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		<title>Embracing The Change Of A New Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on AskAdria: Changing Jobs Live today, Monday August 16th, 2010 &#8211; 5pm Pacific, 7pm Central, 8pm Eastern News at AskAdria Today&#8217;s show will be the last AskAdria&#8230;for a while Just returned from BlogHer conference in NYC.  It rocked! #blogher10 Heading to Gnomedex conference in Seattle this week.  #gnomedex Training for September&#8217;s Build Your Own [...]]]></description>
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Today on AskAdria: Changing Jobs</p>
<p><a href="http://askadria.com/live">Live today, Monday August 16th, 2010 &#8211; 5pm Pacific, 7pm Central, 8pm Eastern</a></p>
<h2>News at AskAdria</h2>
<p>Today&#8217;s show will be the last AskAdria&#8230;for a while</p>
<p>Just returned from BlogHer conference in NYC.  It rocked! #blogher10</p>
<p>Heading to Gnomedex conference in Seattle this week.  #gnomedex</p>
<p>Training for September&#8217;s Build Your Own WordPress Website is SOLD OUT</p>
<h2>Fear of Changing Your Job</h2>
<p>Sometimes people are in jobs they hate.  Yet they stay.  Why is this?</p>
<h2>We&#8217;ve all heard the same excuses a thousand times before</h2>
<ul>
<li>No one is hiring now</li>
<li>What if I find a new job and it doesn&#8217;t work out?</li>
<li>I won&#8217;t find a job as good as this one with the benefits</li>
<li>I&#8217;m working full time and don&#8217;t have a chance to followup during the work week</li>
<li>I would love to move to XYZ but I don&#8217;t know where to start</li>
<li>I don&#8217;t know the first thing about so I have to stick to what I know</li>
</ul>
<p>and so on.</p>
<p>There are millions of jobs out there right now and you can create your own from scratch.<br />
Today I&#8217;ll talk about a few people I&#8217;ve encountered who have done just that.</p>
<p>GET OVER YOURSELF!</p>
<h2>We&#8217;ll explore</h2>
<ul>
<li>Why people look for new jobs</li>
<li>Where to find the jobs</li>
<li>How to figure out what you want to do</li>
<li>Planning a move to another city</li>
</ul>
<p>I also have an announcement that AskAdria will be taking a break from the weekly QnA to regroup.</p>
<h2>Why people look for a new job</h2>
<ul>
<li>They hate their boss</li>
<li>They hate what they do</li>
<li>They hate their coworkers</li>
<li>They don&#8217;t feel they are properly compensated</li>
<li>They want to switch careers</li>
</ul>
<h2>Where to find jobs</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://Careerbuilder.com">Careerbuilder.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Monster.com">Monster.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Salary.com">Salary.com</a></li>
<li>Each state has job and salary database</li>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>Networking events</li>
</ul>
<p>Best way to start networking?  Try <a href="http://Meetup.com ">Meetup.com </a>to get practice</p>
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		<title>How To Write Good Emails And Not Live In Your Inbox</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/08/02/how-to-write-good-emails-and-not-live-in-your-inbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<title>How To Pick The Right Cell Phone Company [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/07/26/how-to-pick-the-right-cell-phone-company-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have cell phones these days.  How do you pick a company that will treat you right? We&#8217;ll explore AT&#38;T Cellular One Virgin Mobile/Helio Jump Mobile Sprint Nextel T-Mobile U.S. Cellular Verizon Wireless and the rumors of the iPhone being released the end of this year on the T-mobile network]]></description>
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<p>We all have cell phones these days.  How do you pick a company that will treat you right?</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll explore</p>
<ul>
<li>AT&amp;T</li>
<li>Cellular One</li>
<li>Virgin Mobile/Helio</li>
<li>Jump Mobile</li>
<li>Sprint Nextel</li>
<li>T-Mobile</li>
<li>U.S. Cellular</li>
<li>Verizon Wireless</li>
</ul>
<p>and the rumors of the iPhone being released the end of this year on the T-mobile network</p>
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		<title>Maybe They&#8217;re Just Not That Into Your Business Card</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/07/19/the-5000-business-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we'll examine what you can do to make your business cards effective so they can land you a steady stream of high quality clients.]]></description>
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<p>Ever lost a good lead for no reason?  Have you ever been excited after meeting a new prospective client and you rush back to your office to share the good news?  You email them to say you enjoyed the meeting and get your proposal done quickly so it&#8217;s out to them the same week but they don&#8217;t respond.</p>
<p>Maybe they&#8217;re just not that into your business card.<br />
<a title="MOO.com Business Cards - July 2010" href="http://askadria.com/wp-content/uploads/flickr_backup/4787189560_2f2445a23e.jpg" target="_blank"><img   src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/uploads/flickr_backup/4787189560_2f2445a23e.jpg"   border="0" alt="MOO.com Business Cards - July 2010" /></a></p>
<p>Today we&#8217;ll examine what you can do to make your business cards effective so they can land you a steady stream of high quality clients.</p>
