I'm starting up a regular call-in Portable Linux Podcast show!
 

I've already got one (apparently popular) podcast, that I cohost with a friend, that follows ABC's hit TV shows "Lost" (http://blackrockpodcast.blogspot.com/) but sadly, it's very quiet during the off-season period and I don't much care for the ARG.

So! I thought that perhaps I should start a lively gadgets podcast that primarily focuses on Linux based portable gadgets such as the Nokia tablets, Pandora, Neuros OSD, Western Digital's My World Book NAS server, and so on. Since I tend to buy up and enjoy these devices and I have them and I like follow up on them. It might make for great podcast fodder to listen to on the drive to work or to just keep up on things when you can't spend time reading forums online and so on.

I invited some friends that I know have Nokia tablets and Asus eee PC's so far and I thought I'd also throw a posting up here to let you folks know as well.

The URL to the show, which you can listen to live is:
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/27204
It'll be live on Thursday at 7pm eastern, after that it'll be available for download (web or RSS podcast feed) or to listen to right on the web page.

You can simply go there to listen and participate in the chat room or you can also call into the telephone number posted in the chat room page (long distance charges might apply to your call) or best still, make a free call over the Internet using your web browser or using SIP. (I use GIZMO to call in via SIP, myself.)

Please let me know if you have any recommendations for topics or formats (should we be primarily about tips? Opinions/Reviews? etc.)

Thanks!

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By the by--I HAVE used the Nokia tablet to call into shows at Talkshoe.. but only by phone number. If anyone manages to get in via SIP, please let me know how you did it! :)

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Just a reminder that tomorrow is the day I'll be airing the first episode and taking calls. I'm aiming for a half-hour program but if it gets interesting or if there's a lot of people participating, I may take it up to an hour.

See you there! :)

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Last posting to remind everyone that the first episode is scheduled to go live in 10 minutes from now! Ciao! :)

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All done! The first episode has been finished and published out. You can go to http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/27204 to listen to it and next week I'll put out another episode. There's also an RSS feed for the podcast available from a link on that web page as well as a web-based player if you prefer to listen immediately online.

Thanks for listening!

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Nice show. We need more members calling you during the show.

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I wasn't able to listen to the whole thing yet, but did anyone call in? The show sounded great from what I did listen to. I hope I can call in some time to throw in an opinion or two, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do that on a Thursday night ever :-p

Anyway, I'll have to listen to the rest of the show... Looking forward to future ones!

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Thanks! ...and I agree--maybe the problem is the scheduled time? What do you think would be a better time for this show to air?

I figured that a Thursday recording will make it available for Friday podcast downloaders who'll listen over the weekend.. that seems to be the experience I've had with my other 'Lost' related Podcast. Maybe this was a mistake for this one?

What do you think would be a better time to air the program?

Also! I should probably have mentioned where people can email me if they want to shoot me a personal email to ask questions or to state opinions if they can't call in live. I'll have to set up a dedicated email address for the show on my domain--so the emails don't end up in my personal mailbox. Just the same, Feel free to leave me a personal message here for now in the meantime or post it right here on this thread for now.

If I can reschedule for a more convenient time for everyone, I'll do that and hopefully I can host some calls or at least have some people pop into the chat room and extend the show to an hour.

I'd like to also see if I can get some specific hints for people.. maybe base it on the frequent Q&A's floating around ITT's threads. If nothing else, I think it'd be handy for folks that can't frequent here.

On that note--I wanted to see if maybe I can talk about everyone's favorite apps... do you have a favorite app (something you find you use a LOT on your tablet)?

Again, thanks for the compliments! I hope I can continue to improve on this show until it settles into a good format.

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Bummer, I'd forgotten this was today yesterday. Oh well, I'll listen to it tomorrow this afternoon, and try to catch it live next time. The time works fine for me, though.

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do i need a talkshoe account to listen and/or participate?

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Yeah the email questions is a good idea.

