(personal) Wonderings

[vg_ford]

I have two big things to do this year - (1) teach myself Wordpress and get my site back up and running, and (2) teach myself how to podcast and get Horseman out in audio form. Wonder which I should start with?

Opinions?

Comments

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

I've been seriously considering podcasting as well. I'd conspire with you in 2010 to make this happen, if you like.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

It's going to happen in 2010 - I bought the damn mixer board and the new computer, and I'll be damned if it gathers any more dust. But I have to figure out which will come first - I only have so many techy braincells, and trying to do both at once will overload them.

Are you going to podcast the Source Chronicles? (That is the name, right?)

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

That's my thought. I was going to do a test run with a short story I wrote for the series - but it needs to be edited first (by me, let alone an external source).

I can really only do Seeker - book 1 - at this point. Only one that's been fully edited. Currently in the middle of writing book 4 - Guardians. SO...podcasting is my thought.

Many options to play with. I need podcasting software, and to decide if I will use my PC or my I-Book for this purpose.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm planning to use Audacity (which is free) on my PC. If you're serious about it, I've heard good things about Garageband, but it's Mac only.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I need to learn Wordpress too.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be fairly intuitive, but, well, we all know how odd Val's intuition is.

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Wordpress is super easy once it's installed; I can do quite a bit with existing tools/templates, etc and if you need someone to ping, call on me: here is one of mine: journalofnursingjocularity.com and here is another smartshopperssecrets.com and ellenburgcommunitynews.com Nothing super fancy, but stress-free and easy to do and update.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Coolness. Easy to update is what I want - I can't afford a webmistress anymore, so it's up to me. But I'm NOT tech-intuitive, so I'm hoping I can pick it up pretty quickly. I'll check out your sites and might definitely call if I run into trouble - thanks!

[cr-wchi-f.livejournal.com]

You should so find some random person who used to work with you who is going to school for website design and hit her up for help. *coughs* I don't know of this Wordpress you speak of, but speak html, css and most of the other cool web design languages...plus I will be taking Web Design Two this coming semester and will need to design a site for the final project. Since I'm a student and mostly bored to death in the frozen, snow-covered region and miss you, I would be willing to do it for free. Not sure how often you need updates or what you would be looking for long-term, but free is the current friend rate. I could even teach you how to edit the code for self updates if that would be something you would like to do. *smiles* Let me know if you're interested. (Also, if you're looking for a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get software to make your own site, Dreamweaver by Adobe rocks and has loads of online tutorials)

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

If said random person ever updated her journal so I would know that, I might. :D Congrats on going back to school!

I'm contemplating Wordpress because I want to be about to control it myself, but I'll definitely hit you up for help. I'm not very confident in my tech skills yet.

[cr-wchi-f.livejournal.com]

Understandable. *blushes* I have been REALLY bad about keeping this updated, besides a few random posts here and there. And thanks! Going back and liking what I'm doing has been a huge change. I hope all is well and e-mail me here with any questions, since I'm equally as bad as checking my e-mail as I am with updating my journal, but come here to read how everyone is doing.

[shanrina.livejournal.com]

I'd start with the site if I were you. That way when you start doing the podcasting and someone wants to learn more about your books you can link them to a site that's already up. Good luck!

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm thinking that's my first step. Thanks!

[sleary.livejournal.com]

Definitely set up WordPress first, then install the Podcasting plugin and get that going. (There are other plugins, but I can vouch for this one.)

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Oooh, cool! Thank you!