<p>Join us today at 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern at <a href="http://askadria.com/live">http://askadria.com/live</a></p>
<p>We&#8217;ll cover:</p>
<ul>
<li>When to ask for a business card</li>
<li>When to offer</li>
<li>What contact info should be on it?</li>
<li>Place to bring business cards</li>
<li>Signs of high quality business cards</li>
<li>Signs of low quality business cards</li>
<li>Where to get business cards</li>
<li>Cost of business cards</li>
<li>Finding graphics</li>
<li>Turn around time</li>
<li>process to make business cards</li>
<li>Do weird business cards payoff?</li>
</ul>
<p>and more!</p>
<h2>Where to get business cards</h2>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">I am in love with my business cards from <a href="http://bit.ly/moobusinescards">Moo.com</a> because I always get compliments, they arrive in the mail with no hassle and I can customize them any way I like.  You get a two sided business card with a full color photo on the back.  You can add your logo on the front if you like but I keep it simple.</span></p>
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<ul>
<li>50 cards for $21</li>
<li>100 cards for $44</li>
<li>200 cards for $69</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">You can pick up cards at your local <a href="http://www.officemax.stylish-businesscards.com/business-cards.aspx">OfficeMax</a> or <a href="http://www.fedex.com/us/office/designprint/value_businesscards.html">Kinkos</a> in batches of 250 starting at $20.  There&#8217;s also <a href="http://www.vistaprint.com/business-cards.aspx?xnav=TsrItem&amp;xnid=aPremiumBusinessCardsBusiness+Cards&amp;dng=Business+Cards">Vistaprint</a> but please oh please, get the &#8220;Printed at Vistaprint.com&#8221; removed from the back side!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><small><a title="Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/" target="_blank"><img src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/plugins/photo-dropper/images/cc.png" border="0" alt="Creative Commons License" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://www.photodropper.com/photos/" target="_blank">photo</a> credit: <a title="Tomodo Photography" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31708741@N05/4787189560/" target="_blank">Tomodo Photography</a></small></p>
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		<title>[Live] iPhone 3G Jailbreak for OS4 With RedSn0w on Windows</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/06/30/live-iphone-3g-jailbreak-for-os4-with-redsn0w-on-windows/</link>
		<comments>http://askadria.com/2010/06/30/live-iphone-3g-jailbreak-for-os4-with-redsn0w-on-windows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks, here we go again with freeing up your iPhone! Model: 3G]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks, here we go again with freeing up your iPhone!</p>
<p>Model: 3G</p>
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		<title>GPS: A Business Owner’s Best Friend</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/06/28/gps-a-business-owners-best-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://askadria.com/2010/06/28/gps-a-business-owners-best-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[28 minutes Do you print out directions when you go somewhere new? Ever get frustrated that your sales people arrived late to a client site? Well, take a look at picking up a TomTom GPS device that you can take with you to save time and reduce frustration when getting around town! Today I&#8217;ll cover [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>28 minutes</strong></p>
<p>Do you print out directions when you go somewhere new?<br />
Ever get frustrated that your sales people arrived late to a client site?</p>
<p>Well, take a look at picking up a TomTom GPS device that you can take with you to save time and reduce frustration when getting around town!</p>
<p>Today I&#8217;ll cover why I picked up a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OAT9M0?tag=ask3434-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=B001OAT9M0&amp;adid=16PFZKNJ44505JESDJC5&amp;">TomTom One 130</a> (Amazon link) even though I don&#8217;t own a car in San Francisco and how I plan to use it when renting a Zipcar, traveling out of state and to cut down on entering addresses multiple times on my computer, phone and navigation system.  I paid just <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OAT9M0?tag=ask3434-20&#038;camp=213381&#038;creative=390973&#038;linkCode=as4&#038;creativeASIN=B001OAT9M0&#038;adid=16PFZKNJ44505JESDJC5&#038;">$59.99 for a refurbished model</a> vs $89.99 and it is in perfect condition with a full 1 year warranty.<br />
<a href="http://askadria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/4744445230_280752d293_b.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1842" title="4744445230_280752d293_b" src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/4744445230_280752d293_b-480x360.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" /></a></p>
<p>GPS stands for Global Positioning Service and in devices like the TomTom is has 3 parts:</p>
<ul>
<li>The hardware</li>
<li>The software</li>
<li>The GPS unit</li>
</ul>
<p>You input where you want to go and a voice with visual directions gets you there.  I find the ability to <a href="http://www.tomtom.com/services/service.php?id=4">choose the voices</a> to be one of the most fun parts of using a GPS system.  Something that was once frustrating becomes enjoyable.</p>
