Sun, 23 December 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about the Twitter community coming together to support one of their own (Susan Reynolds) who was diagnosed with breast cancer. I also give you an update on the Amazon Kindle and my trip to New York City and experience with the Zune and iPod. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe Christmas music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 41:14)
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Fri, 30 November 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I comment on the recent stock market declines; talk about Amazon’s Kindle; and update you about my Zune and ipod Touch experiences. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 58:50)
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Thu, 15 November 2007
Last Tuesday Microsoft released the Zune 2 devices in 80 GB, 8 GB, and 4 GB versions. Below is the front page of this week’s Target ad showing the flashed-based Zune device (4 and 8 GB). Which item would you pick, the Zune (on the left) or the iPod Touch (on the right)? Did you even notice the Zune? (I thought it was the last generation iPod Nano until I took a closer look.) I know there’s a $150 price difference between the two but that issue is answered when you turn the page.
This is what you see on the inside page. A nice ad telling you the iPod makes the perfect gift. So where’s the Zune? If I didn’t know better I would think this whole thing was an Apple ad and they included the Zune for comparision purposes.
The Microsoft Zune is so far behind the iPod in Marketing and sales, you would think Microsoft would pay to make a splash for the release of the Zune 2. I bet many won’t even notice the Zune but will notice the iPod Touch on the front page and the new iPod Nano and iPod Classic on the second page. I paid $250 for my first generation 30 GB Zune over a year ago so I’ve been watching Microsoft and were they were going with the Zune. Where they went was reducing my Zune by $100. They finally released a product that competes with the last generation iPods but I don’t expect many buyers to get excited about this device and ads like this doesn’t help either. At least they provided the loyal first gen Zune users with a firmware upgrade so they could experience the new Zune 2 user interface. Before this year I’ve never owned an iPod (or any Apple product for that matter) so I was really hoping Microsoft would make the Zune a success. I recently purchased an iPod Nano and iPod Touch because the Zune just didn’t do what I wanted. Time will tell if Microsoft can convince buyers that the Zune 2 is as sexy and cool as the iPod. I’ve downloaded the new Zune Desktop software and upgraded the firmware in my older Zune and I plan to write up my experiences. I’ve also talked about my initial reaction on my last podcast and will talk more about it soon. I’ll let you know about the new Zune experience and how it compares to the iPod. More to come. Stay tuned.
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Tue, 13 November 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about the San Francisco Oil Spill and my first impression of the Microsoft Zune update for the desktop and first generation Zune. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 50:38)
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Wed, 24 October 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk a little about the fires in Southern California and give you an update about the Podcast and New Media Expo that I attended last month. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 51:06)
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Wed, 26 September 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast This is a shorter show as I get ready for the Podcast Expo at the end of this week. In this show I talk about my first impression of the new Apple iMac. Most of it was very positive but I did run into a few software glitches. Listen to the show for more details. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 41:08)
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Fri, 21 September 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast
In this show I talk about something most home owners don’t think about or talk about — water damage. I also talk about buying my first Apple product: a 20�? iMac, and why I canceled my iPod Touch order. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 41:05)
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Tue, 11 September 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about Apple’s big iPod announcement on September 5 and my visit to a new Apple store. I also reveal that I purchased my first Apple product. The photo is by Thomas Hawk, CEO of Zooomr.com, and is from his blog post about night photography. The photo was taken without a flash using “flashlight painting.�? As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Correction: In the podcast I played the wrong song. I played “Moon Child�? by Shelly Niebuhr, which I played on show #30. I meant to play “If I were Rain�? by Skyla Spencer. I’ll play Skyla’s song next week. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 52:12)
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Sat, 1 September 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about the Photowalking trip on the USS Hornet based in Alameda, CA. I also talk about the lunar eclipse we had here on the West Coast last week. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 54:03)
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Wed, 15 August 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast I’ve been gone for a few weeks so I catch you up on what has been happening and talk about Gnomedex, Twitter, Facebook, iPhone and my Microsoft Zune. I also throw in something about McDonalds too. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 52:57)
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Tue, 17 July 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about photography and a great website for tips on taking great pictures. I also talk about Derek K. Miller and his fight with cancer. I also answer a listener’s question about the Zune. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 52:56)
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Sat, 7 July 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast Looks like the past week the iPhone got more press than the Paris Hilton story. I do a short recap of the iPhone news and another update on the status of the Zooomr Photo sharing site. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 42:50)
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Sat, 30 June 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about SaveNetRadio and my trip to the Apple store for the iPhone launch. As always I update you with technical news and tips. No podsafe music on this show to support National Day of Silence for streaming internet sites. (Podsafe music is not really affected by this issue but if this passes there is no telling where all this will end and even podsafe music may not be podsafe any more.) Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. The picture is of myself and Johnny Ham from Ustream.
