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tp114 - tartanpodcast #114

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:21:27 +0100

Breaking all the rules a good podcast should adhere to, I've left it a terribly long time since the last 'cast.

However, I'm excited to be back in tp mode, especially as I've got 3 exciting brand new tracks to bring to you.

The album is Criminal Record, email me for details on acquiring a copy.

Track list;
The Scruffs - Othertime
Kelsey Hunter - See That
Abound - Unstoppable

Theses guys are all in their teens, mostly high school students, but I think they show huge potential. And having witnessed them live, I can attest to them being tight performers!

Coming up on the tartanpodcast;

Raymond Weir - sit down interview with the man from Gum and The Eisenhowers
Kenny Little - sit down interview with the man from Hollow Horse

Both have new album to promote.

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Check out the Andrew Barton podcast, spread the video!

AICR Podcast Edition 08 - Cervical Cancer

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:05:28 +0100

On this edition of the podcast we focus on cervical cancer. What treatments are available? How effective is screening? We answer these and other frequently asked questions about cervical cancer.

Please remember to visit our website for further information - www.aicr.org.uk.

Get all of the podcasts in this series via iTunes. Click here for free subscription.

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AICR Podcast Edition 07 - Leukemia

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:53:37 +0000

On this edition of the podcast we focus on leukemia, answering the most frequently asked questions about this cancer.

Please remember to visit our website for further information - www.aicr.org.uk
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tp113 - tartanpodcast #113

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:44:42 +0000

Another tartanpodcast, showcasing brand new indie Scottish music.

tartanpodcast #113 - play it

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Amplifico - Open Our Eyes (yes, I get the title wrong, but I'll blame Donna as she labelled the CD incorrectly!)

Finniston - More Than a Friend

Amplifico - Amplifico - Baby Baby Baby

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tp112 - tartanpodcast #112

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:11:39 +0000

tartanpodcast #112 - play it

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Now that I'm a full-time podcast producer it's only right that I resurrect the podcast that started the ball rolling for me.

Recorded in our new studios with our new gear, I feature;

- Hotrod Cadets - My Heart Sinks

- Dropkick - Gary Larsson Cartoon

- The Twisted Melons - Panic

Photo

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:14:14 -0500

Meetings and stuff

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:08:00 -0500

Last week was a blur of meetings, some very useful, some superfluous, some exciting, some nerve-wracking. It’s now Sunday and it’s time to reflect on the week past. All in all it was very productive.

We got the job we were going for, a job that will without doubt change the future of the company. We had a meeting of minds on Friday which was one of those triangulation processes where you’ve got 3 people with 3 separate talents (creative, marketing, networking) coming together with powerful and compelling ideas - ideas that will actually go somewhere and result in real work.

So, yes, good week all in all.

Sven: So what sort of cameras are you using?

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:41:00 -0500

Sven: So what sort of cameras are you using?
Me: Er, Sony PMW something-or-other...they only arrived a couple of days again. I'm still getting to grips with them.
Sven: Ah, very interesting. And what sort of resolution do they shoot at?
Me: Er, I think it's 1080p. I think.
Sven: 1080p?! Wow! 1080p. I did not know that Sony made a camera that shot at 1080p.
Me: Em, yeah, I think so.
Sven: Well, well. 1080p. That is amazing. A Sony camera that can shoot at 1080p.
Me: ...
Sven: I mean I know Sony makes cameras that can shoot at 1080*i*, but I didn't know they made one that shoots at 1080*p*.
Me: ...maybe that's what it shoots at; 1080i. Maybe I read it wrong.
Sven: Ah! Well. That would make more sense.
Me: ...

Presentations and new suits

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:04:00 -0500

Yesterday marked the 4 week anniversary of me giving up the day job to start the new day job.

Followers of grass-roots podcasting since 2005 will know what the term ‘giving up the day job‘ means and the weight that it carried with us all back then. For me, the reality of giving up one day job for another is still sinking in, and to be honest (and don’t tell the boss) the new day job doesn’t feel like work (yet). But I suppose that’s fair enough. I mean, my old day job involved actual physical exertion and felt like, you know, work.

The new job is hard work at times (15 hour days down in Newbury being an example), let’s make no mistake about that. But as it’s what I want to do it doesn’t feel like it.

One of the biggest differences in my job, apart from being paid a month’s salary in one lump and not having to go back around and collect in the money, is that when you come up with an idea you’re pretty much free to follow it, whereas in my old job new ideas would need to wait until the work was done, i.e. the work that paid the bills. Now I’m paid to come up with and execute new ideas.

Another difference is going to meetings on a regular basis. This was something that was on the border of my comfort zone previously. But I find it easier to raise my self-confidence now that I actually do the job I’m purporting to. In the past I often felt like a bit of a charlatan.

