Paramagnus
Tech stuff I’ve been learning about lately
April 28, 2009 at 3:00 pm I haven’t done one of these lists in quite a while, so I figured it was time for an update. Here are some of the geeky tech things I’m currently playing with/learning more about:
Facebook Connect
I’ve added support for Facebook Connect to ShareEdmonton, and was surprised at how straightforward it was. Little bit of a [...]
Recap: DemoCampEdmonton6
March 12, 2009 at 10:19 amLast night was our sixth DemoCamp here in Edmonton, and I think it was probably our best yet. We had around 140 people in attendance, which isn’t much different than DCE4 but it somehow seemed bigger. Maybe it was all the cameras and video cameras? We had Peter Urban and the Smibs TV team record [...]
Tags: democamp, democampedmonton, democampyeg, edmonton, events, ShareEdmonton, technologyUps and Downs for Podcast Hosting in 2008
December 29, 2008 at 6:42 pm Back in October, Dickson and I announced that we were shutting down our hosting service Podcast Spot. At the end of November, we disabled uploading and are now in the final transition phase for downloads and RSS feeds. In February 2009, the site will be taken offline completely.
We’re not the only podcast hosting service [...]
Podcast Spot: What would I have done differently?
October 23, 2008 at 11:06 pmLast night I presented in the VenturePrize Seminar Series with James Matsuba of IdleTime. The seminars are meant as a primer for this year’s competitors on business plans, building a company, and pitching ideas to investors (and judges). When I attended the seminars back in 2006, I found the most useful part was getting [...]
Tags: branding, business, entrepreneurship, idletime, marketing, Paramagnus, podcast spot, podcasting, ventureprizePodcast Spot is shutting down
October 3, 2008 at 5:33 pm As some of you undoubtedly know by now, Dickson and I recently made the decision to take Podcast Spot offline. We started notifying our users a couple weeks ago, and today made it public on the website. Here’s our message to users:
We regret to inform you that after two years of helping you share [...]
All Macked Out - Unlimited Magazine
March 3, 2008 at 5:00 pm No, I didn’t come up with the title. But it’s sorta catchy, no? Anyway, that’s the title of an article in this month’s issue of Unlimited Magazine, part of a column called Look Who’s Teching. The column takes a look at the “wired west” and the growing number of individuals dabbling in technology here:
There’s [...]
So long 712!
November 30, 2007 at 11:20 pmAs you may know, for the last few weeks Dickson and I have been moving out of the office. It was early 2005 that we decided we needed a central place to setup shop and started looking around for one. We ended up at the Empire Building on 101st Street and Jasper Avenue, a building [...]
Tags: business, downtown, edmonton, empire building, office, ParamagnusHappy Birthday Podcast Spot!
September 25, 2007 at 10:23 pmThe big news today of course is the launch of Halo 3, but it’s also important to me for another reason. It’s kind of hard to believe, but it was on this day a year ago that we launched Podcast Spot. We had no idea what to expect for our first year, but I think [...]
Tags: internet, media, Paramagnus, podcast spot, podcastingParamagnus in Edmontonians Magazine
September 24, 2007 at 9:00 amThe September 2007 issue of Edmontonians magazine contains an article about Dickson and I. Quite simply, I think the article is terrible. Not only is it factually inaccurate and unnecessarily negative, I feel it is an extremely unfair introduction to both Dickson and myself as individuals. Every friend or family member who has read [...]
Why The Article on Paramagnus in Edmontonians Magazine Sucks
September 23, 2007 at 11:08 pmNOTE: This post is quite long and involved. The September 2007 issue of Edmontonians magazine contains an article about Dickson and I. Quite simply, I think the article is terrible. Not only is it factually inaccurate and unnecessarily negative, I feel it is an extremely unfair introduction to both Dickson and myself as individuals. In [...]
Marketing Presentation Audio
January 30, 2007 at 5:44 pmLast night I gave a presentation on podcasting & marketing to students taking MARK 450 (Electronic Marketing) at the University of Alberta. I covered “what is podcasting”, Podcast Spot, some podcasting statistics, podcasting and its effects on marketing, and finished with some final thoughts. The presentation went very well and the initial feedback was very [...]
Tags: marketing, Paramagnus, podcasting, presentationsPodcast Spot on Neo-Fight.tv
November 7, 2006 at 2:22 pmRecently I recorded an interview with Ben Freedman and Tiffany Young about Podcast Spot, and it was published today on their podcast. They produce the Neo-Fight.tv show, which they say is the tech show for the not so geeky. The neat thing about this interview is that it was recorded using Skype!
You can watch the [...]
Back in Edmonton: Trip Recap
October 25, 2006 at 5:15 pmAs you probably guessed, we’re now back in Edmonton. Yesterday went pretty good in terms of our presentation and the networking aspect. We met lots of really interesting people. It’ll take some time to see how well it went in terms of funding though. The presentation was really short (only 10 minutes) so the questions [...]
Tags: angel forum, hyatt, Paramagnus, podcasting, travel, vancouver2006 Portable Media Expo Recap
October 2, 2006 at 6:59 pmNow that I am back in Edmonton and feeling a little better, time for a bit of a recap. Dickson has posted his closing thoughts on the expo as well. It’s hard to compare last year’s event with this year’s. In some ways, there seemed to be more people this year, such as on Friday, [...]
Tags: Paramagnus, podcast spot, podcastexpo, podcasting, ppme2006, travelPortable Media Expo Setup
September 28, 2006 at 4:38 pmDickson and I are just killing time here in the nicely air conditioned hotel until 5:30 when there is an event for exhibitors and the press. I mention the air conditioning because it’s a scorching 94 degrees here today, or for everyone back home in Canada, 34 degrees celsius. Edmonton had just started to get [...]
Tags: Paramagnus, podcast expo, podcast spot, ppme2006, travel
