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Jingles - A History

egrigg9000 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:52:32 +0000

This is a preview of the discussion I plan to have at BarCamp Seattle 12 this Saturday. The topic is musical jingles in advertising. To find out more about BarCamp please visit http://barcampseattle.org/

Bending Time

egrigg9000 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:58:58 +0000

Too many things on the todo list are like clowns trying to fit inside a Volkswagen. In the interviews you’ve heard so far, there has been a common David + Goliath theme for managing time and finances. We can put more German engineering into the daily schedule, but all the inspiration in the world might not be a match for your day job. That little car is getting awfully full!

Episode 10 of the egrigg9000 Podcast - Juli Adams

egrigg9000 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:03:58 +0000

I’m thrilled at how well this interview with Juli Adams turned out. If anyone has ever told you that you can’t make it as an artist (or some other supposedly unprofitable venture), you know the value of heroes in your life that have shown otherwise. Juli takes us from starting out amongst the naysayers, to getting where she is today, successful as a visual artist and bringing that inspiration to others.

Episode 9 of the egrigg9000 podcast - Rob Greenlee

egrigg9000 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:57:41 +0000

Rob Greenlee runs the Podcast Marketplace at Microsoft. If any listeners are old enough to remember the “blogging about blogging” phase of, er, blogging, this episode is a little like that. Except unlike blogs, a conversation is live. You knew that. What you might not know is, with a live conversation a meta discussion can be had without going down the rabbit hole. Skeptical? This episode stands as incontrovertible proof. Questions we asked: What do listeners want out of a podcast, is it different from radio? What does it mean to get serious as a content provider? Is a universal handshake for media licensing possible? Includes a cordial interruption by Nate and his briefcase. Almost includes big brother on foley and little brother on - well, you’ll have to listen to hear his specialty.

Episode 8 of the egrigg9000 podcast - The Identity Episode - Sockethead

egrigg9000 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:09:01 +0000

In this episode I dig deep into personal branding, putting my own up there as an example of what not to do. Wearing the shoes of a new listener for a moment: Why, oh why, the goofy name? What’s up with the number 9000? The egrigg was bad enough, but you have to gum it up with a big number at the end? And it rolls off the tongue like, like sandpaper! There must be a reason to all this madness!

It’s all explained here by the people who know the story best, the members of Sockethead* who involuntarily provide the music for this podcast. Give it a listen and if you still have questions, perhaps they will be answered by future historians! Unless, of course, the Internet and all questions it ever raised gets replaced by something alien-engineered and much more efficient.

*(Sockethead is Nathan Grigg and Dan Black)

Episode 7 of the egrigg9000 podcast - Justin Hillgrove - Imps and Monsters

egrigg9000 — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:41:57 +0000

A conversation that keeps happening is how do you make the leap from hobbyist to professional for the thing you’re passionate about doing. “Keep your day job” is the refrain synonymous with failure or perpetual mediocrity. This episode’s guest shows how he’s making it full time as an artist, supporting a large family, managing his time, and getting out there doing what he needs to do. “Art is not my pain, it’s not my suffering, it’s just something I really like to do.” If you’re curious about making this leap for yourself, you can learn something from this story.

Episode 6 of the egrigg9000 podcast - Teresa Valdez Klein

egrigg9000 — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:49:54 +0000

No glasses of wine were harmed during the taping of this episode. Okay, maybe one or two. Does it make the interview any better? I forgot the word for “reputation.” That’s embarrassing. Plus I was supposedly retelling a dream which I knew “really well.” Remind me never to overpromise. Teresa sounds smart the whole time. Why can’t I drink 1 glass of wine and sound smart?

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Episode 5 of the egrigg9000 podcast - Michael Laine Part 2

egrigg9000 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:11:00 +0000

The second part of the two-part Michael Laine interview. There is some extra silence at the end of this episode, but don’t bother searching for any hidden tracks. I just had the counter for export set improperly. Hidden tracks, though, that’s a good idea!

Episode 4 of the egrigg9000 podcast - Michael Laine

egrigg9000 — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:48:55 +0000

For all new listeners thank you very much for visiting. Current listeners, I couldn’t do this without you, thanks for sticking around. LiftPort’s Michael Laine talks down to us and explains the Space Elevator in simple terms. Like we were 10 years old. Or in congress. If you enjoy what you’re hearing and want to hear more, subscribe from this page using iTunes or RSS, and follow the happenings at egrigg9000 headquarters at @egrigg9000 on twitter.

Episode 3 of the egrigg9000 podcast - Willowbl00

egrigg9000 — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:50:55 +0000

Welcome to the first guest interview for the egrigg9000 podcast. Willowbl00 aka Willow Brugh generously donates a square on her calendar to chat about community, narcissism, acceptance criteria for taking on projects, and how ending up in a room full of white guys in a Colorado Mariott talking about personal branding might just inch us forward toward resilience against the next disaster.

Episode 2 of the egrigg9000 podcast - Gandalf the Microwave - Seattle Tech Community

egrigg9000 — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:37:35 +0000

There was plenty to talk about this episode, just with yours truly, although a guest line-up is in the works. Some of the upcoming events (and one of the past events!) is time sensitive so be sure and check it out. Alternatively if you’re listening to this from the future, consider this info a gigantic I Told You So.

Hooray for resolving technical issues and getting the second episode up!

Episode 1 of the egrigg9000 podcast - The Man Cave - Time Tracking

egrigg9000 — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:47:46 +0000

Well friends this episode is more of a sound check than anything else. I go into the structure of this and future episodes, which will include less first person journalism like you’re hearing here, instead bringing in people from the Seattle arts and technology scene as guests. At the end there is an imaginary product plug, for as long as that stays amusing I’ll keep it up. Please visit egrigg9000.com for updates and follow me on twitter @egrigg9000