hughmcguire.net » audio http://hughmcguire.net at the intersection of technology, philosophy, and politics (and some other things). Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:21:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 LibriVox 3000 http://hughmcguire.net/2009/12/27/librivox-3000/ http://hughmcguire.net/2009/12/27/librivox-3000/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:50:35 +0000 Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2009/12/27/librivox-3000/ On Saturday December 26, 2009 LibriVox cataloged it’s 3000th free, public domain audiobook title.

]]> http://hughmcguire.net/2009/12/27/librivox-3000/feed/ 2 LibriVox Turns Four http://hughmcguire.net/2009/08/10/librivox-turns-four/ http://hughmcguire.net/2009/08/10/librivox-turns-four/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:17:31 +0000 Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2009/08/10/librivox-turns-four/ librivoxToday is LibriVox’s 4th birthday. LibriVox is a kooky kind of project with the following objective:

To make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet.

Some statistics, as of today:

  • Total number of projects: 3113
  • Number of completed projects: 2556
  • Number of completed non-English projects: 364
  • Total number of languages: 29
  • Number of languages with a completed work: 26
  • Number of completed solo projects: 1214
  • Number of readers: 3094
  • …who have completed something: 2867

Total recorded time in all rss-ified works: 49596721 seconds, or 574 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes, and 1 seconds. Total of 50774 sections.

If you have a soft spot in your heart for LibriVox, perhaps you might consider leaving a little message on the blog, or the forum.

Or even better, perhaps you might help us record a few chapters of public domain texts? …

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]]> http://hughmcguire.net/2009/07/14/what-were-building/feed/ 0 Media Hack 12: Mobile & the Changes that Twitter Wrought http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/26/media-hack-12-mobile-the-changes-that-twitter-wrought/ http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/26/media-hack-12-mobile-the-changes-that-twitter-wrought/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:24:06 +0000 Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/26/media-hack-12-mobile-the-changes-that-twitter-wrought/ This week on Media Hacks we talk about the new iPhone, the next level of mobile, and … yep … Twitter, Iran, and the characteristics of the reach of microblogging.

> Media Hacks 12

]]> http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/26/media-hack-12-mobile-the-changes-that-twitter-wrought/feed/ 0 The Dead http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/16/the-dead/ http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/16/the-dead/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:34:37 +0000 Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/16/the-dead/ One of the reasons I started LibriVox, I think, was so that I could make an audio recording of “The Dead,” by James Joyce, from his collection Dubliners.

It is a story of such grace and skill; the build up slow and good-humoured and banal, but when that last section finally comes, it contains so much nostalgia, so much melancholy, so much revelation. All of us have had those moments, when what we thought we knew got thrown on its head, our own tiny place in the world gently exposed, and the wide, huge and lonely universe – of which we still remain a part – becomes clear and cold and expansive for just that brief moment.

Almost four years after LibriVox was born, I finally got the courage to record the Dead. I don’t think it’s catalogued quite yet, but here are the mp3s for those who want to listen to an audio version of one of the most beautiful-sad short stories ever written.

Happy Bloomsday.

[Thanks to Kayray for the editing, and to Gesine for making sure I finished on time].

]]> http://hughmcguire.net/2009/06/16/the-dead/feed/ 2 Media Hacks #7: How to Get Ahead in Advertising http://hughmcguire.net/2009/04/18/media-hacks-7-how-to-get-ahead-in-advertising/ http://hughmcguire.net/2009/04/18/media-hacks-7-how-to-get-ahead-in-advertising/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:07:56 +0000 Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2009/04/15/media-hacks-7-how-to-get-ahead-in-advertising/ Media Hacks
Here is Media Hacks #7, about where the bucks are or aren’t in online advertising.

This episode, an intimate trio performs for your pleasure: C.C. Chapman, Mitch Joel and me.

LISTEN HERE: Media Hacks: Episode 6.

Or: Mp3 download.

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Man I am getting behind on my Media Hacks postings. Oops. Well here is Media Hacks #6, about Twitter and scalability, Demi Moore’s bum, Facebook’s new company features.

Tearing up the airwaves in this episode: C.C. Chapman, Julien Smith, Chris Penn, Mitch Joel and me.

LISTEN HERE: Media Hacks: Episode 6.

Or: Mp3 download.

]]> http://hughmcguire.net/2009/04/13/media-hacks-6-twitter-demi-moore-facebook/feed/ 0 MediaHacks #5: Twitter as Google Rival http://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/23/mediahacks-5-twitter-as-google-rival/ http://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/23/mediahacks-5-twitter-as-google-rival/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:13:10 +0000 Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/23/mediahacks-5-twitter-as-google-rival/ Media HacksMedia Hacks #5: this one ended up pretty interesting, talking about Twitter as a search engine and possible Google rival, Google search tweaks, brands, and conferences/unconferences. On the media hacks hotline: C.C. Chapman, Julien Smith, Chris Penn, Mitch Joel and me.

LISTEN HERE: Media Hacks: Episode 5

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LISTEN HERE: Media Hacks: Episode 4

]]> http://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/10/media-hacks-4-economy-advertising-news-books/feed/ 0 Media Hacks #2 http://hughmcguire.net/2009/02/14/media-hacks-2/ http://hughmcguire.net/2009/02/14/media-hacks-2/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:40:55 +0000 Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2009/02/14/media-hacks-2/ Media HacksI should have posted this a while ago, but: Mitch Joel has convened a collection of talkers for a semi-regular (bi-weekly?) discussion about what’s on our media minds. The radio show (which you can listen to on your computer) is called Media Hacks, and said hacks include: C.C. Chapman, Chris Brogan, Chris Penn, Julien Smith, Mitch and me. Not all of the hacks will be there every episode, but some of us will be.

Episode 2 is about Wikipedia, Britannica, and Gaming. The audio is crackly, but the talkin is crackin’ good stuff.

LISTEN HERE: Media Hacks: Episode 2

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