<p>TomTom isn&#8217;t the only game out there.  Garmin is another popular brand.  You can also use GPS on your smartphones but as I warn in the show, it&#8217;s a big battery drain.  Also, these GPS devices last a week without recharging vs your standard iPhone 3GS which doesn&#8217;t even last a day.  I owned a TomTom a few years ago and just loved it!</p>
<h2>From the chat</h2>
<p>s0l_uk: The Live show will be starting in just over 15 mins.. ^_^<br />
s0l_uk: Hi guys! Adria will be along shortly ^_^<br />
jacqueb: hi all<br />
s0l_uk: Hi bob, Jacque<br />
bob: hi<br />
bob changed their nickname to Keith<br />
s0l_uk: please stand by&#8230;. technical hiccup &gt;_&lt;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
s0l_uk: better!!!<br />
Keith: very good<br />
Phyllis: are we really live now?<br />
Keith: windows is evil<br />
Phyllis: who&#8217;s IOWA &#8211; I&#8217;m IN Iowa&#8230;<br />
Keith: did you move to san fran yet?<br />
jacqueb: 20? :-(<br />
jacqueb: we miss you tho<br />
s0l_uk: tweeted on askadria account<br />
Keith: what&#8217;s the weather like?<br />
Phyllis: I wanted to view this from my Droid &#8211; but I guess not yet<br />
jacqueb: wit h shorter time we best all be on time and never miss!<br />
Keith: it was 94 in mass<br />
Bruce: Hi from Chicago<br />
Phyllis: seriously &#8211; IOWA &#8211; me too<br />
Phyllis: i love my built-in GPS in the Droid<br />
Keith: i just started a twitter ITPro25<br />
s0l_uk: Hi Bruce<br />
jacqueb: keith what is IPTro25?<br />
s0l_uk: *waves to all* Hi guys!<br />
Keith: my twitter name<br />
jacqueb: oh &#8220;duh&#8221;<br />
Bruce: Hi s0l_uk<br />
s0l_uk: hump month! All downhill till Xmass ^_^<br />
Bruce: Oprah Jr.<br />
Bruce: 100K Wow!<br />
s0l_uk: Woo! ^_^<br />
Keith: system<br />
Keith: michael scott almost drowned because of a gps<br />
Keith: lol<br />
Bruce: Location Based Services<br />
s0l_uk: lol<br />
Keith: do you drive in san fran or take public transportation?<br />
Bruce: Un box Me Baby!<br />
s0l_uk: lol<br />
Phyllis: why would you want a GPS when phones have them now? just curious&#8230;<br />
Bruce: GPS is a mega battery drain in cells<br />
s0l_uk: it can be a drain on bettery&#8230;<br />
Phyllis: I have my  droid hooked up in the car with a line going into the lighter to keep it charged &#8211; but yeah &#8211; that would be an issue if not plugged in<br />
Keith: michael scott would be a perfect voice<br />
Keith: or moss from IT Crowd<br />
Phyllis: I do wish I could change the voice on the droid gps &#8211; guess that would be a google maps voice?<br />
s0l_uk: lol Keith<br />
Phyllis: lattitude does that in droid &#8211; sorry &#8211; I really like my droid lol<br />
s0l_uk: Nokia + Google have free GPS updates..<br />
SoldierKnowsBest: hello<br />
s0l_uk: Phillis had a question on formspring i think<br />
s0l_uk: Hi SoldierKnowsBest<br />
Phyllis: that was my questions lol<br />
Phyllis: about the Droid<br />
CaliforniaKing: j<br />
CaliforniaKing: What&#8217;s up SKB!<br />
Theworldoftech: heya<br />
Keith: hey soldier<br />
s0l_uk: Hi guys!<br />
Theworldoftech: Hey<br />
joshh: iPhone4? thoughts<br />
Phyllis: yoda?<br />
Theworldoftech: I speak to jon4lakers:)<br />
CaliforniaKing: SKB, who is this? lol I just clicked the link you tweeted :)<br />
s0l_uk: Lost with yoda you will be!<br />
Phyllis: lol<br />
Theworldoftech: what are you unboxing?<br />
Theworldoftech: what are you unboxing<br />
s0l_uk: TomTom GPS<br />
Bruce: Send me some Ghirardelli Chocolate from San Fran!<br />
Theworldoftech: skype name?<br />
s0l_uk: :D lol nice sticker<br />
Bruce: You Wish<br />
joshh: what are your top 5 cell phone right now?<br />
Keith: its on IFC<br />
s0l_uk: lol!!<br />
joshh: Top 5 cell phones right now?<br />
jacqueb: can you send me link from sol?<br />
Bruce: HTC EVO<br />
Phyllis: how can you view it?<br />
Keith: you can watch it on IFC<br />
Phyllis: online?<br />
s0l_uk: it&#8217;s UK only show at the moment&#8230;<br />
jacqueb: Phyllis seasons 1-3 on itunes<br />
Phyllis: thanks<br />
Greggaz: hey<br />
s0l_uk: there&#8217;s 2 types of GPS for mobiles  A-GPS and Network GPS<br />
Phyllis: but I only use it in the car &#8211; and I can plug it in<br />
jacqueb: well work price &#8211; so funny!<br />
Greggaz: what is this<br />
Greggaz: soldierknows best tweeted<br />
Greggaz: dunno what this is though<br />
Phyllis: again &#8211; love the droid &#8211; and the gps is awesome<br />
Bruce: Off to see the Wizard&#8230;bye, bye<br />
s0l_uk: A-GPS uses your servers on your mobile network to work out your location.  Network GPS uses the tower locations to work out your position both are slower than real GPS<br />
s0l_uk: Fring = freeware Voip software<br />
Phyllis: worked great iowa to NC and back again -<br />
Phyllis: zip car tweet<br />
joshh: Nexus One or the iPhone? which di you prefer<br />
Theworldoftech: nice mac<br />
s0l_uk: jacque check twitter DM ^_~<br />
Keith: iPhone is one to go with<br />
s0l_uk: Nokia N8 ;)<br />
adriarichards mod: http://www.youtube.com/user/soldierknowsbest<br />
Keith: i tweeted for you also<br />
Keith: twitter.com/ITPro25<br />
Keith: i need followers<br />
s0l_uk: skype is not FOSS, Fring is FOSS<br />
s0l_uk: i think &#8230;<br />
SoldierKnowsBest: lol<br />
s0l_uk: lol<br />
Theworldoftech: i need subs<br />
Theworldoftech: ::) forget followers i need subs<br />
Theworldoftech: hey soldier<br />
s0l_uk: if you tweet they will come ^_^<br />
