Writiing For Pay #005 is up! October 14, 2007
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I interview Eric Franklin, who edits translations of French games for release in the United States.
Writing For Pay #4 is up! September 24, 2007
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I interview freelance writer Zia Munshi in the smoking-hot fourth episode of my podcast Writing For Pay.
Writing For Pay Episode 003 is up August 22, 2007
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Behold! The second half of my conversation with Wolfgang Baur, writer, editor, and game designer is up at Writing For Pay.
In this show we talk about his Open Design project - writing custom game adventures under the patronage model - and his new magazine Kobold Quarterly. Fun stuff.
Note: As you can no doubt tell from the echoey quality of our voices, we did this interview in a large cave. It was Wolfgang’s idea: something about promoting his “Empire Of The Ghouls” project.
Writing For Pay #2: Wolfgang Baur interview - up! August 14, 2007
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Part One of my interview with writer, editor, and game designer Wolfgang Baur is available on the Intertubes, and through iTunes. It’s really good. The second part will also be good. Maybe even better.
Writing For Pay Ep. 001 is out! July 29, 2007
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As the kids say, Whoomp! Here it is! It’s the first show of my new podcast. I can’t believe it’s finally out. Hurrah!
In this show I interview freelance writer (and old friend) Jaq Greenspon who writes about an amazing variety of things: first he’s on the red carpet talking with Teri Hatcher, then he’s writing about people who build apparatuses for magicians.
In which I realize that I have to become a Sound Guy July 19, 2007
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The good news is that the site for my upcoming podcast, Writing For Pay, is up!
Actually, I don’t really have bad news. Bad news would be financial calamity, illness, unemployment. My “bad news” is that I thought I’d finished editing the first episode of the podcast last night, but upon listening to it I realized that it needs a lot more work.
I recorded all of my interviews with my portable iRiver MP3 player/recorder. I recorded the rest of the show using a Logitech USB mic plugged into my iBook. I also spliced in transitional music recorded using I know not what equipment and settings.
The levels and…I don’t know quite how to describe it, the texture of the sound? were very different for each track. The stuff recorded using the USB microphone had a “cleaner” sound, I guess, but the iRiver’s output was much richer, warmer. The mic stuff sounds quiet and a little stifled.
I’m going to dive back into Audacity and see if I can figure out how to harmonize all of the different elements. If I can’t make it work I think I might re-record all of the non-interview segments using the iRiver.
It probably has something to do with the fact that I bought the microphone that I could afford at the time - that is, the cheapest one available.
This is the least attractive aspect of the process to me, but there’s just no getting around it.
WordPress, Linux, Windows, and GoDaddy July 17, 2007
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Last night I got the debit card for my new bank account, dedicated to my nerdy Web projects. I immediately purchased a hosting plan from GoDaddy, and this morning attempted to install WordPress. I got the error, “”Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.”
Crap!
However, a quick search of the WordPress support forums revealed the truth of the old axiom “When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.” Given the choice between Windows-based and Linux-based hosting, I’d opted for Windows. The trouble is, Windows-based hosting doesn’t support PHP. So I need to switch operating systems.
However, the hosting setup is apparently still churning on GoDaddy’s servers and I can’t switch until it’s finished. Which is fine, I’m not in a hurry. I’m just eager to get it done.
Interviews with talented writers Jaq Greenspon, Wolfgang Baur, and Zia Munshi are in the can. The first episode of the Writing For Pay podcast is almost finished - I just need to tweak my intro a little more and record a final segment. Then I’ll switch operating systems, set up WordPress, sign up for AdSense, configure the Blixkrieg theme, upload the audio files, pipe them to iTunes, and start promoting the ‘cast.
And I need to create a 300×300 graphic for the show, or pay/persuade someone to do it for me.
Podcast project checklist June 25, 2007
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Registered the domain name.
Interviewed JG, edited the audio.
Invited:
- SB
- WB
- ZM
Acquired permissions for music.
- Edited to create intro, outro, transitions.
To do:
- Record non-interview portions of first show.
- Open checking account for podcast and Web stuff.
- Set up Web hosting at GoDaddy.
- Sign up for AdSense.
- Upload WordPress, Blixkreig theme, and plugins, and build the site.
- Decide: host the files on LibSyn, or at my site?
- Set up Feedburner feed.
- Invite more guests. (Goal: have at least three shows in the buffer.)
- Learn more, more, more.
Science report 1.13.2007 January 13, 2007
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Work
- Went to the company holiday party on Thursday at the BluWater Bistro in Kirkland.
- Bacon-wrapped scallops are an excellent idea with which I am 100% on board.
- Comparing and contrasting Jewish and Christian eschatology in a noisy room with people who’ve been drinking a bit is a poor idea and should be avoided.
- Am waiting for six pieces to come back from customer review.
- A corporate intranet project requiring 30 pages of original content has been scheduled to begin the week of Janurary 22nd.
- Scheduled a kickoff meeting for a new media brainstorming group.
Life
- Celebrated our 12th anniversary on Saturday (the actual day was Monday, New Year’s Day) . We ate dinner at Wild Ginger, had dessert at Gelatiamo across the street, and then attended the symphony at Benaroya Hall.
- Samuel Barber’s Cello Concerto kicks ass.
- On the first day of snow, commuted home with my friend Kris. It was a two and a half hour drive. While we idled in traffic on Lake Washington Boulevard I got out, walked over to Kidd Valley Hamburgers, and picked us up some dinner.
- Got sick. Started to pull out, but then a combination of trudging through snow and cold and going to the company party set me right back. Voice is scratchy and hoarse; Joe Strummer impression has improved significantly.
- Went to Microsoft to do usability testing on an upcoming product. Am under nondisclosure agreement, so I cannot reveal details. As a reward, I will receive a fabulous prize of my choosing from the Microsoft Store.
Church
- Our church secretary still hasn’t taken to the concept that he can update the Announcements page himself now. Do I keep updating it myself so that our congregation remains informed about current events and schedule changes? Or do I step down so that he can step up, in the manner of the current Iraqi government?
- This is a bad analogy.
Podcasting
- Continued reading Podcasting for Dummies
- Checked out Liberated Syndication