On Today's Show (length: 31:01)
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Sun, 17 June 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. In this show I talk a little about my father and also what happened to our Kitty last week. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today.
On Today's Show (length: 46:43)
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Sat, 16 June 2007
I’ve blogged before about Zooomr and the problems it had with the re-launch of Zooomr Mark III but I’m happy to report it’s now up and running. Granted there still are a number of features not yet working (like SmartSets) but the site is stable and users are uploading photos and exploring Zooomr’s new features. Check out the Discovery 100 feature of Zooomr where it shows the best pictures of the past hour, day, week, and year. To help spread the word Randy Carranza (randyman) has printed up some Zooomr sticker (see above photo) that you can order and paste wherever you like. He has started a Zooomr group (StickerWalking) where users can post photos of their pastings. You can find more information about ordering the Zooomr stickers here. You can also checkout my photos on Zooomr here. Zooomr Sticker Making Video
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Thu, 7 June 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I give you an update of the Zooomr Photo sharing site. I also talk about the fate of the Delta whales: Delta and Dawn and talk about using the Internet to connect to a friend I haven’t talked to in 40 years. As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. On Today's Show (length: 48:32)
Additional Links for Today's Show GoDaddy promotion: You can save 10% on web hosting services by entering promo code pod24 and an additional 10% on other orders using promo code blu24. You can email me comments at MyFogView AT Gmail.com. Please let me know why you listen to my podcast and what you enjoy or don't enjoy about the show. Thanks, Tom Technorati Tags: zooomr whatsapodcast fogview flickrtickr scottsla flickr podcast blubrry itunes |
Tue, 5 June 2007
This is a video of the first attempt to re-launch Zooomr Mark III. This was recorded on the Zooomr Ustream.tv feed. At this launch attempt the Zooomr site was only up for 20 minutes before it crashed and burned. The site finally re-launched (the second time) on Saturday, May 2, 2007. Zooomr is running a little slow but Kris Tate and Thomas Hawk are slowly getting out the bugs. You can watch this 17:08 minute video here or watch it full screen here (click on the Full Screen link). If you want to see the Zooomr chat room text you will need to view the full-screen version of the video. The Zooomr Ustream feed stopped right before the Zooomr launch so the video shows the minutes leading up to the launch and after the launch. Sorry for the audio quality in this video. Tags: zooomr ustream blip.tv thomas hawk
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Fri, 1 June 2007
This is a quick update on Zooomr Mark III launch. As I’ve been posting before the Zooomr re-launch came and went (crash and burned) and Kristopher Take is in the process of getting it going again. They had a few hardware server problems and Zoho came to the rescue to get Zooomr up and going again. Sun Microsystems also came in with a server box on loan for 60 days. Zoli’s Blog has a great recap of all that has happened over the past 12 days. The fact that it’s two days since Zoho came to the rescue and Zooomr is not up seems to have upset some people. On top of that the Zooomr Blog seems to have problems because of the Zoomr crash and is not providing timely updates of the status. Dedicated users have been glued to the Zooomr Ustream.tv feed and getting updates directly from Kris and Thomas Hawk. Robert Scoble has also been active in the Zooomr IRC chat room and providing support and status updates whenever he can. There are a few hardware problems that need to be sorted out and Kris doesn’t want to bring Zooomr up just to have it crash again. He has been working long, long hours and doing his best to make sure when Zooomr comes online, it stays online. We (Zooomr users) are behind Kris and Thomas and support them in getting Zooomr back up when they feels it’s ready to come online. Kris was able to get the static photos back online so blogs that link to these photos will be able to access their pictures again. We would like to thank the Internet community and especially Zoho and Sun Microsystems for coming forward and lending a big helping hand. Zooomr will live again! The Zooomr users have started a Zooomr Mark III Launch wiki and you can see it here. Tags: zoho sun microsystems zooomr robert scoble thomas hawk ustream
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Thu, 31 May 2007
This is a video taken off the Zooomr TV Ustream feed. Zooomr Mark III is still not up but the Internet community is coming together to help. Thanks Zoho and Sun Microsystems. Check out Scoble’s blog for more information. Kris must be feeling better as you can tell in this short video clip.
