Wed, 21 December 2005
In the studio with me today is Rod Amis, and I'm delighted to catch a few minutes with him ... this guy is busier than I am - even stays up later at night than I - so I feel lucky to have a podcast with him. Rod is a writer and visionary who has contributed to the changes we see on the Internet now. Back when most websites were about America and American subjects, Rod tilted his head and said, "Something's wrong with this picture! It's name is the WORLD WIDE Web. I want to use the web to encourage international contact and communication." He took his paper zine and put it on the web, actively seeking writers from around the world. He gave it a name that would generate energy as well as move toward the 21st century: Generator 21, The World's Magazine. Originally printed and mailed on paper, the zine became G21 when Rod launched it on the Internet in March 1996. A globe-trotter, Rod spent several years in New Orleans before moving to North Carolina. In love with The Big Easy, he wrote lots of stories for G21 about his experiences while on the Gulf Coast. After Hurricane Katrina, when lulu.com asked him to write a book, he took material from his zine, added a heaping helping of research, and created Katrina and the Lost City of New Orleans. The book is now available through lulu.com and amazon.com. ... let's talk with Rod now. Intro - Rubber Band Banjo by nonabot Outro - Guerreiros da noite by Luis Claudio from the Pod Safe Music Network Comments[1]
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Mon, 19 December 2005
If you are the kind of person who is into fitness, practices martial arts, bowls, runs, does triathlons, bicycles, plays tennis or just walks and hikes a lot - you'll want to listen to this podcast with Dr. Doug Kelsey and Christine Springer. These two people are healers - physical therapists who know what it means to stay healthy longer and live a more active life. I have the honor of having helped them launch their podcast called Ready Radio at www.readyradio.com, and it's already getting attention. Why am I doing this podcast? I want you to know about them and how they helped me heal a significant injury I sustained while practicing martial arts. What I learned applies to any person who wants to stay active and fit. I'm a converted fitness nut, I suppose, but I see now that prior to my injury I was operating under a lot of assumptions and myths about how to take care of myself, how to stay healthy and how to heal injuries. Dr. Doug Kelsey is Chief Physical Therapist and Founder of Sports Center, a physical therapy practice in Austin, Texas, devoted to rebuilding active, athletic lifestyles. He is regarded as one of the world's leading experts in orthopedic physical therapy and is a former Clinical Content Expert for the American Physical Therapy Association. His concepts and methods are used throughout the United States by universities and physical therapy programs. Christine Springer is co-host of Ready Radio and a Level 2 orthopedic resident at Sports Center. She graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Psychology and completed her Physical Therapy graduate studies at Texas Woman's University in Dallas. Clients rave about her warm, engaging style and her uncanny sense of humor. Christine also has a passion for cycling. Let's go meet them. Music on this show is from Jami Sieber's Hidden Sky album found at www.magnatune.com Direct download: Talking-Portraits-sportscenteraustin-2005-12-18.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:49 AM Comments[4]
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Sun, 4 December 2005
I'm feeling a little nervous today because I have a question on my mind about this interview topic - the Plone CMS and one of the orginal developers, Alan Runyan. Namely, how do I do justice to the work of hundreds of developers around the world who have put so much of their time into creating a content management system (CMS) for the Open Source community? On this show you will meet Alan Runyan, CEO and President of Enfold Systems Inc. in Houston, Texas. Alan is one of three very creative and highly motivated individuals who spawned this 'Plone CMS' idea and helped build a global community. In this interview I ask Alan: - What was your personal motivation for creating a content management system (CMS) like Plone? - What's the buzz about the Plone community? - Why didn't you use PHP and mySQL? - What's new in Plone versions 2.2 and 2.3 this year? - What's the history of Enfold Systems Inc., and how does the company interconnect with the Plone community? So what's this Plone thing anyway? From WIKIPEDIA on Plone:
The name Plone is in homage to the Warp Records band Plone from 1996, an electronica band. So why in the world did I pick Mozart piano music from Magnatune for this podcast? Well, I just did. I wanted this to be less driven and more contemplative, I suppose. The artist is Andreas Haefliger - I hope you enjoy his playing as much as I do. Enough of all that! Let's talk with Alan and get to know him and this CMS called Plone better. Tom Direct download: talkingportraits-alan-runyan-2005-12-02.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:44 AM Comments[4]
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Tue, 22 November 2005
