theIdeaMechanic: Recent Episodes
theIdeaMechanic
Short stories, proof points, & engaging experiences that convince people to take action.
My best story? One Sunday morning in Dallas I tipped the sale for 180,000 Cisco IP phones to Bank of America in 10 minutes. http://bit.ly/2dlNPMB.
Thirty+ years in sales, marketing, IT, engineering, and manufacturing with companies ranging from startups to global high tech. What's fun? Biking, kayaking, travel, stories, and geeky stuff ... like WordPress, building a geodesic dome home, & working with NASA.
About me - http://dougfoster.info About my work - http://convinsys.com
Through one of my clients – Fuentek – I get to work with NASA scientists and engineers. I mean, these guys really are rocket scientists! How cool is that.
Electron Beam Free Form Fabrication (EBF3) is a technology that was jointly developed by NASA's Langley Research Center and Johnson Space Center. Some day this manufacturing process will allow space travelers to make any new or replacement part on demand.
This audio was recorded from http://FreeConferenceCall.com, an audio conferencing service provider. The call connection was made with a Skype VoIP softphone using a G.729 narrowband codec. Hear how the audio sounds slightly "underwater"? Music played across a G.729 media stream will sound this way since this codec is tuned for human voice, not music. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.729 .
This audio was recorded from http://FreeConferenceCallHD.com, a wideband audio conferencing service provider. The call connection was made with Blink, a SIP based VoIP softphone using a G.722 wideband codec. Listen to the clarity of the guitar and how there is almost no background noise. Music played across a G.722 media stream will sound really good, almost like you are in the same physical room. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.722 .
My good friend Doug had me build him a quick website. I wanted to take a few minutes to add something that would make it different. Doug was a North Carolina state trooper, he's got a ton of stories. So I decided to record and edit some quick ones. Later on he had the stories re-recorded by a professional voice talent. I still like the ones Doug did. You decide: hear the new ones at http://xcelldriver.com and listen to the originals here. Do me a favor though. Don't miss the last story. When Doug told it to me – he had this deadpan look on his face ... I couldn't stop laughing for an hour. It's good.
My good friend Doug had me build him a quick website. I wanted to take a few minutes to add something that would make it different. Doug was a North Carolina state trooper, he's got a ton of stories. So I decided to record and edit some quick ones. Later on he had the stories re-recorded by a professional voice talent. I still like the ones Doug did. You decide: hear the new ones at http://xcelldriver.com and listen to the originals here. Do me a favor though. Don't miss the last story. When Doug told it to me – he had this deadpan look on his face ... I couldn't stop laughing for an hour. It's good.
My good friend Doug had me build him a quick website. I wanted to take a few minutes to add something that would make it different. Doug was a North Carolina state trooper, he's got a ton of stories. So I decided to record and edit some quick ones. Later on he had the stories re-recorded by a professional voice talent. I still like the ones Doug did. You decide: hear the new ones at http://xcelldriver.com and listen to the originals here. Do me a favor though. Don't miss the last story. When Doug told it to me – he had this deadpan look on his face ... I couldn't stop laughing for an hour. It's good.
My good friend Doug had me build him a quick website. I wanted to take a few minutes to add something that would make it different. Doug was a North Carolina state trooper, he's got a ton of stories. So I decided to record and edit some quick ones. Later on he had the stories re-recorded by a professional voice talent. I still like the ones Doug did. You decide: hear the new ones at http://xcelldriver.com and listen to the originals here. Do me a favor though. Don't miss the last story. When Doug told it to me – he had this deadpan look on his face ... I couldn't stop laughing for an hour. It's good.
My good friend Doug had me build him a quick website. I wanted to take a few minutes to add something that would make it different. Doug was a North Carolina state trooper, he's got a ton of stories. So I decided to record and edit some quick ones. Later on he had the stories re-recorded by a professional voice talent. I still like the ones Doug did. You decide: hear the new ones at http://xcelldriver.com and listen to the originals here. Do me a favor though. Don't miss the last story. When Doug told it to me – he had this deadpan look on his face ... I couldn't stop laughing for an hour. It's good.
I've had a lot of people ask me about doing remote interviews using Skype. Skype is AWESOME. But here's a good example of why you want to get the other person to call you (you're on Skype) using Skype, and not call you from a cell phone or land line. The difference is amazing. Listen for yourself. Recording Skype-to-Skype gives you the same quality as doing studio-to-studio over an ISDN line.
I've had a lot of people ask me about doing remote interviews using Skype. Skype is AWESOME. But here's a good example of why you want to get the other person to call you (you're on Skype) using Skype, and not call you from a cell phone or land line. The difference is amazing. Listen for yourself. Recording Skype-to-Skype gives you the same quality as doing studio-to-studio over an ISDN line.