroy "podcasting" by taking corporate money to work a shitty day job doing what I love from the comfort of my own home or if I got lucky and found a way for myself to make a living for family and our futures doing what I love from the comfort of my home . . . at my day job.

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 13

Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:20:26 -0500

Croncast - 2004-12-18.mp3

Length: 41:27
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64k
Size: 18.9 mb

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 13

Betsy and Kris are both still sick. This is a recording from last night that we were going to use as a "clean" show but we fail again and swear. We both cough a lot so just disregard it and chalk it up to the season.

Betsy thinks we need to be sponsored by an orthodontist so Kris can get his grill fixed. I am slowly warming to this idea of sponsorship. I make reference to Dave Slusher from Evil Genius Chronicles and his sponsorship from iPodderX in this podcast and used the wrong phrase to describe it. What I meant to say was that I thought he would be one of the last people to choose to have a sponsorer. But money talks and this bandwidth ain't free. Not that ours is anywhere near his level but I get it.

Today's Show

Intro
Time and date unknown
Kris mispells Gahran again
Betsy says we need a sponsor
She wants Magic Eraser to sponsor us
Muffin shakes it out
Betsy has pink eye
We're both sick
The week of feedback
Betsy says, "emoticon"
What the listener say
Betsy's image
Shane at NOTM.org rocks the house
Betsy's new man Tom, no creepy song dedications

Living in the suburbs
The gay nazi
Bail out the fish pond
Northern Monatana Public Radio - WBUT
Comedy success = liquor
Packing it in
Maybe got a baby name - Evelyn Reed
Kris will do some shows with his brother
Pink eye, want a kiss
It's all about 1/2
From British to beautiful

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Croncast - John and his friend Kris - Ep. 3

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:26:17 -0500

Croncast-2004-12-01.mp3

Day mo'fizzin 3 with John Wohlers and we get all geeky and Kris goes on a DVD bender.

Length: 36:48
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64k
Size: 17.2 mb

Today's Show

Intro
Welcome to December
Waving doesn't cut it
Retrospective over last two days
John digs in his Life Box
God Damn computer ads and rebates
The birds!
Quirks are my being
What's in liquid detergent?
The man busts in
The cost of refining
DVD grief - authoring and consumer gyp
Kris is Scenarist Level One certified
DVD-List lurk
Will consumer and prosumer ruin professional DVD?
Spec masters and DVDSP
DVD cameras fuck the consumer
Do consumers get open-source?
Podcasting user experience
OPML
Kris says mux MP3 like DVD .vob and .ifo
Evil Genius Chronicles bitTorrent
We should do it up in the ID3v2 tag
Jimmy Jett and rating system
Wrap it up
Friday Dec. 3 at UTR in Chicago with Broken Vegas
Play BV tunes in your podcast - get them here.

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