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Michael's Mellow Moment - 27 Jan 07 - The Final Edition

Hello and welcome to the final edition of Mike's Manic Minute, for January 27th, 2007, today only entitled, Michael's Mellow Moment. As always, brought to you bywww.business-podcasting.com One small step. . . When I started podcasting in October of 2004 I, like my 11 other compatriots, had a dreamy vision of what podcasting would become. Blogging was just starting to enter the mainstream culture beyond the world of technology and had a major impact on the politics of 200 ...

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Mike's Manic Mintue 14 Jul 06

Okay To Play. . . A new site, Okay to Play, has launched that features "comparison charts to help podcasters make educated decisions regarding audio advertising sales companies, podsafe music, recording hardware, and more.   The site offers charts on podcast flash players, portable audio recorders, podcast advertising companies, and music providers.   The site plans to add listener submitted reviews, editorial, and additional resources to help podcasters navigate the ever expandi ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 13 Jul 06

ust in time. . .The 21st century solution to carpal tunnel. . . A Paralyzed man using a new brain sensor has been able to move a computer cursor, open e-mail and control a robotic device simply by thinking about doing it. The BrainGate sensor, which involves implanting electrodes in the brain, could offer new hope to people paralyzed by injuries or illnesses.   "This is the first step in an ongoing clinical trial of a device that is encouraging for its potential to help people with par ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 12 Jul 06

Shareware Industry Conference. . . The 16th annual US Gathering of the MicroISV community known as the Shareware Industry Conference  (www.sic.org) starts today in Denver, Colorado.   I'm going to hob-knob with some of the most independent thinkers who create, on a daily basis, something from nothing.   I'll also be podcasting and presenting at the final session on Saturday afternoon.   If you're there, look me up!  I'll be the guy in the black sportcoat.   MS- ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 09 Jul 06

Ten Signs You Are Obsessed With Technology. . . http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/signs-of-tech-obsession/2006/07/05/1151779009040.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2   1 - You forget basic bodily functions 2 - You collect accessories for your gadgets 3 - You check your email on Sunday . . . at 3am 4 - You know your mates by their online "handles" rather than their real names 5 - Your favorite song goes "beep" 6 - Instead of laughing you say 'LOL' 7 - You answer your mobile phone wh ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 08 Jul 06

Say it isn't so. . . Robert Scoble's infamous Red Couch is for sale http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/07/for-sale-one-red-couch/ . . .but where would you put it?   Higher speed limits = Safer Roads. . . The Wall Street Journal (http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008621) is reporting that in states where the speed limit has been raised to 70 MPH or above auto fatalities have gone down 16 percent.   It says only 5 percent of drivers were actually drivin ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 15 May 06

Video Podcasting. . .from your phone! www.podcastingnews.com reports that YouTube has introduced a service that lets you upload videos directly from your phone or PDA. All you need is a mobile device capable of making video and MMS messages, and an Internet access or data plan from your service provider. Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon are currently supported.   Patent Trolls beware. . . . Cnet reports today that A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with eBay in an ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 04 May 06

Business Podcasting. . .from Apple?!? SEM Pro, a site that covers search engine marketing, reports that Apple is promoting the benefits of podcasting via email:    "Promoting your business just got easier. Create a podcast and post it in minutes, and reach customers, clients, and partners in a whole new way.   Chefs are sharing recipes. Maternity store owners are giving the lowdown on diaper bags. And other professionals are airing business discussions, marketing new produc ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 31 Mar 06

On the front page of Channel9. . . Last night a simultaneous video/podcast that I did with Charles Torre was posted on the front page of the developer-to-developer site at http://channel9.msdn.com   In it I talk about how I got into podcasting, how we use podcasting at Microsoft and a few thoughts about the future of podcasting.   It's something you just shouldn't miss!   A new hotel room accessory. . . The 21C hotel is no ordinary hotel. http://www.21cmuseumhotel.com/   ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 28 Mar 06

The ultimate in-house helicopter. . . A Norwegian engineer, obviously with too much time on his hands due to the long, long winters. . .has invented the Picoflyer http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/9a69d3cb3c82a010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html , a radio-controlled, micro helicopter you can fly around inside your house. . .   And in the process he's create a self-stabilizing helicopter design that has rocked the aeronautic industry on it's ear.   To stay pointed in one direction, t ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 27 Mar 06

