Comments on: GBTV #325 | GeekBrief.TV

By: Nikobert

Nikobert — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:05:28 +0000

Great episode! You just made me get a twitter account. But its kinda sad that none of my friends has one yet :( hope it’s gonna become popular in Germany eventually…

Love your podcast
I’m your biggest German fan! :)

Nick

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:21:14 +0000

Thanks for the info Cali, I’ll look into podcasting via podshow

By: Daynah

Daynah — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:37:30 +0000

Oh, I loved this episode! :D

By: Lee LeFever

Lee LeFever — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:17:50 +0000

Cali and Neal, it was great to meet you at SXSW – it worked so perfectly to share the video and meet you at the same time. I hope your dog is recovering well! The episode turned out great! Cheers!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:38:51 +0000

Excellent brief. I feel like I finally get it and I’ve been struggling to wrap my brain around it for awhile. It’s always fun when a light bulb goes off. Common Craft does nice work.

By: Cali

Cali — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:45:37 +0000

Uh-oh. Checking on it. Thanks for the heads up!

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:35:27 +0000

My daughter and I watch Geek Brief on TiVo and are big fans here in Richardson. Just wanted to let you know that we had a bit of deja vu tonight. The TiVo version labeled Episode #324 was the correct episode. The episode labeled Episode #325 was actually #324 again. And the episode labeled #326 is actually episode #325. Confused yet? I know I am! ;-) Sydney looks like she needs to sign up for The Biggest Loser or Dancing With The Stars. Gawd I watch too much tv.

By: Cali

Cali — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:24:21 +0000

Really? Hmmm…the shows are uploaded to the HD feed. Try refreshing your iTunes subscription and let me know. Anyone else having this issue?

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:17:52 +0000

The HD podcasts on iTunes are still stuck on #324. HD viewers are people, too.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:06:08 +0000

Don’t look Cali, but you’re being followed! @BlueHeronTrail and @MsBlueHeron are now stalking you on twitter.com, thanks to your recent ‘cast. Also following @NealCampbell and @MarkTayl0r, per your recommendation. Met @fologrldg yesterday, too, and she showed me the cutest shot she’d taken of you. (Blushing yet?) ;) I’m also following your friend, Tim Ferriss (@tferriss), whom I find it ironic to find on twitter after reading his book!

Thanks for another great show, Cali. I’m a twitter addict now. Follow me, if you like: http://twitter.com/blueherontrail

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:24:00 +0000

I don’t know, Cali – I tried to twitter. I got up on my perch and gave it a go. Managed to get in, but it kept telling me that my email was invalid for the friends lookup step. It’s kinda lonely twittering on your own.

*sigh*

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:36:15 +0000

Thanks for sharing the Common Craft video. Their work is exceptional.

By: Cali

Cali — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:59:32 +0000

I’d argue that they do care about that! I know a lot of my viewers better than I know my sisters. Sure, I know that my sister loves Americanas from Starbucks, but I don’t know when her boss has just walked out the door, leaving everything up to her. That’s important stuff, because it makes a person who they are. If I were your sister, at the very least, I’d make it a point to think about you throughout that difficult day and I’d make it a point to call you that evening when I knew you were off work.

We often don’t our own families when something happens in our lives because there are too many people to call and tell…you know what I mean? I have three sisters and a mom. It’s so much easier at the end of a hard day to Twitter than call four people and explain. Everyone on Twitter knew about my dog Sydney’s surgery before my family knew about it. It’s not a lazy thing…it’s a conversation starter.

By: MrHappy

MrHappy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:35:49 +0000

Great video! It really was. And it re-affirmed that I ‘get’ Twitter, but am just too busy for Twitter. And, honestly, I don’t really need to so much information about my friends and family. I mean, do they really care that I go to Starbucks every morning, am in 4 – 6 meetings a day, and can barely keep up with my e-mail??? I think not! :-)

By: Cali

Cali — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:10:29 +0000

I use PodShow (www.podshow.com). They provide stats. You can also sign up with them and they’ll host your files for free.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:05:35 +0000

Hi Cali have you ever used feedburner for your podcast stats?
If not how do you keep stats related to view numbers on you many feeds?
I ask because I am thinking about using it to help launch my new podcast about using the GIMP software.
Thanks!

By: Mace Moneta

Mace Moneta — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:33:38 +0000

OK, this video convinced me to give Twitter a try.

For Linux users, Twitux is a great Twitter client that integrates with the Gnome desktop. It’s in the Fedora repositories for those using that distribution, so you can just install with the “Add/Remove Software” menu item.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:36:11 +0000

Cali: do I need a phone account to use the N810? I love my iPhone and do not want to change, but if I can use all the features of the N810 without having to get new phone service, I want to buy it.

By: byter

byter — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:56:57 +0000

Loved Sydney’s little dance at the end!

Are the geekbriefs all still edited by Neal or is Cali doing some of it as well? (or has Cali been helping all along?)

By: tuppy

tuppy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:56:49 +0000

Cali
Your screen savers are lame. Look into electric sheep. Works on a mac
Tuppy

http://electricsheep.org/

By: Dave Peterson

Dave Peterson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:34:10 +0000

That really was an excellent explanation of Twitter. I use it every day and as I watched the video I was nodding because they absolutely nailed the reason I find it so worthwhile. And thanks for introducing me to Common Craft, as well.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:33:21 +0000

I get it now! Great explanation. I’m going to try it out! :-)

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:25:39 +0000

Would never use Twitter without Twitterific. Makes the whole thing accessible for us Mac users. What’s the deal with Pownce?

By: Linh

Linh — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:34:41 +0000

That’s a pretty neat video explanation. I would add one more category, people who get twitter, but don’t give a crap (raises hand… haha).

I see the attraction, but the everyday things I do… are fairly mundane. Not to mention the bit of stalkerish feel it has, haha.

By: Cali

Cali — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:22:22 +0000

Because when we upload the medium feed, the Nokia feeds get transcoded on the backend, automatically. Sometimes it takes up to 24 hours before they’re completed.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:50:41 +0000

Cali why does it always say “Upload in progress” for Nokia N95 and Nokia N800/N810?

I have been thinking of getting one so I started to notice this and was curious.

thx,
-Brian

By: Steve K

Steve K — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:18:56 +0000

by the way, i just went twitter crazy. setup it with gtalk and facebook. thanks cali… just ANOTHER program i had to install ;-)

By: Steve K

Steve K — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:51:56 +0000

cool brief… i liked the way you edited it so that the outside blueish area dimmed in and out when the main video was playing. very cool