Author: Rick Klau

A good overview: iPodLounge publishes an informative guide for aspiring web DJ’s interested in recording and publishing their own podcast. The guide covers required hardware and software, tips for good content, and how to submit your podcast for availablility in iTunes podcasting directory. This one’s pretty Mac-specific, sorry Windows users. Beginner’s Guide to Podcast Creation…

Chris Casey (happy birthday, Chris!) does his public service duty today by pointing to his brother’s account of the risks inherent in indulging in your Pop Tart cravings. (You must be sure to check out Lawrence Livermore Labs’ warnings about Pop Tarts, Pop Tart blowtorches and Pot Tarts vs. the solar death ray. Good stuff.…

On the subject of job announcements, my friend Fred Faulkner is about to become the ABA’s first webmaster. It’s a great fit, and there are sure to be some dramatic improvements in the ABA’s web presence. What’s shocking isn’t that they’ve hired Fred (that should’ve been a foregone conclusion — he’s been at the ABA…

I’ve been fortunate to get to know Matt in the past few months, and have enjoyed swapping thoughts and ideas about RSS with him. This is exciting news for him; he’ll be a real asset to the Yahoo! team (Matt: didn’t the offer letter say something about using the exclamation point?) and it’ll be fun…

Whoa, nelly! The current issue of Law Practice Management, the ABA magazine for whom I co-author a technology column, over-doses on blogs this month: It’s Not Your Father’s Web Site: Lawyers in the Blogosphere (good intro for those who aren’t familiar with the blawgosphere) Ethics and Lawyer Blogs (Ethics guru Will Hornsby weighs in on…

Years ago, while working for a company that was in the midst of an IPO, one of our salespeople was fixated on the idea of shopping a sitcom idea to Hollywood. It would feature a ragtag assortment of personalities all working for a .com startup. Hilarity would ensue. If such a sitcom did exist, today…

I’ll be talking with the Gnome himself, Chris Pirillo, on the Chris Pirillo show in a few minutes. It’ll be archived in MP3 once the show’s done, there is also a live feed available. I’ll be talking about iTunes & podcasts, FeedBurner, and the Cubist period in modern art. Or maybe just the first two.

The attacks in London today are already the deadliest one-day attack in British history, and the death toll is almost certain to rise. Steve let us know early this morning that he’s OK (he’s in Europe traveling with his family, was in London until yesterday) but may have some trouble getting home. I have IM’d…

Co-worker John Zeratsky posted a few weeks ago about using Gmail as a spam filter — and I’m embarrassed to admit this never occurred to me. (You may recall around the same time I was investigating how to solve my spam problem, with no success.) I’ve implemented this — essentially forwarding all of my rklau.com…

Erik Heels has a great post detailing all of the five star reviewed albums from Rolling Stone, along with a year-by-year breakdown.