My Life on the Net

This week I talk a little drunkenly about the ideas of consumerism in our daily lives.  Short, sweet and hardly edited.

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Two weeks out and trying to get back into the habit. This week was a recap of some of the ideas faced, and a few updates to the blog post Hope I Cope with my Dyslexia.

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In this episode I talk about two different things faced by photographers in this day and age - the never-ending decision between film and digital and how the law causes confrontation between photographers and civillians.

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With the second episode of the Fused Reality Podcast coming out tomorrow I thought I’d help some people figure out why I want to do it and where I’m going to take it.  So, here’s some questions that were asked during my last live stream…

You’ve failed at keeping a podcast twice, why are you trying a third time?

Well they say that the third time is a charm–but the real fact is that previously the podcast wasn’t exactly fixed or gave me the satisfaction I desired (mainly due to pressure from a third party).  I stared podcasting when I was fifteen and I wasn’t suited back then to properly do it.  Hopefully with almost 4 years extra experience with podcasts and social media I’ll be much better.

What’s it about?

I was interested in one of my topics in my first podcast in which I talked about how smoking had affected me (I think it’s still lying around somewhere on the internet).  Within friends it drew some controversy and discussion and when the urge to podcast came back to me recently I was reminded by a friend of this episode and decided that it would be a good idea to talk about the issues that effect me again.

So is this podcast just going to be another form of self-obsessed ranting?

Nope.  Sure, I’m going to talking about some of the issues that relate to me–but the description entails that I talk about others too.  There’s loads of people with issues that I have no idea about who I’d love to interview and find out more about it  There’s artist, designers, social media evangelists, writers and loads of others  I’d love to interview and will pretty soon.

Wow. Sounds like you’ve got something coming together. Who’s coming on the show?

Well, I haven’t e-mailed anyone regarding being on the show but I will be doing so pretty soon. If it sounds like you want to come on the show and you don’t mind talking about the issues that effect you or your profession (that’s what it’s kind of about) then I’d love to have you on the show.  Just leave a comment here or email me at craig[at]fusedrealitystudios.com.

What do I need to be on your show?

Three things - issues to talk about, Skype and some free time.  It’d also be nice if you had a voice to use and a microphone.

Your Sound Sucks!

Yes, it does.  I’m moving back to Edinburgh on Wednesday and I’m happy to say that my better quality audio equipment is sitting there and waiting to be used.  Right now I’m just using a terrible Phillips Skype phone and can’t wait till I can get back to some real microphones.

I listened to your show and I want to leave some feedback.

Good or bad, I’d love to hear from you.  You can contact me in the blog comments, e-mail or record an audio comment so it will be on the next show.  One thing I really like is regular feedback.

You talked about a live stream earlier. What’s that?

I experimented recording episode two of the podcast with a live audience and found it to be pretty fun but also allowed me to have live correspondence (which is pretty hard to get any other means) and an ability for questions to be answered before the show is released.

I’ll be recording each Monday on BlogTV [http://www.blogtv.com/People/fusedreality] at 5.30PM Eastern (10.30PM BST) and thanks to my technical prowess you’ll be able to see both my webcam and recording processes (people liked that last time).

I don’t want to wait a week!

Well, episode two of the podcast is already recorded and will be available tomorrow afternoon. Each episode will be available on the Tuesday (the day after the live show) as it takes time to edit out mistakes often caused by stutters or long pauses while staring at the chat room.