Steve Balmer. . .says no! At least to his children. . .when it comes to iPods and Google.   The CEO of my illustrious employer admitted in a recent interview that while he has not been able to stop thousands of Microsoft employees from purchasing iPods and using Google, he has, at least, been able to put his foot down at home.   Steve, as a good 'softie, I do try to use search.msn.com but when it doesn't work, I do use Google.  And I'll admit that I got my iPod as a present b ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 25 Mar 06

Podcasts without an iPod?. . .well of course!! Designtechnical.com reports that TDG Research is doing a new study about podcasting which reveals that according to a study by Bridge Data, 80% of podcast never reach a portable music player.    Well, duh!    Just because it can be done doesn't mean you have to listen that way.  I often listen to podcasts on my laptop while I'm doing something else.  It's the ability to multi-task and time shift that's important, ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 24 Mar 06

Brain Speed. . . The folks at http://www.positscience.com/programs/brainspeed_next.php Positscience have a new test to determine the speed of your brain based on how fast you respond to auditory stimuli.   Accordint to Posit Science, "Auditory processing speed is important because much of the information we receive each day is communicated through sound--especially speech.  The faster we can take in information accurately, the better we can keep up with, respond to and remember wh ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 21 Mar 06

Windows Vista Whereforeart Thou?As many of you know I work for Microsoft but what follows is my personal opinion only. It's hard to develop software. . . I've been doing it since 1969 and I've had my share of bugs, little and big, and my share of learning experiences. . .aka don't ship it until you've really tested it. . . And in version 1 concentrate on stability not features. . .so I feel for all the folks who are both counting on Windows Vista and those who are building it.&nbs ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 17 Mar 06

Happy Saint Patrick's Day Tonight on the History Channel,  you can watch PADDY WHACKED: THE IRISH MOB, http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/?page=video   More details than you'd ever want to know available at http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/     Who was this guy anyway? St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. But for all his celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery. Many o ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 16 Mar 06

Podcasting. . .the Movies? New out today is a video podcast by Jack Black to promote his new movie, Nacho Libre.   Podcasting advertising is a growing trend.   What do you think about it?  If you're listening to the Manic Minute you most likely have been listening to podcasts for some time.  Do you want ads?   Adam Curry. . . Defendant Adam sued regarding pictures he'd posted on www.flikr.com under a Creative Commons licence and won.   As seen on Groklaw, a rec ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 12 Mar 06

Podcasting to your shoes? Just when you thought that they'd put an MP3 player into everything, LL International Dada Shoes http://www.dadafootwear.com/ has announced the Code M MP3 Player Shoes.   If you've got a spare $200 you can listen to tunes while you run or shoot hoops. . .and look cool in the process.   It comes with a wireless headset and a USB port on the shoes.   Podcasting as a chick magnet? Just before I moved to Seattle last year I had a "going away dinner" ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 10 Mar 06

Business ideas. . . Dave Winer seems to be a never ending fountain of ideas about new businesses which can change the world.  Today he writes about a talk he gave Wednesday night to the 106 miles group (an informal entrepreneurial bunch in Silicon Valley).  Dave promotes applications that create conversations and I whole heartedly agree we need as many of those as we can get.   For those who don't know, the name 106 miles comes from the Blues Brothers movie, on of my all-time ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 09 Mar 06

The most trusted names in fake news. . . Well it turns out that you can now get the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert, the only two shows I watch regularly, for $1.99 per episode on iTunes.  Let's see, they run these shows 4 times per week and at 4 weeks per month, not including vacations, that's 2 dollars times 8 shows times 4 weeks or $32 per month.   Is that a bargain, I'm not sure.   Argh!. . .Apple is ruining podcasting. . . I j ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 08 Mar 06

Seattle Podcasting. . . Last night was another monthly meeting of the Seattle Podcasters Meetup group.  I was blown away by the energy, intelligence and inspiration of this group of podcasters.  Buzz Bruggeman who runs a small software company called ActiveWords, came and talked about the power of a casual comment he made 55 minutes into a podcast last year that sparked a huge spike in sales.   The local Seattle podcasting scene is quite active.  You can check out the bl ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 06 Mar 06

The Daily Static. . . As I talked about in the Manic Minute for February 2nd, 2006, the web is taking over the comic strip business.  One of my favorites (and now Scoble's http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/06/fun-comic-and-tray-games/ as well) for the past 6 or 7 years has been The Daily Static  http://www.userfriendly.org/static/  put out by UserFriendly.org.  Illiad and the gang do a 7-days-a-week bang-up job of lampooning the computer biz and have lately taken o ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 05 Mar 06

