Adam Ruins Everything - Malls - How are they tax shelters?

The series "Adam Ruins Everything" (a fantastic product) on TruTV had an episode "Adam Ruins Malls" and the episode referenced a 1996 paper, Thomas W Hanchett that makes the argument that a 1954 law, intended to stimulate the economy by encouraging business to pay less income tax by counting depreciation of factory machinery, allowed for something called "sum-of-the-years'-digits accelerated depreciation", which references a 1955 Architectural Forum Miles L Colean statement that shows how this works (and it was only for new construction, thus why there had to be new malls).

Say you buy a mall in 1955 for one million dollars. 1,000,000

You rent it to tenants and charge them enough to make fifty thousand dollars a year. 50,000.

I am literally making this up. I have no idea how much stuff would have cost then.

So let's pretend, you have decided, the entire building will only last 5 years. So here is how you depreciate it:

Add all the years it will last together, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15 (remember we decided it would last 5 years).

So in the first year (1955 in our example) the "sum-of-the-years'-digits" formula, the value depreciates by 5/15. (5 is the total years, 15 was the sum of those years digits).

In the second year (1956 in our example), the value depreciates by 4/15.

Year three, 3/15.

Year four, 2/15.

Year five, 1/15.

Did you catch that the first year was a huge depreciation compared to the last year? 5 times as large to be specific.

5/15 is one third: 33.3%

4/15 is 26.6%

3/15 is one fifrth, 20%.

2/15 is 13.3%

1/15 is the remaining, 6.6%

So what's 33.3% of a million? $333,333. Remember that $50,000 you were making in rent from the tenants? Well according to the depreciation, you didn't earn any money that year. No Tax! Even though you took home $50,000.

Year two, 26.6% of a million: $266,666. Again, you took home $50,000 but again, no tax!

Year three, 20%, $50,000, again, no tax.

Year four, 13.3%

Year five, 6.6% $66,666, again, no tax.

Year 6? Sell it, for one million dollars, maybe even more!

So let's recap. Five years at $50,000 is $250,000, and NO TAX! And if you sell it for the same price as you bought it, no loss of your initial capital.

FYI: This changed in 1968, to make it better, then changed to make it worse in 1981. If you'd like to know more, I'd recommend the paper (linked above).

Moving to a new Google Authenticator on a Microsoft Account

I couldn't find in the "Microsoft Account Security" page https://account.live.com/p where to turn off my Google Authenticator so that I could move it to a new device (or just reset the existing device).

Turns out it's under the "Identity Apps", click to Remove the apps, then when you go to set it back up, it will prompt you to instead setup a Microsoft Account app.

So the trick is you aren't moving to a new Google app, you are only removing the Google Authenticator app and replacing it with a Microsoft Account app.

Running SandboxIE on a RAM disk

Why

A virtual machine (VM) is like a second computer running inside your machine.

This is done for security (so that if it's compromised you can delete it) but you likely see a performance decrease because it shares the same resources as the rest of the computer.

While running Chrome on Windows 10 64 bit clean install, I noticed a slow down in opening and browsing that was enough to have me contemplate buying a new PC.

32 bit OS would not be advisable since RAM is limited to less than 4 gigs

The Pieces

Super Talent USB RamDisk (but I'm sure you can find a free RAM disk software alternative, I had already purchased this previously)

SandboxIE (but I'm sure you can choose another option, even a full VM)

Google Chrome (for the saving of settings on Googles server but this is possible with other browsers as well)

The Process

Install Chrome as you normally would, run it once, login and let it sync all your settings.

Why a USB flash drive? Technically that doesn't have anything to do with this. This product touts itself as having the software to make a RAM disk (why isn't this already in Windows?) and backs up the RAM disk to the flash drive every so often and at shutdown.
Create the RAM drive. I created one of 2.76 Gigs and it works fine, not even close to being full (I usually don't have more than 10 tabs open at a time and shut off my PC every night)

In SandboxIE choose Sandbox > Set Container Folder and point it at the RAM disk
Create a Sandbox and right click on it to choose Sandbox Settings
Delete > Delete Invocation: Never remove this Sandbox or  delete it's contents
Program Start > Forced Folders: I paid $20 a year for the licensed version of  SandboxIE (I wanted to test it before purchasing a lifetime license) so that whenever any executable within C:\Program Files (x86)\Google launches, it will run within this Sandbox

The RAM disk is automatically created at every boot (this fails enough to not have me set this up on a non-technical users computer since Chrome won't open if it the RAM disk isn't there)

