Lodebearing

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Episode 25: Hanging with the Podcasting Class

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Episode 24: Phillip Kerman

Join us for our special end-of-the-year Holiday Extravaganza! World-famous Flash guru Phillip Kerman stops by for an interview, and Josh and I tackle the latest industry news and views in a very special holiday-themed episode...you won't want to miss this one! Since I'm posting today, you also get show notes! How's that for a Christamas present?! Josh and I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season and a wonderful new year! We'll be putting out new episodes in January, see you then!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

Photoshop CS3 Beta is now public. Go get it!!
Adobe, Reuters & Canon working on digital breadcrumbs?
Godspeed Bruce Fraser, the entire Photoshop community mourns a legend
Pandora adds community tools to an already great service
The FTC starts taking a hard look at indirect marketing

Sony's disastrous attempt at viral marketing
$15,000 for placement on Digg?!!

Our boy Phillip Kerman is in the house
A Christmas Story...go visit the actual house in Cleveland!

Music this week? Tougher Than Leather baby!!

New contest...YouTube us!

Send us your coolest YouTube video for a chance to win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

To get you started...here's Phillip Kerman flipping his shoe. (Listen to the interview and it'll make sense...)

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podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 23: Alive Again

Episode 23 is live!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier
James Williamson

** James will be adding the show notes shortly!

Our New Contest: YouTubeUs!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Google just bought YouTube - is there any interesting content still posted? Find some interesting videos, and send us a link. The most entertaining YouTube video wins a $50 gift certificate to iTunes. We'll put a link to our favorites! Contest ends on December 31, 2006.

Send your flash website links to podcast@lodebearing.com with the subject line: YouTubeUs

Good luck!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 22: Adobe MAX in review!

Hey folks!! Not-so-fresh off our red-eye back from Vegas Josh and I are pleased to bring you Episode 22:Adobe MAX in review. We had a great time at MAX this year, a special hello to all those we met and talked to at the show. I'm posting this week, so you know what that means...actual show notes!! Sit back and enjoy as we reflect on all we've seen and heard...

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

Brightcove Network is now online!
Odeo is now owned by Obvious!
MAX Review:

What's Apollo?
Fireworks is NOT dead.
Soundbooth...audio editing simplified?
Flash lite....can you hear me now?!
Adobe Digital Editions is new
Connect through Acrobat
Check out the cool sneak peeks...

Music this week by the band Fluid

Flash contest is now closed!!

New contest soon...your chance to win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 21: Ben in India

We get the latest scoop from Ben Wilson reporting from India. How's the food? Where has he been? Ben's explores the "country of contrast".

Episode 21 is is straight from New Delhi

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital

Guest:
Ben Wilson

The Flash Contest is Closed!

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podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 20: Microsoft Expressions Part 2

This is Part 2 of the Lodebearing interview with Forest Key, Director of Product Management in the developer tools division at Microsoft. James is back in the studio as we present this fall edition of Lodebearing.

Episode 20 is in the can!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital (Live in the studio!)

James - It's your turn for show notes... ;)

Our New Contest: Awesome Flash Sites! LAST WEEK!!!!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

We love Flash, and we want to find the most creative Flash website. So start looking around and send us links to Flash websites that you love. The most creative flash website wins a $50 gift certificate to iTunes. We'll read all the good ones on the air! Contest ends on October 15, 2006.

Send your flash website links to podcast@lodebearing.com with the subject line: Flash Link

Good luck!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 19: Microsoft Expressions Part 1

Lodebearing interviews Forest Key, Director of Product Management in the developer tools division at Microsoft. James reports from a bunker in Ft. Bragg, NC via Skype, and we have all the typical goodies - news, trivia and listener mail.

This is your remote Episode 19!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital (In a bunker...)

