Podcast as an adcast = misses the point

I had to post this one, from my new Interactive Media Tips blog...

http://interactivemediatips.com/online/2007/11/21/prweb-podcasting-aka-sales-puke-cast/

An experiment

So, I'm trying to take the best interactive nuggets on here (as well as some new ones) over to our new blog project, Interactive Media Tips (http://www.interactivemediatips.com).

I want to have some more freedom around blogging here about all the things I care about - over there, I'm going to keep it straight interactive, podcasting, blogging, and more.

If you think it's a good idea, comment - or a bad one. I'm trying something different because I've gotten plenty of people who want a clean feed of interactive/web 2.0/podcasting stuff without my Detroit/Politics/Every day ramblings.

I'll do my best to dual post as well... so thanks!

It's Podcast, not Pod Cast or Pod-Cast

Mini-rants and tip for all the folks trying to be hip and in with Web 2.0...

It's Podcast.  Not Pod-Cast or Pod Cast.  Podcast, for better or worse, with Zune putting it on the main menu with it's now revision, will be the word that is used for the medium of audio and/or video provided on demand and by subscription.  If those two agree, then that's what it is.  I'm surprised, but that's how it's shaken out.

If you write Pod Cast, Pod-Cast, Pod-casting, or any other incorrect form of the term you automatically will be perceived as not knowing what you are talking about.  So just don't do it.

Leopard Stacks to Grid Productivity Tip

Lots of people hate stacks in Leopard, and it's one of those features that I think will be revised in future updates. And, frankly, I find stacks as they're initially implemented useless.

However - I have found a solution that to me is really productive.

What you should try in your dock is this...

Right click (or control-click) the stack icon or folder. Up will come a little menu, and what you're going to want to do is go under "View As" and switch to "Grid" instead of "Automatic" or "Stack."

Grid is immensely more useful to me and works for now. Eventually, I hope that you can resize the icons in the Grid. I theorized that maybe it was tied to the icon size of the Finder window, but no dice. If I could get the icons a little smaller in the Grid, then I could have more stuff visible.

And of course, following Merlin Mann-Fu, organize by most recent or by date so the most recent opened items are first. Really helps when you're working on projects.

Great TWiT epsiode on social networking

Well, the whole thing isn't on social networking - but Jason Calacanis was a great addition to the regulars, with a great discussion giving insight on the social networking space and search.

Of course, with Mahalo, Calacanis has skins in the game - but that's okay. He's useful, and although I don't always 100% agree with him, he's one of those folks you'd like to get coffee with.

The Zen of a Fresh Machine...

Being semi-savvy in technical areas, I've managed  to keep my original setup migrated all the way from 2003 - and that can mean a lot of baggage.

I used Leopard as an excuse to refresh EVERYTHING... down to the iTunes star rankings.  Time to unlearn bad habits, and break out of the top 100 songs from years ago back when I had eight CDs in iTunes, and so they're so hopelessly skewed in my favorites that there will never be new ones.  

And, it's... liberating.  Of course, you need your documents, email, and other business riff raff.  However, getting freedom is wonderful.

And, the Intel platform blows the doors off the PowerPC.  Had the pleasure of retiring them to file servers this weekend.

A Flurry of Podcasts

Hey all,

What a crazy week! We've had a flurry of podcasts, site builds, and productions.

First off, I'm proud to announce we'll be podcasting the Network Pods Mega Event on December 4th.

Secondly, we've put together a podcast for Automation Alley promoting the Business Development Series. First one of this monthly show features two people I like a lot - Terry Bean from Networked, Inc. and Charlie Wollborg from Curve Detroit (If you're not going to hire us, do yourself a favor and hire them. Or hire both of us. Either way, they're great folks).

Thirdly, the new episode of Global Business Perspectives Radio is up, and it features Faris Alami, the CEO of Integrated Systems Management. Over on that podcast, they're talking international business and the book "Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands?"