By clicking any Chrome shortcut, it automatically opens in the Sandbox, even in Incognito mode

Bonus Chrome Tip

Set Flash as "Click to Run". Settings > Advanced > Content Settings > Plugins = Choose Let me choose when to run plugin content; then click "Manage Individual Plugins" and click Enable to Disable them all

More research into airline safety please

So the news of the moment is about a security researcher making reference to how insecure airline systems are while on a flight. An article at ZDNet inspired this tweet from @Wh1t3Rabbit

Jokers, hackers, and airline safety | ZDNet | perfectly written, and explains why this was not ok. http://t.co/EThIQ7Z7VA
— Rafał Łoś (@Wh1t3Rabbit) April 20, 2015

I read the article, retweeted the tweet, and replied wondering why there wasn't more research going into this.


The response I got back was surprising, especially coming from a security researcher who knows way more about this than I do.

@imkilo @jmthecm So what happens when they find a massive hole? Every flight grounded? Not knowing (evidence) is the only way to go...scary.
— Rafał Łoś (@Wh1t3Rabbit) April 20, 2015

I find this surprising because it's not like massive security holes haven't been found and fixed in systems before, and it seemed like that kind of response is about less research, not more.


Curious, perhaps he has his reasons.

@imkilo @jmthecm please stop
— Rafał Łoś (@Wh1t3Rabbit) April 20, 2015

Idea - Using SQRL to authorize payments in person

What if your bank had you download an app, enter your website login and password, setup a PIN, and then when you open the app it will prompt for a PIN then display a QR code that is a link to the banks servers plus your account number, the merchant scans it and you get a prompt of "Authorize merchant xyz a one time deduction of $##.## from account ****####?". Then you click "Authorize", and the merchant gets a message that it went through.

It's kinda "SQRL in reverse" or "SQRL for in person transactions". And I would be more excited, if I didn't google "using qr code to authenticate payments" and hear about a few services that may offer something VERY similar like: "E-num", "Seamless", "SEQR", and "CardlessPay".

Set Startup Programs for Delayed Start with Scheduled Task - Windows7

I leave my computer at home off when I'm at work, and I log off my work computer at the end of the day.
On my way home, or to work, I usually have a thought of "As soon as I log into my computer I need to do xyz."
However, I have all these programs that normally run in the background, and as soon as I log into my computer, they would all start and the computer would run a little slower right as I'm trying to do something I'm in a hurry for.

What I like to do, is to set all these "always on" programs, to wait until after I login to launch themselves. This also works great if all I need to do is change one setting and then reboot again, I don't have all those wasted cycles of launching a program, or an even longer delay if it needs to connect to the internet to check for an update.

While you are at it, go ahead and stagger the launches so 30 minutes in, you don't have the computer just freeze as it tries to launch several programs.

First I have the Instant Messenger program I use wait 15 minutes, Dropbox waits 20 minutes, Juice waits 25 minutes, and Hoekey waits 30 minutes. So by 30 minutes after login; everything is normal.

While writing this article I opened up my "Task Scheduler Library" and found that Google and Adobe have some programs that will check for updates at login, and then check every single hour for updates after that. I modified them both to wait 40 minutes after login to run their check for updates.

A description on setting a scheduled task to only trigger "After Logon" is on Microsoft's site:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Schedule-a-task

When is your outfit no longer a cosplay?

Falling right into the "must label everything" trap. I got into a conversation about "professional cosplayers", and could it really be thought of as "play" if you were being paid. We finally decided that what made it "play" vs "pro" was if you picked out the costume. If someone else picks out your costume, you're an actor; if you picked it out yourself (even if you only purchased it yourself) then it could be considered "playing".

Which bring me to another point. We sure do like to label things, and then let other people know if we don't agree on the way they label something versus the way we label something. We should probably stop worrying about it so much.

Checking out books to the Kindle App from the Phoenix Public Library

Walk into a Public Library, and get a Library card, and register it with your name.
Get an Amazon.com account.
Download the Kindle App to your device (or just get a Kindle).
To see a listing of Phoenix Public Library eBooks that are currently available, go to:

http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/controller.jsp?browse=true&Ns=Availability&N=6594+6606

After selecting a book, choose the "Kindle Option" to add to book bag, then "Checkout".

When prompted, use your Phoenix Library Card# and Last Name

It will then take you to Amazon, where you can select the Kindle from the drop down list on the right you want it sent to ("iPhone" I assume) then login with amazon user/pass

Then open the kindle app on the iPhone. It should take a minute to sync, then the title should show up at the top.

