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		<title>Waxxi&#8217;s Debut Interactive Podcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 21:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Sheridan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our first interactive podcast with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel was not only fun and insightful, but historical. People were able to communicate, comment, share and ask questions to Robert and Shel directly, whether via chat/IM or via phone. The content is smart, interesting and the energy level is high.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our <a target="_blank" href="http://peterdawson.typepad.com/blog/2006/05/waxxi_dubuts_.html">first </a>interactive podcast with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel was not only fun and <a target="_blank" href="http://jeremiahthewebprophet.blogspot.com/2006/05/podcast-with-shel-and-scoble-via-waxxi.html">insightful</a>, but <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ptvguy.com/2006/05/21/participatory-podcasting-and-public-broadcasting/">historical</a>. People were able to communicate, comment, share and ask questions to Robert and Shel directly, whether via chat/IM or via phone. The content is smart, interesting and the energy level is high.</p>
<p>Since the event ran over an hour and a half, we&#8217;ve split it into two parts. There are a few ways to listen:</p>
<p>1) Click on either <a target="_blank" href="http://waxxi.us/interactive.html">Interactive Podcast</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://waxxi.us/naked_conv.html">Naked Conversations</a> on <a target="_blank" href="http://waxxi.us">Waxxi</a>&#8217;s home page. You may download parts one and two, or play it within the page. There, you may also subscribe to the podcast&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WaxxiInteractivePodcasts">RSS feed</a>.</p>
<p>2) Listen live here to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.waxxi.us/podcasts/Waxxi_Interactive_Podcast_052006_part1.mp3">Part One</a> and here for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.waxxi.us/podcasts/Waxxi_Interactive_Podcast_052006_part2.mp3">Part Two</a></p>
<p>A few things to note:</p>
<p><strong>Fuzzy Wuzzy was a Cordless Phone</strong>. What you&#8217;ll notice in the beginning of Part One is a bit of fuzziness, especially on Robert&#8217;s line. That&#8217;s something we learned <em>not</em> to do in the future: have guests call in on cordless phones. Landlines with a quality headset a must, everything else (cordless, VoIP, cell phones) a no-no.</p>
<p><strong>Radio Quality, Digital Sound.</strong> My voice will sound different, in terms of recording quality, than the others. That&#8217;s because I did my part from a studio. And I worked with folks with more than four decades of <a target="_blank" href="http://prodroom.com/">broadcasting</a> experience. The goal, as <a target="_blank" href="http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2006/05/waxxi_chatting_.html">Shel</a> mentioned, was to help move podcasting forward.</p>
<p><strong>To Edit or Not to Edit?</strong> Should the interactive podcasts be completely, well, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047174719X/sr=8-1/qid=1148593202/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8819943-2495238?%5Fencoding=UTF8">Naked</a>? In the aforementioned &#8216;forward&#8217; thinking process, we felt it would only improve the listening experience to edit out some of the &#8220;uhs&#8221; &#8220;ums&#8221;, seconds of dead air here or there, and to record an intro and a close.</p>
<p><strong>Chat is as Important as Voice.</strong> We implemented a chat client very close to the launch, and were not able to alert everyone to that fact until the day of the event (next time, plenty of notice so that international callers don&#8217;t have to worry about staying on a direct phone line to the US just to have their questions answered). The chat/IM was equally as important to the interactive experience as having people call in. It also allowed for commenting, and facilitated the flow of the conversation quite nicely.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll detail each part in future posts, but in the meantime nobody does it better than <a target="_blank" href="http://jeremiahthewebprophet.blogspot.com/2006/05/podcast-with-shel-and-scoble-via-waxxi.html">Jeremiah Owyang</a>. Thanks again to everyone who signed up, participated, and interacted, and to our incredible guests.</p>
<p>Enjoy the listen.</p>
<p><em>update</em>: We gave Jeremiah a sneak peek (he&#8217;s good at pulling those eStrings). <img src='http://waxxi.us/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  His announcement of Waxxi going live is <a target="_blank" href="http://jeremiahthewebprophet.blogspot.com/2006/05/podcast-waxxi-innagural-kickoff-live_25.html">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Thank You, One and All</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 07:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Sheridan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many hours of post-cast work in the studio, and answering many emails, IMs, blog posts and calls, I can finally blog about Waxxi&#8217;s inaugural, historic interactive podcast.
