ITauthor podcast #27 – Rambling tech writer
April 13th, 2009 3 Comments
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I thought about calling this “the heavy breathing episode” because there’s a lot of puffing and panting in this recording: the puffing from me, the panting from my Italian Spinone, Lottie, as she sprints and I plod up the Pentland hills a few miles from where I live in Edinburgh.
In this podcast I talk about:
- My decision to try commenting on other people’s blogs
- Using twitter
- Trying to get more done
One aspect of getting more done is trying to use my time more productively. So, to that end, I thought I’d use some dog walking time to record this podcast.
I suspect some (or all?) of you may find the rambling nature of this recording tedious, but hopefully you’ll enjoy the birdsong! Let me know what you think by dropping me a comment. If no one likes this style of on-the-hoof recording I’ll stick to the indoor type in future.
The music I play at the beginning and end of the show is by Amplifico. You can hear more of their music at Podshow.
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April 22nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm (#)
Alistair, I loved this podcast. The scene and sounds and all the environmental elements made it really interesting, as well as the content of what you said.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:34 pm (#)
Tom
Thanks for that.
Maybe I'll do more of these al fresco recordings over the summer. It's good to walk the dog and knock off a podcast at the same time. I also find it's the best way to record a single-handed podcast where I haven't prepared anything beforehand. If I just sit down at my desk and try talking into the microphone nothing remotely interesting ever comes out.
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 am (#)
Hey Alistair, I just read a post by Shanghaitechwriter that makes an interesting contrast to the productivity/work-time topic you talked about. <a href="http://www.shanghaitechwriter.com/2009/04/23/surfing-the-web-during-work-boosts-productivity/">Surfing the Web During Work Boosts Productivity</a>