So, in the past 4 weeks there have been a couple of meetings a week culminating this week where I’ve got several important meetings, one after another. One of them is so important that I bought a new suit at the weekend especially. Hopefully I’ll be able to share the details soon, but in the meantime I’m delivering a presentation on social networks and podcasting to a board of directors made up of some of the most influential people in Scottish business. I keep the thought of me being a window cleaner a mere 5 weeks ago out of my mind and focus on the fact that I’m very good at what I do…You have to, right?

Hello, remember me?

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:18:00 -0500

Here was me thinking I’d redirected the old Mark:My Words blog to this Tumblr version, but I’d put the URL in wrongly. Sorry about that.

Anyway, you may be wondering where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to as there’s been a distinct lack of podcast and blog content.

Quite simply, I started a new job on 7th January 2008 and bizarrely I’ve found that working in podcasting/new/social media means that it’s actually tricky to find the time to create as much personal content as I was once able to. This is a revelation considering the amount of twittering/jaikuing/seesmicing/blogging/vodcasting of a personal nature many fellow new media wage-earners are able to muster on an average, er, day.

My new job is Managing Director of Podcastmatters Ltd, a company formed in 2006 in Glasgow by Gordon White, a successful and talented designer. He wanted to take the company to the next level but lacked the confidence to do so without someone who was both fluent in new media and competent in production.

So, he searched the ‘net, found me, sent me a Facebook message (very Web 2.0), we met a couple of times in December, once at the start, once near the end, then we agreed terms for me to become start full-time running his podcast business. Straight away my role has involved raising the profile of the company (new website, new podcast series, new Facebook group), meet potential and existing clients, put together presentations on what we offer, write a brochure on the same, and spend 3 days in Newbury capturing content for a forthcoming podcast series for a very high profile enterprise-based client in Glasgow. Yes, it’s been a jam packed month.

February is already heavily booked (thankfully I have access to Gordon’s design business’s PA who helps manage the calendar), and March and the first part of April are going to be mental with another high profile job seeing us working closely with both the local education authority and a new FM radio station in Glasgow. And that doesn’t include the pitch I’m going to be delivering to a board of directors who include some of the most powerful people in Scottish business…

Let’s be honest, there are few opportunities like this in and around new media, even though podcasting itself is over 3 years old, and it was difficult reconciling this job offer with my position with Talking Voices. But the TV team were magnanimous and didn’t stand in the way of me grasping this opportunity of a lifetime.

So, in real terms, it’s no more window cleaning, no more early morning office cleaning, but rather I’m earning my living doing what I love.

Bonus.

BarCamp Scotland 2008 at University of Edinburgh, Appleton Tower Concourse (Friday, February 1, 2008) - Upcoming

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:47:44 -0500

BarCamp Scotland 2008 at University of Edinburgh, Appleton Tower Concourse (Friday, February 1, 2008) - Upcoming:

I just discovered this this morning by accident. They organisers, to be honest, haven’t done a great job in promoting the event among the social media/new media networks.

That aside, I’m planning on being there on the Saturday.

Spread the word, last year’s was a great success, it’d be a shame if this year’s wasn’t.

Tumlbling from the motorway

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:59:33 -0500

Today I’m on the motorway down to Newbury, Berkshire, to head to Vodafone’s UK HQ which is hosting and sponsoring a 2.5 day event. Our remit is to podcast from it, both audio and video.

Video

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:16:42 -0500

I’m working from home today. I pretty much set my own...

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:38:22 -0500

I’m working from home today. I pretty much set my own hours, so I decided that as I’d be away from home from tomorrow till late on Sunday night (we’re covering a conference in Newbury - nice and high profile (details to follow)) I’d stay at home today. That meant I wasn’t up at my usual ridiculously early hour, roadworks on the motorway meaning that I either sit in traffic for an hour, or get up early and have a less congested journey. I slept until 9.22am! A record, I’m sure.

Work is brilliant, everything I’d hoped it would be and a lot more. I know I haven’t blogged fully about my new job, but I’m waiting till we’ve got our press release together. Quite simply we’ve been too busy to properly draw it up, but that’s a good thing. As soon as I’m able I’ll spill all the details.

If you’ve been keeping your eye on my flickr you’ll have seen some of the new gear that arrived in my office this week, including HD, broadcast-standard camcorders, Rhode studio mics, wireless clip on mics, Manfrotto tripods with fluid head, three-point lighting system and Reflecmedia green screen gear. We’re now fully set up for in-house production and we’re mobile too. We’re just waiting for the Mackie Onyx 1220 mixer (with firewire!), which is on back order.

