Today's Geek

I've been wanting to do a podcast of a livestream for a while now.  And this is for several reasons.  First, I think we should meet people today where they are, and most of them are on the internet somewhere or have an iPod or mp3 ready device to download stuff.  Second, because there are these great digital and web tools out there now, many of them for free, and I want to play with them!  There's some really cool stuff, and as a geek, I must find a way to try them out.

The problem is, I'm not that interesting.  I don't really have that many things to say.  Don't get me wrong, I have my passions, and there are plenty of things that I want to say to people.  But none of them are things that people would make the time to actually listen to.

Last week I discovered that the team from Azalea City Church of God were kicking off a livestream.  So I tuned in.  And you know what I found?  A group of guys who had no agenda (not to be confused with the netcast No Agenda) and no extra-technical expertise (Wow, that really sounds insulting, and I don't mean it that way.  What I really mean is that they have the gift of geekiness, but little professional training and therefore little experience in this area), but they saw all this cool stuff you can do online and decided to jump in and figure it out on the way.

Well of course I had to get in on it!  So I messaged the youth pastor and he invited me over today for the second episode.  Again, they had no agenda (well, they did have a little one), and it took about an hour just to get the camera to interface with the computer to take the video.  But here's the thing, I had a great time just watching and learning and hanging out with these guys, and I'm totally looking forward to another show.  And once we put our heads together and figure this thing out, I'm excited about where it can possibly go!  (Even if I'm not invited back for the third episode...)

So there's my geekout for the day.  See you next time!

Update: You can find the show here if you're interested.

Comments

[Jason Toole]

Dude, it was awesome to have you with us today. Maybe next week we can get together earlier so you can help us get all the tech stuff worked out. By the way, if you have any ideas that can improve the show let us know. Look forward to episode 3!

[Daniel Hahn]

Yeah man, that sounds great!