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Interview
Posted by Andy Affleck in Podcasting on April 5, 2006
I was interviewed by Chuck Joiner for the MacVoices podcast a few weeks ago about podcasting and my new podcast and book update. Chuck’s got a great show and gets some really interesting interviews. Check it out!
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Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac
Posted by Andy Affleck in Books and Writing, Computer Geekiness, Podcasting on March 24, 2006
I just realized that I never posted a note that I updated my e-book, Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac. This new edition covers GarageBand 3 and talks about enhanced podcaasting and cleans up a lot of small things that needed cleaning. (UPDATE: I did post it. Just two entries below this one. Clearly I am not on my blogging a-game right now.)
Along with the release of the updated book, I have launched a new podcast companion, Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac: The Podcast, to the book to help flesh out concepts in the book. Subscribe in iTunes to Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac.
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Podcasting, TakeControlBooks, MacOS X, GarageBand, Mac, Writing
Ok, ok… sheesh…
Posted by Andy Affleck in Books and Writing, Home & Family, Podcasting on March 22, 2006
So, once upon a time I was messing with my sister’s laptop and I made this blog her home page in Safari. So, when I was down visiting last weekend she gave me a hard time for not updating my blog recently. So, here’s an update so her browser’s home page has a more recent date. I’ve been (everyone say it with me) busy.
Since my last post I’ve been doing a lot of contract and volunteer work and I started a full-time contract with Sykes who sells me to SAIC who sells me to Pfizer. In short, I’ve been working for Pfizer in New London, CT for the last 5 or 6 weeks as a project manager.
The nice part about this work is that my main customers are all in the New York headquarters. In the last five weeks I’ve been to New York three times on business and am already racking up the Amtrak Acela frequent… uh… rider? miles. And I get to see my sister and her family a lot which, in turn, means getting a hard time for not updating my blog.
Outside of work and travel, I’ve also updated Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac to a new edition which covers GarageBand 3 in depth and launched a new podcast companion to the book as well. And I just finished reading Matt Ridley’s Nature Via Nurture, a truly fascinating book about genetics and the long, and silly battle over nature versus nurture (short answer: it’s both).
So, that’s a quick summary of my life over the last two months. I’d say I’ll be posting more and more frequently but I am insanely (everyone say it with me again) busy. But I’ll try. Really, I will.
Currently playing in iTunes: Naked As We Came by Iron & Wine
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Podcasting, TakeControlBooks, MacOS X, GarageBand, NatureViaNurture, Genetics
Take Control of Podcasting Press Release
Posted by Andy Affleck in Books and Writing, Computer Geekiness, Podcasting on December 2, 2005
If you’re excited about the idea of creating your very own podcast but need help getting started or working efficiently, you can now hop on the podcasting bandwagon with the start-to-finish guidance in our latest ebook, “Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac.”
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/podcasting-mac.html>
Written by long-time podcaster Andy Williams Affleck, “Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac” leads you along the path to podcasting success from beginning to end. Andy starts by helping you think about your topic, format, and polish; assemble the best audio gear; and understand the pros and cons of recording in four popular programs – Audio Hijack Pro, GarageBand, Audacity, and SoundStudio. You’ll find step-by-step directions for how to record in each of those programs, along with instructions on how to edit your recording by mixing in additional audio and eliminating any awkward bits. Andy also explains how (and why) to encode and tag your podcast file. Finally, he discusses how to choose a podcast publishing tool, offers essential advice about bandwidth costs, and gives you seven ways to promote your podcast.
The ebook is available on its own for $10 or in a $17.50 bundle with “Take Control of Recording in GarageBand.”
Book Details:
“Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac” by Andy Williams Affleck
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/podcasting-mac.html>
PDF format, 70 pages, free 19-page sample available
Publication date: December 1, 2005
Price: $10
ISBN: 1-933671-06-8
Ordering Info
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At the end of the order process, click the Download button to
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have any trouble, check out our Ordering Tips at:
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/faq.html#ordering0>
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Take Control of Podcasting is out!
Posted by Andy Affleck in Podcasting on December 1, 2005
At long last, my book is finally out!
TidBITS: Apple Releases iTunes 4.9 with Podcasting Support
Posted by Andy Affleck in Books and Writing, Computer Geekiness, Podcasting on July 4, 2005
My latest article for TidBITS has been published: TidBITS: Apple Releases iTunes 4.9 with Podcasting Support. In it, I discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly about Apple’s support for Podcasting in the latest iTunes.
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Is Podcasting New or Ancient History?
