I have managed to survive last week’s surgery to correct my Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. The surgeon went in and removed an inch and a half to two inch strip off of one of my ribs so that my vein has more room and the blood flows freely from my extremities back to my heart. They tell me that the procedure worked well, although I developed a hematoma and they went back in to drain it. I know that I am still here, and while I am rather swollen, I’m not in a lot of pain.
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Chris Miller, one of the founders of Podiobooks.com, came to me in late August and asked if I would be willing to read a book and write a review for The Secret Lair, his online magazine dedicated to the plight of the grown up geek trying to survive in this modern world long enough to achieve world domination. Because I’m a nice guy, and it represented an opportunity to reach out to new readers and listeners, I agreed. Chris sent me an e-copy of Gary McMahon’s “Dead Bad Things”. I’m not really a fan of horror, but I gave the book a read, and my review went live yesterday over at The Secret Lair. Please check it out, and take a peek at some of the other things that Chris and his partners in crime have to say about the state of geekdom.
And let Chris and I both know if you liked the review and would like to see me do more of them for The Secret Lair.
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Today my guest post at ChocolateScotch.com went live. This is part of the Creativity series, where different creatives from around the net have been asked to present their ideas on Art, Creativity, and Inspiration. This has been a really interesting and varied series. My article is post number 54, so there are a LOT of folks chiming in on this. You can find my essay over on the Chocolate Scotch site, and while you’re there, take some time out and read some of the other articles!
It is a really excellent series, and I’m proud to be a part of it.
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Next up from the Wayback Machine, the fifth episode in the Bird House Rules/Nifty Tech Blog joint review of Twitter clients for iPad. In this one we’re looking at TweetTime. We weren’t happy with the original audio from this episode, so then we re-recorded this the night before the post was to go live over Skype. This was also the first time we had to pan an product after we’d decided to include it in the series.
This was the last episode of the crossover to be podcast, but not the last episode of the series. Tee’s writing career heated up shortly after this episode went life and he was unable to find the time to finish editing the final episode, or indeed publishing any additional episodes of Bird House rules. While I’m quite glad for the personal and professional success that Tee has had, I do wish that folks could hear that last episode. That was the one where we were most on form.
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More from the Wayback Machine soon.
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Next up from the Wayback Machine, the fourth episode in the Bird House Rules/Nifty Tech Blog joint review of Twitter clients for iPad. In this one we’re looking at Twittelator’s transition to the iPad. Along the way we also discuss some design mistakes that we’ve run into along the way.
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Still a couple episodes left in this series. Go ahead and check them out over at Bird House Rules. More from the Wayback Machine soon.
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This is our third episode inthe crossover series Tee Morris and I did for Bird House Rules. In this episode we took TweetDeck for the iPad to task. This episode is also the origin of “Gorilla Origami”.
I am still adding the other parts of this series to this feed, but I recommend that you check out the other episodes of Bird House Rules.
Doc
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This year I have been fortunate enough to be invited as a panelist to Balticon 45. This is my first time being a panelist at a con, and I’m really looking forward to it. I also want to make sure I do my fair share of making the con an entertaining and enlightening experience for everyone (so they’ll invite me back…). I’ve submitted a number of ideas for Panels that I might be able to participate in, or even lead.
But as I’ve remarked elsewhere, sometimes an author (or podcaster) is too close to his own materiel to be able to see what others find interesting… So I’m asking you. If you’re reading this, you’re following one of my projects, either my tech blog, The Nifty Tech Blog, or my podcast, The Shrinking Man Project, or maybe you like some of the short stories I’ve written for Every Photo Tells…, or perhaps heard my appearances on Galley Table. At the very least, you’re someone who is aware of me and some of the things I’ve done.
So I’m asking you to pitch me ideas. Given my background with tech, social media, podcasting, story-telling, writing, and such, what kind of panels would you be interested in seeing me in participating? If you’re going to Balticon 45 (even if it is only in your imagination), what would you like to see me doing, or hear me talking about as part of a panel?
Feel free to comment at whatever length. I want to hear what you’ve got in mind.
Doc
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This is the second episode of the crossover series I did with Tee Morris for his Bird House Rules podcast. In part 2 of 6 we turned our attention to Echofon for the iPad.
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I will eventually add the other parts of the series to this feed, but I recommend that you check out the other episodes of Bird House Rules.
Doc
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My on-mic podcast debut was a crossover series I did with Tee Morris for his Bird House Rules podcast, an ongoing podcast about Twitter and how to get the most out of it. We actually met and recorded audio twice before this, but life got in the way and the audio got to be “stale” before Tee could get it edited. This show came from the third attempt, and it marked the beginning of a six part series.
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I will eventually add the other parts of the series to this feed, but I recommend that you check out the other episodes of Bird House Rules.
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The Perils of Prague (The Adventures of Crackle and Bang, #1)