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Wed, 30 May 2007
Tonight (May 29) at 11:15 PM, Zooomr Mark III launched and everyone in the Zooomr Ustream.TV chat room rushed onto the site and started posting what they found. Twenty minutes late it went down as fast as it went up. Zooomr had lost a data base server and had to be taken off line. For those who don’t know Zooomr is a photo sharing site similar to Flickr and has been down for the past week being overhauled with over 250 new features. The lead (and only) programmer, Kristopher Tate, has been working night and day on this venture and tonight was a major defeat in Zooomr’s launch. While the site was up everyone was excited by what they saw. Reading the posts in the chat room reminded me of kids running to be the first on the rides at Disneyland after they opened the gates. For many of us it’s been a week’s wait watching Kristopher and Thomas Hawk broadcast the ups and downs of this launch live over Ustream.tv. Hanging out in the chat room and getting to know Kristopher and Thomas felt like family and everyone was enjoying being part of it all. Even before the launch actually happened, Robert Scoble wrote a post about Zooomr asking for others to help this startup survive. After the launch I was going to title this post “Did Ustream Save Zooomr,? but even though that may be true, I don’t think Ustream can fix this. What can you do to help?
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Sat, 26 May 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast The title of this podcast comes from awaiting the launch of Zooomr Mark III, a photo sharing site. Listen to the podcast to get the details and check out Zooomr for the latest status. I also talk about recent news in the Podcasting world as well as some other technical news along with some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. On Today's Show (length: 56:27)
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Tue, 22 May 2007
Today Zooom Mark III plans to launch. Zooomr is a photo sharing site similar to Flickr. Users can create an account and upload their photos for all the world to view and share. The site was created by one programmer, Kristopher Tate (CTO) and has been highly promoted by Thomas Hawk, who is also the CEO of Zoomr. For the past two days Kristopher and Thomas have been live on Ustream.tv talking about the launch and answering questions about Zooomr Mark III and photography via the UStream chat box. They plan to stay live until Zooomr launches (ETA is this afternoon). To my knowledge this is the first time a web site has launched (or relaunched in the case of Zooomr) live. The launch also was written up on TechCrunch. The “meta” picture was taken with my Nikon D40 after asking Thomas for a picture shot.
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Sat, 12 May 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast Check out the new Fogview theme song by Geoff Smith. I talk about news from around the internet and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. On Today's Show (length: 46:33)
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Mon, 7 May 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about how Digg was Digg’d with the HD-DVD crack code. I also give you some great tech tips and introduce someone new to the Podsafe Music Network. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. On Today's Show (length: 43:18)
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Fri, 4 May 2007
Dave Winer mentioned on Scripting News that he was the Dave was having problems syncing the Zune to his Mac (running Windows using Parallels) and figuring out how to download podcasts to the Zune. I left a comment on his blog about how I download podcasts to my Zune and thought I would repeat the information here since others may have the same problem or curious about how its done. The Microsoft Zune desktop software doesn’t support podcasts directly (but it is listed as a genre), so you will need an external podcast reader (podcatcher) like Juice or iTunes to retrieve your favorite podcast shows. I use Juice as my podcatcher which downloads podcasts to separate folders for each podcast. After the podcasts are on my computer the Zune desktop will sync them up to the Zune device using “watch” folders. I don’t automatically have the Zune software watch all the podcast show folders because sometimes I listen to them on my desktop and don’t want them on the Zune. To sync the podcasts up with the Zune I’ve created a Zune folder under My Documents with three subfolders: Pictures, Videos, and Podcasts. I’ve set the Zune desktop software to watch those folders so anything that gets placed in the folders are automatically synced to the Zune. Some of the downloaded podcasts go directly to my Zune Podcast folder and other shows I manually move to the folders. The next time the Zune is connected to the desktop it will automatically download any new files it finds in the watched folders and remove any files from the Zune that have been removed from the watched folders. Other things you need to remember: 1) You can’t delete the podcasts on the Zune but must manually delete (or remove) them from the “watched” folders. It has no concept of what’s been played and what can be deleted. (I generally listen to all the podcasts on my Zune before resyncing to the PC so I can safely delete everything in the Zune Podcast directory.) 