After 14 days, it deletes itself.

Fixing a failing hard drive from 2 states away

The "trick" in this story, is that the user had two hard drives in their computer and the second hard drive was large enough to accept all the system/data from the first hard drive.

I get a call from a relative of mine "I need the Helpdesk, my computer is giving me an error saying that my hard drive is in imminent failure. Also, when I turned it on there was a black screen that in white letters said that the S M A R T system detected a failing hard drive."

For most users, this means a trip to the computer store to buy a new hard drive, and pay for a technician to install the OS and copy the data over, and unless you are friends/family, that's what I'd recommend you do as well.

So I fire up TeamViewer8 http://www.teamviewer.com/ (free for personal use), which allows me to remote into his machine, and see the error message he is getting; and click around to further check out the situation.

(X) Microsoft Windows
(X) Windows detected a hard disk problem
Back up your files immediately to prevent information loss, and then contact the computer manufacturer to determine if you need to repiar or replace the disk.
(Clicking "Details" indicates it's the Disk Name "HDS722020ALA330" and Volume C:\ D:\

He lets me know that when he turned on his computer that day, it also had a black screen with white text say that "SMART" was reporting the drive was bad and prompting him to either enter setup or continue.

Just to make sure (in hind site, I probably should have skipped this step) I download and installed HD Tune http://www.hdtune.com/ (free trial), ran an Error Scan and several sectors were returned as "Damaged". I also went to the HP website to check if the machine was in warranty, it had expired 3 months prior.

Ain't that always the way?

Since I had TeamViewer8; and was able to see what was going on with his computer and poke and prod it myself, I picked up on the fact that he had two hard drives, which is somewhat unusual in a home system, and honestly if we had only been speaking on the phone; I wouldn't have though to ask and check for this.

The first drive was 1 partition at 160 gigs of data and two more HP recovery partitions totalling less than 175 gigs. The second drive said "No files" and listed itself as 400 gigabytes free.

I had just heard the guys on the "DogHouse Systems" podcast http://www.doghousesystems.com/ Episode64 talk about an Acronis product being able to clone a system disk by rebooting the computer and entering a special boot mode and doing the boot automatically there.

So on my computer, I go to Acronis http://www.acronis.com/ and see that they are selling "True Image 2013" and giving away a copy of "Disk Director 11" with purchase; assuming True Image will do what I need, I purchase it, then skim the user guides about disk cloning and notice that the Disk Director is really more what fits this situation.

Acronis gives you a link to download Disk Director after purchase, so I email that to my relative, and open the email on their computer; download the program, install it; then tell Disk Director to clone drive 1, onto drive 2; resize, and "Copy NT Signature" (to make it bootable), "turn off computer when done". Then I "commit" the actions, and it prompts to reboot the computer, which I do, and of course TeamViewer8 has to shut down as well.

The relative did have to click past the "S M A R T" error message that comes on before the computer boots. And sure enough, he reported that the special boot mode was entered, and it took most of the night to copy the data (probably because the drive was damaged in some places).

I send the relative a text message saying to call me tomorrow before turning the computer, so we can go into the BIOS and turn off drive 1 so the computer will boot from driver 2.

The next day I get a text message saying that the error is still coming up. I know this is because we haven't turned off drive 1 in the BIOS, but I go ahead and fire up TeamViewer8 again and verify that the copy went through to the other hard drive.

So then I fire up Apple's FaceTime for a phone call, and have him reboot the computer and enter the BIOS by pressing a button as the computer booted up (F10 as I recall for an HP E-490t model) and then I visually walked him through turning of drive 1 in the BIOS. A "Save and Exit" later, and we were back in what looked identical to his previous setup, but now without an error message about a drive failing.

Amazing times we live in.

Is there a device that I could remote into to use a computer (move the mouse, type into it, see what's being displayed), even in the BIOS? If so, please comment and depending on how much it costs, I'll buy it and install it on every relatives computer. I'll pay more if it will let me remotely cut the power to force a reboot of a frozen system. Then I'll get two so in case one freezes, I can reboot the other one :-)

Generic "online scam roundup" for 2013

A friend of mine asked if online bill pay was safe, or if this meant that once he pays bills online his financial information will get leaked. The answer is online bill pay is as safe as your bank is, so if you already trust your bank, you should be fine. I figured I would drop him a few more tips for stuff to watch out for online, and figured I could share them with "you" as well.

