Podalicious

I'm getting stuff done on the podcasting front. Apple was out on Thursday and, though we didn't do a full on "kitchen", the SE went over Garage Band well enough for me to grasp the basics. I had been stumped about the way in which a PowerPoint could be imported. The trick is to use "Save As" and make JPEGs out of the slides. However, the screen that I'm designing for has a 1.5" diagonal. Sure, that's the Nano; the big, full-size video iPod has a whopping 2.5" diagonal screen. But if you're going to design a podcast, you have to account for the lowest common denominator. After spending a day or so exploring podcasts, especially those offered under "Education" at the iTunes store. I had been deliberating about the values of the various Nanos; 2GB for $150, 4GB for $200, or 8GB for $250. Once I had actually seen how much content there is besides music, I went ahead and ordered the 8GB. In (red), of course. The other thing that I accomplished on Thursday was to get myself listed as one of the prototype offerings for the Cabrillo iTunesU site. It is offered in conjunction w/ the Apple iTunes store, hosted by Apple but branded and access controlled (or not) by Cabrillo.