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Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:35:03 -0500

Factory Days, Track Spikes, Pickup Technique

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:21:36 -0500

Episode: #637
Length: 26:32
Format: mp3

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Lady getting technique
I had to review it
Say the most offensive thing possible
It is the shock and awe campaign
Left are the crazies
Factory break time
I was really bad at it
Oh! And if you use the Twitters, check out Ville - http://ville.ag

Tags: pick up line shock and awe crazies factory work

Season 25 Episode 12: The Croncast Shorty

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:18:14 -0500

Episode: #637 The Croncast Shorty
Length: 4:12
Format: mp3

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Tags: pick up line shock and awe crazies factory work

Lady Nerds, BBC Television, Lawn Tractor Racing

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:07:33 -0500

Episode: #607
Length: 26:18
Format: mp3

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Still got the ills
Betsy busting me out on Facebook
Lady nerd meetup
You should head over there
It all is about your superiority
The Women of War Craft
Now it is Doll House
I kind of wanted to watch that
You're a total nerd now
Survivors on BBC
It's just like lost
Kris, it is nothing like it
Going to liquor stores with my mom
Our crossed paths
Maybe we met at 7 in a liquor store
What is in a chili cheese burrito
New Yorkers don't think about fast food
It's not about the stars, it is the driving food
Vacuuming the lettuce out of the gear shift
Man, to be lawnmower drag racing
Oh! And if you use the Twitters, check out Ville - http://ville.ag

Tags: lady nerd meetup chili cheese burrito rental car women of war craft

i've fallen and i can't get out

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:17:13 -0500

the banging on my escape route window-well plexiglass went on too long not to be a bird or strong wind . . . i thought.

pull back the curtain and i see this little bunny sitting right there. i suppose that is good because if it was anything else that might bite me i would just have to leave it in there.

boxed him up and sent him to the rabbit sausage factory. ok, i might have released him back in the yard and outside the fence to give him a fighting chance versus the dogs.

cute little bunny, be smart and hop far from this house before little deaf dog snags you with her one good tooth.

Tags: little bunny might window back

Apple TV, don't go Factory, go Restore

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:11:37 -0600

Had some problems with my Apple TV today causing iTunes 7.5 and 7.4.3 to freeze. The Apple TV would still connect the internet fine and stream movie previews but not load a not of music or minute of the Tom Green Show.

I tried everything - reboots, uninstalls, reinstalls, reboot Apple TV, check Apple support message boards and a little jig with some horse hair and eye of newt. Nothing.

Solution:

1) Throw all hope to the wind and surmise that your Apple TV is broken
2) As a final resort go to Settings -> Restore defaults -> Restore(will save your network settings like SSID and WEP key)
3) Return to Sources and choose your iTunes library

I have no clue what caused it or why this fixed the problem. My hope is that if someone finds this from a search that it night solve your problem too.

Tags: Apple TV iTunes freeze connection Apple forums eye of newt

I removed a comment for first time

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:56:19 -0500

I'm kind of disappointed with myself. But this person just keeps stepping over the line.

There exists meaningful discourse between people, meaningful discourse between people and animals (ask my mother-in-law) and none of the such between people and trolls.

It appears that we have a detractor type troll that wants to hide behind fake emails and proxy servers. So be it, it takes all types to make the world go around.

Tags: troll

These animals will kill you

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:53:47 -0500

Santa guides his sleigh with them but according to WSB TV in Atlanta:

"Deer kill about 150 people a year in the United States."

This is serious! I had no idea. I need to arm myself or avoid the vermin at all cost.

Then I read the next sentence:

"But most of those deaths happen when deer are involved in collisions with automobiles."

Their new investigative report has begun - Tonight at 10, Killer deer that aren't mesmerized by your headlights, they want your blood.

For me, writing like this attached to stories of horrific events makes me place a lower value on what is put out my news organizations. Maybe next time a statistic about farming related fatalites? It could get wordsmithed I guess into, "Tractors kill or maim over 1,000 farmers a year."

Good work local MSM! Keep that fear coming. Now where did I put that doe urine?