Free plug goes to Creative Video who were really helpful, not just on advising me on the gear to buy, but also keeping in contact with me every day until the order arrived. They even phoned me the following day to make sure everything had arrived properly.

Getting to grips with the new production gear aside, my days have been filled with meetings in private member clubs with clients, handling production orders, putting together presentations in Keynote and editing our company podcast. Talking of which, I better get back to it.

Where I work No. 2

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:52:14 -0500

Where I work No. 2

Where I work No. 1

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:50:55 -0500

Where I work No. 1

Leaving the house

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:48:00 -0500

Gail and I are actually leaving the house this weekend. Yes. We’re going out for a meal with some friends.

Grown up.

Whoops....no website

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:26:00 -0500

If you’ve visited the fabled www.tartanstories.com in the past couple of days you’ll have noticed that its down. That’s because I accidentally, while clearing some space on my server, deleted the WordPress database.

Now, as I’m too busy to reinstall and reconfigure, I’m pointing the domain name here so that you can keep up with me. Update your feed readers to include this RSS link.

Which is ideal, as I’ve got some exciting news to share, probably early next week, o two counts. One is about my new job. The other piece of news is about the tartanpodcast.

Stay put.

Digital copy of movies via iTunes - your content in the format you want it

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:22:12 -0500

Digital copy of movies via iTunes - your content in the format you want it:

Apple yesterday announced the option, via certain DVDs, to transfer an iTunes Digital Copy of the movie to your iTunes library. So, you’ll have the hard copy of the movie in the form of a DVD and a digital copy that you can take with you on your iPod video, iPhone or iTouch.

Once again, another indication that consumers are demanding their content on their terms; they want it in the format that’s right for them and to be able to consume it on demand.

Volume Control (via the_scottish_podcaster)

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:40:24 -0500

Volume Control (via the_scottish_podcaster)

Soccer 'cast #1 for Podcast.com

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:32:43 -0500

Soccer 'cast #1 for Podcast.com: A soccer (football) podcast, independently produced is Podcast.com’s top podcast of 2007.

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US worker survives 47-storey fall

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:15:14 -0500

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US worker survives 47-storey fall

backspace

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:42:56 -0500

backspace

I want

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:37:07 -0500

I want

VIRB° is...

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:36:21 -0500

VIRB° is...

AICR Podcast Edition 06 - Testicular Cancer

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:59:56 +0000

On this edition of the podcast we focus on testicular cancer, answering the most frequently asked questions about this cancer. We also speak to Dave Cook, a testicular cancer survivor, and learn about his unique fundraising event.

Please remember to visit our website for further information - www.aicr.org.uk
Play the podcast by clicking here.

AICR Podcast - Edition 05 - Skin Cancer

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:28:06 +0000

On this edition of the podcast we focus on skin cancer, answering the most frequently asked questions about this cancer and we tell you why it's the most survivable. And can coffee help prevent it? Listen to find out.

AICR receives over 500 applications funding applications from scientists around the world every year. How does the charity decide which research they fund? I visited the team in Edinburgh for their scientific advisory committee meeting and discovered the process they put each application through to find only the best science to fund.

Please remember to visit our website for further information - www.aicr.org.uk
Play the podcast by clicking here.

AICR Podcast Special Edition - Second Life's Charity Aid

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:49:55 +0000

On this special edition of the podcast Jack Cumming, AICR's eCommerce manager, tells us about an event taking place on 1st December 2007. It's a special 'Charity Aid' event being held online in the Second Life world.

Please remember to visit our website for further information - www.aicr.org.uk
Play the podcast by clicking here.

AICR Podcast Edition 04 - Lung Cancer

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:50:46 +0000

On this edition of the podcast we focus on lung cancer, answering the most frequently asked questions. We also tell you about the fundraising that is taking place on behalf of AICR online and some of the ways you can become a supporter of the charity.

Please remember to visit our website for further information - www.aicr.org.uk
Play the podcast by clicking here.

Mark:My Words 01 014 - Silence and Sponsors

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:54:17 +0000

Random pic for the blog post, see iTunes for the album art.

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I jibber jabber about 21st C bachelor life, ready meals, editing video, hair cuts, taking photos, PUM, Expo pics, Linkedin recommendations & sponsoring this blog/podcast.

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Mark:My Words 01 013 - Cure for Cancer

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:40:33 +0100

Short n Sweet.

I review, in brief, how my trip to Edinburgh last week went.

AICR

Cure for cancer, Seamus Martin

Personal challenge and social awkwardness

Scientists with the cold

Getting back to the day job

Pro podcaster

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tp111 - tartanpodcast 111 - Finniston's Album Launch

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:37:30 +0100

Out of retirement for special occasions only.

