Excuses, Excuses

Have you noticed the slow down in posting here? I thought not.

I have been spending inordinate chunks of time preparing my book for podcasting. At this point I've probably earned the right to offer advice. Start with this: there are two introductory podcast rigs you can get for about $100. M-Audio Podcast Factory and Behringer PodcastStudio. Both represent marketing departments' urge to throw together some disparate existing products into a box with some new buzzword on the outside. The difference is M-Audio's actually works, while Behringer represents the black side of high tech. Poorly translated instructions, inadequate driver support, incompatible software - it's all here.

As a software engineer, I often shudder when I think of lay people struggling with stuff like this. May I offer an apology on behalf of the industry I have served for a couple of decades?

In any case, podiobooks will not release a new author's work until they have at least five episodes on hand. I hope to reach that milestone some time next week.