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Nope! If you have a Talkshoe account, you're more likely to get on the air, though, but it's not required at all. When you call into the show's phone number, you have the option to call in as a guest caller. When you connect to the show's web site during a show, you'll also have the option of joining the live show chat room as a guest as well.

The reason why you're more likely to get on the air as a TalkShoe account is that guests can sometimes show up to wreck shows. In our other podcast, the Black Rock Lost Podcast program, we had once had a guest log in and began speaking lewdly. I thought it was hilarious because the person was self-censoring his own swears.. but it was a lesson in defaulting to muting guests.

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Maybe it got lost in my chatter.. but does anyone have a suggestion for a more convenient time to air the show?

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I think what will be hard to manage is all the time zones. 7 pm is good for me, but it would have to be 7 pm central. Of course, that''s still 5:00 for people on the west coast. Not to mention that there are a lot of Europeans that visit the forums and might want to call in... Maybe fluctuate the tim every week? One week a good time for Europeans, next week a good time for Americans, then Europeans, etc...

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True enough. Maybe one STABLE schedule on Thursdays at 7pm primarily for me to talk with SOME call-ins.. and then another floating schedule program that is primarily intended to catch call-ins? Talkshoe does allow me to set schedules (with a count-down timer too) on their web page.. so it MIGHT work. I'll have to think about it.

Or maybe I can just have a show scheduled at 4:00pm Eastern (thus, 1:00pm California time, 9:00pm UTC?) on a Saturday?

hmm?

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Might catch live calls from geohashing xkcdians, including me if EDGE coverage suffices...

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I think you're making a veiled point that cell phone calls are usually FREE on weekends. That might be a dealmaker right there, for choosing Saturday. :)

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No, merely that xkcd meetups are at 1600 local on saturdays. Which is not necessarily a problem; as I said, calling in on the go is not bad (kinda cool, really), if I can coax my N800 into streaming your show over EDGE, and if the hashpoint isn't in a particularly remote place. Info on geohashing (if you're curious).

But the free minutes on weekends (for most plans) isn't a bad point, either; just not one I had caught. ;)

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I enjoyed your podcast. It inspired me to get my bluetooth headset working with my n800 so I could listen to podcasts with it. Convenient!

Thanks. Looking forward to future episodes.

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Downloaded Your podcast and listen to it all through.very cool at least i got to learn about the open pandora projetc. Things i feel u should improve on include.
Startup sound - I think you should work on a good startup sound for the program something very cool also a sound to play out when the show ends.Also it would be nice if There is an Agenda for the show.you can divide it into segments .Tablet News,Feedback letter from listeners,Talks,Apps of the week .. get the point. Also a logo and an irc channel for the show would be nice.it would also be nice if u offered ogg download for those of us who prefer it.other than that great show and i would be looking forward to the next episode

cheers

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That's great! And thanks very much for the compliment. :) I will be ranting and raving a little bit about my stereo bluetooth headsets (Nokia BH-501 and a Phillips SHB6100) and using them with my laptop and my N800.

Excellent feedback! I plan to take advantage of the fact that it's on a Saturday to be a little more prepared this time as well. On my other podcast, we normally have an outline for the show and follow it more or less pretty closely and that has worked out very well.

I would like to have an into and outro song (or at least a little jingle) but I've not invested time in either looking for anything podcast friend yet or composing something myself. I lost all my old compositions from back when I used to do MIDI and MOD tracking and stuff.. might need to get back into it for this. :) I probably would prefer to compose something myself but I won't be able to churn anything out for these first episodes.

I've thrown up a quickie logo for now from an old doodle of my cartoony character (Miles). If I can go back to that drawing and color it up, it might actually make a pretty good logo. Let me know what you think if you get a moment to take a look at it.

As for IRC, there is actually a web-based chat channel that is open DURING calls for anyone who goes to the web site during a live call. From experience as cohost on the Black Rock Lost Podcast, I'm told that I do a pretty good job of following chats while recording.. so hopefully that will continue here as well.

