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Podcast Yearly Statistics
I was curious about these stats because of the #dogdaysofpodcasting event and my recent return to a regular publishing schedule. Here are the number of shows I have published broken down by year: 2004: 64 (Started in August) 2005: 85 (First full year) 2006: 46 2007: 24 2008: 15 2009: 11 2010:...
read articleCongratulations to long time friend of EGC + PJ Cabrera and his lovely bride + Kate Mangan...
Congratulations to long time friend of EGC +PJ Cabrera and his lovely bride +Kate Mangan on their wedding! We watched the live stream in our living room and then put the baby in the...
read articleFirst Week With Locket Update
I installed Locket a week ago Thursday after hearing about it on All About Android. I didn't have any fancy lock screen or any widgets, just HTC default so I lost nothing that way. I found it not terribly intrusive, not terribly lucrative, the ads so far not terribly in my wheelhouse. I tried to...
read articleBrand Disengagement
I hate this notion of "brand engagement." Sure they make cute commercials and may competently use social media but Old Spice exists to sell me deodorant. I'll buy or not but I don't want to be your friend. I specifically don't want the emo overhead of engagement with the mundane products...
read articleI've had discussions with + Daniel Conover over the relative merits of a tightly controlled...
I've had discussions with +Daniel Conover over the relative merits of a tightly controlled taxonomy vs. a non-controlled "folksonomy." My balance tended to be more heavily weighted to the latter than Dan's in general. I often favor a hybrid approach where systems accept any kind of tag but...
read articleWhen Pricing Doesn''t Make Sense
When Pricing Doesn't Make Sense I listened to +Aisha Tyler 's interview with Saul Williams. I am not familiar with him and was interested in his music, so I looked some up on Amazon. That's when I saw this gem: his eponymous album is $9.99 in the MP3 store. That's not atypical, so no biggie....
read articleUsing Google+ For Authors
Over on his A Simpler Way blog, my friend Evo Terra has a guide to using Google+ for the publishing author. It's an interesting guide, applicable for anyone whose primary use of Google+ is as a touchpoint for a creative presence. I would think this would map well for musicians, cartoonists,...
read articleBy Popular Demand
I received a request to add a Facebook like button to the posts. I decided that if I was adding in a plugin, I might as well add one that did multiple services. Now every post gets a Facebook like, Google +1, a StumbleUpon and Tweet button. It was interesting to me to peruse recent posts and see how...
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