Musings of a Tech Writer

This is part one of my interview with podcaster Nick Thomas. Nick was generous with his time and spent an hour chatting with me after I lost our original interview due to audio problems. Thanks Nick!

For more information on Nick, see http://nickthomas.wordpress.com/.

I talk about my trip to the dentist, letting go of my self-consciousness, and being where I am.

I test out my new microphone and muse about money and how the lack of it affected my earlier years.

There have been a lot of changes lately.  I talk about the demise of Mysterious Universe and Hillary Clinton's campaign. I also talk about the unfortunate return of my neighbor and his dogs.

It's a rainy day and I'm hiding from other people, working from home. I talk about getting $300 to stimulate the U.S. economy even though I live in Canada.

My URL has changed to musingsofatechwriter.com. The Libsyn address will still work but you may want to update your bookmark if you download episodes from the web site. My e-mail has also changed and is now mark@musingsofatechwriter.com. Thanks.

I talk about the top ten things that drive me crazy about podcasts:
10. Poor sound quality. Guilty.
9. Podcasters who ask for reviews.
8. Podcasters who frequently discuss the technologies of podcasting.
7. Podcasters who spend half of their podcasts trying to set up Skype calls.
6. Podcasters who ask for money and gifts.
5. Podcasters who don't respect their listeners time.
4. Podcasters who are obsessed with downloads and stats.
3. Podcasters who don't respond to listener e-mails.
2. Podcasters who take their show and themselves very seriously.
1. Podcasters who group together like bats and kiss the ass of the alpha bat.

From the banks of Burnaby Lake, I take you, my dear listeners, back in time to a trip to my doctor's office for some test results. Just where you wanted to go. I also talk about my new computer. Leave me comment on my blog.

I talk about attending DocTrain 2008 and my issues with the Society for Technical Communication (STC). Send your rebuttals to tech-writer@shaw.ca.

Sorry about my voice. I had a cold. I talk about my my preoccupation with years and say thanks to Nick Thomas. You can subscribe to his self-titled podcast at the Itunes.

My computer takes over the podcast this week. The theme is 1966.