SoldierKnowsBest: what&#8217;s up<br />
Theworldoftech: nothing man<br />
Theworldoftech: have you got skype ?<br />
Theworldoftech: i love your videos<br />
Keith: i just signed up  an hour ago<br />
s0l_uk: Footlong&#8217;s!! :D<br />
Theworldoftech: lol i ment subscribers lol<br />
SoldierKnowsBest: lol subs<br />
Theworldoftech: soldiers got more subs than subway :)<br />
s0l_uk: i like subway! :(<br />
Theworldoftech: i only have 42 subs and one of them is Jon4lakers<br />
s0l_uk: lol<br />
s0l_uk: signal braking up! is Video OK for everyone else??<br />
Keith: yeah its jittery<br />
Theworldoftech: soldier a man claimed to be you the other day and told me to f off<br />
Keith: no video now<br />
Keith: back<br />
s0l_uk: ^_^<br />
Theworldoftech: your hungry :D<br />
s0l_uk: #nom!nom!<br />
Theworldoftech: im hungry for subs lol<br />
Keith: hungry hippo<br />
Theworldoftech: toffee crisp?<br />
s0l_uk: sounds like that WorldofTech&#8230;<br />
Keith: have you met the twitter folks?<br />
Theworldoftech: yep lol<br />
Theworldoftech: your eating a toffee crisp<br />
s0l_uk: :D<br />
Theworldoftech: with a different name<br />
Theworldoftech: its a toffee crips without the crisp :D<br />
s0l_uk: toffe crisp is soft toffy nougut with ricecrispies on hte top.. all soft :)<br />
Theworldoftech: i got a tech question<br />
s0l_uk: Ok guys! good show adria!<br />
Keith: have you met twitter company?<br />
Theworldoftech: Soldier<br />
s0l_uk: what&#8217;s your question TheWorldOfTech?<br />
Theworldoftech: when is your next ustream mate?<br />
Theworldoftech: can you recomend Imac?<br />
Keith: next monday<br />
Theworldoftech: adria<br />
Theworldoftech: can you recomend imac?<br />
Theworldoftech: ?<br />
Keith: google docs<br />
Theworldoftech: i love them<br />
Keith: iMac Quad Core 27 inch just came out<br />
Theworldoftech: have you got skype?<br />
s0l_uk: what&#8217;s the Formspring address??<br />
Keith: bye<br />
s0l_uk: Bye guys!<br />
Theworldoftech: bye :)<br />
@adria: Take care everyone!  See you next week<br />
Theworldoftech: buy soldeir<br />
jacqueb: Adria, I got it and replied.  Bye all<br />
Theworldoftech: ?<br />
Theworldoftech: whats this?<br />
Keith: archived show<br />
Theworldoftech: ok ty<br />
Keith: yup<br />
Theworldoftech: can anyone give me sum tips on how to get subscribers on youtube<br />
Keith: make alot of videos<br />
Theworldoftech: i am mate<br />
Keith: what&#8217;s your youtube?<br />
s0l_uk: make interesting videos.<br />
s0l_uk: ^_^<br />
Theworldoftech: http://www.youtube.com/user/Theworldoftechuk<br />
Theworldoftech: thats my channel keith<br />
Keith: thanks i&#8217;ll check it out<br />
Theworldoftech: thanks mate<br />
Keith: yup later guy<br />
Keith: see ya everyone<br />
Theworldoftech: cheers<br />
Theworldoftech: bye<br />
s0l_uk: Laters all! come back next Monday<br />
Theworldoftech: bye soldier<br />
SoldierKnowsBest: later<br />
Theworldoftech: keep up the ge<br />
Theworldoftech: great work*<br />
SoldierKnowsBest: thanks<br />
raffi127: whats up mark I just replyed to your tweet about if people are going to wait in line</p>
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		<title>Grab Bag Monday June 21st, 2010</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/06/21/grab-bag-monday-june-21st-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back from Washington D.C. for the Blogging While Brown conference, today&#8217;s show will be a &#8220;Grab Bag&#8221; allowing you to ask your technology questions. They can be related to: Working in IT Hardware Cloud Apps Email Buying a computer, smartphone or other type of hardware Setting up or tweaking your WordPress or Joomla website SEO [...]]]></description>
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<p>Back from Washington D.C. for the Blogging While Brown conference, today&#8217;s show will be a &#8220;Grab Bag&#8221; allowing you to ask your technology questions.  They can be related to:<br />
Working in IT<br />
Hardware<br />
Cloud Apps<br />
Email<br />
Buying a computer, smartphone or other type of hardware<br />
Setting up or tweaking your WordPress or Joomla website<br />
SEO advice<br />
or anything else computer related<br />
<a title="Apple Store, Georgetown" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35448539@N00/4719726929/" target="_blank"><img   src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/uploads/flickr_backup/4719726929_6595ef5e9c.jpg"   border="0" alt="Apple Store, Georgetown" /></a><br />
<small><a title="Attribution License" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank"><img src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/plugins/photo-dropper/images/cc.png" border="0" alt="Creative Commons License" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://www.photodropper.com/photos/" target="_blank">photo</a> credit: <a title="blakespot" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35448539@N00/4719726929/" target="_blank">blakespot</a></small></p>
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		<title>Conference Travel On a Budget</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/06/14/conference-travel-on-a-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you planning to attend SXSW, Apples WWDC, Web 2.0 Expo, BlogHer, Blogworld, VMWorld or another major conference that isn&#8217;t where you live? Today we will discuss how to save money while traveling to conferences. photo credit: bigbirdz]]></description>
