A few words about Podcasts

    Bob

January 28, 2008 by Bob  
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Well, over the weekend, I put up my first Podcast on the site! Actually, it was my first Podcast on any of my sites! About 2 or 3 years ago, I was a guest on a US based Podcast, but somebody else put that all together, all I did was talk! Anyway, I have been thinking about the Podcast over the weekend, and I have a few things that I want to share with everybody.

I mentioned on the Podcast that I would be accepting phone calls over Skype from anybody who wanted to participate. Basically, for any reader of the site, if you have any questions related to our topic here (Living in the Philippines), you can call me on Skype and I will do my best to give a good answer to your question. The Skype call will be recorded, and it will be part of the Podcast on a future edition. Please understand, if you call my on Skype, you are giving permission for the call to be recorded, and played on the Podcast.

Because I need to schedule my time, I will not accept calls of this nature at any hour of the day or night. I will have pre-scheduled times when you can call in with your questions or comments for the Podcast. Starting immediately, I will offer two times per week when you may call me:

I will accept calls on Monday mornings, Philippine time between 6:00 am and 8:00 am. This would be equivalent to Sunday night, 10 pm until Midnight, Greenwich Mean Time. This would also be equivalent to Sunday Afternoon, 5 pm to 7 pm Eastern Standard Time in the USA (6 pm to 8 pm during Daylight Savings Time).

The second time of the week when I will accept calls will be on Friday afternoons, Philippine time from 3 pm until 5 pm. This would be equivalent to Friday morning, 7 am until 9 am Greenwich Mean Time. This would also be equivalent to Friday morning, 2 am until 4 am Eastern Standard Time in the USA (1 am until 3 am during Daylight Savings Time).

If you want to call me during those times, simply use Skype, and make a call to “mindanaobob“. If you do not have Skype, it is available for nearly any Operating System available, and can be downloaded at Skype. Calling over Skype will be free, since we would both be Skype Users.

In addition, I will be setting up a different place on this site for the Podcasts. Just like right now, we have a separate place for Videos, I will set up a different place for Podcasts. On the Home Page of this site, there will be a box toward the bottom of the page for Podcasts, listing the most recent Podcasts, and across the links on the top of the page, just look for the one that says “Podcasts.” So, to re-iterate, Podcasts will not be a regular part of THIS COLUMN in the future, but they will have their own Column on the site.

It is my goal to do one podcast per week here, so keep your eyes out for that! If you have questions on the procedure to call in, about listening, or whatever, please contact me!

About the Author:  Bob Martin is the Publisher & Editor in Chief of the Live in the Philippines Web Magazine. Bob is an Internet Entrepreneur who is based in Davao. Bob is an American who has lived permanently in Mindanao since May 2000. Here in Mindanao, Bob has resided in General Santos City, and now in Davao City. Bob is the owner of this website and many others.