Tags: killer deer WSB TV farm fatalities deer urine

Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 08, 2007

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:10:38 -0500

Croncast - 2007-10-08.mp3
Show: #419
Length: 36:44
Size: 25.2mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Oct 08, 2007

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Thanks to Dan for the generous support late last week . . .
This show is for you
I have found my next career
Home Bottling factory for breast milk
That is creepy
I should totally do this is
You can pump and dump
My house is near hear
Your 15 minute break is no problem
My sister won't stop calling
She called me in church today
They have a conversion van club
I don't have a conversion van anymore Vicky
Do you have a hand pump anymore?
You got 30 minutes at work you can do a double pump and dump
If you have to pump in a prison bathroom would you even touch the electrical outlet
Their mirrors aren't even made of glass
Shiny metal like a McMansion refrigerator
When I take out the pump is make this noise
And I start leaking right away
The reason for the pee pee
I got moobs I don't feel her pain
The noise queues her and immediate let down
Walk into a shopping mall with a boom box playing that sound
Watch the mommies
Helps me milk the goat
Flafoo now exists
Tell your story Mr. B
Flafoo.com
Say it three times fast
Flafoo flafoo flafoo
The whole idea is to make finding shit on eBay easy and quick
Making looking up stuff on eBay fun again
Kris's idea of funny with links
Following that path of keywords
I could say turkey fryer - http://flafoo.com/turkey fryer
And it works on your iPhone quickly
If you are buying anything from eBay start your shopping at flafoo.com
I need a job to support my garage saling habit
Goodwill is eBay 1942
Waiting for stuff to come through the doors
The Christians go buy pancakes and then come to Goodwill for skirts
I was about to pounce on a comforter set
I heard her reading the title letter for letter
I knew what she was doing
She was having someone look up her shit on eBay
So I start to chat it up with her
Screw the voice mails . . . send her a text
My Blackberry doesn't send text messages
Right
I didn't nerd out on her
She's the woman who got he Blackberry and said, "O it's for recipes"
Did you take her under your wing?
I tried Mr B
My niche is the toys . . . you can't take that part of Goodwill
The breast feeding plates
Have we ever talked about plates
Friendship was kind of born
Well, that is good
All the regulars are kind of gone
How is that creepy?
Have you noticed that they are not here?
Who?
I should have known then
Putting my car in the garage
Yes I had to move your junk
No more big stuff Mr. B I promise
Well, you threw a passive aggressive smack down
Garage is for cars, Betsy
It's for toys, rakes and storage
I think it is a puffy cuff thing
How is that a puffy cuff thing?
My car has 75 miles in the last three months
You drove them Betsy
Wheelchair stroller
My mom's prize Wheaties box with Michael Jordan on it
You got to keep this one straight baby
Getting stuff together for one of you mom's students
I feel like I been hit in the forehead with Night Train
Dewey, Wednesday's show is for you

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Tags: flafoo Wheaties box Blackberry Dan Goodwill

Smartphone absurdity, I want just one

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:23:33 -0500

I didn't realize how absurd this smartphone crap was until the day before yesterday. We have a potential client using Blackberries as podcast players. Which was no big deal since I worked on a solution a few years ago at my day job but I needed to get the same version as the client. Hence a new radiation hot spot for my palm.

Now in the house:

1 Treo 700 (mine, Verizon)
1 xv6700 (Betsy, Verizon)
1 iPhone (work, AT&T)
1 Blackberry 8703e (work, Sprint)

Two of them are for work, like I marked them above, but it is ridiculous. They all do like one thing better than the others, one carrier's plan is better priced or the network makes all the difference. What do I mean?

Best sounding as a phone:
1. Treo
2. iPhone
3. Blackberry
4. xv6700 (horrible)

Ease of use as a phone:
1. iPhone (my mother-in-law could use it)
2. Treo
3. Blackberry
4. xv6700 (need 3 hands to make a call)

Ease of use overall:
1. iPhone
2. Blackberry
3. Treo
4. xv6700

Best OS:
1. xv6700 (windows mobile 5.0, too bad everything else about it sucks)
2. iPhone
3. Treo
4. Blackberry

Best media playback:
1. iPhone (wonder why?)
2. xv6700
3. Treo
4. Blackberry

Best keypad:
1. Blackberry (update: thanks Garrick for pointing out I misspelled it the first time -LOL)
2. Treo
3. xv6700
4. iPhone (it's pretty . . . hard to use quickly)