Our New Contest: Awesome Flash Sites!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 18: Jen and Friends

This is just a down right crazy episode 18. James is in Hilton Head and all heck is breaking loose!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital (Missing in action!)
Ben Wilson - www.logware.us

Special guest- Jennifer Loman

Our New Contest: Awesome Flash Sites!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 17: Short But Sweet

Must be the end of the week. We are cranking out an information packed show with trvia, news, listener mail and a great song from A Very Large Array at the end of the show.

Welcome to our lean but mean - episode number 17!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Special Guest: Ben Wilson - www.logware.us

Show Notes:

James is going to Hilton Head for vacation

Ripley is Rambolina

Trivial Pursuit - still tied (Score- Josh 3, James 3)

People are still paying for rotary phones
Nintendo Wii
Adobe releases Premiere Elements and Adobe Elements
XAML conversion contest is going on now!
A song from Very Large Array provided by Magnitune.com

Our New Contest: Awesome Flash Sites!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 16: Monkey Bites

Ben Wilson joins us (again) to tell us how he is preparing to travel to India. Also, we have the usual banter, tip-of-the-week, listener mail, and of course our take on all the news...

Welcome to our tribute to world travel - exciting episode number 16!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Special Guest: Ben Wilson - www.logware.us

Show Notes:

Ben is going to India
College football is here
Will still suck at Trivial Pursuit (Score- Josh 3, James 3)
Do you steal from the office? 38% of you are lying
Pluto... planet no more
Madden went large
Browzer lets you surf in private
Windows Expression tools delayed until 2008
Are you reading Think Vitamin? You should!
John Alsupp informs us on microformats
Photoshop World kicks off after Labor Day
Defective-by-Design is proclaiming October 3 "Day Againt DRM"
AOL is official badware - but you knew that
Dead 2.0 asks the question.. what is RSS?
Did we cure cancer?
We want listerner mail!!!

Our New Contest: Awesome Flash Sites!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 15: 24 Hours of Booty

Since both Josh and James have new babies in the house we decided to let Ben do all the heavy lifting! Ahhh sleep depravation!

Welcome to our super-duper episode 15, 24 Hours of Booty

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Special Guest: Ben Wilson - www.logware.us

Show Notes:

They are coming!

Our New Contest: Awesome Flash Sites!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 14: We're Back

Yes - we are back in action.

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

Coming Soon!

Our Spam Poetry Contest Winner!

Congratulations to Chris Harker!

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podcast@lodebearing.com

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Where you at?!

Hi everyone, James here. We've been getting tons of mail asking when the next show will be released. We are, it seems, a bit tardy with our latest offerings. I'd love to tell you that Josh and I are planning this huge fantastic show and that we're lining up all kinds of cool people that require us to hold off...but that just wouldn't be true. The truth is that Josh and I have seen more of the insides of airplanes than each other lately. For the last three weeks we've both been on the road in places like Cleveland, Denver, Fort Worth, and lovely Sanford, North Carolina.

So all I can say is SORRY!! We're trying to hook up and do a remote show, but even that has been hard to work out. We're taking the week of the 4th off as a breather, but rest assured that you'll be getting a juicy new nugget of Lodebearing goodness shortly thereafter. Keep on checking back, please (or better yet, just have your RSS feeder let you know.

Now, since I have your attention, I thought I'd weigh in on a subject that has been gathering steam lately. John Dowdell writes about Robert Scoble and Peter Davis going back and forth at each other as to the viability of Podcasting as a long-term medium. Seems that Davis thinks that podcasting is a bit of a fad while Scoble seems to think he's not looking at every angle.

Being a podcaster myself, this got me thinking as to whether or not our podcast was really accomplishing what we want it to do. My own personal opinion is that podcasting can become an accepted, main-stream means of delivering news and entertainment, but only if a streamlined way of filtering through the signal-to-noise ratio is arrived at. Right now the hardest part of our podcasting (besides finding time to do the damned thing) is making people aware that it's there. We've seen a slow, steady increase in the number of listeners with each podcast. That means that you guys are sticking around after listening to a show or two. That's great! But building our audience to the level we'd like is taking considerable time and probably won't ever happen until one of the bigger blogs writes about us (or we get Digged), or until i-Tunes decides we're the flavor of the week.