Email:

If you bank offers online bill pay, the danger is 0. All "online bill pay" does is you tell your bank the name of the company you want to pay, and your account number with them; if it's a big enough company, the bank will have their info already; if it's a small enough company, the bank will ask you to what address you would normally send the check and the name it would be sent to.




Then when you want to pay someone, you login to your banks website and just check the box for that company and how much you want to pay; if it's one of those big companies the bank just does all the "footwork" as if you had mailed in a personal check; if it's a small company (or even a person, I've sent my brother money this way), they will print a paper check and mail it to the address; then the person you paid will take that paper check and deposit it with their bank to get the money.



Your browser (the piece of software you use to browse web pages, Internet Explorer, or Firefox, or Chrome) does not have the information of "name / bank account number / billing address" so it won't automatically turn it over to a "bad" website.



Common online scams:



You aren't buying from xyz.com; you are buying from a seller on xyz.com, and they are the ones that screw you.



If you go to Walmart.com and buy a DVD player, Walmart isn't going to charge your credit card and send you a box of bricks and say they sent you a DVD player. They have to much to lose to just scam everyone that does business with them. But if you are on a site like ebay.com / craigslist.com and you buy an item that is being sold by "A. Nonymous" and they send you a box of bricks; you can try going after him but they will have cut all ties, and tomorrow will be selling again as "B. Nonymous". Even buying from a small companies website will usually work out just fine; the only thing I would caution you is "if it looks to good to be true it probably is" and if the transaction involves more than 'heres my money and address" then I wouldn't trust it.



A friend of mine goes online and finds some camera shop offering a CRAZY deal on a well known camera model. She pays for express shipping to make sure it will get to my sister in time.



A day later, a "pushy man" calls the house and tries to up-sell my mom. Saying that she really needs to buy a case for the camera, and extra batteries, and doesn't she want an additional lens so she can switch to far off shots. She agrees to some of it, but not all.



A day later (and remember, we wanted this shipped express), the "pushy man" calls back and says he can ship it out that day, but only if she will go to "random camera store review website dot com" and leave a positive review of this online camera store; once it's posted, she should email him the link, and he will have it shipped out overnight.



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Monthly Service



I'm not exactly sure if it's a "scam" to just forget something; but automatic withdrawals from your credit card/bank will continue until you stop it.



I've gotten surprised more than once by paying another 6 months for an online game I stopped playing a month ago; but at least I can login and still PLAY. I heard a guy mention on a podcast that he discovered he had been paying 30 dollars a month for 6 years to some random website that had since shut down and no longer offered pornography.



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Nigerian 419 scam; which is the Spanish Prisoner scam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Prisoner



"If you can send me a small amount of money, I can get access to a large amount of money and give you a percentage." Then you give some money, but now more money is needed, etc. Then someone says "hey give me some money and I can get the money you lost back". Basically: Never respond to strangers.

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Using your email/twitter/facebook as a zombie



The most common way this manifests itself is you get a message saying something compelling and a link; if you click the link you will either come to a page asking for your login/password to your email/twitter/facebook or a webpage that has some code written in it that can trick your browser into downloading some code to your computer; or fool twitter/facebook into letting someone else post for you.



Then suddenly everyone in your address book / friends list gets the same zombie link, or a link to buy herbal viagra, etc.



You avoid this best by not clicking links in messages without first asking yourself if you think it might be valid.



Common invalid emails that you should be suspicious of the links:



It comes from someone you know, yet the words around it are not typical of the way they would write.



The message seems inflammatory IE: "You look ridiculous in this picture" "Did you not know you were being filmed?" etc.



It comes from someone you do not know.



The message is unexpected.



An email from your bank saying "Click here to login and read this important information"



It might be easier to explain what IS a valid link. If you clicked "Forgot Password" on a webpage and you get an email with a link to click to reset the password, that's probably fine. Otherwise, if I get an email from my bank/credit card that wants me to click a link, I just go to my browser and type in citi.com and then login there.



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Using your computer as a zombie: Most often comes up when trying to view a video.



Because video software is still all over the map; it's possible you may have gotten to a website before that told you that you needed to install something before you could watch the video; you agree to install the software because you want to view the video. When you agreed to install the video player update, another small program was added to the computer that allows another person to use your computer for their own wants. This could turn out to be locking up your computer until you pay a "ransom" for it; or maybe using your computer and thousands of others to flood a website with traffic and bring it down.