Tower Records Gives Away The Store. . . Tower Records is planning a major podcast initiative, TowerPod, to be announced at the upcoming SXSW Festival, March 10-19 according to Forbes magazine (http://www.forbes.com/digitalentertainment/2006/03/02/podcast-tower-apple-cz_ph_0302Tower.html?partner=rss)     TowerPod will let visitors create their own podcasts using a catalog of 6,000 songs, which Tower will provide free of charge.   All of the artists have joined the Independent ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 04 Mar 06

  So what's Business-Podcasting.Com you ask? You might have noticed the change in the "brought to you by" in the introduction of today's Manic Minute. . .   I've started a new business in addition to my continuing work for Microsoft. Business Podcasting dot Com (www.business-podcasting.com) is a service business in which I create, host and produce podcasts for small and large enterprises wishing to use the power of podcasting to communicate to their employees, prospects and custo ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 02 Feb 06

The web is replacing newspapers. . . In a way that's near and dear to my heart. . .in the comics section!   News.com is running a story today entitled "Digital rebirth for comic strips".   While traffic to humor sites, which includes comic strips, grew 20 percent last year, and attracted 30 million unique users, space in the newspaper for comic strips declined.   One of my favories is Bug Bash, which is created by a fellow Microsoftie Hans Bjordahl.  You can check it ou ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 26 Jan 06

The incredible shrinking hard drive. . .   When I stop to think that I carry a 5 megabyte drive around in my pocket everyday, in the form of my nice blue iPod mini, I'm reminded of how far we've come in storage even in the past 25 years since I bought my very first hard drive.  That was a Corvus 5 megabyte drive the size of a large shoebox which had a parallel port interface.  At the time I was running a 4Mhz Z80 system I'd built myself with 64K of RAM and two floppy disk dri ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 25 Jan 06

Radio. . .is the primary source of news, music and compelling audio. . .huh?TheNational Association of Broadcasters(NAB) has launched the largest radio promotional campaign ever, marketing radio as"the primary source for news, music and compelling audio entertainment."Virtually every major radio group, including ABC, Clear Channel, Cox, Greater Media, Infinity and Radio One, is planning on airing the advertisements aggressively. According to the NAB, the industry plans on spending $28 milli ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 24 Jan 06

The mouse. . .now has the biggest ego of them all! The mouse house. . .aka Walt Disney, announced Tuesday that it's paying $7.4 billion in stock to acquire Pixar Animation Studios--a deal that puts Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs on Disney's board of directors.   Can you say mouse pod?   Ah, the old time movies. . . Sherlock Holmes, Flash Gordon, and the Amazing Mr. X are now available for download and podcatching from http://archiveclassicmovies.com   Now in the public domain ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 12 Jan 06

Rootkit, Rootkit. . .who's got the rootkit!?!. . . The Windows operating system expert who exposed Sony BMG Music Entertainment use of "rootkit" cloaking techniques last year is now criticizing security vendors Symantec and Kaspersky Lab for shipping software that works in a similar manner.   Winternals Software, says that the techniques used by Symantec's Norton SystemWorks and Kaspersky's Anti-Virus products are rootkits, There is "no good justification," for the use of such techniq ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 11 Jan 06

Seattle. . .is a great place for Podcasters. . . Last night the Seattle Podcasters Network (www.seattlepodcasting.net) meetup was hosted at Microsoft Studios, the in-house TV/audio studio that's located on the Microsoft campus (created in-part by the MSNBC joint venture).   There were 38 people in attendance and it was a blast.   The Schockow Brothers (who create the DVDWeekly Podcast available online and on Sirius Satellite Radio) recorded a portion of their program with the live ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 10 Jan 06

Skiing in Hades. . . Well, it's frozen over hasn't it? Steve Jobs today announced that Apple is shipping Intel-based Macintoshes include an intel-based MacBook laptop.   http://www.apple.com http://news.com.com/Macworld+2006/2009-7354_3-6001841.html?tag=cd.lede   The POD people have finally woken up. . . In this case, I mean Apple.  The newest version of GarageBand, just announced today, has specific built-in podcast production support.   It includes sound effects, audio ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 09 Jan 06

Mercury to buy Systinet. . . Systinet, a company I almost joined in 2002, is being bought by Mercury Interactive. Systinet makes web-services products and is an offshoot of the same team that built the Java IDE called netBeans.   http://news.com.com/Mercury+buys+registry+maker+Systinet/2100-7345_3-6024366.html?tag=cd.hed   From the what will they think of next department. . . http://www.infoworld.com/article/reuters/2006-01-10_KWA076743.html Denim giant Levi Strauss said it has de ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 08 Jan 06

