Oct
13th
Thu
13th
Oct
6th
Thu
6th
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
This post goes out to Steve Jobs. A man I at first did not understand, yet has has greatly shaped the way I see technology and those who interact with it. An inspiring entrepreneur who’s success and motivation to change the world has inspired me to do the same. There could only be one Steve Jobs, your impact, ability to see the future, and rebellious nature will be sorely missed.
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Jan
15th
Sat
15th
4 Steps to Lifestyle Design (My Notes from Tim Ferriss)
I’m a pretty big fan of Tim Ferriss, for those who don’t know, he’s a successful author, a motivator, and a wise investor. I read his 4-Hour Work Week (okay, listened) a few years ago and really enjoyed the book, along with what he said about “Lifestyle Design for the New Rich”, great stuff. In the recent Business Insanity Talk Radio podcast hosted by Barry Moltz , Tim Ferriss summarized the 4 steps pretty well and I thought it would be nice to share my notes on them. I was originally going to keep this in my evernote, but thought it would be helpful to share with others.
- Definition
- Quantifying exactly what your lifestyle costs on a monthly basis
- Ideal Lifestyle what you want in retirement
- Cost it out and look for the target montly income to reach that
- Elimination
- Remove as much static as possible
- Remove as many seperate decisions
- Replace them with something automated
- Automation
- IE - Putting all finances on auto-pay
- Getting rid of paper
- Liberation
- Taking advanage of a lower workload and getting out
- Exploring life
- Avoid the Void
This is a pretty good framework to live by, I’d love to hear your interpretation and notes in the comments.
Audio Snippet I sampled from the #103 Tim Ferriss, Angel Investor & the 4 Hour Work Week Podcast, taken from 20 minutes in.
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Dec
5th
Sun
5th
Obama Mission Control: A Space Odyssey
When watching the classic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in preparation for the latest Entertainment for the Rest of Us podcast, I noticed a strange similarity in the speech rhythm of Mission Control and President Obama.
What do you think? If anything is sounds like the SNL impersonation.
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Aug
20th
Fri
20th
Colorado Podcasters Meetup - Take Aways
Earlier this week I attended the Colorado Podcasters meetup here in Broomfield, CO. It was a great round table session in which we discussed among other things, how to drive traffic to your podcast. Below is an outline of my take aways from the meeting.Take Aways
- There is a great opportunity for cross-pollination between our podcasts’
- If you have a live podcast that broadcasts several different days a week, be consistent with the time. (I.E. Live Monday, Tuesday and Saturday all at 12:00 MST)
- If you don’t have a Facebook Page, get one, it’s very important to help connect with your audience.
- You can lose your audience by sending them directly to the the iTunes Application, because it becomes difficult to connect with them.
- A popular podcaster (missed the name) was discussed who makes 90% of his revenue from his donation bar with 3% of his audience dontating.
- Thoughts about having a phone number or maybe a skype contact on your website.
- [Internal thought] Creating content that is not exclusively time sensitive can add historic value to your podcast. (I.E If you have a site for movie reviews, when the DVD comes out, you may see a second rise in downloads)
- Thoughts on - What makes our podcast unique?
- [Tip] Don’t hold back your personality. Many times people are listening to your show because of your personality.
- With the AAC format you can add Tracking for segments or chapters link
- [Random] Foursquare check ins don’t seem to add value to your audience, is there a way to change this?
iPhone Apps
Lose It
Restaurant Nutrition
Podcasting Apps/Services
Podtrac - the service that expertly connects podcasters and podcast listeners and viewers with advertisers
Blbrry - Wordpress plug-in, Their Website
Callisto.fm
Hosting
Bluehost
Thanks Michael Sitarzewski for hosting the event. It was a pleasure hanging out with all of you. Looking forward to the next meetup.
Missing something? Let me know.
Aug
2nd
Mon
2nd
Music Monday Workout Mix #alpha
Here it goes…
I listen to allot of music, I listen to allot of music while I’m working out. However, the trouble is finding the right mix to keep me going, especially when the need something to pump me up at the right moment. A few years ago I used to produce music and DJ just a little. Sadly I haven’t given myself the excuse to sit down and mix it up, until now. This post is the first of many DJ mixes to help assist in getting a heavy sweat going at the gym.
Please keep in mind that I’m pretty rusty and fresh to Ableton Live so this mix is far from perfect, but worth a listen. My end goal is to create well produced mixes that fit well within a cardio session keeping tactics like 30x90 in mind with highs, lows, and well spaced resting periods. I want these mixes to be an audio journey in cardio.
If your interested in my fitness and workout goals please checkout Andy Vs Dano!Music Monday Workout Mix Alpha by DanoManion
Track Listing (135 BPM):
Tough Alliance - Neo Violence
Tits & Clits - Pill Popper (Viro & Rob Analyze Remix)
Buzzy Bus - Don’t Stop (intro loop)
Grum - Heartbeats
—- Sorry for the quick cut —-
Audio Bullys - FLickery Vision
Green Velvet - Harmageddon (Santiago & Bushido Remix)
Wolfgang Gartner - Flashback
Far Too Loud - Banana Boy
Deadmau5 - Ghosts N Stuff (Vocal mix)
Wolfgang Gartner - Front To Back
Tiesto - Louder Than Boom (Extended Mix)
Aug
1st
Sun
1st
Battle of the Shoulder Pads
I recently saw Lady Gaga with a few friends along with my sweet-heart here in Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi Center. Puting the awesomeness of the show aside, I saw alot of fans and the Lady hereself wearing extensive shoulder pads on their costumes, pop-goddess-uniforms if-you-will. In response, I thought I’d throw up a video in recent memory that also contained some radtastic shoulder pads.
Feel free to add any videos with radtastic shoulder pads in the comments. I’d love to add them to the post.
Timmy Vegas & Bad Lay-Dee “Another Dimension”