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So what's a red blooded american supposed to do? Just be mindful that if the browser starts to ask you a question like "Do you want to speed up performance?" or "Do you want to update your video player?" You should go down to the taskbar along the bottom of the screen, right click the program and choose "Close" and try a different site. If it starts to ask even more questions, I would just restart the computer.

Changing Sticky Notes Font in Windows 7

Posted up on this site how best to change the font for the windows 7 sticky notes:

http://tinyempire.com/notes/changing-windows7-sticky-note-font.html

Sore Throat Remedy - Maple Syrup and Lemon

Take a whole lemon and squeeze all it's juice in the biggest coffee mug you have, pour in two tablespoons of REAL maple syrup, (not the fake stuff, the real stuff is just as easy to find, right beside the fake stuff and it tastes even better!) Then take your cayenne pepper and put two generous dashes in. Fill the rest of the mug with boiling water, sip and FEEL yourself immediately get better! Your sinuses will clear out, your head clears up, your throat calms down. I don't know why it works so well. It is also an excellent way to fight off becoming sick. Something about the maple syrup and lemon and pepper mixing to create some kind of magical reaction. Don't microwave it though, it kills whatever it is that's going on.
If you don't have all that the best thing is peppers, especially that cayenne. Jon has a real bad cold, so last night I made stone soup (basically beef broth with some potatoes, onions, and celery) I put  a bunch of cayenne pepper in it. So much so that I who am not sick could barely eat it, Jon lapped it up, I think because he could finally taste something, and today he feels great!!

Twitter "Groups" Workaround

Funny. I'd been watching the "when is twitter going to get groups" conversation for a long time, and turns out your the president. I'm emailing you this because I felt the other "answers" fell short and you might no longer be following the topic.

In Twitter Settings>Notices>@Replies you can select "@ replies to the people I'm following".
If we could have this be the default behavior for all new users, and encourage existing users to change to this setting, the following solution could work:

For most of these conferences there will already be an "official" twitter account, for instance @podcampaz

If I create a message and direct it to @podcampaz only people who also follow @podcampaz will have it show up in their feed. Of course if you went straight to my page, you will see the tweets, so it's not "private" and if you wanted to hear what was going on at PodCampAZ even if you weren't there you would subscribe to them.

(Props to @cycomer for the idea)

If you wanted, you could even make groups like @phoenix @arizona @phx @phxNightLife @phxWork @smith123Family @youtube @RT @OH @twitpic @WolfParadeFans @SpencerKrugFans @WorldOfWarcraftPlayers

Maybe this is an alternative to #

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I'll explain by example:
I follow PersonA and PersonB
I don't follow PersonC

Whenever PersonA or PersonB says: Hello World
I see it.

Whenever PersonA @ messages PersonB like: @PersonB I like cupcakes
I see it, because I also follow PersonB

Whenever PersonA @ messages PersonC: @PersonC I'll be in your town next week
I don't see it, because I don't follow PersonC

Now if I go to twitter.com/PersonA I can read all of the messages, but I won't have the @PersonC messages in my feed.

So as an example, I go to @phx2600 meetings, and I live in @cityofchandler. Assuming everyone who lives in Chandler follows @cityofchandler, and everyone who goes to the local 2600 meetings follows @phx2600, AND has @ replies to people they don't follow turned off, I could say:
@phx2600 meeting is tonight. I'm going to bring a box of junk and give away whatever I have, if you are late bring donuts.
and then right after that say:
@cityofchandler there is a broken water main at Kyrene and 56th st, but 58th is packed to, so if you are headed that way, take 60th st

If you only follow @phx2600, you only get the first message.
If you only follow @cityofchandler, you only get the second message.
If you follow both, you get both.
And if you follow neither, (like my dad in another state), you don't see either message.

And everyone sees my: w00t, I just got paid today! Now who do I owe money to?

How can I fix my problems?

