I don't know how many of you are planning to join Briney and myself for our first podcast but I thought I'd put up instructions on how to fully interact with the podcast using the stuff from talkshoe. I figure, I have the time...might as well help people out.
To fully participate (talk, listen, & chat), you will need to Sign Up as a TalkShoe member, create a 10-digit PIN, and download the TalkShoe Live! Pro software. (the following links are just that:
http://www.talkshoe.com - the main page and the place to start to sign up to be a member. This will get you into the chat room and also able to call in and help give us something to talk about. This is where you can download Talkshoe Live! Pro if you want. It's a more "advanced" chat tool.
I'm not entirely sure how smooth this will be so you'll have to forgive us if we don't carry out the show perfectly the first time.)
Find the Community Call of interest and click its name or photo icon. From the Community Call page, click the Purple Talk button which launches the TalkShoe Live! Pro software. From this software, you can chat and hear the audio of the Community Call.
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http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/14391 - that our show's site. You can click on listen live just to listen or if you dled the Live! Pro tool then you can log on to the chat and listen as well. I believe you need to sign up to listen live but I know you don't have to be a member to download the show after it's recorded and hosted on the site. However, you'd miss out in listening to us LIVE!)
If you want to talk via telephone, Skype, etc., use your phone to call 1-724-444-7444 and follow the audio instructions. These include typing in the typing in the show code (14391) and then typing in your PIN code that you entered when signing up (they recommend using your phone number and it's nice just because it's easy to remember).
The reason why we kinda wanted to do this at 8 on Sat. is that many people who have cell phones gets nights and weekends free. This being a long distance number, and almost everyone having a cell phone, we'd figure this would work doubly well. The problem is, and this is why I'd like to get at least a few live listeners is because if you can't hear us well then you can type in the chat and we can try and figure what to do.
Hope that helps! See ya Saturday at 8!
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