99 Seconds with Michael Johnson – Episode 2
A quick thought on what Memorial Day is for me.
Parades, flags, and military men being honored. 99 seconds is not enough time to do this subject justice. Maybe I can’t say anything of substance in 99 seconds…
99 Seconds with Michael Johnson – Episode 1
99 Seconds with Michael Johnson will be an irregular posting where I will attempt to say something useful or profound in exactly 99 seconds or less.
Episode 1 is an introduction to this idea and my thoughts on JOTT.com.
Your feedback is welcome but please don’t tell me how crazy this sounds until I get to episode four or so. In the mean time some constructive criticism of the background music is welcome. I have no musical talent as you can hear. I created it in Garage Band but it’s not Garage Band’s fault. So what do you think?
I’ve been working on my resume this weekend. Not so much because I am looking for a new job but because I haven’t updated it in a while. One must always be prepared, I say! My online resume has all the facts of my employment history and an overview of what I have done in the past but it really doesn’t do much to show my full capabilities.
MY Jaiku buddy Scott Wilder asked a question yesterday in regards to our What Would Jesus Podcast. He wanted to know if I was comfortable editing our podcast in Audacity or not. I’ve played with Audacity some but never seriously so I spent some time last night playing with it more.
But this got me to thinking, can I brighten up my online resume a bit by adding an audio component. Sort of a audio cover letter to my online presence.
So this morning I wrote a short script and headed over to Garage Band to add some background music. The attached MP3 file is the result of two hours work this morning. I’m no musician that is for sure. My question now is an audio introduction a good idea? And if so how long should it be or how much information should it contain?
I guess I need to Google”audio resume” later and see if anyone else in the blogoshere is talking about this idea.
About two weeks ago I discovered Tee Morris and the Billibub Baddings podcast. “Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword” by Mr. Morris is a tale about a veteran warrior dwarf who finds himself transported from his own world of elves and dragons to 1920′s Chicago with no way to get home and decides to make a living in this world as a private investigator.
Tee Morris could have been playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons with me back in the late 1980′s. Because he writes like we played. He brings me back to the adventures of my group. His story is so much fun!
As some of you know, I am a huge Scott Sigler fan. I enjoy science fiction and Mr. Sigler turns a great yarn. I listen to a bunch of other podcast novelists as well. Tee Morris is now my second favorite!
If your looking for a nice piece of fiction to listen to then check him out. Fantasy adventure in a podcast. And now is a great time to start listening to his tale. He is apparently taking a couple of weeks off to focus on his other life, you knwo, what we do when we are not being geeks online. I just caught up listening today. Now what am I going to do for two weeks?
I’ve been using Grand Central on my website. The “Call Me” button at the right is powered by Grand Central. Try it and call me! I wrote about Grand Central previously.
Well, Grand Central recently announced the expansion of available phone numbers into 47 states in the US.
But not to Alaska, Hawaii or Maine! What’s the deal? Ok, I understand and respect that the Great State of Maine only has just over 1.2 million people in it. And there are probably only three of us in the state trying to use Grand Central. But I can’t convince many to consider it if it’s not where they are!
So, use my Call Me button and tell me what you think. And then send an email to “numbers at grandcentral dot com†and tell them you want a number in the ’207′ area code. If not for yourself, can you do it for me? Thank you…