Posts Tagged With: podcast
· July 6, 2008 at 9:15 am · Web Hosting
Tags: feedback, hosting, listeners, podcast, reviews, survey, web-hosts
We will be short on a podcast this week due to the 4th of July weekend madness that has passed us by, but between your cleanup of fireworks and dumping out the barbequed leftovers please take a minute to take this short 6 question survey about the Web Hosting Show.
Any and all feedback is appreciated and you know I am all about making you all happy so if there is something you like, hate or would love to hear about let me know.
Take the Web Hosting Show Podcast Survey!
If you have ever wanted to share your opinion to me about what I do this would be the time to do it. Also happy post 4th of July to all of you and thanks in advance!
· June 16, 2008 at 5:28 am · Web Hosting
Tags: help, mp3, podcast, talk radio, Web Hosting, web-developers
Well, I had a melted power supply, a wisdom tooth pulled and a weekend filled with no power in the past two weeks but I am happy to say all that is behind me now and the Web Hosting Show podcast is back in production and episode 154 is ready for download.
Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.
- What is Your IP and Why Do You Need It?
- Don’t Backup My Documents on Your Hosting Account!
- Checking Web Popularity with URLmetrix?
- Gawkwire, a new Internet and Hosting News Site Launches!
Podcast Exclusive - Part 2 of Our “How to Purchase a Web Hosting Business” Series with Web Strategist Errett Cord. Download the podcast to check it out!
+ Go Listen to the Web Hoting Show, Podcast 154!
· June 1, 2008 at 10:05 am · Personal, Web Hosting
Tags: delay, feedback, hosting, PC, podcast, web-hosts
Since production of the podcast has been delayed again this week due to my recent PC problems I have decided to turn a negative into a positive (but I need your thoughts). Go check out the technical difficulties post over at WebHostingShow.com.
+ Give Me Your Feedback, Suggestions, Compliments and Complaints!
I need all of you to let me know what you love, what you hate, what you want more of and what you could do without this week. Give me your feedback so I can produce a better podcast just for you.
· May 8, 2008 at 5:21 am · Web Hosting
Tags: carbon credits, comments, feedback, green, hosting, podcast, web-hosts
I’ve got a lot of positive and negative feedback on this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show podcast. The most interesting of the bunch is the debate over how usual “green” hosting really is. I know some hosts out there really want to do better by the environment, and feel like this is helping. After reviewing all the facts though I still feel like it is a three card monte-like scam. Here is a view from the other side of the fence from Jen L, one of the debaters…
We do it, and if it’s a scam, then so is my electric company regulated and overseen by the government.
At my home, I have the option to pay a premium for renewable energy, and I have lots of official stuff on my bill showing the higher price I pay with the guarantees that money got fed into the grid. My electric company releases the energy I pay for into the grid - they have to, or its illegal. Are the zaps coming into my house guaranteed to be clean?
No. Energy delivery is communal - but the higher premium I pay puts more clean energy into the grid that would not otherwise get there. If enough people chose to pay for the higher premium, a higher percentage of energy in the grid would be renewable. Does it come with the same ego boost as solar panels on the top of my house? No. Does it ensure that less pollution comes from me because I pay more than everyone else? Yes. It makes a difference.
It’s the same concept. Green Tags enable people that want to buy renewable energy but who don’t have it directly available to them to do so. If *everyone* did it no matter where they were, we could all be green in a short amount of time.
If you wonder if its a scam, ask to see the certificates that were issued (as we all get certificates saying precisely what we bought), and the report as to how they arrived at how much to offset. If they can’t give it to you, then yes, possibly, it’s a scam.
If they *can*, the place you are hosting is paying for their energy *twice*, once to keep the power on, and again in the same amount to feed that energy they used back into the grid as green energy so someone else doesn’t have to use dirty energy.
How someone voluntarily choosing to pay for their electricity twice can be considered “a scam” is beyond me.
Check out podcast 151 for yourself and join the debate. Is green hosting good or just another sales gimmick to get you in the door?
· May 2, 2008 at 5:36 am · Online Tools, Web Development
Tags: cheap, flash, free, media, players, podcast, streaming, tools, video
A few months back I did a round up of some of my favorite flash podcast players that are out there, but then I got people asking about the video podcasters out there. What type of tools could they use other than going with a YouTube, Revver or another Online service? Thanks to these downloads, you can get your own flash video player going for a relatively cheap price.
Flowplayer might be my favorite of the free flash video players out there. It has multiple color schemes and skins you can use, as well as being lightweight and not overly obnoxious with the basic design. If you want to upgrade you could also pick up the commercial license which would allow you to remove the Flowplayer logo when maximized, bug fixes and one month of support via e-mail.
JW FLV Media Player is another one you should check out if your looking for your own emendable flash video player. It supports flv, mp3, h264, swf and more. Also included is streaming support, RSS, play lists and accessibility features too. Released under Creative Commons, it too is totally free to use too.
Wimpy Wasp is not a free download to try, but it is worth checking out. This product too allows you to play flash video on your site by plugging and playing with the flash video player. Makes the process of putting your own flash player out there a lot easier. While you are on their site, you might also check out the Wimpy AV Player too.
Willing to pay for your player? You can also get a lot of other flash video player projects over at FlashDen. You may have to pay a little but they have a slew of downloads to browse through to see if they will fit into your current project or web site. Have another favorite, let me know and leave a comment.
· April 23, 2008 at 5:32 am · Personal, Web Hosting
Tags: eBook, guides, help, podcast, Web Hosting, web-hosts
I have another sub-project under wraps for right now, but I’d like to explain things a ‘bit so I can get some feedback from you.
I have had the idea for some time now to wrap up some of the full length guides (maybe four or five of them) from the Web Hosting Show podcast, and turn them into a short eBook. Then, when you are downloading - you could pick up the eBook to read or you could have the option to go listen to that “chapter” via the past podcast.
Then later on down the road, if this project is a success I would like to do a few volumes of the same, maybe after four or five guides later on. My outlook on this is I’d like to help and get the help in the hands of those who need it in anyway that I can. Since another eBook as been “in the cards” for me for a while, figured this might be the best of both worlds.
What do YOU think?
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