Of talking shoes and swinging chins

Found out about the most interesting new site today.

I had just posted about my upcoming ebook Talkshoe show (Saturday Dec. 2, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the TeleRead blog, when someone posted a comment in reply about a new type of forum he was starting up called Chinswing. Although it's still in beta, I think it looks rather promising. If Talkshoe is like a voice-based chatroom, Chinswing is a voice-based web bulletin board. Instead of typing forum messages, people record voicemail posts in response to each other. Another rather clever idea, I think, if perhaps not quite so clever as Talkshoe.

I posted a couple of messages there, experimentally. The interface seemed to be simple enough, and the recordings uploaded quickly (but then, I'm on broadband, not dialup). It will be interesting to see if anything comes of it.

Voice Post

Robotech interview/talk show

In a half hour, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on December 1, I will be interviewing controversial Robotech fan Peter Walker on my TalkShoe Robotech show, Space Station Liberty. Feel free to listen, chat, or call in, using the Talkshoe client! Just register and it's a free download. After the show is over, it will be available as a free download in mp3 format. See the link below for information on ways to call in.

Also, Thursday December 7th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, I will be interviewing Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles co-writer/co-director Tommy Yune. Feel free to tune in!