Best sms device:
1. Treo
2. Blackberry
3. xv6700
4. iPhone

Best email device:
1. Blackberry
2. Treo (would be third if AT&T edge were faster)
3. iPhone (on wifi this is second)
4. xv6700

Best web device (network):
1. Treo (doubles as EV-DO modem, love it)
2. xv6700 (doubles as EV-DO modem, never used it)
3. iPhone
4. Blackberry (locked into a special start page, blah and doubles as EVDO modem but Sprint rates are insane)

Best web device (wifi):
1. iPhone (experience much like real browsing
2. xv6700 (fast but reformats pages)
The other two are AWOL with no wifi capability

Best camera:
1. iPhone
2. Treo
3. xv6700
Blackberry is without

Best network:
1. Verizon
2. Sprint
3. AT&T

Best overall:
1. iPhone
2. Treo
3. Blackberry
4. xv6700

Taking all of this into consideration and my experience with all four operating systems and form factors, I have decided that my ultimate phone and carrier combo would look something like this:

An iPhone on Verizon's network, use as EV-DO modem, with an add on keypad and GPS onboard. That would get an 'ooh la la' and an amen.

Tags: iPhone xv6700 Treo 700 Blackberry 8703e Verizon EVDO Sprint GPS

Other things I do, more podcasts

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:28:09 -0500

At Gnomedex last weekend I recorded a ton of conversations with friends and fellow nerds.

I released them as podcasts over on my work blog. For the nerds that get this feed some of this stuff might be of interest to you.

Podcasts from Gnomedex 2007:

Adam Metz - LaunchSquad.com
Hans Chung - PostReach.com
Steve Fisher - StartupSpark.com pt. 1
Steve Fisher - StartupSpark.com pt. 2
Greg Cangialosi - BlueSkyFactory.com
Doug Kaye - Gigavox.com
Chris Brogan - ChrisBrogan.com
Mark Chernesky - CNN.com
Jeremy Wright - b5media.com
Aaron Brazell - b5media.com
Stan James - Lijit.com
Josh Hallett - hyku.com
Chris Heuer - ChrisHeuer.com

Also, good friend Greg Cangialosi shot some video of those interviews. The first of the set you can see me puffy cuffed and the other you can see me done up in a feedburner (r.i.p) t-shirt.

Download video

Tags: Gnomedex 2007 Aaron Brazell Greg Cangialosi Chris Brogan Chris Heuer Stan James Doug Kaye

Betsy rolls out in the wagon today

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:50:08 -0500

Yes, most of you know that Betsy has decided to repeat the drive to Colorado. That drive, as you might remember it last year involved Slowsky (the eBay van) and John Elway Dodge (now Go Dodge Arapahoe).

So this year Betsy upped the crazy factor arranging a couple of days at Elk Mountain Resort and Valhalla Shooting Club. She's convinced Jeanie they'll spend more time repelling and in nature but I'm sure that Betsy is going to spend more time spending bullets on mannequins.

Hopefully, Slowsky isn't still haunting the Volvo and we can get on with our road travels in peace. Did you sense my optimism?

Tags: Go Dodge Arapahoe Slowsky Valhalla Shooting Club Elk Mountain Resort Boulder CO

Blue Sky Factory picks up RSSFWD

Thu, 17 May 2007 15:03:54 -0500

Congratulations to Choon Keat and Blue Sky Factory. In the deal Blue Sky Factory acquires RSSFWD, an RSS to email application with a healthy user base that will augment it's large email offerings to clients.

Greg, owner and founder of Blue Sky Factory has been excited about this for weeks . . . I think he should be, as his company is taking a major step in a new direction that will help to grow his business.

It's good to see friends pumped about their work!

Tags: Choon Keat Greg Cangialosi Blue Sky Factory rss to email RSSFWD

Bring on the vegetables

Tue, 08 May 2007 09:33:42 -0500

Last night we watched Fast Food Nation the movie, loosely based on the best seller of the title. When the book came out Betsy and I both swore off meat for 2 years. I lost over 80 lbs and Betsy even more. However, I can't even look at a Boca burger and not want to puke.

But last nights rehashing, albeit in a poorly directed movie that couldn't pick it's message . . . meat factories are the tip of satan's penis, fast food is ruining america, illegal immigrants get a raw deal or that to get out of a small town as a female means not having babies; put the fear of red meat back in me and disgust for the fast food industry as a whole.

