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Today’s Third (and Final) Podcast Episode

curtis_franklin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:32:30 +0000

The final podcast episode for this morning — the third of three. In this episode, I talk about the wild and wooly process of learning what I could eat, and why anything that I might actually want to eat would kill me in short order. This was the part that, had I not already been scared out of my wits, would have terrified me. It’s become much easier to deal with as the panic has subsided, but this is still one of the areas that many folks trip over. It’s a biggie.

If you want to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so on iTunes or directly from Feedburner, or feel free to listen using the embedded player below.

Music in this episode is by High Places / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

[podcast]http://www.cf2group.com/podcasts/heart/CF_LA_Heart_4.mp3[/podcast]

Today’s Second Podcast Episode…

curtis_franklin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:28:28 +0000

The second podcast episode for this morning — the second of three. In this episode, I talk about the process of learning about cardiac rehab. I knew that I enjoyed walking, but I never dreamed how important it would become in getting me through this process. I also talk a bit about the mental and emotional sides of rehab — they’re far more important than many people think.

If you want to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so on iTunes or directly from Feedburner, or feel free to listen using the embedded player below.

Music in this episode is by High Places / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

[podcast]http://www.cf2group.com/podcasts/heart/CF_LA_Heart_3.mp3[/podcast]

Podcast Update 1

curtis_franklin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:24:50 +0000

A new podcast for this morning — the first of three. In this episode, I talk about the process of learning about my medications, and the importance of doing my own research.

If you want to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so on iTunes or directly from Feedburner, or feel free to listen using the embedded player below.

Music in this episode is by High Places / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

[podcast]http://www.cf2group.com/podcasts/heart/CF_LA_Heart_2.mp3[/podcast]

Rapid-fire Podcast Episodes

curtis_franklin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:17:39 +0000

This morning you’re going to see three quick posts with brand new podcast episodes. Why three in one morning? Deadlines, friends, deadlines. I’ll have more from the world of Interop later this week, plus other news and (I hope) a dose of bloggy goodness.

If you want to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so on iTunes or directly from Feedburner.

Blogs and Social Networks…

curtis_franklin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:11:55 +0000

I’ve been spending a fair amount of time ramping up blogging activities. Not here, obviously, but over at the Inside Interop blog. This week, I’ve had posts on cloud computing, data center air-conditioning, print servers, as well as the popular weekend wrap-up post. In addition, I’ve been working on the Interop LinkedIn group, the Interop FaceBook page, and the interop_events Twitter feed. There’s also a major new social networking development that I’ll be able to talk about next week.

So what’s next? More of the same, plus at least three more episodes of the new podcast, a new video (or three, or four…), plus some feature writing (and, oh yeah, I’ve got to finish up my course work for the Spring term). Aside from that, it’s just sitting around watching races on TV for me…

More later…

A New Podcast Begins

curtis_franklin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:19:43 +0000

I’m starting a new podcast project today, and I’m not sure how many episodes it will have. In the episodes I’ll talk about how I’ve learned about my heart — and what I’ve learned. The project is part of a great class I’ve had this term, Designing On-Line Curriculum, at the University of Florida. You can download the podcast episode here, or listen with the embedded player below.

Let me know what you think — more episodes will be coming later this week.

Music in this episode is by High Places / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

[podcast]http://www.cf2group.com/podcasts/heart/CF_LA_Heart_1.mp3[/podcast]

A Busy Blogging Time

curtis_franklin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:12:36 +0000

I’ve been busy blogging over at the Inside Interop site, and there’s a lot more activity to come. We’re working on various social networking approaches to building the Interop community, and I’ll be writing about those here very soon.

I’ll also be starting a new podcast series here — the subject is how I’ve learned about working with cardiac issues. The impetus behind the series is simple — it’s for a class at UF — but I hope that folks will enjoy the way the series goes together. I’m using it as an opportunity to try some new blog capabilities, so it should be an adventure all around.

While we’re waiting for those, feel free to head over to Inside Interop to check out my posts on network infrastructure, keynote addresses, and cloud computing. There’s more to come, soon…

Back to the Blogging, Again

curtis_franklin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:21:25 +0000

You’ve seen the cartoon: a snowball starts at the top of the mountain and speeds down a slope, picking up speed, small farm animals, and our hapless hero along the way. That’s how the months from now until Christmas look right now. I think I’m about three steps in front of the snowball, humping along for all I’m worth.

Part of that is keeping up another blog for my Journalists’ Toolkit class. I have a new entry on photojournalism editing and ethics.It’s an interesting topic for me: I’ve always been interested in photojournalism, and I’ve taken some photos for magazine articles, but I would never consider myself a photojournalist. In the new world of multiple media publishing, though, the walls are tumbling down.

I’m building up to another couple of posts in the next day, and please feel free to head over to The Gainesville Sun to check out my latest column.

Man, that snowball’s getting close…

Yet Another Blog

curtis_franklin — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:45:28 +0000

OK, so I know that I can’t be trusted to regularly update this blog, but I’ve started another blog as part of a class I’m taking at the University of Florida. It has the fairly obvious title of Mid-Career Grad Student, but that’s about as creative as I can be just now. Feel free to check it out–I’ll look forward to your comments, either here or there.

A couple of folks have asked about my first assignment for my class in on-line journalism tools. It’s very short, but you’re welcomed to listen to a brief interview I conducted with a fellow student. As always, comments are welcomed.

Now, all I have to do is find that order form for the 28-hour day…

Notes on a Wednesday Evening

curtis_franklin — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:40:42 +0000

First, sorry that this is the first post of the week. For a “short week,” it’s been jam-packed with action. Where to start? How about this…

My second column appeared in the Gainesville Sun. This one revolved around on-line collaboration tools for small businesses, families, and students. The longer I do the things I do, the more I’m a fan of on-line collaboration tools. I remember what an effort it was to keep track of chapters when I co-wrote two books–now, we’ll just set up a project on a collaboration system and be in Fat City.

I had a first, this week, as well: I wrote a small feature article for the Sun, on the new AT&T usage filters for cell phones. After more than twenty years as a journalist, this was my first feature for a newspaper. Not much of what I’ve done could count as straight-forward reportage–it was nice seeing that I can do the job when I need to.

OK, so I love trying new things: After talking about my excitement over ZuluPad, I think I may have already found something I like better–at least for keeping notes for grad school. Debrief is a feature-packed application for taking and organizing academic and research notes. It’s not so free-form as ZuluPad, but it has great facilities for keeping track of references, setting up assignment reminders, and organizing class and research notes into usable groups. There are three versions: one is always free, and the other two are free for a 30-day trial, after which you can pay for them. I’m trying the Professional version, and I can feel a payment coming on in twenty days or so.

Speaking of school, first assignments are due tomorrow. Today was an incredible day–multiple articles to edit and file at InfoWorld, multiple assignments due for classes, a conference call to talk about changes to a production system, a newsletter deadline, and an evening stint playing the piano for a high-school drama audition. You know what? On the whole, I love it. The moments of panic are good for the circulatory system, and staying busy is good for me. About 15% percent less busy than today would be fine, but, hey, you shouldn’t ask for too much. All of this is a long-winded way of saying that I’ll be posting links to some of my homework assignments (because I’ve been asked to do so, not because I have such a huge ego), but I don’t think this first assignment will be one of those. If you really want to hear it, let me know and I’ll send you the link.

Next time, news about an exciting discovery (or two) that are making my life ever so much better…