Special tartanpodcast to mark the release of Finniston's new album 'Organised for HiFi'. The album is out now and can be purchased via iTunes and via the band's site. Click the above link for more details.

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Mark:My Words 01 012 - A Weegie in Edinburgh

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:15:12 +0100

Another podcast from the Scottish podcaster.

Apologies for the quality of the sound in parts of this podcast, hopefully it doesn't distract too much.

I've compressed the audio to reduce the file size.

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Sponsorship again from GoDaddy

This is a LONG podcast, almost 1 hour. I fairly rabbit on...

Traveling along the M8 to Edinburgh

Another podcast production job, this time for AICR

Model coverage of an event via Learning & Teaching Scotland

Ewan's comments

AICR's committee meeting and how they decide who to grant funds to

Staying at the Sheraton Grand Hotel

Hoping to make a Tartan Stories podcast on how a small, Scottish-based cancer charity spends it's money

Role of producers

Rob Dolby and Top of the Pods

You know what your listeners want

Texture, flavour, look and feel of podcast is under your control

You must have control over this as the producer of the content

Podcast production is a cottage industry

Standards you need to adhere to as a producer

I've put my thumb print on all the podcasts I produce even though the subject matter isn't always the same

Producers deserve the credit and should protect and cherish the role

Football podcasts

The Game

Football Weekly

Change of producers

James Richardson

Football Italia

Shopping and photos in Edinburgh, comments welcome

Apple store story

Stairway photo

TUAW post

Clark's BBC Tech article

NY Times (sorry, no link)

Photography and art at school, Scotvec Module

Princess Street, Lothian Road

Ian Rankin

John Rebus

BarCamp Edinburgh

Corstorphine

Playing 5-a-side football

Heriot-Watt Uni

Vladimir Romanov and Heart of Midlothian

Winter holiday and Brad

Walking Tess

Murrayfield

Arriving at the hotel

MacBook Pro Fund - on the right of the site

Mark: My Words 01 011 - Under Canvas

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:45:09 +0100

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Camping in Scotland

Culzean Castle

Jose Mourinho

Coffee needs

Grace & Conkers

Children's energy

Vladimir tells us about camping holidays in Albania

Back home from camping, complete with typically British weather round up

Creatively inspired

Edirol recorder

Scottish Learning Festival

Confidence

New podcast...

Comments on the site were nice to come back to

Thanks to Heather for her generous MacBook Pro fund donation

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Mark:My Words 01 010 - Pat Kane; he knew me

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:16:55 +0100

Day 2 of the Scottish Learning Festival 2007, recording in the car again on the way there.

I chat it up about how day 1 went

technical difficulties (throttled wifi)

talk to me, teacher!

Healthy eating (podcast)

Learning from drumming (podcast)

SLF isn't stuffy, it's about fun!

Dr Peter Merrotsy had never seen anything like it...! (podcast)

Glamorous production assistant

top mobile podcast production tip - keep a note of the file name/number and what's on that file

In The Wild

Ewan McIntosh says kids snack on information

Stuart Cosgrove and the Daily Record

Matt Locke

Hue and Cry

No Half Measures, Tippi.

The Tall Ship

Glasgow Science Centre

Disabled Parking

GoDaddy

MacBook Pro Fund

Bozilla - The Box That Got Away

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Flickr

Mark:My Words 01 006 - Finniston's Album Promo

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Finniston's album promo.

Mark:My Words 01 009 - Scottish Learning Festival 07

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:01:45 +0100

Traveling into Glasgow to attend the Scottish Learning Festival. My remit is to produce 1 podcast per half hour based on interviews etc with delegates and speakers.

I chat it up about a bunch of stuff including Sighthill's cosmopolitan vibe, cleaning Elliot Davis's windows and lack of feedback for this podcast/blog!

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Mark:My Words 01 008 - Bald

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:01:02 +0100

This time on Mark:My Words;

MacBook Pro Fund (see the tip jar)

GoDaddy coupon code - pod35

Changing the format of your podcast.

Listener loyalty.

UK Podcasting/Community/Scene (yuk) and its inward looking-ness.

Tea & Podcasts

UK Podcast Forum

UK Podcast Association

Desert Island Geek

What would I learn at PodCamp versus BarCamp?

MacBreak Weekly.

Merlin Mann.

Moleskine notebooks.

Baldness.

Flickr.

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Mark:My Words 01 007 - Window cleaning

tartanpodcast@gmail.com (tartanpodcast@gmail.com) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:51:02 +0100

Come with me as I talk about Professional Window Cleaner magazine, collecting window cleaning money and changes to my village.

Remember to support Mark:My Words and the Tartanstories blog by clicking the sponsor's links on the right hand side of the page.
The MacBook Pro Fund is up too!

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