Entries from March 2008

March 31, 2008

The Brand Masters

The Brand Masters

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I was in the Orlando Airport, coming back from vacation, and this caught my eye- a molded mp3 player in the shape of Mickey’s head by the folks at iriver, known for the ultraportable flash players beloved by podcasters everywhere. You can see all the specs on this [...]

March 15, 2008

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March 15, 2008

apple fixes 5g problem for rentals!

March 13, 2008

I am presenting at Podcasters Across Borders!

Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche of the Canadian Podcast Buffet have put on a great conference, Podcasters Across Borders, affectionately known as PAB, now entering it’s third year. Unlike Podcamps, where the speakers list is open to anyone who wants to speak, you have to be selected to speak at PAB. I [...]

March 13, 2008

Apple Movie Rental Problems- No 5g compatibility

We’re going on vacation tomorrow. Logically, I thought- Hey- I’ll rent a movie through itunes to watch on a plane. I went to the itunes store and rented Michael Clayton. Then I couldn’t get the thing to load onto my fifth generation video ipod.
I couldn’t find in support any reason it shouldn’t [...]

March 11, 2008

Pros and Cons of the Back Channel- Crowdshare

There are tons of reports coming out of South by Southwest Interactive, including this one at Perfect Porridge, and this one, to name a few, mentioning audience revolt during the sessions, caused in part by the connectivity of the audience.   Friends who are there remark that the sessions have been, well, to be kind, not [...]

March 7, 2008

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March 4, 2008

Podcamp Revisited

I’m getting a reputation for being the Podcamp girl, having been to and organized many of these events to date.  I recently attended and presented at Podcamp Toronto, not only because I love the Canadian podcast community, but to see the innovative things they try out at this conference every year.  The beauty of Podcamp [...]

March 2, 2008

The Platform Problem

There are so many things in the geek/online world we call platforms.   Whether it’s WordPress, Second Life, Twitter, Facebook, or anything else, the point I think we’re trying to get across to non-techies is that each of these “programs” or applications is basically a blank canvas, and what it means to you depends largely on [...]