ISBW Video Podcast #1
Mur Lafferty | 2009/01/05 | 13 comments
I have threatened to give you video content, now I deliver! The cuts are a little awkward at times, but I’m still learning. 
Hope you enjoy!
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Category: I Should Be Writing, Writing
Wow, how awesome!! I’ve been listening for almost three years, look forward to each new episode, and am crazy-excited to see a video! Excuse my thirteen-year-old-esque gushing, but this is too cool! Great job! Random: You totally have that English Professor way about you (and I mean that as a sincere compliment!). Can’t wait to see more! (I apparently like exclamation points today…hehe…)
Great job Mur! Hope to see more video podcasts! Thanks!
I do _love_ your voice!!!!
I so appreciate you doing this vid blog, it’s wonderful to see your face!!
Hey Mur what you said for writers also holds true for artists or other people who need to send and store digital files. At the minimum I need a couple of pens and pencils (and charcoal – I like charcoal), a sketchbook (two or three, different paper types is ideal), a computer, a camera and/or scanner. Google docs is great for converting files to other formats – so you can paste images into a google doc then export them as a pdf for an instant portfolio.
Please do more videocasts!
Thanks for the writing tips. They’re even helpful for those of us who do a great deal of speaking. You’ve also helped reinforce my paranoia concerning backing up files. I have files spread across numerous devices just for that very reason.
Enjoyable video as well. Keep up the good work.
Backups are indeed vital. If you’re a Mac user get a Time Capsule (wireless router+hard drive+Time Machine). Great real time backup solution.
Great first Video Podcast, Mur. I really enjoyed it and I look forward to future installments.
This podcast was very timely!
I just bought a new 2G flash drive to back my writing up on. I nearly lost all my writing a year ago when my iBook’s harddrive died a year ago. Luckily, my boyfriend had my stuff backed up on his external harddrive.
I’ve been listening for a few months now, and I really like the video format!
Nice job Mur! I always enjoy you in any format, but I look forward to more video podcasts.
Good 1st video podcast Mur
One nit – using an ipod for backup is great, but any mp3 player will work as you can use all the other ones like thumb drives (they just won’t autosync with iTunes, as far as I know). For that matter, a microSD card in your smartphone will work as well (and that also is one that goes with you everywhere for when your house burns down).
“Blessed are the pessimists, for they hath made backups.”
Can’t wait for the next one!
-Dan
Awesome, awesome video podcast, Mur. Thanks!
Great vidcast Mur. Yes, I will be writing in ‘09. Working on my 2nd piece of fan fic ever (and I already got permission from the author to do it WHOOT!)
As for thumb drives, ANYONE can afford one of these if they look in the right place. I found http://www.dealextreme.com. I’ve seen them on this site for as little at $6 with no shipping and handing. I’ve ordered a TON of stuff from this place and I haven’t been disappointd with anything I’ve purchased. If you’re a writer, you MUST own a thumb drive. Put it in your pocket and take it with you every where you go! I’ve got on in my office, one in my home, and one I carry with me. Depending on where I’m at, I’ll make sure that my more current writing is backed up. I, too, am a paranoid when it comes to losing my writing.
Keep it up Mur! Glad to see you’re still one of the most prolific podcasters in the podosphere!!
Dan mentioned it, but wanted to make sure your PC listeners (we are so few… no, wait, that’s not right) can use their iPod as a backup drive too.
Which is an awesome tip, by the way. Until I heard you mention the “what if” of the house burning down I hadn’t thought about my thumb drive… I don’t take it everywhere I go. But I certainly take my iPod everywhere I go. Folder moved over this morning. Thanks Mur!