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  • Technoloyg News Podcast Updates – A TechNewsRadio.com Review (TNPR-002)

    June 21, 2006

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    I have to highly recommend Jon Udell’s recent podcast with CJ Rayhill & Allen Noren both at O’Reilly and Associates.  There is some great discussion on learning, education, computer science, and web services.

    Some other items that look potentially interesting that crossed my virtual inbox:

    • Tripwire is publishing their own podcasts.
    • Nokia has podcasting tools coming for their Series 60 devices. [newwireless]
    • Wi-Fi Networking News has started podcasting.
    • eWeek has a weekly podcast that covers the latest and greatest news.
    • MacWorld is also doing podcasts.
    • A new Linux focused podcast is starting up.

    On the minus side though, I seem to be getting less and less out of The Gillmor Gang, and find myself very willing to just fast forward to the next podcast in the queue. I think some of the reasons are: inside jokes with no background, complaining with no solutions, off-topic side-bars, poor audio quality, and little respect for the time necessary to spend listening hoping for a golden nugget.

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  • Cingular 8125 – Gets Microsoft Direct Push Technology & Part of Pixie Hunt

    June 17, 2006

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    From the Google Alerts I have learned that "Cingular plans to offer Microsoft Direct Push Technology for the Cingular customers" including those with 8125s like I have.  I’ll have to look into that. [mobilemag.com, yahoo, ]

    It also appears that the Cingular 8125 is one of the key tools being used in Pixie Hunt. [gisuser-blog, radar.oreilly.com]

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  • QuadPolar #001 – Music Recommendation

    June 17, 2006

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    QuadPolar #001 music recommendations:

    • Ambient: Mark Rushton & Jon Harnish
    • Jazz: Evan Stone’s Sticks & Stone / Vol. 1 from RedJazz.com
    • 80s: Stephen Duffy Tribute Album
    • Mariachi: Mariachi Chula Vista (on KPBS)

     

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  • Podcast Academy 3 – Audacity 101 Slides

    June 17, 2006

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    Here are my Audacity 101 slides (PDF) [2.3-MBs] that I used for my presentation at Podcast Academy 3.  The feedback was positive and my the time I got back to my computer I already had three requests for the slides, so that is encouraging.  I do think there is defintiely room for improvement and any feedback is appreciate.

    Thanks also to David Ducassou and Nicolas Perego for letting me use an upcoming pre-release how-to guide that should be coming out soon on improving recorded voice audio in Audacity.  Also thanks to the great team at FriendsInTech.com for encouragment.

    I would love to do this session in a 2 to 3 hour class room setting were everyone had a copy of Audacity loaded up on laptops, and we could walk through all the concepts hands on.  By the end of the class at least everyone who have completed all the steps to build a generic podcast.  Maybe something around the Sep. 29-30, 2006 Podcast & Portable Media Expo.

    Kudos to Doug Kaye for letting me present and to Yahoo! for being awesome hosts.

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  • Eric Rice – On Branding

    June 17, 2006

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    Eric Rice had a very interesting closing session at Podcast Academy III hosted by Yahoo! (awesome hosts).  My personal take-away summary was:

    One thing that people do with media is "watch, see, and hear" your "brand."  And your brand (blog, personal appearance, audio & video podcasts, etc.) brings "something of value" to your audience whether is an audience of one or of thousands.  Everyone should be spending time making their brand as effective as they want.

    BTW … I was there during lunch when Eric admitted he missed having a corporate job.  I nearly fell over laughing, but he did say it, and CC Chapman can confirm the blog post on EricRice.com.

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  • Santa Clara, CA Run GPS Location

    June 16, 2006

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    This morning … before the second day of Podcast Academy III … I went for a run near the hotel. In looking at the map in Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 it looked like there was a little river bed near by and I was curious if maybe there could be a path there.

    The location was Lat 37.38871N, Long 121.96890W (aka -121.96890).  And sure enough there was a major bike/run path.  It was much more enjoyable then running in morning traffic.

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  • Jersey Boys Video @ The Tony Awards

    June 15, 2006

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    Broadway World has reportedly posted some "exculsive" video related to the Jersey Boys at the Tony  Awards.

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  • TECH NEWS RADIO #292 | 060613 | OpenOffice, Google, JavaOne, Sun Servers, VisioCafe, Rate My Network Diagram, SysAdmin Appreciate Day, and Conferences

    June 13, 2006

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    This podcast mentions the following links:

    • OpenOffice.org Newsletter
    • Google’s Summer of Code  [InternetNews]
    • Sun’s JavaOne Developers Channel
    • Sun’s AMD Galaxy Servers
    • Visio Cafe
    • Rate My Network Diagram
    • SysAdmin Appreciation Day is on July 28th

    We also provide you a quick update on some upcoming conferences that you should be aware of:

    • Podcast Academy 3 will be in Santa Clara, CA from June 15-16, 2006.
    • Black Hat Briefings and Training USA 2006 will be held July 29th through August 3rd in Las Vegas, NV.
    • Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is August 7-11 in San Francisco
    • Customer Sell Service (Mgmt, Optimization, and Tech Integration) will be held Aug. 15-16, 2006 in SF, CA.
    • VoiceCon Fall 2006 will be in SF, CA from the 21-24 August 2006. Keynotes will be from Ray Repic – Chief Technical Architect for Coca-Cola & Anoop Grupta VP of Unified Communications Group at Microsoft.
    • VMWorld 2006 will be in Los Angeles Convention Center in California from November 7-9, 2006.
    • The OOoCon2006 has been confirmed for September 11-13, 2006 in France. [conferences]

    This podcast is sponsored by O’Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.

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  • Jersey Boys Party @ The Hard Rock Cafe

    June 12, 2006

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    The Jersey Boys Podcast sent super-fan Gina Gleeson Bentz to the Jersey Boys invitation celebration hosted by Dodger at The Hard Rock Cafe on Sunday night in New York City.  By all accounts she had a fabulous time.

    Broadway World has their photos, and we have ours!  Check them out here!

    We hope to post an audio recap very soon.  And we also have a special "Jersey Boys wins" video that we hope to post soon.

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  • Jersey Boys Wins Four 2006 Tony Awards

    June 11, 2006

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    Jersey Boys has won four 2006 Tony Awards:

    • Best Musical
    • John Lloyd Young – Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
    • Chrisian Hoff – Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
    • Howell Binkley – Best Lighting Design for a Musical

    WOW! AMAZING! VERY COOL!  CONGRATULATIONS!

    You can check out our April 2006 podcast interviews with John Lloyd Young and Christian Hoff via the links highlighting their names.  Best wishes to both, the entire Jersey Boys team, and also Howell Binkley for some "great lighting."

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