Automating development tools. . . I've been a development-tool-automation junkie for more than 25 years.  The Pascal/MT+ Speed Programming Package had an extensibility feature.  Today Microsoft is promoting a new package of tools aimed at helping people build extensions for Visual Studio 2005.  The "Visual Studio 2005 Automation Samples" are available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79C7E038-8768-4E1E-87AE- ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 07 Jan 06

  Longhorn. . .the code name that will never die Part of the changes for 2006 for your's truly is that I'm now part of the Evangelism team that supports Windows Vista (aka Longhorn).  http://www.longhornblogs.com/ is a web page that aggregates people who are blogging about Longhorn development, deployment and debugging (hey it's beta, right?).  Check it out.   From the "How long does it take for Detroit to wake up?" department. . . Chrysler has announced full iPod integr ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 06 Jan 06

  Podcasts. . .under water? A final year design student at Brunel University (UK) has created an underwater MP3 player. The underwater music machine, dubbed 'Soundwaves' has won inventor Sam Jones an AOL Broadband Innovator Award. Soundwaves uses 'bone conduction' technology, which when placed on both temples allows sound to be heard inside the users' head in all conditions, including when fully immersed in water. Vibrations from the MP3 device are passed safely through the skull to th ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 05 Jan 06

Virtual Concerts. . . With virtual instruments no less!!   The Vienna Symphonic Library welcomes the New Year with a special concert recording. They’re not playing Johann Strauss at the Wiener Musikverein, but they’re presenting Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition on the virtual stage of the Great Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel and realized with various sample libraries of the Vienna Symphonic Library.   The free "concert" i ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 04 Jan 06

Consumers driving business. . .what will they think of next! The Wise Marketer recently posted a story from Gartner talking about the growing integration of technology into every aspect of life, whether in the home, office, family, car or recreational arenas, andhow that will profoundly impacts business technology over the next decade   The report says that consumers are now exerting massive power over businesses and the technologies that they use. Companies must take this consumer pow ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 03 Jan 06

  Podcasting. . .and money Libsyn, the hosting service I used to host the Manic Minute files, has announced that it is partnering with Kiptronic to provide a program to match up podcasts with paid sponsorships.   "Both publishers and sponsors [according to Libsyn] are able to set their own terms and negotiate deals that make sense for them. The program is, of course, 100% optional and won't cost you a dime unless you get paid!"   Service Description: How much you make, how th ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 02 Jan 06

  The joys. . And pains of web-based applications. . . I've read, recently, of a number of web-based applications having major outages.  First there was TypePad from Six Apart, (http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/news/2005/12/update_on_typep.html) and now Salesforce (http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2005/12/22/salesforce_outage/).   It's one thing to have your blog missing a few updates but it's another thing entirely to have your business shut down.  Now I've been on both sid ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 12 Dec 05

 Here's comes another one, just like the other one. . .www.pandora.comLike many people I love to find new music that's like the music I like.I've tried using the recommendations on MSN Music and iTunes but Pandora seems like the best system so far as it does it algorithmically. That means that when you say"I Like This Song", it finds other songs that have similar tempo, similar instrumental arrangements, and even similar musical structure (major chords, for example). It's cur ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 11 Dec 05

 Can't get enough of your email?. . .MagneticTimehas announced todayMT1, software which lets users listen to emails and Word documents in MP3 format on iPods , PCs, PDAs and cellphones.MT1 converts Outlook, Outlook Express& Word documents into audio files, so they can be played on any MP3 player.http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/12/new_software_co.html Are mashups are the new shareware?. . ."Mashups"--hybrid software that combines content from more than one source--d ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 08 Dec 05

 From the What Good is Podcasting department. . .www.scripting.comhttp://archive.scripting.com/2005/10/30#thePeopleOfThePod Dave Winer recently commented on the value of podcasts (and I couldn't agree more). Dave says,Emphatically, we are not a get-rich-quick scheme for serial entrepreneurs looking to flip their pre-IPO Web 2.0 Ajax web-app bubble-ware for the Long Tail. Wearepeople with hearts, lives, families, aspirations, hope and something to say. That's by far the more i ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 29 Oct 05

 Attention. . .Attention. . .Steve Gillmor, who I've known for more than 15 years now, has startedhttp://www.AttentionTrust.orgwhich is an organization devoted to what Steve thinks is the next generation of the web experience, browsing tailored based on what you've previously paid attention to. The manifesto of AttentionTrust.org is that you can keep your attention data on your local machine and then give it only to those sites who honor the following rights: PropertyYou own ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 28 Oct 05

