Those of you who know me and Al know that neither of us are ever really at a loss for words. So when we were looking for ways to bring new technologies and interactive options to this web site in the coming year, we immediately threw out ideas about pod casting and blogging – because as Al says, “it’s all the rage.” Of course, most of you know that even in New Hampshire, these things are not exactly NEW but let’s just let Al think he’s hip for a minute, shall we?

In true brainstorming fashion, where you begin is nothing close to where you end up. The first idea Al had was to do a pod cast. Now as with most things Al thinks are cool, he knows they are cool but doesn’t really know what they are or how they work. So our resident web geek, Steve, and I had to explain what a pod cast is. Simply, we said, it’s like a video or audio blog. “Oh,” he said. “That’s cool!” And once again the world makes sense.

We very quickly eliminated the idea of doing a video pod cast because Al should never have a video camera in his office with a live feed over the Internet for obvious reasons. Then we told him he could do an audio pod cast from his desk and he loved that idea. “I have a radio show – of course I can do that!”

But then what would he discuss? He suggested a monthly pod cast of our newsletter, On the Air, but I thought, “Who the heck wants to hear Al read a newsletter to them? Certainly not me.” He said he could just talk about industry news and legislative updates – or you know, whatever. Then it became painfully obvious to me that he would run out of material and this would become my project soon enough. So I suggested that I do it instead. He agreed (much too quickly I might add.) And even though this is a broadcast-related Association and my formal training is in broadcasting, I didn’t want to pod cast. Mostly because I don’t like the sound of my own voice – which is probably why I knew I’d never make it on the station side of this industry! Sorry to disappoint you. Instead, we decided I’d have a weekly blog. So here it is. Enjoy!

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