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So You Wanna Be A Podcaster?

Well, as fun as it looks (and it is fun), it takes a good deal of work and humility. Because of the low-budget and minimum resources of most podcasts, you have to really accept that you will get better with experience, and everyone will watch you get better. As is the case withh the latest show. I agonized over the conversation with Paul for three days because I wanted to reduce the static around his voice and totally remove ALL of the high pitch feedback that I didn’t notice while recording…. because I couldn’t hear the recording signal. Well, I did the best I could for just learning Audacity. And I did clean it up a good deal.

There have been lots of victories however. This convo is MUCH better than the one I did with poor Wez. I should pay him for mangling his voice so badly. The convo with Davey is at a better quality to begin with, and I know have learned from Paul’s session so the editing on his should be improved. And, the show is now part of the TechPodcasts.com Network, so maybe we’ll get some sponsors so we can buy Sound Forge and make the quality even better.

At any rate, it’s lots of fun, and I can’t wait to do the show on PHP 6:)

Oh yeah, the new show with Paul M. Jones is out. And, if you can’t take the high pitch when it comes, just fast forward, it doesn’t last the whole time. I’ll continue to edit and rerelease, but I needed to get this out.

Also, check out our first audio promo on TechPodcasts.com

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Web 2.0 Achievable in the Enterprise

Jeff Barr seems to believe that the enterprise won’t have much of a problem achieving the ideals of Web 2.0

It seems to me that it’s already been achieved by the elite when you look at the revolution that RSS and it’s sister technologies have had over the last year. This article reminds us that the big guys have had their APIs public for three plus years in some cases.

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Juvenile Demands and Criticism of Open Source Development

I’m solely speaking for myself here, please don’t tie my comments with any organization, my company, the podcast or any other entity. Just accept that I, an individual, have this point of view.

Some people take a holier than thou position with software development. It’s funny. I know that anyone may be able to point to me in the past as being guilty of the same thing. If I have done so, I’m truly sorry.

The idea being that open source developers, who do what they do for the love and community spirit of it should be berated for making mistakes or not living up to the standards of a select few who are really legends in their own minds.

If someone isn’t getting paid for doing something, then their labor is a gift. If you see room for improvement, by all means do it. But attempting to make yourself sound smart or elite by disrespecting other people who you don’t know is juvenile.

I heard Rasmus say something to this effect at last years PHP|Works and it made a ton of sense. The folks who make PHP do it because they love doing it. It’s for them, and they are gracious enough to share the fruit of their labor. The code is there for you to fix, tweak, etc. Read the license… they aren’t responsible for what happens to you. It’s not like you came out of your pocket and paid for a service with a set of expectations.

I use Wordpress… like lots of other developers. Some use s9y. Both projects are great because they are available to me at no cost and represent someone elses hard work. If they get hacked, well… that’s part of the ballgame. I should try to fix them locally and submit the fixes. If the Wordpress folks don’t get to the fix immediately, they just don’t. I’m not a superhero, nor a grand master expert. I’ll let my friends know, and try to work with the guys to get the fix pushed out the proper way; through them.

It’s cool trying to be helpful, but it’s always important to check your motives for doing so. My father always told me, “The end of your nose is the end of your business.” Wise words. Thanks for reading.

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Back to Work

Wow. Ok, a month plus of reflection is over. I’m ready to be productive again.

For starters, I posted the first episode of Ask Chris today. I have some writing to do, and I’ll be involved in Zend’s ZCE Month in someway as well. Maybe a webcast :)

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