 Internet use expands 5000%. . .The latest U.S. Census Bureau report suggests that theInternet hasbecome an integral part of the American lifestyle and economy."From the article:"It shows 40 percent of U.S. adults used the Web to obtain news, weather or sports information, a dramatic increase from the 7 percent who surfed in 1997, when the bureau conducted a similar study. The report also found that nearly half of adults, 47 percent, used the Internet to find information on products or ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 27 Oct 05

 Visual Studio 2005 Ships!. . .http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/default.aspx In early August Wired Magazine singled me out, along with 5 other people, as a corporate shill for Microsoft. As I blogged and podcasted about at the time, a shill is someone who hides his or her association with a person or group yet waxes enthusiastically about them in order to trick other people into supporting the group or person.  I've never made any secret that I work for Microsoft and th ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 26 Oct 05

Blast from the past. . .This week's blast-from-the-past is how I got started in the business of writing compilers. The first machine I ever wrote a program for was the Ollivetti Programma 101 calculator. Link here on the blog to the Old Calculator Museum page about the Programma 101 including pictures:http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/c-programma101.htmlThe reason I mention this is that the first programming language I ever built was an interpreter, written for the PDP-8, that em ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 25 Oct 05

Don't Miss James Lee Stanley . . .A musician friend of mine, James Lee Stanley, has finally got a hit record. He and John Batdorf recorded a collection of Rolling Stones songs but produced for two acoustic guitars and their incredible voices. The album,"All Wood And Stones"is an absolute killer and it now has major label distribution! Now, you say, what does this have to do with any of my interests? Well, on James'home page he's now got a podcast. Check it out:www.j ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 24 Oct 05

The World Series. . .Well, the other day I said I was coming to this year's series without a favorite but after watching the Chicago White Sox for the past two nights I'm hooked on the Sox. The Astros are good but I don't think they're good enough! European Shareware Conference. . .In 10 days I'm leaving for Belgium to speak at the European Shareware Conference. It's been held in Brussels November 5th and 6th. If'you're going to be there leave a comment on the blog and l ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 22 Oct 2005

 Audible podcasting. . .If you subscribe to audio magazines, newspapers or radio programs viahttp://www.audible.comyou can now get a custom podcast channel and download them using your podcatching software. It's about time! The World Series. . .Starts tonight. For once I don't have a favorite and I'm just going to follow the series to enjoy the competition. Anthony Robbins. . .I'm currently powering my way through Tony Robbins'Personal Power II program. I did i ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 21 Oct 2005

 Podcasters. . .want a sponsor?From Podcasting news: Podcast Pickle, a podcast directory& community site, has added a new free feature that promises to help podcasters find sponsors.Podcasters can now advertise for sponsors on their"PicklePages"at the site. Podcasters can let sponsors know what they are offering in the way of sponsorship opportunities (Sponsorship Description), and what it will cost (Sponsorship Cost).All podcasts that have sponsorship info can be found via th ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 20 Oct 2005

 The top 5 Web 2.0 Venture Capitalists. . .The folks over at techcrunch.com have done a ranking of venture capitalists who are investing in Web 2.0 companies. The top five are: David Cowan, Tim Draper, David Hornik, Josh Kopelman and Fred Wilson. Link on the blog to the full article. A good read. http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/10/19/top-five-web-20-venture-capitalists/  Podcasting statistics. . .This time last year there were maybe two dozen podcasts.  ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 19 Oct 2005

 Back in the producers chair. . .I've been offline as a podcaster for about a month now. Events in my business and personal life along with the effort involved in being part of the group that produced the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference kept me quite busy. October 2nd was the 1 year anniversary of Podcasting from Softwareland and I'm now ready and eager to get back into"nearly daily"production. Blast from the past . . .As I was relating my software industry ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 08 Sep 2005

Hurricane Katrina and real people. . .My next door neighbors across the alley, Ann and Ron, have family in Mississippi.My local news paper prints stories everyday of the unfathomable human suffering and governmental bungling.The television is filled with news (and more importantly the truth in the form of the"fake"news from Jon Stewart).This is a disaster not only of mother nature but of human nature.There is no reason in this world why we should continue to let people suffer and die.I have ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 30 Aug 2005

 Hurricane Help. . .Wichita Rutherfordis asking podcasters to create short podcasts to help victims ofHurricane Katrina. "Why don't we do this as the podcasting community. Let's all do 2 to 3 minute podcasts that will inspire people to give to the Red Cross or food banks or whatever organization they choose to help these folks who are gonna be without food, water, shelter, clothing, medicine and Lord knows what all else,"suggests Rutherford. I encourage everyone to donate to ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 26 Aug 2005