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<p>Are you planning to attend SXSW, Apples WWDC, Web 2.0 Expo, BlogHer, Blogworld, VMWorld or another major conference that isn&#8217;t where you live?</p>
<p>Today we will discuss how to save money while traveling to conferences.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7765825@N03/4441608637/" title="Takeoff!" target="_blank"><img   src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/uploads/flickr_backup/4441608637_aa4bcd2e3c.jpg"   alt="Takeoff!" border="0" /></a><br /><small><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" title="Attribution License" target="_blank"><img src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/plugins/photo-dropper/images/cc.png" alt="Creative Commons License" border="0" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://www.photodropper.com/photos/" target="_blank">photo</a> credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7765825@N03/4441608637/" title="bigbirdz" target="_blank">bigbirdz</a></small></p>
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		<title>Selecting A Microphone for Web Videos and Webinars</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/05/31/selecting-a-microphone-for-web-videos-and-webinars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 23:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestream Video Shows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today's show is on your different option for microphones when doing a video for the Internet.  I'll share my usb desktop microphones, my wireless headset and lapel mic]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><object id="lsplayer" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="340" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="src" value="http://cdn.livestream.com/grid/LSPlayer.swf?channel=adriarichards&amp;clip=pla_2cb96bf7-65f7-4f51-bcb4-f8d31d807643&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false" /><param name="name" value="lsplayer" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed id="lsplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340" src="http://cdn.livestream.com/grid/LSPlayer.swf?channel=adriarichards&amp;clip=pla_2cb96bf7-65f7-4f51-bcb4-f8d31d807643&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false" wmode="transparent" name="lsplayer" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></p>
<p>Today&#8217;s show is on your different option for microphones when doing a video for the Internet.  I&#8217;ll share my usb desktop microphones, my wireless headset and lapel mic, all which are great options!</p>
<p>Join us today at 4:30pm Pacific at <a href="http://askadria.com/live">http://askadria.com/live</a></p>
<h2>The Demand For Internet video</h2>
<p><a title="blue snowflake" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48319358@N00/2619150072/" target="_blank"><img   src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/uploads/flickr_backup/2619150072_56e18fac3c.jpg"   border="0" alt="blue snowflake" /></a><br />
<small><a title="Attribution-NonCommercial License" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/" target="_blank"><img src="http://askadria.com/wp-content/plugins/photo-dropper/images/cc.png" border="0" alt="Creative Commons License" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://www.photodropper.com/photos/" target="_blank">photo</a> credit: <a title="Sneaker Peet" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48319358@N00/2619150072/" target="_blank">Sneaker Peet</a></small></p>
<p>We humans have a history of sitting around fires, chatting.  This means we like to see other humans and hear them too.  Remember in the old days of the internet where people would pass around tiny video clips via email?  These links would make the rounds at the office, &#8220;Did you see the video yet?  It&#8217;s hilarious!&#8221; and so on.</p>
<p>YouTube was founded in 2005 and made it easy for anyone to publish a video to the internet.  It removed all the complicated portions and had a big ole upload button.</p>
<p>The power of video has come the Internet.  With <a title="92% americans have internet access at home" href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/home-internet-access-continuing-to-grow-but-big-differences-among-demographics/">92% of Americans having internet access in their homes</a>, the ability to watch video, and the demand for it keeps going up.</p>
<h2>The Hardware</h2>
<p>Hands Free microphones are great so you can do your web show and not get distracted by cords.  I often get up during my show to grab stuff for the audience and it would be a hassle to &#8220;unhook&#8221; first.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/LOGITECH-INC-Desktop-Microphone-LOG9801860403DTOP/dp/B0035NIMTU%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0035NIMTU">Logitech USB Desktop Microphone<br />
</a>$19.99 at Amazon.com<br />
Review: The actual <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000CEPB9?tag=ask3434-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=B0000CEPB9&amp;adid=1849CEN0VBRGJFK1A5EQ&amp;">Plantronics microphone I used</a> in 2009 is no longer in production but this is a similar model made my Logitech with over 200 reviews.  What I liked about my Plantronics usb microphone is that it worked well, was simple to setup and didn&#8217;t require additional power.  It worked great to do my daily live video show, screencasts, for Skype and audio podcasts.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/LOGITECH-INC-Desktop-Microphone-LOG9801860403DTOP/dp/B0035NIMTU%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0035NIMTU"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ujmiiu4RL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT2020-USB-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B001AS6OYC%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001AS6OYC">Audio-Technica AT2020 USB Condenser USB Microphone<br />