2) Use the genre: Podcast on the Zune to find the downloaded podcasts and select “play all.” This only works if the MP3 ID3 tags has the word “podcast” in the genre field. I find most podcasts do but some don’t and it may list those shows under Unknown genre. 3) When you first install the Zune software it automatically checks the My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos directories on your computer and transfers any existing media you may have. This may take a while if computer is loaded with lots of media files. (You can disable this — see below.) You can access the Zune desktop software “watched” folders list with: Options->Library-Monitor Folders A question that keeps coming up about the Zune is what happens if you can’t listen to a podcast completely? When you turn the Zune back on does it continue where you left off or does it start from the beginning? The answer is yes and no. Most of the time you can pause and turn off the player and continue later where you left off. There are two exceptions to this: 1) If the battery drains completely while it’s off (wi-fi and FM radio can cause a drain), and 2) After the Zune has been sitting idle for a few days the Zune seems to go through a reset and loses the knowledge of what it was previously doing (even with a fully charged battery). It doesn’t lose any of the media, only what was played. I hope this has been helpful. Email me if you have any questions at myfogview AT gmail.com Tags: zune zune podcasts podcasts scriptingnews.com dailygizwiz
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Wed, 2 May 2007
A number of listeners to my podcast have been emailing me and asking about the freeway collapse we had in the San Francisco Bay Area last Sunday (April 29, 2007). I thought I would write about it here for those who are interested.
Around 3:30 AM Sunday a gasoline truck crashed into a guard rail and overturned on the 880 freeway near the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The truck burst into flames and the fire was so hot it melted the 580 freeway structure that crosses the 880 freeway, causing it to collapse. Luckily the truck driver was able to get out of his truck in time and hailed a taxi cab who took him to a local hospital. He survived with only 2nd degree burns. No one else was injured. (See video and pictures of the collapse here.)
The freeway collapse was a major news story (and still is). I'm amazed how hot the fire got to melt the structure. The section of freeway affected is near the entrance to the San Francisco Bay bridge from the Oakland/Berkeley side of the bay (called the East Bay). It mainly affects people who work in San Francisco. Commuters can cross the Bay Bridge going into San Francisco but coming home they will need to exit the bridge and take Oakland city surface streets to by-pass the collapsed section. It will be a major traffic issue for months to come. I live in the outskirts of the Bay Area and don’t travel to San Francisco very often so this collapse doesn’t directly affect me.
As you can imagine it really affects traffic in the Bay Area. It mainly affect people who live in the East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley, etc.) and work in San Francisco. With the section of the freeway gone commuters have other alternatives (other freeways and city streets) but in watching the news coverage over the past four days you would think the entire Bay Area freeway system had collapsed.
All the Bay Area radio and TV news stations have extended coverage of this event. Reporters are out in traffic; near the site of the collapsed freeway; and riding mass transit (BART). On Monday most commuters stayed home so I think the reporters were the only ones in the traffic. One TV station had an airplane; news vans; and reporters on the side of the freeway near the freeway collapse and showing how bad drivers were acting slowing down to view the collapse and causing a major traffic jam. Maybe the news crew was the REAL cause of slowdown.
I know this is major news story but when news stations only talk about this one story and run extended coverage (starting at 4 AM), something is wrong. I would love to have Dave Winer’s Checkbox News so I could opt out of this “news event” after four days. I’m tired of hearing extended coverage about commuters coping with the change and the lack of a major traffic backup.
