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Valleyschwag 4

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August 25th, 2006 Posted by Jason Schramm | Podcast, General | 2 comments

Since the first podcast was a pretty solid success, with hundreds of you downloading it, I figured the second edition has been too long coming. The podcast will be tomorrow at its usual time, 5 pm Eastern, and if you’d like to call in, just say so in the comments below, leaving your IM info in the non-public email field.

You can discuss anything, and if you can’t think of anything, here are some recommended topics:

Microsoft delays Vista and Office 2007
Scoble gets in a fight over unsavory journalists
The Google ads I bought on other people’s blogs
Google’s triple pane interface experiment
Tom Cruise at Yahoo
The Playstation 3 (announced features and the delay
The Blogger bans MSN Search story
The European Commission’s case against Microsoft

But remember, anything goes. I’m looking forward to another great show.

March 29th, 2006 Posted by Nathan Weinberg | Podcast, General | one comment

Blog News Channel Podcast #1

The first podcast is online! I don’t like the levels so much, so will try to work on it for next week. Keep your volume a little low while listening.

Now, show notes:

00:00 - Show starts. Song: Stain by Megaphone
01:04 - First caller: Devin Reams. Topic: Origami
07:19 - Cut to music. Song: Wired For Loud by David Henderson
08:30 - Second caller: Jason Schramm. Topic: Calacanis taking over Netscape.com
11:20 - Making fun of AOL users
11:50 - Reminiscing about Netzero and Juno
13:37 - Apple blogs, Apple’s paranoia, Apple Store and employees
16:24 - Apple’s R&D budget isn’t increasing like it should
17:29 - Google not focusing well, Google Pages, Google Base, Google Desktop, Picasa
20:21 - Google buying companies for people, not products
20:57 - Google’s history with Blogger
23:10 - Google buys Writely and Sketchup
24:37 - Why Stu couldn’t call
25:18 - What exactly an Origami is, who uses Tablet PCs
28:03 - What Writely is like, who should use it
31:52 - SketchUp is cool, as are killer robots
34:39 - Cut to music. Song:Down With Everything by The Transfer
35:41 - Third caller: Miel. Topic: His birthday, nudity on his blog
38:10 - Blog readers in strange countries
41:03 - Developer Days
41:24 - Microsoft’s Atlas (AJAX) toolkit
42:45 - Windows Live Local Streetside
43:59 - Microsoft’s great interfaces
45:39 - Chocolate Xbox 360
46:56 - Office 2007 and XML file formats/containers
49:54 - Office 2007 UI and the Ribbon
51:06 - The Floaty and Clippy (funny stuff)
53:42 - The changes from Word 1.0 to Word 2007
58:05 - Read Jensenn Harris’ blog! Also, writing XML for the Office 2007 UI, and Office add-in compatibility
61:20 - Old DOS games, arcade emulators, emulators on your iPod
63:11 - Difference between Origami and UMPC
66:07 - Emulating Origami screen sizes on your PC for testing
66:52 - Pretending you have an Origami
68:10 - Do road warriors need Origami? Plus, Origami vs. SideShow
69:30 - Miel needs an MP3 player, got a new phone, my phone stinks
73:38 - Wrapping up.
74:44 - Ricky Gervais’ podcast (download free shows)
76:33 - Closing song: Two Minutes Of Mayhem by CJACKS