Your's truly on PodTech.Net. . .At Gnomedex 5.0 (http://www.podtech.net/?p=102) this June, I was interviewed by John Furrier. We talked about podcasting, past, present and future. On the road with the Manic Minute. . .Over the next few months I'll be travelling to Los Angeles (for the Microsoft Professional Developer's Conference) in September, to Brussels, Belgium in November for the European Shareware Conference and possibly to Moscow in October for a shareware conference.  ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 04 Aug 2005

 From the any press is good press department. . .In the August 2005 issue of Wired Magazine, an editorial intern, Suzanne Wu, wrote a nearly full page piece trashing 6 podcasts under the heading"Podcasting For The Man".   Visitwww.softwareland.orgto see a portion of the piece. Or browse over to the Wired archiveshttp://wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/start.html?pg=5to see just the text. The piece is graphically very curious as it has the word ADVERTISING next to ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 21 Jul 2005

 Back from Denver. . .The Shareware Conference is history and it was awesome.I had the pleasure of being quoted in the Denver Post's article entitledShareware"Geeks"Learn Marketinghttp://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2866927Microsoft also won two awards at the Shareware Industry Foundation Awards dinnerhttp://www.sic.org/2005nominees.aspBut most of all it was great to reconnect with the individual developer, a group I've been part of since the days of punched cards, who are the real f ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 16 Jul 2005

 Venture Capital. . .According to a VC I met yesterday, now is a really good time to be looking for Venture Capital. He said that VC's have money that they must invest before the end of this year or they will lose that money. He also said it is easier for them to invest larger amounts rather than smaller ones. Very interesting. . . Shareware Conference Day 2. . .Yesterday, Dan Fernandez, Jed Rose and I gave a presentation at the Shareware Industry Conference. H ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 14 Jul 2005

 Denver is hot. . .I'm talking about both the temperature and the Shareware Conference.I arrived last night and already I can feel the incredible energy of software people who absolutely love what they do!The conference (www.sic.org) is in it's 15th year and I think the people here have a the passion and energy that makes this industry keep outdoing itself time-and-again. Jazzy birds. . .Tuesday I talked a bit about birds"podcasting". One of the things that was also very inte ...

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Manic Minute 12 Jul 2005

PodcastingInterviews. . .According to Podcasting News (www.podcastingnews.com)Both Applian Technologies (www.applian.com)and Parliant Corp (www.parliant.com) havejust released applications that allow you to record phone calls for podcasts. Applian's Freecorder captures Skype (www.skype.com)calls and PhoneValet from Parliant records regular phone conversations. Podcasts arepublic?... Duh!Some folks are now asking themselves if they should have been podcasting all theintimate and pe ...

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Manic Minute 11 Jul 2005

Music you justshouldn't miss. . .When the Chicago Blues Reunion comes to your town you gotta go see the show. Last night (July 10th) they performed at The Triple Door here in Seattle.  Thegroup which features Harvey Mandel, Corky Siegel, Sam Lay and other Chicagoblues greats from the early 1960's, just blew the house away. http://www.thetripledoor.net/event.aspx?eid=856 Everywhere youlook Podcasting is growing. . .The BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4658995.st ...

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Mikes Manic Minute 09 Jul 2005

Where oh wherehas the Manic Minute been. . .Finally, I've got my house and studio setup in Seattle and Mike's Manic Minuteis back on-the-wire and will now return to it's"nearly daily" schedule.Since you last hear from me, I've traveled back from Florida on a very, verybumpy and scary Delta flight, been to Orcas island for a"team buildingoff-site", which was my very first"corporate offsite" in my 35 years in thesoftware biz, hung out with a bunch of wild and cra ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 09 June 2005

 June 9, 2005Dateline Orlando. . .This week I'm at Microsoft's TechEd conference. It's quite a different experience doing a Microsoft conference as a Microsoft employee. In past years I've always thought all the people in the dark blue shirts were either marketing folks or one of the ubiquitous"Program Managers"that seemed to be everywhere at Microsoft. I'm delighted to tell you that I was quite wrong! Most of the people are actually people who build Microsoft's pro ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 07 June 2005

 June 7, 2005Microsoft Is Podcasting. . .My Buzzcast. . .As anyone who's listened to a few of these podcasts since October 2004 knows, I work for Microsoft. What some may not know is that podcasting is actually part of my job. I guess that makes me a"professional"podcaster, eh? It doesn't mean the Manic Minute is a Microsoft podcast, far from it. What it does mean is that I get to do podcasting and get paid for it. My first public corporate podcast was posted t ...

