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1 May 2006 @ 2am

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Geeking Out with Brandon and Nicole: Negative Alpha

So Brandon and I recorded a podcast yesterday, and the tentative title of the podcast is Geeking Out. This is our very very first podcast, which we’re calling episode Negative Alpha. We kinda just randomly talked about stuff without much planning, save for a rough outline of topics. After listening to it tonight, I’m actually rather pleased with how it turned out for a first time effort, especially since we’re just using the built-in mic on the MacBook Pro. I wished we talked more about each of the topics, especially with all the ideas in my head prior to the recording. Also, in retrospect, the cats topic was kinda lame. But hey, we’re still feeling this out and mistakes are bound to happen. The following is a link to the file and a brief outline of what we talked about.

MP3 File: Geeking out with Brandon and Nicole: Negative Alpha

Outline after the jump:

Introductions:
- We introduce ourselves
- This is the Negative Alpha version of the podcast

Maker Faire:
- State fair for geeks
- Put together by Make Magazine, O’Reilly
- Meeting the Mythbusters
- Segway polo
- Crafty side of Maker Faire
- Recycled clothes
- Other interesting stuff we saw at Maker Faire
- Print Gocco
- Extreme Segway polo

Comics Etc.
- Brandon is getting picky in his old age
- Penny Arcade
- Web comic rivalry
- Brandon is super indie
- Sporadic indie comic release dates
- Disney Adventures Comic Zone

Indie culture
- San Francisco has a strong indie culture
- Our clock interrupts us
- Indie culture influenced by liberal and non-mainstream crowd

World of Warcraft
- We’re addicted
- Brandon has a special reason for playing World of Warcraft
- We go through our character history
- WoW is a timesuck
- Entanglement plug
- Discussion of our choice of characters
- Rogues are more “stabby stabby”
- Druids can be animals
- Rogues get no respect
- Basic WoW trinity
- Rogues level really easily
- Priests heal a lot

Cats
- Last throwaway topic
- We like cats. They’re lazy and cute.
- My first experience having cats

Conclusion
- Name the podcast
- Tech Chick and Comic Guy? Nah
- Geekery?
- Geeking out with Brandon and Nicole sounds good
- Geeking out!


6 Comments

Posted by
Jack
2 May 2006 @ 5am

i listened yesterday morning! keep at it!


Posted by
Hasan
2 May 2006 @ 5pm

You really ought to embed the mp3 file into your RSS feed as enclosures.


Posted by
Nicole Lee
2 May 2006 @ 5pm

It is. You just have to subscribe to the Feedburner RSS feed. WHY DON’T PEOPLE SUBSCRIBE TO THE FEEDBURNER FEED? Sigh.


Posted by
Paolo
3 May 2006 @ 7pm

hooray for onboard macbook pro microphone podcasts!


Posted by
amy
6 May 2006 @ 12pm

I thought your voice was going to be high pitched


Posted by
Vanessa
10 May 2006 @ 2pm

Great job, you guys!


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