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July 31, 2005

EPISODE #8 (August 1st, 2005) - The Blooper Reel

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We've set up a PayPal account, so if you can afford to donate (any amount) it will help us to keep producing our weekly show and to buy some new equipment. Just click on the "Donate" button in the top/right corner. Thx in advance.

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July 27, 2005

Win an iPod Shuffle! Your tech how-to video on commandN

"Your Video for a Shuffle" Contest
Sponsored by our friends at iLounge.com

Time for another contest, but this time you have to do some work! Send us your very own tech how-to video and you could win an iPod Shuffle (approx. value $99US). Shoot a tech tip, product review, or software demo using your digital cam, web cam, or video cam and send it off to us (instructions below).

Be creative (e.g. Buttercup Baby). Have fun!

Thx to iLounge for donating an iPod Shuffle (the founder saw commandN in iTunes, so that helped).

Format: 3 minutes or less .mov or .wmv compressed video at 320x240 for viewing*
Delivery: Please send your video to [email protected] via Dropload.com (100MB max)
Deadline: Friday, noon EST, August 12th, 2005
Air date: Winner's video will air on commandN, Episode #10 (Monday, August 15th, 2005). Mikey, Brian, Jeff, and Amber will check out all the videos and pick a winner. Good luck!

*We'll request a high-quality version of your video if you win.

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July 24, 2005

EPISODE #7 (July 25th, 2005)

NOTE: We're having ongoing issues with our hosting company today (please use the mirrors if the direct download links don't work). Thx for your patience!

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LINKS WE MENTION
Meet Up (TechTV meet-up w/Leo, Amber, Andy, Mikey is confirmed: Thursday, August 11th, 7:30pm - No Regrets Restaurant - Dufferin Liberty Centre, Toronto)
Blog software comparison chart
Solve bookmarking problems
Big Brother 6 Bet - Howie or Jen?
IBM kills OS/2
Dell hires Sheryl Crow

WEB PICKS
Google Maps Games (Mike)
Good Experience Games (Amber)
This is Broken (Amber)
How Mosquitos Work (Amber)

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DONATIONS
We've set up a PayPal account, so if you can afford to donate (any amount) it will help us to keep producing our weekly show and to buy some new equipment! Just click on the "Donate" button in the top/right corner. Thx in advance.

Podcast Alley - Vote for commandN!

P.S. We have a surprise episode for you next week - and the following week Jeff will be back AND we'll announce our Episode 10 contest!

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July 22, 2005

Podcast primer in the NY Times! Silverorange, TWiT, Diggnation+

Makes for a good Friday morning to see friend Steven Garrity (from the web design firm silverorange - based in Charlottetown, PEI), Diggnation, TWiT, and other podcasters in the NY Times this morning (found this on Digg, with easy log-in info - username: teste password: teste).

The article also mentions Podcast Alley (and commandN just made it to the Top 10 - so thanks for voting). As always, expect another video (Episode #7) Monday!

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July 21, 2005

commandN #14 on Podcast Alley! News from the team

We're moving on up on Podcast Alley, so thanks to everyone who voted for us (and to Leo Laporte for asking folks to vote for us).

OTHER NEWS FROM THE COMMANDN TEAM
Our post-production editor, Brian, is away on holiday right now (he deserves it after working eves and w/ends on commandN!). He made us promise to take a screenshot if we make it to the Top 10 on Podcast Alley, so if you haven't done so already vote for us here to make that happen.

Jeff is plugging away on some segments over the next few weeks. If you have tech questions or ideas for him, fire him off an email. He's in Sri Lanka on business next month, so if we're lucky we'll also get him to do a segment from there!

Mike(y) is working on a few short-and-sweet how-to segments that he'll post here within the next couple of days (e.g. how to subscribe and watch commandN on iTunes, etc.).

Amber (I'm writing this, so I guess I can say "I"!) is working with the team to plan content for upcoming episodes. One of our ideas for an upcoming contest (Episode 10) is to ask viewers to submit their own tech/how-to segment - winner's video will air on commandN (stay tuned for more details!).

That's it for now. Thx for watching/listening/reading/clicking/downloading.
-A

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July 18, 2005

EPISODE #6 (July 18th, 2005)

This episode features Leo Laporte on the future of podcasting (and ramblings about Geneva - the city and maid). Big thanks to him for spending the night with us!

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LINKS WE MENTION
TWIT
Diggnation
Podcast Alley - Vote for commandN!
iTunes 4.9
Podnova
Odeo
Techphile

JEFF'S LINKS
Macromedia
Ecamm
Safari
Firefox

WEB PICKS
9Rules

CONTEST WINNER - $15 iTunes gift certificate
Joe Maruschek, Ohio
SpaceMonger - Windows
Disk Inventory X - Mac

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P.S. Big thanks to Frank from Techphile for mixing together our new music and to Brian for putting the new intro (and all our shows) together.

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July 14, 2005

commandN - Search for us and subscribe in iTunes

We finally made it into the "Podcast Directory" in iTunes (our H.264 feed), so now you can subscribe to our weekly tech video show and watch it directly in iTunes (must have iTunes 4.9). All you have to do is search the directory for "commandN' and click "subscribe." Enjoy!

Someone listed us in the Vlog Map, so thanks for that ;).

P.S. We added a donations button, so if you want to contribute to help us buy equipment and cover the general expenses we incur while we produce the show the money will be put to good use. Thanks in advance!

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