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The Wish Book - Starts December 1st

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Remember the Christmas catalogs of the past. They were often called Wish Books and I and my sisters would spend hours pouring over them “wishing” for almost everything. Friends in Tech has collected a series of stories and memories about the Wish Book and is presenting them throughout the month of December.
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Zune team needs to look around them for design cues

November 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

It seems so simple, but people can often ignore the best examples when designing their own software applications. Witness the difference between finding a podcast link in the iTunes music store and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace:
iTunes
1. Right click on podcast artwork
2. Select Copy iTunes Store URL
3. Paste link into any other application
Zune
1. Go [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving from WelchWrite.com

November 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the US, so from all of us to all of you, Happy Thanksgiving, wherever you are! We are thankful for much and many. May your day be filled with food, fun and family!
Listen to our audio message

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After-Thanksgiving Sales at Amazon.com

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Get your holiday shopping started with these special After-Thanksgiving Day deals from Amazon.com.

After-Thanksgiving Day Sales from Amazon.com
…or check out my recommendations in…
The WelchWrite Store

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Douglas presents at BarCamp San Diego

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

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Originally uploaded by Sophistechate

A nice photo of me presenting “The Why, What and How of Podcasting?” at BarCamp San Diego
Thanks Sophistechate for the photo!

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Visibility for You and Your Career from BarCamp San Diego 2

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

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Douglas E. Welch speaks at BarCamp San Diego 2 on November 11, 2007

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Elsewhere Online: What Web Writers Can Learn from the Writer’s Strike

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

This great article from CopyBlogger lays out exactly what I have been telling people for months, (See I am not podcaster, I am a producer!, September 20, 2007). Well worth reading the entire article using the link below.
What Web Writers Can Learn from the Writer’s Strike
(Excerpted)
…The only way to have any control and autonomy [...]

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The Why , What and How of Podcasting from BarCamp San Diego 2007

November 12th, 2007 · No Comments

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Douglas E. Welch speaks on the Why, What and How of Podcasting at BarCamp San Diego 2 - November 10, 2007

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The Why , What and How of Podcasting from BarCamp San Diego 2007 (iPod/iTunes)

November 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Watch the Why, What and How of Podcastin from BarCamp San Diego 2

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The Great Floating Brogan head from PodCampAZ

November 6th, 2007 · No Comments

The Great Floating Brogan head from PodCampAZ

Originally uploaded by dewelch

Chris Brogan, co-founder of PodCamp, addresses the assembled geeks of PodCampAZ via Skype video call.

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The Wish Book - A Holiday Season Podcast Project

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

A while ago, I came across this site, http://www.wishbookweb.com/, which hosts scanned copies of historical Christmas Catalogs from the 1940s-1980s. As I was flipping through the site, it brought back some great memories of my childhood. As a child, on the cold Winter nights in Ohio, I would often sit for hours flipping through [...]

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Audio: Event: Ghosts of the Internet - a LIVE reading - Oct. 27

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Update: 10/28/07, 10:00pm PST: The audio from this reading is now available directly from Talkshoe.com. You can hear me reading Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, Annabelle Lee near the 27:25 mark.
We had some great readers from around the country, along with our little repertory group here in Los Angeles. Grab a blanket, turn down the lights [...]

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It’s the Great Server, Chuck and Kreg! - A Friends in Tech Halloween Special

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Slated for release on October 24th, it’s the annual Technology-themed Halloween Special presented by Friends in Tech.
“It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg!”
Convinced that the Great Server will be making its yearly appearance, Kreg refuses to go Trick-or-Treating with the rest of the FiT gang and instead pulls an all-nighter waiting for the Great [...]

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Buy Now: Blue/Red LED Programmable Name Tags

October 14th, 2007 · No Comments

I have a red LED name tag that I wear to events and it never ceases to attract attention. Since I always have people asking me where they can pick one up, I offer up these links to Amazon.com.
I see now that they both my original red LED name tag and a new BLUE [...]

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Prelude to Revolution Part 2 - A Live Radio Play for Independence Day

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

This is a follow-up to Prelude to Revolution - Part 1, which aired on July 4th, 2007. — Douglas

Prelude to Revolution - Part 2
The voices and events leading up to the American War for Independence
1761-1775
Performed LIVE on September 22, 2007,
An audio play taken from historical documents.
Listen to Prelude to Revolution - Part 2

Written, Produced and [...]

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Event: Lunch 2.0 at YellowBot

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

I had a great time hanging out with my fellow tech folks at today’s Lunch 2.0 hosted by YellowBot in Burbank, California. It is always great getting to catch up with everyone and the neat projects they are working on.
Below is a short video made from the pictures I took today and a link to [...]

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Follow me, and my friends, on Twitter!

October 7th, 2007 · No Comments


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Douglas’ Calendar - What Am I Doing?

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments


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Friends in Tech at the Podcast and New Media Expo

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

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A few more photos from the Friends in Tech session at the Orange County Podcasters booth at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo last weekend.

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Douglas @ PodCamp SoCal

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

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Originally uploaded by Paul McElligott

Paul McElligott shot this photo of me during PodCamp SoCal in Ontario, Calfironia last Thursday.
More photos coming, as I locate myself in the various Flickr feeds.
Vanity searching is so geeky, but you knew that about me [...]

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