Before writing about the details of the event, which Jeremiah Owyang did with lightning fast timing and hurting fingers (indeed, a Web Prophet), and which Mish, Peter Dawson [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After many hours of post-cast work in the studio, and answering many emails, IMs, blog posts and calls, I can finally blog about <a target="_blank" href="http://waxxi.us">Waxxi&#8217;s</a> inaugural, historic <a target="_blank" href="http://www.waxxi.us/naked_conv.html">interactive podcast</a>.</p>
<p>Before writing about the details of the event, which <a target="_blank" href="http://jeremiahthewebprophet.blogspot.com/">Jeremiah Owyang</a> did with lightning fast timing and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.techmeme.com/060520/h1700">hurting fingers</a> (indeed, a Web Prophet), and which <a target="_blank" href="http://mplayground.blogspot.com/2006/05/waxxis-inaugural-interactive-podcast.html">Mish</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://peterdawson.typepad.com/blog/2006/05/waxxi_podcastin.html">Peter Dawson</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/tools-matter-at-least-with-video/">Robert Scoble</a> live-blogged, we need to send thanks to many.</p>
<p>To our guest speakers:</p>
<p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://nakedconversations.com">Shel Israel</a></strong>, renowned consultant, accomplished and in-demand speaker, writer, genuinely nice guy, and soon to be <a target="_blank" href="http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2006/05/around_the_worl.html">globe-trotter</a>. It all started at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/18/thank-you-for-coming-to-techcrunch-5/">a really fun party</a> over a glass or two of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.stormhoek.com/">great wine</a>. Thanks for being open to something new. Thanks also for the <a target="_blank" href="http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2006/05/waxxing_towrd_g.html">kind words</a>, and continuous support. We hope you&#8217;ll come back for a future Waxxi cast to talk about the findings of your <a target="_blank" href="http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2006/05/my_next_book_gl.html">next book</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/">Robert Scoble</a></strong>, who I feel like I know yet I&#8217;ve barely met (only briefly when he signed my copy of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047174719X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/102-8261668-7270545?%5Fencoding=UTF8">Naked Conversations</a> at said <a target="_blank" href="http://flickr.com/photos/tracysheridan/101090655/in/set-72057594066152957/">party</a>). Why? Because he&#8217;s real. He&#8217;s a real guy talking about<a target="_blank" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/rules-and-rulebreaking-in-second-life/"> real things</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/new-interview-victim-comes-to-microsoft/">Microsoft-related</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/im-looking-forward-to-getting-back-to-my-hd-dvd/">not</a>. Thank you for being bold, brave, honest and forthright. Thank you for opening up our tech/business/shareholder value-driven world to something more important: <a target="_blank" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/05/10/bad-news-gets-worse/">life itself</a>. And thank you for taking time to spend with us today, so close to the time that you left <a target="_blank" href="http://spaces.msn.com/maryamie/blog/cns!9592F3DEF41537A3!1718.entry">your Mom</a>. I hope you and I get the chance to sit down together someday soon.</p>
<p>To each and every one of the participants today who took the time on a Saturday morning/afternoon/evening (depending on where you were in the world). It was an energetic, insightful first session, albeit not without a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tomrafteryit.net/almost-interactive-podcasts-on-waxxi/">bump</a> or two in the road. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tomrafteryit.net/home/">Mr. Raftery</a>, we owe you at least a pint of Guiness after you welcome your newborn to the world.</p>
<p>To <a href="http://techcrunch.com">TechCrunch&#8217;s</a> <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/about-michael-arrington/">Mike Arrington</a></strong>. Thanks for liking the concept, and because of that alone, helping <a target="_blank" href="http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2006/05/s_7.html">introduce </a>the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.9skype.com/e_953.html">world</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://ambermac.typepad.com/ambermac/2006/05/how_to_call_99_.html">to</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/06/waxxi-is-a-new-kind-of-podcast/">Waxxi</a>.</p>
<p>And last &#8211; but certainly not least &#8211; heartfelt, very special thanks to our hard-working, always on, and very patient team of developers, designers and consultants:</p>
<p><strong>Bob Joyal</strong>, formerly with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fastcompany.com">Fast Company</a>; <strong>Frank Gruber</strong>, of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2006/05/waxxi_naked_int.html">Somewhat Frank</a> (Frank, <em>you</em> rock!); <strong>Frederick Giasson</strong> of <a target="_blank" href="http://talkdigger.com">Talk Digger</a> fame; <strong>Val Landi,</strong> Silicon Valley IT veteran and author of <a target="_blank" href="http://awomanfromcairo.com">A Woman from Cairo</a>; and our partner-in-design, Chicago&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://inflatable3.com"><strong>Inflatble3</strong></a>.  <span style="font-size: 11pt" /></p>
<p>Thanks, to all. We wouldn&#8217;t be Waxxi without you.</p>
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