Now that I’ve discovered it, I’m tempted to try TuneUp on my collection of MP3s downloaded as podcasts (and without good ID3 tags) from places like the KCRW’s Today’s Top Tune. The story is that the iTunes plugin automatically identifies your tracks, can fix the tags, and add album art. » about 100 words
I subscribe to a few song of the day podcasts, which makes it easy to get the tracks, but difficult to enjoy them as music in iTunes. But podcast tracks can’t be simply moved over to the music section of your library, it takes a little finagling. There’s a lot of advice out there suggesting […] » about 300 words
The 365 photos meme was quite popular last year (despite the 366 day leap year). I might have joined, but it’s unlikely I would have finished. Instead, I’ve been pushing my my brother-in-law Corey Blanchette, nicknamed CoreyB or CoreyB603, to do 365 songs in 2009. He launched on January first and since then has done […] » about 200 words
The Chronicle‘s Tech Therapy podcast last week featured Libraries vs. IT Departments. (Via.)
I was honored to join the conversation yesterday for the latest Talis Library 2.0 Gang podcast, this one on folksonomies and tags. The MP3 is already posted and, as usual, it makes me wonder if I really sound like that. Still, listen to the other participants, they had some great things to say and made […] » about 600 words
<a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/alesis-firewire-and-usb-podcasting-kits-163761.php" title="Alesis FireWire and USB Podcasting Kits - Gizmodo">Gizmodo pointed out</a> these <a href="http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=99" title="Alesis :: USB Podcasting Kit">USB</a> and <a href="http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=100" title="Alesis :: FireWire Podcasting Kit">FireWire podcasting kits</a> from Alesis. The package gets you a (hopefully not sucky) microphone with desktop stand, headphones, a carrying case, podcast production software, Cubase LE recording and editing software, and a digital mixer that plugs directly into the computer via USB or FireWire (duh). The US$400 <a href="http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=37">USB version</a> does two channels of 16bit/44.1 KHz audio while the US$600 <a href="http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=40">FireWire model</a> cranks eight channels of 24bit/48KHz sound. » about 100 words
Thanks again to a good tip from Ryan, I’ve get something new to laugh at: The Aural Times.
Ryan Eby pointed out PodBop, a site that podcasts sample tracks from bands coming to your area (or any other area you select), and we both wished we’d thought of it ourselves. There’s nothing coming to Warren (of course). But they’ve got coverage for Denver, where I’ll be in May, so it immediately found a […] » about 300 words
Thanks go to Jenny for the link to the They Might Be Giants podcast! And all that brings up something I was too lazy to figure out before. Interestingly, it became an issue now only because I was also too lazy to look for the TMBG podcast in the iTunes podcast directory. It turned out […] » about 200 words
Ken forwarded me this podcast of Robert Cialdini speaking on his Six Weapons of Influence, which he lists as
Cialdini’s book is in its fourth edition, and has apparently been adopted as a text for more than a few classes and the concepts have worked their way into everybody’s marketing seminars. Motivation speaker and marketing yakyak Patricia Fripp summarizes those six weapons like this:
Academics often feel uncomfortable mixing marketing in their fields, but isn’t it worth a look?