A quick update: After four days the collapsed freeway has been removed and the inspection of remaining structure begins. Current cost: 9 Stay tuned … Technorati Tags: dave winer freeway collapse
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Sat, 28 April 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast This is show number 20 and in this show I talk about who I am and my background what I see going forward with this podcast. I also talk about dipping my toes in the water and wanting to try an Apple Mac. I also pass along some Tech Tips and play some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. When one door closes, another one opens — but sometimes the door is not where you expect it! On Today's Show (length: 37:46)
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Fri, 27 April 2007
I woke up this morning and checked my Twitter tweets and found this one from Jason Calacanis:
I clicked on the URL and found myself smiling at what Jason wrote. He lists the things you need to do for him to link to your post. I’m not sure he’s serious about everything in his list but I figured he did it to see how many people would write about him and link back to his site. This is an interesting social experiment and I’m sure he will get lots of takers (I’m guess I’m one of them). Jason has been around for a while (co-founder of Weblogs Inc; VP at AOL) but I started reading his blog and following him on Twitter when I heard him on the Gillmor Gang podcast doing a great imitation of Adam Curry. He also has been talking about Fatblogging and exercising to get his weight down so he can run a marathon. Since I’m a runner that caught my interest. You can read about Jason here. I find I get a lot of great links from Twitter (like the one from Jason). I follow a number of interesting people on the Web and Twitter helps not only answering the question “What are you doing now?”, but more important, “What do you find interesting now?”. I do have one concern that I haven’t seen raised before about Twitter and that’s clicking on unknown links. Twitter limits the text to 140 characters (because of SMS text message limits) so most URLs are converted to the “tinyurl” format to save space. As you can see in Jason tweet the URL destination is hidden and you don’t know where it’s going until you’re there — very dangerous (for Window users). I guess it’s a matter of trusting who you’re following and hope nobody hacks their account and starts posting dangerous URLs. I found another great tweet this morning from Jeremiah Owyang (Podtech) that mirrors what I was talking about in my last podcast:
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-- posted at: 9:30am PDT
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Sat, 21 April 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about Web 2.0 conference, streaming live video, Vista and the Apple store. I also have come comments about the Podfather and the Daily Source Code. And as always some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. On Today's Show (length: 45:50)
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Thu, 19 April 2007
The past few days I’ve been watching the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. I had an Expo ticket but was to busy to attend but thanks to the Internet and Ustream.tv I was able to feel the excitement and the maybe view the future of new media. Ustream.tv is the latest Internet craze (following Justin.tv and 24/7 video). What surprises me most is I didn’t hear of it from Leo Laporte (the “joiner”) but from others on Twitter: Chris Pirillo, Robert Scoble, and Jeremiah Owyang. Chris has been playing with Ustream for a few weeks while Robert and Jeremiah work for Podtech and have been streaming video from the Web 2.0 conference for the past few days. I think it’s been an interesting experiment for all involved and watching the stream. The ability to interact through the chatroom makes it a wonderful two-way media experience. Today all three (along with Thomas Hawk) were on a Web 2.0 panel and each one (except Thomas) were streaming the event from their web cam. The quality is not the best because each was using a wireless Internet connection (Sprint EVDO, Cingular Edge) so at times the video would freeze or the audio would drop. I was able to capture 15 minutes of the session with all three web feeds and I posted it below and on my account on blip.tv. The quality is not the best but this may be the future. Robert Scoble used a Logitech Notebook USB cam mounted on his hat. Jeremiah used the same Logitech cam mounted on a tripod from the audience. Chris used a hand held (MiniDV?) cam (just two words Chris: white balance). Check it out and maybe you’ll create your own streaming video.
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Thu, 12 April 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about attending the Gear Media Tech seminar hosted by Pixel Corps. I also talk about recent news in the Podcasting world as well as some other technical news along with some great podsafe music. Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/podcast to start your free trial today. This show is almost an hour long but I wanted to catch up on things that have been happening. and get into the mode of doing the show on a more regular basis. On Today's Show (length: 56:27)
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Wed, 14 March 2007
That's what Robert Scoble wants me to say. Today Scoble wrote a post about negative comments driving traffic to a web site. Actually, I've watched his videos and I think they're good because he interviews movers and shakers in the computer industry and is always ahead of the curve in what's hot.
I've been sick this past week but plan to have another podcast up in a few days. Lots of tech things to talk about including the "T" word. Stay tuned. Tom
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Sun, 11 February 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this show I talk about Vista release, Music DRM, DVD Downloads and other tech news. I also have a new sponsor for the show: GoDaddy. The Fogview Podcast is part of the Blubrry network so please check it out. You can also find other fine podcasts at Blubrry. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code: Podcast On Today's Show (length: 58:52)
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Sat, 13 January 2007
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this first show of 2007 I talk about CES, Mac World, iPhone and Cisco and other tech news. The Fogview Podcast is part of the Blubrry network so please check it out. You can also find other fine podcasts at Blubrry. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code: Podcast On Today's Show (length: 55:39)
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Sun, 31 December 2006
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast In this last show of 2006 my girlfiriend Toni joins me to talk about the Microsoft Zune music player and mention the one advantage Zune has over the iPod. We also wish everyone a very Happy New Year. The Fogview Podcast is part of the Blubrry network so please check it out. You can also find other fine podcasts at Blubrry. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code: Podcast On Today's Show (length: 36:51)
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