Iphone 3GS Press Release

BING - Microsoft’s new “Decision Engine”  “Helps people make better decisions”

Spinrite hard drive recovery tool.

USB adapters: Use these to recover data from bad hard drives.

http://besthistorysites.net/: You can browse resources by hostorical period, maps, general resrouces, lesson plans, games & activities, etc.

http://recovery.org/home.aspx: Check on the government to see how they are spending the stimulus money.

http://www.youtube.com/USGovernment: A convenient central location for hundreds of videos from government agencies.

http://hubblesite.org/: The place to go if you want to see video of the recent rescue mission, get updates on the repairs of the telescope, and find out why scientists and amateur stargazers alike were so passionate about its rescue.

http://lowes.com/videos: Videos help you learn to build a deck, decorate and paint, plant and care for lawns and gardens, entertain outdoors, install flooring, and more.

http://wonderhowto.com/: This site “hand-selects and curates the best [free] instructional videos from over 1,700 websites.” Search or browse by categories like Autos, Motorcycles & planes, Business & Money, Diet & Health, Food, Gaming, etc.

http://www.netlingo.com/: A guide to internet jargon, acronyms, technical and business terms. Search, or browse alphabetically, by category, by popular topics, newly added updates, or THE TOP 50 ACRONYMS EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO KNOW. You can also sign up for e-mails on various topics.

Tags: Hard Drive, Microsoft, Offsite Storage, USB Hard Drives, Windows, Windows XP

Links from show:

http://dtv.gov: for more information if you are having issues after the Digital Transition.

http://facebook.com/username: Go here to get your Vanity username at Facebook

Statistics on the Management of Used and End-of-Life Electronics

Recycle It: There are lots of easy ways to recyle your user computer or consumer electronics.

Reuseit: If you can, instead of disposing or recycling, try to Re-Use your computer or other electronics.

 FAQ’s for ECycling

Where Can I Donate or Recycle My Old Computer and Other Electronic Products?   Use DBAN (Dereks Boot and Nuke) to remove your data from a computer that you plan to donate.

Ecycling Where you live: Find out where you can take part in Ecycling.

Google Calendar: Use google calendar as your main calendar and have access to it from anywhere.  Create reminders of special dates, even create task lists of to do items.

Evernote: Use Evernote to organize your notes.  We talked about using a mobile phone with Evernote and sending email to and from your Evernote account.

Jott.com: This can be handy when you are on the go and can not type on your blackberry.  Just call the Jott number and leave your note or idea.  Then Jott can send your Evernote account or any other email address the typed out note or idea.

Roboform:  I highly recommend using Roboform as it is by far the best password manager out there.

Please send in your ideas for oranizing using technology and I will mention them on the next show.

TIP: I also told you how you could always wake up and never worry about your alarm clock not working due to a power outage.

Interview with Anand Rajaram, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder or Pixily. 

I want to take this time to thank Anand for his time.  During the interview we talked about what Pixily does and all the different features of this service.  How it works, Security involved, pricing plans and their new partnership with Evernote.

See a Demo Here and remember, when you signup use the coupon code techwithmike to receive $5.00 off your first month.

Download LAME_ENC.DLL to get MP3 encoding support in Audacity.

To install it:

• Open Audacity
• Go to the ‘Edit’ menu and select preferences
• Go to the’File Formats’ tab
• On the lower half of the window find the ‘Find Library’ button and click it.
• It will ask you if you would liek to localte the lame_enc.dll file now?  Click YES
• Browse to where you saved the file and click ‘OPEN’

Storage hosts for your podcast:

• Libsyn
• Hipcast
• Ourmedia

Websites to use to market your podcast:

• Itunes
• Podcast Pickle
• Podcast Alley
• Zune Marketplace
• Digg.com
• Facebook
• Myspace
• Linked In
• Techpodcasts.com
• Twitter
• BluBrry

 Getting involved:

• Yahoo Groups
• Google Groups

Writing Press Releases

• PR Newswire
• PR Web

Prior to recording or starting a live show jot down notes. I use Evernote which is a free program.

Kinds of Notes:

• Scripts: Keeps you on track, but can take a long time to put together.  Try to keep your voice sounding natural, not like you’re reading somthing.
• Outline: Allows you to stay on track but usually take a lot less time to create than scripts.  Jot down essential points and sub points and talk about each one.

Prior to Recording

• Sound and Video checks
• Have intro or theme music.  Here are some links from the chat session of the show.
  • http://www.stockmusic.net/
  • http://music.podshow.com/
  • http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/xpress/

Intro or Show Greeting

The elements of an intro

• The show’s name
• The name of the host(s)
• Location of show

Tag Line: A tag line identifies your show and is original.  This may require a brainstorming storming session.  Copyblogger.com has a great article on how to create a tag line.

• Incorporate the elements of an intro into your tag line.
• Tag lines do work according to marketing experts.

Outtros

• No much different than an intro except that it’s at the end of the show.
• An outro is the last thing your listener hears from you until the next show.
• Make it exciting and sound confident in your voice.

Catch Phrase: We also talked about catch phrases.  Your catch phrase should be original and should also identify your show like your tag line.

Teasers: Teasers are designed to keep your listeners listening.

• Your next show topic.
• Use teasers to keep your listeners during sponsor breaks.

Tangents:  These can be a life saver by filling space to keep your podcast up to 30 mins.  And can also prove to be valuable to help get your point across.

Editing your recording:  We talked about the reasons for editing your podcast recording.  Ambient noises are one of those reasons.

Providing show notes: Always provide show notes immediate or some point after the show is done.  Provide links and enough information about the show so that the people that have listened can reference and remember what you talked about.  Do not include all information so that the passer by’s will download your podcast to get more information.

Help ya later!