The funny part was that I was talking with the Greg this morning about it and in the course of our conversation he dropped this gem:

"I haven't been to a McDonald's for years, except maybe to take a piss." - Greg C., The Pescatarian

Tags: Fast Food Nation red meat satan's penis The Pescatarian meat factory

Holding it down on ROI Radio with Greg

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:45:00 -0500

You can hear me get my nerd groove on with friend Greg Cangialosi, President & CEO of Blue Sky Factory, Inc. on the most recent ROI Radio.

Greg asks me, "What's next?", and I roll on from there. I hit the biggies on my radar, moderated media feeds (the burden of the publisher) and Apple TV.

Thanks for having me on!

Tags: ROI Radio Greg Cangialosi Moderated Media RSS mmRSS Apple TV

Life is show prep when you own a Volvo, I mean a Ford

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:43:35 -0500

Sooooo, Kris thought to himself . . . I mean myself, that I would be cool and do something nice for Betsy. Like I could stop by Volvo of Lisle, the new temporary home for her car and talk to them about the state of her V70 wagon and give her some good news like it has been fixed or that we guarantee that 3/4 of an inch of water will never pour out from under the dash on the driver's side again.

I suppose I should have been talking to the techs instead of a finance guy, a manager and a sales man to get an answer for that. But I knew the car wouldn't be finished since we didn't hear back plus the fact that when we arrived they told us that they were overbooked by 60 appointments for today.

Mosquito eggs will be hatching in the meantime. This may be the most expensive larva nest/ant farm in history. Hopefully the high water mark won't damage the resale value. Something Betsy knows all about.

This was the point tonight they would step up to the plate and work with us. However, that would be to easy! I was told to call customer service, "It might take two weeks but eventually you'll talk to the right person."

Like I have time for this, not only do you have my car but I want to spend hours on hold waiting for someone to tell me that they can't help us out and I have to get upset and ask for a manager. At that point they then tell us that they don't really work for Volvo of North America they are just at a call center in Idaho.

This was, of course was after he mentioned that I might want to pursue the lemon law. I promptly redirected that path of reasoning as a remedy for a car that has been in for repair SIX times in 5200 miles of its existence. Towed in for two of those repair trips. We both know the lemon law means a bunch of expenses on my end and a high likely hood that there will be a pretty unsatisfactory ending to the story of our Ford station wagon.

Well, I gotta run laptop needs juice and I am tired. More to come later this week but expect a recap on our first show back this Monday April 2nd.

Oh yeah, "Is there anyone that I can call to shorten this process?" says Kris. "No. Just call customer care," Mr. Sales. "You guys don't have a name?" asks Kris. "I don't work with them," Mr. Sales.

You would think we bought the car from Volvo of North America.

Tags: Volvo of Lisle Volvo V70 V70 Mr. Sales Volvo of North America water in my car driving my feet are wet

Volvo V70 the curse of Slowsky

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:26:18 -0600

As many of you know we divorced Slowsky months ago and sent her on her way to a certain death on someone else's watch. About three months ago as a replacement for the 7 year old beast we picked up a 2006 Volvo V70 at Betsy's insistence that this was the car for her . . . I should have known better. It is was an untitled demonstrator and only had 600 miles on it. It now has 3800 miles on it.

In the last three months it has been in for service 4 times (quickly to be 5 as soon as Volvo will come and remove it from our driveway). It has been towed once (soon to be twice).

The repair visits have been:
1) Passenger window that wasn't attached to the track at the factory so it wouldn't go down or up. Cause: Presumed drunken Swede.
2) A child booster seat that didn't have the release strap attached. Yes, the strap and accompanying plastic cosmetic piece were not physically attached to release the seat. So I pull and it comes off like it was glued with butter. Cause: Again presumed drunken Swede arriving late for work after churning butter at home.
3) Car will not come out of park or release key for 30 minutes. Got it in gear and drove it in. Cause: unknown.
4) Car will not come out of park 8 hours after repair. Waited 2 1/2 hours for Volvo to get us a tow in a metropolitan area that is pavement from us to Chicago. Cause: a clip of some sort was broken.
5) Car will not come out of park 12 hours after repair. It now sits on our driveway. Cause: Something is broken and the dealership hasn't figured out what it is otherwise I wouldn't be writing this post about it sunbathing on our driveway.