</a>$100 at Amazon.com<br />
Review: I love this microphone!  I picked it up over the winter because I wanted deeper sound and the ability to do audio on my macbook.  After going to Blogworld and spending some time at the booth where they had some audio equipment, I knew I needed to step up my game.  This condenser mic comes with it&#8217;s own stand but you could put it in a desk mount swing arm (I may do this) as well.  I&#8217;m also considering getting a windscreen for it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT2020-USB-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B001AS6OYC%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001AS6OYC"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT2020-USB-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B001AS6OYC%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001AS6OYC"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pBocq2CJL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-Audio-995-Wireless-Headset/dp/B001SEQN3U%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001SEQN3U">Plantronics .Audio 995 Wireless Stereo Headset<br />
</a>$60 at Amazon.com<br />
Review: I love, love, love this headset!  I picked this up last year so I could talk on my Skype calls but walk around the house.  It streams all audio so you can also listen to your movies or music too.  Very convienent, nice quality feel to the ear pieces and people say I sound clear.  Works good until about 30 feet.  Battery life is about 5 hours which is plenty of talk time for me!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-Audio-995-Wireless-Headset/dp/B001SEQN3U%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001SEQN3U"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-Audio-995-Wireless-Headset/dp/B001SEQN3U%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001SEQN3U"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41c%2BZ7583TL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR-288W-Wireless-Microphone/dp/B00006HO3R%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00006HO3R">Audio Technica ATR-288W VHF Wireless Microphone<br />
</a>$125 at Amazon.com<br />
Review: I bought this system so I could record my speaking gigs.  It allows me to roam on a stage while recording audio to my camcorder.  It comes with a lavilier mic ( lapel mic) and has worked great!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR-288W-Wireless-Microphone/dp/B00006HO3R%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00006HO3R"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATR-288W-Wireless-Microphone/dp/B00006HO3R%3FSubscriptionId%3D0QWRP9P3NGV5P9BET182%26tag%3Dask3434-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00006HO3R"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zDNnnsRGL._SL160_.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
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		<title>May 24th Is Grab Bag Monday &#8211; Bring Your Technology Questions</title>
		<link>http://askadria.com/2010/05/24/may-24th-is-grab-bag-monday-bring-your-technology-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 19:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adria</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome folks.  Today&#8217;s show is going to be moved 2 hours later to 6:30pm PST / 8:30pm CST / 9:30pm EST due to my move on Sunday to the new apartment.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m aching all over and dog tired but in a good, relieved way!</p>
<p>Tonight&#8217;s show will be all about your questions so bring them over to <a href="http://askadria.com/live">http://askadria.com/live</a></p>
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<h2>From The Chat</h2>
<p>Welcome to the &#8216;adriarichards&#8217; room.<br />
HAvana: Is Adria still working on the video? :O<br />
s0l_uk mod: she might be rebooting..<br />
Retrospect: Hi Sol! :)<br />
Retrospect: Thanks Havana!<br />
HAvana: :) Are you a regular listener, Retro? This is my first time since like .. February or March o_o<br />
Retrospect: I listen at about &#8220;every other show&#8221; &#8211; love it<br />
HAvana: :D<br />
HAvana: How&#8217;d you meet Ms. Richards?<br />
HAvana: Or how do you know of her, rather<br />
Retrospect: If not live- i catch it after when posted<br />
Retrospect: twitter :)<br />
HAvana: Of course ;)<br />
HAvana: I had the pleasure of running into her at Wordcamp in Atlanta<br />
HAvana: She is such a sweet person<br />
s0l_uk mod: for me it was her Blog post about the GOP candidates website &#8220;hack&#8221;<br />
HAvana: Haha<br />
Retrospect: Yep :-)<br />
HAvana: Yeah!<br />
Beach_Baby: yes<br />
s0l_uk mod: yup we got audio<br />
HAvana: Oh no<br />
s0l_uk mod: you&#8217;ve only been there a few hours&#8230; give youself a break! ^__^<br />
HAvana: I lost viiiddd<br />
Retrospect: I can see you- I can hear you- all that matters to me for a show :)<br />
HAvana: Yeah, Adria .. you&#8217;re overlapping with Family Guy over here .. LOL<br />
s0l_uk mod: lol HAvanna you can tivo FamilyGuy ^_^<br />
HAvana: Haha<br />
s0l_uk mod: *Waves* Hi guys!<br />