Tonight I'm here with Bjorn Fogelberg, a musician from Sweden who caught my attention from an album called Karooshi Porn that he put on the Maganatune.com site . I've used a number of his "podsafe" tracks in my previous interviews. There is a depth in his music that seems to carry me away to another place when I listen, and there is a youthfulness that I find attractive, and there is the beat ... ah, the beat. 1969 was the year when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and Bjorn FogelBorg falls from the stars to grace the world with his contributions in music - well, ok, maybe 30 years later, but he's here, making an impact and getting noticed. Check out his website at http://www.fogelberg.com for all the latest news on his career. Bjorn has been exploring a range of musical styles, from ambient and soft electronica to house and trance dance -- I attempt to weave as much of his creativity as possible into the show. Bjorn is an experienced self-promoter on the Internet for his music. We talk about what works and what doesn't with regards to promoting and selling his music on the Internet, and how to get recognized and played, especially as an independent artist. Enjoy. Comments[13]
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Mon, 14 November 2005
And now for someone completely different - once again ... Meet Jack Miller, a technology consultant who works primarily with small to medium-sized business and specializes in the real estate industry. Jack does all of his consulting virtually (via the Internet), and works with clients all over North America. He utilizes some specific software tools in effective ways to make things easy for his non-technical clients in the real estate industry. In this interview he talks about how these tools and practices help his clients, and describes some specific things virtual consultants can do to create more value for their clients. We talk a lot about Basecamp, a web-based project management tool for small businesses - an innovative solution to managing virtual teams and very reasonably priced. Direct download: TalkingPortraits-Jack-Miller-2005-11-14.mp3 Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:32 AM Comments[2]
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Sun, 23 October 2005
Ann McMaster is a psychotherapist, a devoted grandmother, a friend and a Senior Trainer for the More To Life global program. Ann's life path has put her in contact with people and cultures around the world ... from Zulus in Africa to the Maoris in New Zealand, from Brits and South Americans to Texas inmates. In the last 20+ years, Ann has given tens of thousands of people the tools to explore the events of their lives, to heal themselves and take heart in their futures. Comments[0]
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Sun, 9 October 2005
Meet TC from Rotterdam - the shaman of ambient electronic space music. Treat yourself to his weekly podcast at http://spacemusic.libsyn.com/ which is exclusively for people who seek out the latest in ambient electronic-type music. Or even if you just like relaxing music to calm your nerves and soothe your soul, spend some time with TC. For this podcast I chose music similar to what TC uses. Featured are tracks from Paul Avgerinos' CD, Sky of Grace, and from Bjorn Fogelberg's Karooshi Porn CD, both on Magnatune.com. Comments[0]
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Thu, 6 October 2005
People ask me how to pick someone to interview. To a large degree it's an internal process: I wait for something to hit me and I'll hear a little voice that says, "That person is interesting ... let's go learn more about him (or her)." So that's what I did - I went after an interview with Alex Nesbitt. Alex actually found me first. He sent a note right out of the blue, asking if I would fill out a questionnaire about myself and TalkingPortraits which he could post as an interview on his website, digitalpodcast.com. That got my interest, of course, but when I Googled him I learned that he was the author of an outstanding white paper on podcasting called The Podcast Value Chain Report: An Overview of the Emerging Podcasting Marketplace. I found it on PRLEAP.com, which is all about accelerating search engine visibility. Now THAT really got my attention because I'm a big believer in Podcasting as a tool for increasing your search engine visibility. Since then I've found out more about Alex, including his approach to marketing and technology management practices for corporations. You see, Alex has spent years working as a management consultant for groups, including The Boston Group, and now for his own company, Coplenish Consulting Group. And he's spent years as a technophile, from the earliest days of PCs to the present. Getting back to Alex's current passion: the digitalpodcast.com directory. He's developed a directory of Podcasts, as well as a podcasting forum and a free Web 2.0-style podcast search feature. He shares the API to it for programmers to cook up their own uses of the digitalpodcast.com directory data. Background music for this interview is by Bjorn Fogelberg from his Karooshi Porn album, which can be found on Magnatune.com. The intro track is titled Life in a Tube and the outro track is Wave. Comments[2]
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Thu, 22 September 2005
Have you heard of H5N1? It sounds like the title of a science fiction book, but it's actually the name of a virus with the potential of killing every second person who contracts it. As the news media slowly bring this virus to our attention, I went looking for someone in the know to interview. I found Crawford Kilian, who has some information about H5N1 or avian flu, also called bird flu, that you should listen to. Now, he's not a medical expert on this topic; however, Mr. Kilian is an engaging English professor living in Vancouver, British Columbia. I found him fascinating and pragmatic in his thinking. His website: http://crofsblogs.typepad.com. He's a published author with more than 20 books on Amazon, and has an insatiable curiosity that delves into science fiction, history, medicine, travel, and technology. When he learned about H5N1, he put together the puzzle pieces from his grandparents' experience with the Spanish flu in the early 1900s, his own experiences with the polio epidemic in the 1940s and teaching in China in the early '80s, the SARS outbreaks in Canada a couple of years ago, and his knowledge of the current speed of global travel. An active blogger, Crawford poses some questions and provides some answers in his blog: H5N1. Avian Flu -- What You Need to Know Connotea Effect Measure CIDRAP Bird Flu Today The Coming Influenza Pandemic? Recombinomics - Henry Niman Comments[5]