To say that we have been dissatisfied with this purchase would be an understatement.

Betsy is now worried about driving the car. Even if the future repairs do the job I can't blame her. Getting stuck with a brand new car, Moose and Maggers in the winter doesn't sound too appealing.

The thought that maybe the air bags were packed with popcorn wouldn't surprise me at this point or the steering wheel is held together with tape and bubble gum or that the car's computer is an old Sega game console from Goodwill.

There is no doubt that Slowsky is back to haunt us.

Tags: Volvo of Lisle V70 tansmission Volvo V70 2.5T V70 Slowsky

Betsy and her husband Kris Nov 27, 2006

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:50:15 -0600

Croncast - 2006-11-27.mp3

Show: #306
Length: 36:06
Size: 24.8 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris November 27, 2006

Here with the two things that must happen: draining water and my American baby
Equating 'Christian' to all Christians including the scientists and the evangelicals
Betsy was interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor
Coming off the pseudo holiday vacation
The big plate
My Fiestaware is full
Betsy sort of regrets doing the CSM interview
"I wasn't quoted that accurately"
Yes you were
The demand and filling it . . . pimps could use the same line of reasoning
Betsy is not the evil resale queen of eBay
This is what they said about you
"Smith probably won't be one of the big spenders"
That will be on tombstone
It was true . . . but it made me sound like . . .
The toy experts think that is is stupid
Betsy says the same thing except she'll still sell you one
Kris thinks it was a window into Betsy
I'll suggest an article about workaholic daddies
"My life is tough"
In the trenches with 6 year old
Hanging with family on the holiday
Are they bating me or is this a real topic?
Your parents knew . . . just chose to ignore it
The destination Grizzly Jack's
Betsy wants the pool to open at 6 am without lifeguards
"Chubb rub down the water slide" all night
The ultimate buy your kid a popsicles and a beer for yourself
Wisconsin right here in Illinois
The greatest Italian beef sandwich of all time
Waiting in a restaurant with 3 babies and a toddler
"It's good cause it's spicy"
Baby, that was hot Oscar Meyer beef processed in a factory
You may die tomorrow but just eat it
Was I as a kid it tasted different
Kris was 19 before he ever had Chinese
It's the same stuff you eat everyday, just chopped up smaller
Betsy has to bring up my mom, thanks
The Little Tikes Activity Garden that was sold out from underneath Gigi
Yes, yes . . . please leave now
There's two things at work here
Betsy's humor out of context with her body language and affect missing she comes off harsh
Kris isn't sure that he knows that person
Betsy says that Kris is shoving Betsy into fame two hands on her fanny
"Why don't you just let me dumpster dive and raise your children. That's all I want to do."
Weekend discoveries
We saw The Black Keys Saturday night
It's not the same song
A man singing about himself and his peanut butter sandwich
Kris goes deep
Betsy nominates Kris to be neighborhood Santa
Kris takes it personally
Betsy, "I thought you had the body type for it."

Tags: Fiestaware Christian Science Monitor Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort Peru Pizza House The Black Keys

Betsy and her husband Kris Aug 02, 2006

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:27:35 -0500

Croncast - 2006-08-02.mp3

Show: #257
Length: 30:39
Size: 21.0 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris August 02, 2006