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Mike's Manic Mintue 02 May 2005

May 2, 2005Dave Winer is 50!Dave Winer (www.scripting.com) is 50 today! Happy birthday Dave and many more! House hunting is crazy. . .These days it's been all about hunting for a house to rent in the Ballard section of Seattle. It's a wonderful part of town with artists and creative types in abundance plus it's right near the Puget Sound and Discovery Park. Discovery Park is a real wilderness area right attached to a big (yet very small feeling) city. One house was ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 29 Apr 2005

 April 29, 2005Podcasting. . . On the Radio?PodcastingNews.com reports that San Francisco's 1550 KYCY, an AM station, is becomingKYOURadioand will be the first podcast-based station in the world. I've registered and will be giving it a try but not with the Manic Minute. Would you believe 12.3 million listeners?Well, I can tell you that the Manic Minute has had over 6000 unique IP addresses download content nearly 100,000 times. I'm struggling to get back to"nearly daily" ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 24 Apr 2005

 April 24, 2005Software Guidance. . .I've been working on new technology related to Software Factories for nearly 6 months now. In early June I'll be leading a hands-on-lab at the Microsoft TechEd conference previewing the tools I've been building. These tools are partially based on another new technology just unveiled last week called the Guidance Automation Toolkit or GAT. The idea is to make it easy to create a power-tool-like experience within a software development ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 21 Apr 2005

 April 21, 2005Live from Pacific Grove. . . Today's Manic Minute is coming to you almost-live from Pacific Grove, California, located on the Monterey penninsula where I lived for 15 of the last 24 years. I'm giving a talk to a workshop of industry pioneers and aficionados who've helped build the hardware and software industry for the past 30 years. Many of us go back to the time before there were microprocessors and we had to build our own computers out of pebbles and di ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 12 Apr 2005

April 12, 2005Podcasting Dope. . .Darren Barefoot has posted an article titled"Why I'm Not Smoking the Podcasting Dope" Now I'll be among the first to admit that to those of us who create podcasts, it's a rush. It took me all of about 5 seconds to put together the connection that I could communicate in a higher bandwidth pipe and do it for free! In my case, it took more time to figure out how to setup a blog that supported enclosures than it did to create and record the conte ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 24 March 2005

March 21, 2005Thirteen Things That Do Not Make Sense. . .Over at NewScientist they've published a list (along with explanations) of 13 scientific things that we still can't yet explain. They are: 1 The placebo effect2 The horizon problem3 Ultra-energetic cosmic rays4 Belfast homeopathy results5 Dark matter6 Viking's methane7 Tetraneutrons8 The Pioneer anomaly9 Dark energy10 The Kuiper cliff11 The Wow signal12 Not-so-constant constants13 Cold fusion http://www.newscientist.com ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 21 Mar 2005

March 21, 2005New tools. . .giving them a whirlSo I've decided to give a few of the podcasting tools I've recently mentioned a whirl.First up will be Blog Matrix Sparks.More on my experiences tomorrow. . . Podcasting and Money. . .AgainThis time the guys over at podcasting news are proposing a Blogvertising scheme called Payback which is pitched as". . .an open standard for displaying ads that make you money when visitors view pages based on your content." It's based on marking up ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 18 Mar 2005

March 18, 2005Podcasting and Money. . .somebody *is* listening to this show!Quite a few people heard the March 16th show and pointed me to others who have already been working in the podcasting-and-money department. . . So without further ado: SoniClear Recorder Pro, which has great instructions for how to podcast with their software:http://www.soniclear.com/ApplicationNotes/Podcasting.html Eric Rice's AudioBlog.comhttp://www.audioblog.com/The home page advertises in big type: MAK ...

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Mike's Manic Minute 16 Mar 2005

March 16, 2005The money is starting to move into podcasting. . .There are a number of new startups that are now trying to make money from podcasting, mostly by aggregating and promoting entertainment content. www.boku.comis Adam Curry and Ron Blum's effort.www.odeo.comis Evan Williams and Noah Glass's play.And even Virgin Radio in the UK is now re-podcasting their morning show. RSS is everywhere. . .I have seen more interesting uses of RSS recently than I can even talk about.  ...

