Inside View

Quicklinks to Podcasting

PODCASTING -- The field of Irish podcasting will explode before Christmas but for now, there are excellent links to podcasting springing up all over. You can find some of these links by using Google to search for podcasts. Google listed ...

Excusable Brevity

IF YOU WANT to stay ahead of your email flow, you need to consider reducing the number of sentences you send. That's Russ Beattie's conclusion. But he considered the adverse reaction of correspondents. Some people think they deserve more...

Splitting Sony Digital Voice Files

This post has beenUpdatedwith a link to the Sony Digital Voice Editor Software. IN ANOTHER THREAD, several readers have reported problems splitting their digital voice files while using the third version of Sony's digital voice edit...

Need to Resync FreeNews

I RUN TWO INSTANCES of FreeNews, a super-efficient aggregator from FreeRange Communications. I'm having a little problem with them now that I'm checking the aggregate from two devices because I'm getting irregular updates to the content....

Top Five Fonts You Should Never Use

Geek Humour: The Top Five Fonts To Never Ever UseTHE E-PUBLISHING SIDE of the family insists that all creative multimedia students should know the identity of the top five fonts you should never use. I've added the video to my first seme...

From N8 to 6A

AFTER CHATTING WITH Odhran Ducie about the wonders of the N8's audio recording quality, I thought I'd run a quick check from my N8, sending a short track via email from the phone's music player to my Typepad blog. I like how the Six Apar...

Girl_Rules.mp3

Chrome Shortcuts

I REALLY LIKE Chrome and espcially its keyboard shortcuts. Alt+F or Alt+E -- Open the Wrench (Tools) menu (you can then use the arrow keys to navigate it.) Ctrl+Shift+B -- Toggles the Bookmarks Bar on and off Ctrl+D -- Bookmark your c...

Testing E7 and Rode

ShaneTest.mp3 JUST A QUICK TEST TO to show how fast it can be done. I sent this image and a short sound clip from my Nokia E7 phone with Shane Egan peering over my shoulder. Shane is interested in extending his practise as a host on loc...

shanetest.mp3

The Marvels of Digital Audio

UNTIL I HEARD the February 2011 New York Times Tech Talk podcast segment about the Mikey 2 iPhone microphone, I did not fully appreciate the newest mobile hardware in my bag. I'm carrying the Nokia N8 and it has Dolby audio circuitry. I ...