It's August and it is hot
Global warming isn't real
I believe like our president we need to wait, the future will let us know
Let's burn some fossil fuel bitches
I will drive my Hummer til it's 127 outside, I'll just turn up the AC
Without Maggie being with us when we record we swear more
The lawn mowing boys
Well they aren't boys they are college age
Cursed with a beautiful backyard that takes work, not for us
Butterfly Garden
I was gonna take pictures of the yard but camera battery is dead
Swearing and swearing more
You're being inappropriate with me lady
He is like an honor roll student who now has to work for a burnout
"I didn't know people like you actually grew up and owned houses"
He knows we don't fit, they all do within 15 minutes
National Night Out
Hanging with the neighbors and their kids
Building a stronger safer neighborhood
Letting the kids ride in the cop cars
Weird electrical hum in Bestys mic for about 3 minutes
Betsy won't end the shows on a loving note
"Good night Hugh, I love you"
I am sure their was some office love
Betsy likes to have nothing the same, ever
Just look at this like a suggestion
The difference between actors and reality stars
They are competition
Enamoration (made up word) of the King of Cars Guy . . . Betsy is infatuated with Chop
"We would both have something to talk about because we both have reality shows"
Kris gets bright red
"That bastard. Chop you're going down. You're destroying my family. Some man in Las Vegas who sells used cars. He's taking my wife from me . . . and my life."
If you find someone attractive on a reality show don't tell your spouse
Is Jeremy Piven ok to tell you I like as Ari?
Wait, he did a reality show
Betsy asks who I think is hot
My reply, the chics on the tattoo reality shows
If we were just friends I would fly you to Vegas for a tattoo
"I hear Towbin Dodge is around here someplace"
I know your motive Betsy
I don't look like Chop. Betsy thinks separated at birth . . . say what?
He's a well groomed Bears
Betsy really likes this guy
Mike Rowe is rad but sometimes comes off as an ass, don't we all
The stay in school remark to the ore shoveler guy
Our turn to come off as asses
Transgender understanding
The human condition
When you can't figure it out
Looking for bulges
I don't get it, I pegged you for a boy but it doesn't matter but I can't but it together
The Madonna concert
Take me to Fry's it is my concert
Now I know what it is like when I take people to Goodwill
Strangers at Goodwill talking to my kids, turns out they are buddies

Tags: King of Cars Chop Goodwill Towbin Dodge Jeremy Piven National Night Out

Auralex foam thingies make it quieter

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:50:29 -0500

A few weeks ago I went into Sam Ash for a mic stand and left with some much needed Auralex acoustic studiofoam. I started a new podcast with some buddies and when I listened back to the audio I was less than impressed. I am used to hearing just Betsy and I and the room holds our voices well. Add 4 other dudes and myself and you have a cacophony riveling a Harley reving up in the belly of an ocean liner.Maybe it isn't that bad but to an audio nerd it was painful.

The kit I picked up was the Auralex D36-DST Roominators kit. Their factory gnomes can pack a lot of 12" x 12" foam pieces into a box. I finally installed the kit last night and it is pretty awsome. I can't say unbelievable becasue it is doing what it is supposed to do, remove "boomy" sounds, reflections and additional absorption.

The true test will be recording Monday's Croncast with the blocks in place.

Update: You can listen to the first show with the Auralex studiofoam now.

Below are some shots of the setup.

This pattern I lifted from a design on their site and added the burgundy pieces.

Tags: auralex d36-dst roominators studiofoam velcro

Podcast Academy 4 - I'll be speaking

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:01:05 -0500

Podcast Academy 4, "Podcasting and Video for the Professional at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo" was announced earlier today. It is being held the Thursday before the Podcast and Portable Media Expo begins, September 28, 2006.

I have the great fortune of being one of the instructors for this event. I will be presenting in a morning session on podcasting integration. The title of for my session is "Successful Web Design for Podcasting".

The goal of this session is to have attendees take away an understadning of the essential ingredients that go into a successful podcasting website. We'll discuss different types of podcasting websites, their ease of use or lack thereof, interactive elements, graphic treatments and campaign readiness.

Say what? Site design is often overlooked as many businesses begin the task of communicating with internal departments, external agencies and consultants after they have chosen to produce a podcast. The website is an afterthought, when it should be considered from the very beginning of the initiative.

I would recommend that if you are the individual chosen to become your company's resident expert in all things podcasting that you consider attending this event. There will be plenty to learn about audio podcasting and its sibling video podcasting from experts like:

Michael Geoghegan (Willinick Productions)
Greg Cangialosi (Blue Sky Factory)
Craig Syverson (gruntmedia)
Noah Bonnett and Rachel Smith (88SLIDE)
Tim Street (French Maid TV)
Alex Lindsay ( MacBreak).

Registration is now open.