Posted by Andy Affleck in Podcasting on May 29, 2005
In Podcasting: Mechanist View vs Humanist View, Dave Slusher makes an excellent point. He talks about the people who have been saying, for some time now, that Podcasting is hardly new or different, that people have been putting audio on the web for ages. But I agree with Dave that they are entirely missing the point. Sure the technology has existed for some time. What has not existed is the ease of use brought about by recent tools and the accompanying zeitgeist which has made this popular and interesting. Without either of those, you have audio files on the web that few people can access, hear, and even fewer can produce. You have, in short, nothing interesting or of value. Since last summer, you have tools which make it much easier to find and get the audio and you have the popularity for people to want to not only find and hear it but to also take the time to create their own. Say what you want about the underlying technology, we know it’s been around for years. What hasn’t is podcasting as a concept which makes this interesting.
I put audio on the web back in 2000 when my son was born. They are audio recordings of answering machine messages I left all day with my friend James giving him updates. Is that podcasting? Hardly. It was a pain to get them online (I had to manually build all the links after uploading the files) and few people knew to look for them or listen to them. That’s not podcasting. That’s uploading audio on the web. What we’re doing now is completely different. And far more interesting. Well, I think the answering machine messages are interesting, but for different reasons.
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Who Invented Podcasting?
Posted by Andy Affleck in Podcasting on May 17, 2005
A small controversy has been brewing in the land of Podcasting. Wired published an article about Adam Curry which, Dave Winer felt gave Adam all of the credit. More to the point, Dave appears to have felt that Adam was taking all of the credit. Xeni, of BoingBoing posted a note letting readers know that Adam was more than gracious in giving credit to Dave and that it was editing that caused things to appear slanted.
My own article in TidBITS does, I believe, I good job at being even-handed and tries to capture the origins accurately and concisely. It is based on my own research, my interview with Dave Winer, and listening to many, many podcasts including Morning Coffee Notes, The Daily Source Code, and IT Conversations. I have privately and publicly invited Adam to read the article and let me know if he feels I got anything wrong so that I can set the record straight. Dave linked to the article and has said nothing that contradicts it though he is also welcome to comment if he feels anything has been misstated.
Fixing Static/Noise Problem with Griffin iMic
Posted by Andy Affleck in Computer Geekiness, Podcasting on April 3, 2005
I have been having a lot of trouble lately with noise on my audio in on my 15″ 1.25GHz PowerBook. I use a Griffin iMic for audio-in as the built-in line-in port has never worked and I could never part with my laptop long enough to get it fixed (though, I really should). I figured out that I could switch to the right USB port from the left and eliminate the problem but today both ports began showing the problem. So, I did some googling and found this post on Accelerate Your Mac:
News Archive for March 8th, 2004 in which it was suggested I check out Apple’s Audio/MIDI Setup utility. I did and, sure enough, the USB port had gotten itself set to 1ch-16bit instead of 2ch-16bit. Changing it back fixed the problem.
UPDATE: the culprit was Audacity. When I ran it, I changed some setting so that iMic was mono instead of stereo. This changed the port the iMic was plugged into to 1ch-8bit and left it like that forever more. Setting Audacity to stereo fixes the problem. Of course, my headset has only the one microphone so setting it to mono was a fairly obvious (to me, at least) choice. Now I know better. I generally record in stereo and mix down afterwards anyway.
Mur got interviewed for a podcasting article!
Posted by Andy Affleck in Friends, Podcasting on March 22, 2005
The News & Observer (North Carolina):
Mur Lafferty (and let’s get this out of the way right now — her actual name is Mary) scoffs at the idea that she’s a podcasting pioneer. Why, hundreds of people were doing podcasts before she launched hers. Maybe even a thousand. Pioneer? Pshaw.
Modesty is an endearing trait, and precision in language is appreciated. That said, Lafferty needs to get comfortable with this description. She’s a podcaster at a moment when most of the world has yet to even hear the term. The overwhelming majority of us are still at the point where Lafferty was on Oct. 28, when she uttered these words during a talk with a friend:
‘What’s a podcast? I have no idea what you’re talking about.’”
Actually, it was October 26 and the conversation went something like this:
Me: I guess…but lately I’m obsessed with podcasting… I get all kinds of weird stuff automagically put onto my ‘pod and I’m just starting to see some NPR stuff…
Mur: Cool! And now you speak of somethingI know nothing about.
(I log everything. It’s a sickness, I know.)
It’s a great article and props to Mur for getting the attention she’s getting! She’s got a great podcast well worth checking out.
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