HAvana: :D<br />
HAvana: We are<br />
Beach_Baby: hey all<br />
HAvana: LOL<br />
jacqueb: hi all, i have a question :-)<br />
s0l_uk mod: Hi Jacque ^_^<br />
Sheefeni: The wonders of modern technology<br />
jacqueb: decided to lose a huge waste of paper and need to doublecheck we backup Mitchell and Quickbooks every night<br />
Beach_Baby: Not a good habit! Germs! :P<br />
Retrospect: Can a virus by carried by a PDF or JPEG? Do they have &#8220;micros&#8221;?<br />
HAvana: AAANY questions? Can we ask biz-related questions too?<br />
s0l_uk mod: it&#8217;s Open Topic Ask away guys<br />
Beach_Baby: Hows your roommates? I know im tired also! :)<br />
HAvana: What is San Fran like?<br />
s0l_uk mod: 21:45 AM here you think YOUR tired ^__^ lol<br />
s0l_uk mod: 2:45 (not 21 &gt;_&lt;<br />
jacqueb: going to recycle invoices and save about 250+ pieces of paper a month<br />
HAvana: Damn, Bill LOL<br />
Retrospect: scroll up- see question :-)<br />
s0l_uk mod: Question from:  Retrospect  Can a virus by carried by a PDF or JPEG? Do they have &#8220;micros&#8221;?<br />
s0l_uk mod: Idealy for backup&#8217;s have a second machine (somewhere else!) to restore backups onto to test the backups to see if they work&#8230;<br />
jacqueb: database is fine. If Mitchell crashed I would not need paper to recreate. Great thanks<br />
jacqueb: no rush<br />
HAvana: I recently raised prices for my design packages ; how can I transition my marketing to reflect my &#8220;higher end&#8221; pricing?<br />
s0l_uk mod: Retrospect there are reports of &#8220;flaws&#8221; in Adobe which *May* let a virus or exploit in<br />
Retrospect: listens closely<br />
HAvana: .png &gt; .jpg :D<br />
s0l_uk mod: png is diffrent than a jpg (png can hold a lot of &#8220;meta&#8221; or text info along with the picture<br />
Retrospect: If I don&#8217;t recognize the file type, Jpeg, Tif, Jpg &#8211; I wont open it<br />
HAvana: Same here<br />
Retrospect: Thanks!<br />
HAvana: ADVENTURE ~<br />
HAvana: Wow!<br />
s0l_uk mod: JP(e)G = Joint Pictiue Export Group  PNG = Portable Network Group (if you ever wondered what they stood for&#8230;)<br />
Retrospect: Mobile Adria &#8211; yah!!!<br />
s0l_uk mod: Love the view!!!<br />
HAvana: That looks so cool!<br />
Retrospect: its beautiful!<br />
Sheefeni: Looks gorgeous<br />
Retrospect: I love &#8220;the city&#8221;<br />
s0l_uk mod: that should be PNG = Portable Network *Graphic* (sorry)<br />
HAvana: Wow .. a society of nerds ..<br />
Retrospect: LOL blah blah hee hee<br />
HAvana: HEALTHY nerds<br />
HAvana: Sounds like paradise<br />
jacqueb: no bugs!<br />
Retrospect: honey is great substitute for sugar<br />
s0l_uk mod: check setttings of your window OS to make sure it shows extentions ( the bits after teh &#8220;.&#8221; in the filenames! )<br />
jacqueb: everyone was so nice in LA. only &#8220;unfriendly&#8221; was my Mpls cab driver!<br />
HAvana: And cheap clients are assholes. :)<br />
Retrospect: UVP- love that<br />
s0l_uk mod: lol<br />
jacqueb: charge for value served<br />
s0l_uk mod: V.A.S = Value Added Service<br />
HAvana: How do I convey &#8220;value&#8221;? Or how do I get my work in front of my newer &#8220;target market&#8221;? (i.e. higher ncome brackets)<br />
Beach_Baby: I love snopes!<br />
HAvana: Snopes ruins my dreams by demystifying friggin awesome stories.<br />
Beach_Baby: My aunt forwards EVERYTHING and prints it out to save it&#8230;<br />
jacqueb: Higher income brackets are &#8220;very&#8221; aware of value served as that is how probably got where they are<br />
HAvana: Hahahah, nah, the &#8220;adventure&#8221; was in re: to the window scene<br />
jacqueb: the premise of &#8220;the millionare next door&#8221;<br />
s0l_uk mod: HAvana you might want to check out what your target market is reading or sites tehy visit to target marketing<br />
jacqueb: My example is we found adria on craig&#8217;s list and her service was awesome and fair<br />
Beach_Baby: no surgar in my coffee?! 0.o NO. lol<br />
jacqueb: I hate &#8220;special&#8221; pricing on how people perceive me<br />
s0l_uk mod: coffee + sugar + real full fat milk = Yummy!!<br />
Beach_Baby: agreed s0l<br />
s0l_uk mod: Jacque that show&#8217;s called &#8220;Secret Millionare&#8221; in the UK<br />
HAvana: Good point &#8211; re: Paris Hilton example<br />
jacqueb: sol, here there was a book about many millionaires are your next door neighbor but you probably don&#8217;t know it&#8211;they don&#8217;t flaunt it<br />
Sheefeni: How do I convince people that my service is worth using, if there are so many free compeditors out there?<br />
HAvana: LOL I like the impression &#8230;<br />
s0l_uk mod: Sheefeni everyone has the same problems with clients / competitors&#8230; lol! talk to clients and see what they require and what you can offer  them<br />
jacqueb: Sheefeni, nothing is really free. Adria sold us when she had credentials, personality, fair price and not bill be me to learn on the job<br />
jacqueb: No, we call it &#8220;summit avenue&#8221; pricing &#8211; charge 25% more based on where you live<br />
HAvana: Adria, how the heck do you stay so skinny :P<br />
jacqueb: so, they think you can afford it and sock it to us<br />
jacqueb: they never get our business<br />
s0l_uk mod: HAvana think it&#8217;s due to hyperactivity&#8230;. lol!! ^_^<br />
HAvana: Haha<br />
HAvana: i love Freelance Switch! &lt;3<br />
Sheefeni: I think that might be the most horrible bit of all. The customer base I&#8217;m looking at are probably the worst possible ones.<br />
