Category: Blog
Share your favourite thing about Julia, and your best Taylor Swift memory for #Taylorette1989!
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Tweet #Taylorette1989 Hey friends and readers, July 6 is coming up fast! If you need to get up to speed, check out this post. For the next phase of #Taylorette1989, I’m asking everybody to share something about Julia telling Taylor why she deserves an extra-special bachelorette party, and also telling me about their favourite memory…
SoundCloud, Writing, and #Taylorette1989 heats up. (Unwind Media; May 7-13)
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This week we made a couple of substantial changes on Unwind Media, most notably we’re making the transition to hosting audio files on SoundCloud, as opposed to Archive.org. I’m pretty excited for that, and I even wrote a little bit about some of the neat tricks I am using now to get those files to…
Adventures in Podcasting with SoundCloud (Volume I)
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.code { text-align: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; } I’ve been podcasting and building my website for a couple of years now, and I thought it would be useful to some people if I talked about some of the things I’ve gone through in getting my site up and running that I couldn’t find anywhere…
I’m A Professional Writer? (Unwind Media; April 30 – May 6)
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Some huge news on Unwind Media this week; I got a new job! I’ve officially begun writing for a Canadian technology blog called MobileSyrup, and I’m having so much fun with it! I’m writing for them mostly during the evening and on weekends, starting off pretty slowly. I’ve wanted to write on a professional level for…
Too many Voicemails, too much Clickbait (Unwind Media; April 22-29)
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Guys, this is serious. Whoever is calling me, please stop. I am getting so many calls since I posted my new voicemail message that it can’t be a coincidence. Some fairly big news coming up soon on Unwind Media, so stay tuned. Ottawhat? Podcast #49 – Darren Shackleton (Canadian Association of Food Service Professionals) This…
Voicemail, Feedback, Future Chat and Ottawhat? (April 15-21)
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Lots going on at Unwind Media this week! I also finally closed down robattrell.com and moved that site over to this blog (which means that I now get a bunch of spam traffic here :(. I also FINALLY updated my voicemail message, which I also put online for your listening pleasure. In case it wasn’t…
The Future is Back again! (April 7-14)
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Future Chat is back with Season 2! This week featured the triumphant return of our science and tech show, as well as a great interview with Ottawa photographer, Justin Van Leeuwen. .title { padding:15px; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; } .rss { padding-top:15px; } Future Chat #53 – Enema Shooters (Season 2 Begins!) We’re back with Season 2 of…
How To Get Noticed Online
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For those of you wondering, this is how I see myself. I’ve conducted experiments before, but the one I’m going to embark on for the next week will potentially be the most difficult I’ve ever challenged myself with. If you followed me online in December 2014, you’ll recall the Instagram Experiment I embarked upon in the…
This Week in Podcasts (March 30 – April 6)
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One more week and +Future Chat is back with Season 2! To hold you over, +Mike Attrell and I talked a little about some of what we’ve been thinking about in the tech world in the last year. Wearable tech, cloud storage and advertising were all under scrutiny from us. .title { padding:15px; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold; } .rss {…
Listening Party Volume #6 – Kal Penn on the Nerdist Podcast
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The Nerdist Podcast For the last year or so, I’ve had the Nerdist Podcast in my player. They do 2-3 podcasts a week with comedians, entertainers and cool Bills like Bill Nye and Bill Gates. If I know the person they’re talking to, I’ll listen to the show. This week, Kal Penn (of Harold and…