"The worst thing that can happen is that, for people to get up everyday and wait for somebody else to make it right for them" -Rush Limbaugh 2007-07-27

Tips on contacting customer service

If you want some more useful info for your life, here's my quick story about how to call customer service for a billing problem:

If you have a problem with anyone and your only recourse is customer service, here are some tips to get your problem fixed faster when you get a bill that seems unusually high:
1. Don't panic.
2. I assume you just opened it and still have the bill in your hand. Read your bill, find out what looks to be the problem, do this even if you don't think you can find the problem, it will help you understand it when you talk to an agent.
3. Make a little note beside the unusual charge. Be ready to ask a specific question, to request credit for a specific charge with a specific reason.
4. Don't delay calling until the next day. Perhaps you need some information from another person, that's fine but you want to let the company know that you know something is up asap.
5. Have your bill in front of you, and when given an explanation about a charge, make a note.
6. Take notes in addition for anything you are promised.
7. "Can you email me the details of this call" -provides for a record of accountability in plain English and written down
8. "What is your first name or unique ID?" -In case you need to refer back to a specific call or promise
9. "If I don't hear anything back by x, what should I do?" -Use Google Calendar, or anything else to check back and see if charges have been reversed or credits applied.
10. Asking for a manager rarely helps.
11. When all else fails, write a letter.

Proper Mass Emailing

Just wanted to give everyone in my address book a quick tip about how to send an email to a whole bunch of people, without showing everyone's email address.

You first send the email to yourself, then "BCC" or "Blind Carbon Copy" everyone else.

I sent this email to over 30 people, but the only addresses you see, are yours and mine.

By the way, if you ever see a "Email this article to a friend" links, email it from and to your own email address, and then BCC that email to me.  That way I know you didn't give my email address to someone else.
Or... just copy the text in the "address bar" and paste it into an email, and forward that to me.

Stuff in the address bar is the "http:" and the ".com" stuff.  A full link looks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8

Just wanted to share this tip with everyone in my address book, hope you have a good day!

How to share encrypted files with Cloudfogger and Dropbox

We are using Cloudfogger to encrypt the files and specify who they can be shared with, then using Dropbox to share the files.

So first things first, install Cloudfogger and Dropbox and sign up for the accounts.

Find the file you want to encrypt and share.

With Cloudfogger Version 1.1.1291 installed and running, right click the file you want to share, and choose "Cloudfogger > Fogg and Share" and type in the email of whom you want to share it with then click "Add" then "OK". It will convert the file into one that looks like a green shield with a white check mark.

That was the encrypting, now for the sharing.

Make a new folder in your Dropbox named whatever you would like. Then right click that folder and choose "Dropbox > Share this Folder..."; this should cause the Dropbox website to open up where you can enter the email address of the Dropbox user you would like to share it with.

Place the file you encrypted (the one that was changed into a green check mark) into this folder.

Friend tells you they are prompted for a password when they try to open the file? Right click on the file and choose "Cloudfoggere > Manage Shares" and add their email address in.
If you sign up for Dropbox with my referral link http://db.tt/D5BQcbf it will give me a little more space for free, and I'd appreciate it :-) Thanks!

PodcampAZ 2011 Needs Speakers!

PodcampAZ says: WE NEED SPEAKERS! Nominate at http://podcampaz.org/speakers/


One of the reasons we love PodcampAZ so much is the endless supply of information. We also realize that the term “media” is growing up, and always expanding. No one rolls their eyes at using Facebook anymore to promote, because everyone links to Facebook! Many companies and freelancers make social media success less of a guessing game and more of a science, but there are many mediums within the realm that are getting less attention than they should.


Right now you’re thinking “Yeah! I want to hear more about ______!” So how do we geeks, let alone anyone who isn’t on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Foursquare, learn about all of these new or under-represented technologies? How do they merge their existing skills with new ideas and make life even more awesome than it all ready is?


They ask you, and your friends. We all use a form of media in some way, or you wouldn’t be reading this now. And we bet you know someone who uses it in an innovative way that we all want to know about. They might not even realize there’s a place to share what they know. So help us get all of these questions answered all in one weekend at PodcampAZ 2011 on November 12-13.


Nominate yourself, your work buddy, Twitter or Facebook friend, or even your sister to help out. Each speaker will receive our undying gratitude, an audience eager to learn and a chance to learn from other successful, charming people just like them.

Imkilo says: And I'll be speaking at this years PodcampAZ on the subject of "How to listen to podcasts" which I plan to not be so much a "presentation" as a "I'll ask everyone who walks in what thier current setup is, and tell them how they can listen to podcasts for free, then write it on the board as I go along".

With the election yesterday, I wondered if we couldn't get someone who was active in the whole petitions and campaign signs area, the whole "non-technical" idea spreading part of things. If you know someone like that, you might nominate them for a talk, it could be real interesting for the rest of us.

How to listen to Podcasts

Will update this page more as PodcampAZ gets closer.

Outline
You don't need an iPod
What is a podcast?
Where are they?
How can I get them?
-Does it cost?
How can I listen?
-Non-iPod portable players

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