HAPPINESS is… turning an obstacle into an opportunity
Radio FaceBoo — EPISODE 3
(on my blog, instead of on Facebook & audioBoo)
Here, now, is the story of WHY this episode is on my blog and not on Facebook and audioBoo:
Two days ago, I inaugurated Radio FaceBoo, a radio show
born of the union between Facebook and audioBoo.
EPISODE 1 was a breeze! I downloaded it to audioBoo — all 4 minutes and 41 seconds of it — and was on my way to FaceBoo heaven.
Then came EPISODE 2 which, by the way, is in French because I’ve decided to cha-cha from one official Canadian language to the other. This time, though, things didn’t go quite as well. When I downloaded my 6:57 document to audioBoo, it was cut short after only 5 minutes. And since I didn’t notice this unfortunate fickle-finger-of-fate occurrence, I went ahead and shared my episode on Facebook and audioBoo and, yes, on my French blog.
What a sour surprise it was for me (and others) to listen to my show and realise the song I played after my chit-chat had been amputated.
How annoying!
Of course I automatically thought I had done something wrong — working with this new MacBook Pro in GarageBand, I’m still stumbling and tripping all over the place. BUT, once I recorded today’s episode, I paid better attention to the whole process and discovered the glitch: after downloading my podcast, I noticed audioBoo had only registered 5 of the 7 minutes and 16 seconds, cutting it short once again. It wasn’t my fault after all. Cool!
So here I was with an audio recording, but no vehicle to post it on Facebook and audioBoo. What to do… ? Would I be stuck skipping a few days till audioBoo fixed the tech problem… ?
And then it dawned on me: I would post it here, as a regular podcast, and finally get to learn how my podPress plug-in works. Perfect!
So all this to say that I’m happy to have persevered instead of calling it quits. And even though there are a few moments in today’s show that I could have done without — i.e., my abundant use of the words “like” and “thing” — I’m proud of myself for not re-recording the podcast and instead going for the natural, “spontaneous” effect.
In other words, What you hear is what you get!
Hope you’ll enjoy it… and leave me a comment.
Thanks!
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: A really big THANK YOU to my good friend Kcrystina for helping me figure out the last steps needed to download my podcast to Bluehost. I LOVE YOU!
Kcrystina says:
*laugh* You’re very welcome. Though I didn’t do much. You did it all this time!
July 4, 2010 at 12:39 am
MuddLavoie says:
Yes, Kcrystina… but you still had to wave your magic wand in order for the podcast to appear.
Next time, I should be able to manage. Maybe
July 4, 2010 at 12:43 am
skatyadz says:
Glad all is resolved now =]
July 9, 2010 at 9:07 am
MuddLavoie says:
Thanks, Adam!
I’m impressed by how quickly we get a reply on audioBoo. And I’m so happy to have a whole 15 MINUTES of recording time all to myself. Let’s see, now… what shall I tell the people…
LOVE
Mudd
xoxo
July 10, 2010 at 3:18 pm