So, I think that the biggest hurdle that podcasting currently has in becoming a mainstream source of content is the lack of quick, easy ways for most people to find quality podcasts. Perhaps someone can do a pandora for podcasting?...

See you guys soon!

-James
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Episode 13: Business as Usual

Come on and feel the noize as Josh and James discuss the latest news in the culture of web, print, and digital video. We're joined in the studio this week by Macromedia/Adobe Instructor of the year, Art Phillips! So download the audio, turn up the headphones, and experience podcasting bliss as never before.

Josh was a little late in getting the show notes out, but I'm here to give you guys the links! Better late than never!! (- James)

Come on, come on and have some fun...

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Special Guest:
Art Phillips, Director of Enterprise Training - Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

An Event Apart is July 10th in NYC, register now if you haven't already!
Did you like X-Men III? I didn't, but not for lack of trying... At least Ratner worked in "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch! (NSFW)"
New Trivial Pursuit Score: James 2, Josh 1. (Goooooooaaallllllll!!!!)
Google has no plans for a browser...so they say.
Doug Bowman's going to Google!
Accessibility Color Wheel is cool
Browser rendering speed tests
Freehand & GoLive....dead or alive?!
Adobe wants you to know why InDesign is better.
MAX is in Vegas BABY!!
Technorati and the AP get in bed...but who owns the content?
Sharpcast looks promising
Hot damn but that Typetester is usefull!
PC World New Zeland gives us the 25 Worst Tech products of all time...
Looks like Forgent can kiss their JPEG patent goodbye. Thank God...
Apple store NYC loves you...Apple store NYC never wants you to leave....
Canes WIN!! Canes WIN!!!

Our New Contest: Spam Poetry!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

The idea behind Spam Poetry is that the random length of words meant to battle past your spam filters can sometimes align themselves into lines approaching literary value (I guess it's not so much the infinite monkeys in a room as it is the infinite number of spam bots...). Scan your Spam, find the most beautiful passage of Spam Gibberish and sent it along. The most artistic, beautiful, whacked-out passage wins a $50 gift card to i-Tunes...now that's beautiful!

Send your spam poetry to podcast@lodebearing.com.

Good luck!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 12: iPod Hot Mods!

Ben Wilson, CEO of Logware hangs out and shares with us his wish-lists of iPod Hot Mods! Join us, won't you, as we tackle the release of Quark 7, Adobe's hasty press conference, Apple's release of Final Cut Express HD 3.5, and we all fail terribly at Trival Pursuit this week. Come on in and get happy!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

Ben Wilson, CEO of Logware in the house!
We all suck at Trival Pursuit this week
Colt .45 is not an automatic weapon

InDesign CS3 Preview!
Apple's Final Cut Express HD 3.5

Mojizu means character fight!
What is the Kiwi Project, and what is Adobe's sinister master plan?!
Remix the Scanner Darkly trailer!
Quark 7 launches...
Mod your iPod
I need to learn how to synch my iPod
Josh talks id3 tags..

Enter our latest contest...Spam Poetry!!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

This one might actually be less popular than the patent contest, but what the hell...I'm going for it! The idea behind Spam Poetry is that the random length of words meant to battle past your spam filters can sometimes align themselves into lines approaching literary value (I guess it's not so much the infinite monkeys in a room as it is the infinite number of spam bots...). Scan your Spam, find the most beautiful passage of Spam Gibberish and sent it along. The most artistic, beautiful, whacked-out passage wins a $50 gift card to i-Tunes...now that's beautiful!

Send your Spam Poetry to podcast@lodebearing.com with the subject line: Spam Poetry. We'll read the anthology online after the contest!

Good luck!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 11: Lodebearing Live!

