Author: Jim Collison

Ask the Podcast Coach for October 25, 2014

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Dave and Jim talk about the recent purchase of Stitcher by Deezer.  We talk about changing the tone of your voice when mixing audio for different reasons.  Craig calls in to ask some questions about branding and logos.  We talk about Podcast directories and growing your audience.  Jim goes on a huge rant about making money with your podcast.  Jim covers http://uptimerobot.com, a site that helps you monitor you website.  Dave covers Hello Sign, a service that helps you get documents signed on the web.  Jim asks the question, can you use http://MixCloud.com to play your podcasts with music in

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Jim Covers the Website Monitoring Tool UpTimeRobot.com on Weekly Web Tools 266

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I do a Saturday AM show (9:30amC/[spp-timestamp time="10:30"]E) at http://askthepodcastcoach.com/live with the one and only Dave Jackson from http://schoolofpodcasting.com and on the October 25, 2014 episode, I spent a few minutes covering the website monitoring tool from http://uptimerobot.com.  The audio is less than 10 minutes long and can be found at the link below:  http://weeklywebtools.com/podcast/uptimerobot-website-monitor-hellosign Dave also covered an offering from Hellosign.  They are a service that helps you get digital signatures from people. Watch the full interview with Umut from UpTimeRobot on Youtube:   Catch the full post with show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/hgg189 And a 3 minute overview on YouTube:

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Blue budget laptop on a hotel desk with a cloud-based workspace open, alongside a smartphone, notebook and coffee mug.

HP Stream 14 in 2026: The Idea Was Better Than the Hardware

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Originally published November 5, 2014. Updated for 2026. Looking Back at the HP Stream 14 When I look back at the HP Stream 14 more than a decade later, I don’t really see an old laptop. I see an idea that arrived before the hardware was ready for it. The PC industry had already spent years experimenting with netbooks and inexpensive laptops. The thinking was sound: maybe people didn’t need a powerful computer sitting in front of them all the time. The execution was usually the problem. Too little memory. Too little storage. Slow processors. Cheap displays. Machines that were

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Hands on Review of the Audio Technica ATH-ANC7B SVIS Noise-Cancelling Headphones

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Since I travel a bunch for my job at Gallup, I am in and out of planes (and sometimes trains) a little more than I like.  Ever since Bose came out with their noise cancelling headphone several years ago, I have been eyeing them, but get held up at the $299 price tag.  I know they are good and I have tested them out at several tech outlets, but the price has always held me back. Bose QuietComfort 25 Headphones, Black by Bose for $299.00 I have also been using the Audio-Technica ATR-2100 as a podcasting microphone now for the

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It’s All About the Mac, ‘bout the Mac, No Windows – HGG191

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Chris Pilon from http://www.dadrenaline.com/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dadrenalineblog joins Jim (https://twitter.com/jcollison) for show #191 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com/ community. This weeks show covers all things Apple.  What’s hot and what’s not and an honest conversation about the most recently release products.  Chris a… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Space Networks & Cybersecurity in Healthcare with Special Guest Jay Ellis – CF011

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This week we are joined by Jay Ellis, Senior Information Security Engineer and Program Manager at Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT), to talk about space networks, healthcare IT, and the networks and cybersecurity methodologies that run them. Jim, Christian, and Ashton keep the questions rolling in what promises to be a packed hour of content based… Click for more / Podcast Player>