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Digital Research, RIP

February 6, 2005 Yesterday markedthe end of an era which, for many of us, began in the mid-1970's.  I, along withmany of the fellow members of my"Digital Research" family, attended a memorialservice for Dorothy McEwen who died last week of brain cancer and, who alongwith Gary Kildall, founded the company originally known as"IntergalacticDigital Research" that changed how hundreds of millions of people live andwork.  Gary and Dorothystarted DRI in ...

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Restaurants at the end of the Web...part 3

Hello and welcome toProgram #10I'm your host, Michael Lehman, and we're here atwww.softwareland.org        OK, as promised, here’s the installment 3 of Restaurants at the end of the Web…Scenario: You’re hungry so you go to an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT place that says they have anything you ever would really want to eat.Today, let’s look at the process we observe at The Consultancy Buffet. Going to TCB is like the way most consultants deliver ...

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Promo Clips for Podcasters

Podcasting promosfor: (If you're interested in a promo clip, email me at softwareland-at-softwareland-dot-org)Rock and Roll Geek Show - Michael ButlerDaily Source Code - Adam CurryMorning Coffee Notes - Dave WinerThe Dawn and Drew Show - Dawn and DrewEscape from the World - Matthew BischoffEvil Genius Chronicles - Dave SlusherThe Audioblogging Revolution - Harold GilchristWhole Wheat Radio - Jimbob and Esther

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Good morning everybody!

Wait, wait wait wait, that music is all wrongfor this podcast we need a different theme, there that's better... Hello and welcome toProgram 9 (mp3) This edition of Podcasting from SoftwareLand will be different that most in that I'm going to talk about podcasting, BloggerCon and mostly non-software related things so please bear with me. SoftwareLand will return to software in the next edition. Ok, so,BloggerCon 3is over and I believe I've recovered from a wild weekend in ...

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Topics for the National Anthem session

Resaurants at the end of the Web...part 2 (approximate script:) OK, as promised, here’s the installment 2 ofRestaurants at the end of the Web…(mp3) Scenario: You’re hungry so you go to a GENERIC place that advertises that they will serve you anything you want. Today, let’s look at the process we observe atIrv the ISV’s Diner.  Going toIrv's is like the way we do most application software development today. At Irv’s each meal is uni ...

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Topics for the National Anthem session

Restaurants at the end of the Web...(mp3 link)(Approximate script:) As noted earlier, I’ve spent most of the last month working with the Software Factories team. It’s easily the most exciting thing I’ve been involved in since the inception of the Web. However, like many previous non-linear shifts in thinking, it can be both difficult to describe and easily misunderstood. Having faced this problem many times I’m going to stick my foot into it once agai ...

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Topics for the National Anthem session

Welcome toProgram #6 OK, this week the Christian Science Monitor opined"Endangered Species: US Programmers"(subsequently reprinted by USA Today and Yahoo and causing quite a stir over onSlashdot) making it seem like everyone, everywhere is about to lose their job. At the same time, my latest issue of Software Development magazine arrived in whichthis article (registration required) said that their survey of 49,000+ developers resulted in"Only 3% [citing] offshore outsourcing ...

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Topics for the National Anthem session

Welcome toProgram #5This program was recorded on-the-road on my laptop using Sonar4 and a $20 headset.Here's the script for this show:Hello and welcome to Program Five coming to you today from Redmond WashingtonI'm on the road this week so I'm using a $20 headset to record this program so it's not my usual studio deal... So, you say you want a revolution.... you want to have better tools and better applications and you want it for less and you want it yesterdayWell...If you ask your av ...

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Topics for the National Anthem session

Welcome toProgram #4This program is about how I produce this show and features the full version of the"Deadline"song that serves as the show's music bed.Here's the script for this show:Hello and welcome to Program FourFirst on today's program I want to make a few general comments.  The word at the end of the intro is SHIP (as in mysoftware is done and will now start causing trouble for others).Next I'd like to say thank you for all the wonderful positive feedback I've had about this pr ...

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Welcome toProgram #3In this program I relate a momentous occasion.... my wife finally understands what I do for a living! (at least we now share a common analogical framework).Please let me know what you think and even perhaps your own experiences in this area.Also, please send me audio feedback if you'd prefer and I'll include them in a future program.One side note: This program was encoded at 64k MP3, do you notice or care about the sound quality difference?

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Topics for the National Anthem session

Here's PODCAST #2! (mp3 file here)They won! They won! (the X-Prize that is!) Congratulations to all the Scaled Composites folks!  Private space travel! Woo Hoo!!!!This is my commentary on spaceflight and, of course, the software to make it so.Comments/Suggestions:  softwareland- a t - mikelehman - d o t - com

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