Lodebearing goes live as we have a studio audience for the first time in show history! Information on the new Mac Book, Adobe announces Apollo, NBC looks towards the digital space for new revenue, and interviews with students from our Podcasting class.

Get ready for an exciting episode 11 - live from Charlotte, NC.

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

We're live with our Podcasting for Business students
Josh's eating adventure in Huntsville, AL - check out the Old GreenBrier!
James vs. Josh in Trivial Pursuit. Round One: James 1 - Josh 0
Taco widgets - Web Translator.
Dreamweaver 8.02 update is out.
Adobe Apollo announced. Flash and HTML playing together on the desktop.
Style Flocker for Adobe InDesign
Skype outbound calls are free until the end of the year!
Yahoo redesign. (You know where the link is...)
NBC's digital strategy
Different Strokes - "What are yoyu talkin about Willis?"
Mecanbe.com - get your life together!
Check out Maritza's web site - www.generationsnaturalbeauty.com
Music this week by the band Fluid

Our New Contest: Spam Poetry!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Send your spam poetry to podcast@lodebearing.com.

Good luck!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 10: Brad Sucks!

Check out our interview with Brad Sucks and rock out as we tackle everything from K-Fed to the release date for CS3! Come along with us as we celebrate our 10th show!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

Episode 10 y'all!
Brad Sucks is in the house
Adobe releases Flash 9 player

CS3 in Spring of 07?
Long live the Canadian Music Creators Coalition!

Neil Young's ticked-off again
Porn leads the way!
Google pimps Firefox!
Google goes 3D
Adobe's Design Center is cool!
DesignerID is a neat way to meet other designers
Charlotte's very own building-as-art
More Hitchiker's Guide stuff this week

Brand New Contest...Spam Poetry!!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 9: Microsoft in the Mix - Part II

Part two of our interview with Parimal Deshpande. James is back in action, listener mail, a Dreamweaver tip of the week, information on our Patently Obvious contest, and another great closing song! (Podcast free music rules!)

Welcome to our electric episode 9!

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

We're back - again!
Ham is the Easter meat.
We use BlogFusion
Podcast shows need to be consistent!
The Powersquid
Advertisers to spend 750 million on podcasts by 2010!
McNews
Look out traditional media.
Oberman's ratings
Jacob Neilson Alert Box article - Do you read web pages in an "F" pattern?
Monome LED keyboard
sifry.com alert - state of ther blogisphere
Parimel Deshpande interview
Song this week by Very Large Array
Podcast free music at Magnatune.com

Our New Contest: Patently Obvious!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Since the US Patents & Trademarks office seems to be throwing out patents like Mardis Gras beads, we've decided to get in on the action! Send us the most frivolous, goofy, it-just-might-work patents you can think of. The most creative wins a $50 gift certificate to iTunes and our undying gratitude. We'll read all the good ones on the air! Contest ends on April 31, 2006. (We extended it!)

Send your patent idea to podcast@lodebearing.com with the subject line: Patent Contest. Who knows, we may submit it!!

Good luck!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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Episode 8: Microsoft in the Mix

An interview with Parimal Deshpande - Microsoft Product Manager, Windows Presentation Foundation. James covers his trip to Mix06 in Las Vegas. We have the latest news, "Where did James go?", information on our Patent contest, and an awesome closing song!

Welcome to our information packed episode 8!
Check out our new look...

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Show hosts:
Josh Cavalier, President - Lodestone Digital
James Williamson, Director of Training – Lodestone Digital

Show Notes:

We're back!
When you use Adobe Audition you need a large temp file.
Apple announces Bootcamp beta
Pandora meets Squeezebox
Adobe and Verizon = Flash on cell phones!
Art students - please learn how to draw... with a pencil!
David Carson rocks!
Career Builder April Fool's list
Parimal Deshpande interview
The band Fluid rocks out this week
Podcast free music at Magnatune.com

Our New Contest: Patently Obvious!

Win a $50 Gift Card to iTunes!

Please send comments to:
podcast@lodebearing.com

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