The deal.

April 2nd, 2007 by Randall Bennett (1) featured, meta

So here’s the thing… I’ve been gone for about a month… promising I’d get a show done here and there, and here’s what i’ve come to realize… my new job is killer. WikiReview is going to be a huge success, and the subsequent companies it spawns will also be big.

At this point, the sentence could go two different ways: A) I’m leaving TCD or B ) I’m leaving new job.

Lucky for you, I’m answering with B– I’m leaving my new job.

I’m leaving the reasoning private, but in the meantime TCD will be dark for another month till I get officially “back” and then we’ll be going full-bore.

I’ve come to realize I’m a writer. I like writing, I like telling stories and I don’t like being an executive. That’ll mean I need a CEO eventually, and it won’t be me. I’ll need sales people eventually, and they won’t be me either. I’m going to stick to telling stories for the foreseeable future, because it’s what I like to do, and it’s what I’m good at.

I miss you too, and we’ll be back together soon enough, just give me some time here to figure everything out, and we’ll get back together asap.

Love ya!

Status Update: Part Deux

March 28th, 2007 by Randall Bennett (1) featured

So yeah, another status update… I know you all miss the wonderfulness that is Tech Check Daily, but I think we’re going to move to a weekly show that is guaranteed, with blog posts on Tech Check as we feel appropriate. We’ll have a show friday night for the weekend, and then figure it out from there.

Thanks for staying with us!

I bwoke it.

March 19th, 2007 by Randall Bennett (1) TCDVideo, drm, piracy

Sorry, new studio = new problems. Today, in the five minutes I had, I broke it.

We’ll be back tomorrow. Here’s what I wrote for today, with a link in the show notes.

Seems like we’re always harshing on DRM, but guess what, there’s always something to harsh on. Today’s sip of hater-a-ade? T-Mobile’s parent company, deustche telekom, says up to 75% of their customer support calls for their music service Musicload are related to DRM. Musicload is in a fierce battle in the german market against the iTunes Music store, but unlike their competitors from cupertino, Musicload allows labels and artists to sell their music without any DRM. Seems like they took an apple-esque public letter approach to put pressure on the labels to relax DRM, but hey, it’s not like apple hasn’t ever copied anyone before.

Monday… Swear!

March 15th, 2007 by Randall Bennett (1) meta

Hey,

So we figured out how to solve most of our technological problems (All except how to handle the scripting) and we’re going to be back starting next monday morning. Come hell or high water, we’re going to make it happen. Promise.

Thanks for sticking with us!

Randall

Excuses 2.0

March 14th, 2007 by Randall Bennett (0) TCDVideo, excuses

So we’re still not done yet, but here’s a mini tour of the office.

Do you miss me yet?

March 13th, 2007 by Randall Bennett (0) Story

I know… I know… ITS BEEN FOREVER. I’m really starting to miss you too, but I’ve got to get a monitor, usb keyboard and a lamp before I can get back to tech checking.

SO SORRY!!!!

I’m hurrying, but I’m broke and at a new job. I swear we’re going to be back.

Where we’re @!

March 12th, 2007 by Randall Bennett (0) excuses, featured, meta

We’ve been gone moving into our new office, and with that we’ve got a new strategy and a new way to approach the show. Peep the vid for a quick tour of our office from my iSight camera, which we’ll have later today.