adria: http://freelanceswitch.com/clients/how-do-you-know-youre-working-with-a-bad-client/<br />
HAvana: Thankies, Adria!<br />
HAvana: Oh jeez, that sounds liek one of my clients right now<br />
s0l_uk mod: lol<br />
jacqueb: Sheefeni, why do you see them as worse possible ones?<br />
s0l_uk mod: rich get rich by not spending money where ever possible&#8230;.<br />
s0l_uk mod: they are terrible for paying bills ^_^ lol<br />
jacqueb: :P<br />
Sheefeni: it&#8217;s primary anecdotal, but their mostly people in service industries who deal with customers in set time blocks<br />
HAvana: Oy, I had one project that had 5 decisionmakers. WORST EXPERIENCE EVAR<br />
s0l_uk mod: HAvana think the phrase &#8220;too many cooks&#8221; comes to mind&#8230;<br />
Sheefeni: They have a tendency to lack technical sophistication and usually will go for a quick band-aid over a long term solution.<br />
jacqueb: Sheefeni, true until they really have a terrible occurence and hopefully learn from it<br />
s0l_uk mod: i used a goot speach for those types of people! &#8220;I can patch it and come back 20 times to pastch it again charging you $40 each visit OR i can do it right and only charge you $120&#8243;<br />
s0l_uk mod: goot = good<br />
HAvana: Damn. I need more ADD then. LOL<br />
jacqueb: sol exacty! fair pricing for service rendered. If it can be fixed the first time, that is true value served<br />
HAvana: Wtf, I would have never thought you smoked, Adria LOL<br />
Sheefeni: As a tech person how do you introduce  yourself without confusing people or loosing them in the first 3 seconds?<br />
s0l_uk mod: unfortunatly it tuns out the peoiple that just want it &#8220;patched&#8221; tend to be the ones who are late paying invoices!! lol<br />
HAvana: So true, Bill<br />
s0l_uk mod: Sheefeni: that&#8217;s a hard thing to learn! how to talk non-tech to people is a skill!<br />
s0l_uk mod: to be harsh, you have to think of clients as little kids and try and explain it to them&#8230;<br />
jacqueb: sol, maybe a fair price for a patch, inform how maintenance can save $ in long run, will earn trust and long-term relationship<br />
Sheefeni: Im starting to see that, I guess I just need more practice. It&#8217;s just when I try to explain things to people, their eyes glaze over.<br />
HAvana: Haha, Shef: make explanations more interactive .. even if it&#8217;s just asking a yes/no question<br />
Sheefeni: My issue is that I&#8217;m build SaaS, so usually the only interaction people get from me is from the copy on my page.<br />
s0l_uk mod: i&#8217;ve done loads of phone tech support to people that &#8220;HATED&#8221; computers. you tend to get good at dumbing down hte tech speak&#8230;<br />
jacqueb: Sheefeni, don&#8217;t know what your exact service is, but research your target audience or potential client and focus on how your service benefits them<br />
jacqueb: 3 bullet points is good start<br />
s0l_uk mod: froze?<br />
HAvana: Nooo!<br />
HAvana: Did it freeze?<br />
HAvana: :[<br />
s0l_uk mod: yup frozen!<br />
HAvana: Oh boo<br />
s0l_uk mod: lol crashed again &gt;_&lt;<br />
jacqueb: the tech service reminds me of your neighor who can fix your car (but probably can&#8217;t) to your friend&#8217;s brother who fixes computers &#8211; need to educate people<br />
Beach_Baby: i tried smoking when i was 12&#8230;i didn&#8217;t get the point. Never smoked again.<br />
s0l_uk mod: http://askadria.com/archive/<br />
Beach_Baby: smoking doesn&#8217;t kill you. My great grandmother is 94, has smoked since she was 13. Still smokes everyday. Shes doing great.<br />
s0l_uk mod: i alway&#8217;s used &#8220;I.T. Support Officer&#8221; as my job title&#8230; the &#8220;Officer&#8221; bit tells the clients you take charge and control of the problem  ^_~<br />
HAvana: We are LOL<br />
HAvana: And we ate some CHinese takeout too LOL<br />
Sheefeni: Yup! We&#8217;re sitting across from each other.<br />
Sheefeni: Speaking through the chat.<br />
jacqueb: aw come on, I&#8217;m a client and feeling abused here ^_~<br />
s0l_uk mod: you know you&#8217;re a geek when&#8230;. you email something to someone and then turn around and tell them you&#8217;ve emailed them&#8230;.<br />
HAvana: We&#8217;re nerdy lovebirds<br />
s0l_uk mod: ^_^<br />
jacqueb: people just need to follow adria&#8217;s example -<br />
s0l_uk mod: Good show! great questions! ^_^<br />
s0l_uk mod: Wee .. sunshine!!<br />
HAvana: A cold summer &#8230;<br />
Sheefeni: It&#8217;s beats the swamp heat!<br />
HAvana: It sho&#8217; does<br />
HAvana: Awwwwww!!!!<br />
s0l_uk mod: we;ve just had out summer :( lol 4 day&#8217;s of +20c temps in the UK dropping to the normal 13c later in the week!<br />
HAvana: cute!<br />
HAvana: Sol, I have no idea what Celsius is ;)<br />
HAvana: Hahaha<br />
jacqueb: today in St Paul it was 94 and humid as hell<br />
s0l_uk mod: lol HAvana! i&#8217;m terrible at converting to f lol!!<br />
HAvana: Hahah<br />
Sheefeni: The lows around here are at like 30c<br />
HAvana: Bye, Adria! :D &lt;3<br />
s0l_uk mod: u8rgh! 30c i&#8217;d be dead!!<br />
Sheefeni: Bye, Adria. Thanks for talking with us!<br />
Sheefeni: It&#8217;s pretty awful.<br />
jacqueb: quick goodbye :`D<br />
adria: Thanks folks for stopping in at a later show date<br />
HAvana: HAha<br />
s0l_uk mod: Thanks fro your questions guys! come back next week ^_^<br />
HAvana: :D See ya Bill!<br />
adria: Next week the internet will be setup properly<br />
adria: great questions!</p>
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