Tags: PA4 Podcast Academy 4 IT Conversations Podcast and Portable Media Expo

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 153

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:33:51 -0600

Croncast - 2006-01-14.mp3

Show: #196
Length: 42:45
Size: 29.3 mb
Format: mp3

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 153

Show Notes

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
It's really Kris
No buying a a house with 13 in the number
Irregardless the ladies went and bought one
You're really only selling the house to the wife
Women are like cats
Everytime before the show Kris is sexually harrassed
Betsy would settle for all of Kris' money
Smacking my butt or any other bare flesh
Low rise jean nightmare
I don't know how to break this to you, your but goes half way up your back
Betsy's hairy spots find their way into my dreams
Missing hair when waxing
Human hair in patches like Steve Carrel
Fantastic 4 "family" version - seriously?
Ending up in the principals office
It's not about the man hair
5-6 inches of hair bordering on creepy
Betsy as a swimsuit model
Even when Kris dreams he can't confront Betsy
Women can't ever wear the other shoe, they must harrass men
Betsy smiles through the whole thing
Women are sleazy perverts, soaps and Desperate Housewives
Tivo the soaps
Aimed at people with a third degree education
Finally expelled at the 9 grade
My people pick up on things like that
Kris could have become a mechanic, so could Betsy by mail order
The youthful internship
Kris puts together a car from the parts (yes I did it once)
Swearing and crying, next the man fit
I'm not interested in doing that
The contractors cometh and some are scary
Validating my manhood to the contractors as soon as they enter the house
When the lawn mowing kid from next door comes over I don't say I could do this myself but I'm not
Letting them know that I don't do it well
Fancy codes that won't burn down your house
Experiences we haven't had before
I told them about my man points of home repair
Ungood with the laminate
Starting where no one will go not the most traffic
Hiring a contractor
Choosing from the news paper
No spelling errors in ad, franchisees, Rent-My-Hubby
Third category - can't pay rent and decide to see how many elderly people will call
The plan didn't work all that well
Not title for business - No Job Too Small
He really lived the river
Sweet Emotion was playing when he rolled up and the neighbors huddled with their children and brought them inside
Cars are made of plastic and this cats was rusting
The guy you wake up at 3 a.m. and find in your kitchen
Jail house tats on the knuckles
Qualifying the hording of everthing
Betsy has a problem
Maggie will get bigger
"Stocking up" - lies all lies
Partial admission that she is hording
Selling the train bed
Making Kris proud with her saleswomenship
All the American girl dolls for a 10 month old
Too big to ship and don't fit in the Scion

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 107

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:05:45 -0500

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 107

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Happy Anniversary Mr B
(Awww . . . baby I love you too!)
Kris admits his crush for Benson Dubois
Kris's favorite movie as a youngster was
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The guilty pleasure of Rock Star INXS
Jessica sucks
Kris has never called a 900 number- isnt that weird
Local boy drowns in liquor store
Kris can only shop at Walgreens
a Weight Watchers recipe
Kris has Waldorf salad flashbacks
Being raised on Miracle Whip
Adds to the sickly Smith palor
Faces of Death- something to watch on Daddy's weekend
but the worst is the Faces of Death puppy edition
Where is the monkey in the table restaraunt
It could be worse you could live here
My plans for when the real estate bubble bursts
Kris still wants to work at NPR
I dont want to eat Ramen the rest of my life
Why do men pee in the shower
Magic elves that keep Kris's environment clean
Men really are unable to process women's voices
Its true- I saw it on the news
Elliot wants to be an actor
or a magician
I want him to have his own cubicle
Kris feels I have swathed him in bubble wrap
Kris likes bad girls

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 43

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:59:58 -0600

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 43

Press
Becaon News (a local paper) online version
The PDF with photos is right-cheer.

The start of the new M-W-F schedule of shows while we prepare for the baby to come in the next few weeks and continue to record extra shows for use once the new one arrives.

Today Betsy welcomes the end of the month, Kris and Betsy's love of the Peach Blueberry muffin, the "wave" gum, tractor brand affiliation and Gung-Ho references.

Local paper runs Sunday article about Betsy and I, the online version no photo and the scanned PDF is right-cheer. Betsy and I want to thank the writer David Garbe and the photographer for taking the time to hang out with us. The best part of the article is that Betsy gets the "podcaster" label.

Most people we told missed the article because it was in the business section, even though it was on the front page. Guess our friends didn't know that section existed.

Betsy gets a special call from her "eccentric" father after his return from the Antarctic upon his reading of the article and uses her Vicky voice in this show.

That's the wrap up. Give us some votes at Podcast Alley today when you have a chnace.

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