Hopefully, I'll have callers this time around too. If you created a Talkshoe account, you can also 'Follow this' to get invitations in case you want to participate in calls.

Lastly, the OGG format--I really wish TalkShoe would support OGG as well--but it doesn't. I'll have to write them and ask for OGG. I should probably ask everyone to do the same. In the meantime, maybe I can set up a seperate RSS feed at my own web server with OGG converted files (or, for quality's sake, maybe I can just record the show simultaneously on my own end and encode them as OGG to publish on the OGG feed). We'll see and I agree with your sentiment.

Again, I really appreciate the compliments and the suggestions! I can't wait to do the next show and hear what you have to say about it!

Thanks!

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Another remind that the show goes on the air the for second episode in less than an hour from now (4pm Eastern time). Hope to see you there at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/27204.

Ciao!

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And episode two has been published! It went a little long this time, well over the half-hour that I had intended. The first half hour was mainly the program (news, rant/review, app of the week, etc) and at the end I opened up for calls.

Thanks again for listening!

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Another heads'-up for everyone! Episode 3 will be on the air tomorrow, October 11 (Saturday), at 4:00pm Eastern time.

Hear you there! :)

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Just finished listening to the second podcast. really cool and much improved compared to the last one. i hope to part of the 3rd episode.although i wont be able to call cause i don't have a mic on my PC. one thing i would want you to please consider is the Time standard you currently use. EDT ? right well i have no idea how to calculate my time against that the EDT i live in Nigeria and we are GMT +1 IMHO GMT is a more universal standard but that is just my Opinion.

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EDT is my local time zone in Massachusetts. I didn't necessarily want to put UTC (aka GMT, Universal Time Coordinate) because EDT also uses Daylight Savings Time (DST) to adjust an hour ahead in spring and an hour back in fall.

Maybe this should be changed to just a stable UTC hour (I'm -400 right now from UTC, in spring/summer.. but in the fall/winter I'll be -500 from UTC). I'll think about that too. Does anyone else have an opinion on that? It's still only three episodes in so I'm more flexible at this point.

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BTW: Episode 3 has been completed and is now available for download. :) Thanks again for your interest, folks.

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I'd sooner have it a fixed UTC time. Although I'm in an EDT region, I keep my wristwatch and alarm clock in UTC... which might just disqualify my input as the ravings of a nutcase. But I like the symmetry of only doing one conversion to bring each event into my time, rather than two.

And for all the people in Europe, etc. who use DST, but go on and off different dates than the US, DST would add substantial complexity; everyone knows how to convert between their current local time and UTC.

Oh, and check Milkytracker for OS2008. I've no musical ability, and know better than to try ;), so I haven't tried it.

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Done! I've added UTC in my signature (along with EDT for now). I've also got to look into whether Talkshoe with just accept me entering in UTC--to make my life a little easier and so that I don't need to keep calculating UTC time. :)

God, I hate daylight savings adjustments. >.<

Oh... my.. God. It looks JUST LIKE FastTracker.. even the colors. :) I shall immediately grab it and give it a try!

Benson, you are the MAN! ;)

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dude there was no show this week . or am i missing something ?

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Yeah, I had the next episode scheduled for next week since this weekend I was gone for a local conference and so wouldn't be available to do the show. If you go to the show's site on Talkshoe, the countdown always shows the next scheduled episode.

It'll be back at its normal time this coming weekend.

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I want to apologize to anyone that expected the show to begin today at its normal time... I can't seem to find an option on Talkshoe to reschedule or to cancel shows.

I want to let you know that I needed to postpone this episode due to some illness. (I've pretty much lost my voice at this point... yay for living in New England and the cold and the flu and allergy seasons and all that.)

Anyway, I will try to record the 4th episode (probably without calls since I'm not sure when it'll record) as soon as I feel my voice returning and up to recording this one.

Thanks for your understanding and please be well.