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On Broadcast

We ran our second live broadcast this morning for eOnCall. Tim Barrett of No Geek Left Behind joined me for a discussion on communities in the relam of small businesses. We also videotaped the broadcast so at some point in the future, for those who may be interested, you can see us pull back the curtains and witness just what we go through to put on a live show (it's not really as interesting as you might otherwise think).

Getting ready for the broadcast was a bit of an adventure, though. After being up for 22 straight hours (and only getting two hours sleep before that) I was about to crash in the hotel room when I noticed it was a bit warm in the room. I had turned down the AC earlier in the day, but it wasn't anywhere near that temperature. So I placed a quick call to the front desk and they sent someone right up. He got the fan blowing, but the compressor wouldn't come on, so I could either take a new room or let him spend a couple of hours trying to get it working. It was cool enough that I opted to open the balcony window to let the cool night air in and give it a go at that, and the thought of packing up the room and moving right then wasn't very palatable.

Unfortunately, I should have requested a room move right then and there, because it never did cool down and there was (surprisingly) a lot of traffic noise, and so I didn't get much sleep. So, at 5am local time, I called down and requested another room. I got a new room key brought up to me immediately, and I packed up and moved with an hour to spare before hooking up to get online for the broadcast.

At any rate, the show went off without a hitch, and the episode is already available on the archive site and on iTunes as well. Enjoy!