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Mon, 5 September 2005
Have you ever wondered what life is like in India as the manager of a software development group? Let's find out from Arun Tanksali, an editor for the ITConversation team who was gracious enough to give me some of his precious time for a short, personal interview. Here's some background on Arun: He is an engineer with a Master's in Electronics and currently working in the area of software development for mobile devices and networks. Arun is responsible for product development at Jataayu Software, a Bangalore, India-based software company focusing on the mobile space. Arun has about 15 years of experience in developing software on a variety of platforms over this period, for both applications as well as system domains. Arun's interests are in Mobile Web technologies, and in his spare time he enjoys reading fiction and tinkering with open source software. Arun and I have some fun and a couple of great laughs during this informal conversation about his life at home and at work in Bangalore, India. Comments[2]
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Wed, 24 August 2005
I met Michael Tchong at a event in Washington D.C. where he was the keynote speaker - on Ubercool Trends. I was to speak the second day of the event. The goal (really for both of us) was to stimulate the thinking of 85 radio and TV station managers about the new trends occuring on the Internet that affect their businesses. See http://www.ubercool.com for more on Michael Tchong. Comments[0]
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Sun, 14 August 2005
Terry Heaton of Donata Communications talks about the impact of Web 2.0 New Media changes on local TV broadcasting and the unexpected opportunities that exist. Terry is a personal media consultant whose passion is bringing new media solutions to local television. He is a 30-year veteran of the TV broadcast industry. In this podcast he talks about his experiences with WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, building bridges between the local blogging and video blogging communities so there is collaboration instead of angst. Find out how both the bloggers and the TV station benefit from this approach. Comments[0]
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Thu, 28 July 2005
Tom Parish interviews Mike Smith on his corporate blogging and corporate podcasting experiences at BMC Software. We talk about the changing perspectives required in marketing, especially looking at the quality of conversations that evolve rather than the numbers of emails sent. We also discuss issues around new outbound approaches to 'web marketing.' Comments[0]
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Sun, 24 July 2005
I am just delighted to bring you this interview with Paul Figgiani - http://www.pfiggianimsc.com/blog/ - where he talks about his experiences as an audio engineer with ITConversations. Paul and I have been emailing each other on an assortment of audio issues since the ITC team first pulled together. Including the biggy: "How the heck do we get this RMS Normalization to work the way Doug wants it?" Paul talks about Doug Kaye's bigger vision for ITConversations and provides some words of wisdom for new ITC Team members doing audio production. Comments[1]
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Sun, 29 May 2005
Austin Texas USA is rapidly becoming the Wireless Capital of the World. In my Podcast, currently featured on WiMAX.com, Erin Defosse (pronounced day-foss-AY) explains why. Where did this technology crown come from? Why are savvy wireless entrepreneurs gravitating toward Central Texas? Erin Defosse lets you in on this quiet explosion. Comments[0]
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Sun, 22 May 2005
An amazing story of how one woman raises six children - two with special needs - survives a near-death experience while giving birth, creates the world's largest online resource for those with autism, and writes several books - without accepting a dime from the government, special interest groups, or corporations! Every cent received from product sales is reinvested into the organization. Comments[0]
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Sun, 8 May 2005
Good news! The new Fostex FR-2 field recorder arrived today. I was rather eager to see the FedEx truck come my way. As you saw from earlier posts, I tried and then returned both the Marantz PMD660 and PMD671 due to extremely noisy microphone inputs among other bothersome issues. Jenny Meadows (my editor and friend) was visiting, so I thought this would be a great opportunity for an impromptu Podcast with the brand new Fostex FR-2. Jenny and I talk about the benefits of using a professional editor for blogging. How do you use an editor in a way that you keep your voice and your writing style? I give my first impressions of the Fostex FR-2, which are a combination of joy and relief after all the disappointment with the Martanz Pro (???) PMD660 and PMD671. Bottom line: the Fostex FR-2 works extremely well, its microphone preamps are VERY quiet, and honestly it's easier to use. It's also more expensive, but I have no regrets. Comments[0]
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Fri, 11 March 2005
Rob Miller, who has run the IT group at Burning Man for years, talks about how they use PLONE to coordinate 1,000 people in 70 teams each year. Rob talks about why Plone is such an excellent content management system and the ease with which you can extend it for custom solutions. Comments[1]
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