HIT Episode 8
Here’s our special birthday episode. Thanks to all the emails that you sent in we were able to add some new segments. Hit Music features our album and track picks while Today in History as it name implies talks about something interesting that happened on the day we shot the show.
As usual we’ve really been busy but your encouragement has really helped a lot.
This week’s Hot Interesting Topics include Casting Crowns, David Phelps, Kitchie Nadal, Writeboard, Systran.com, and The Big Comic Database. We also look back at Apollo 7 and the Wizard of Oz and fill you in on Apple’s latest product announcement.
DOWNLOAD:
- Quicktime H.264 - (PC-Mac/8:59/15.4MB)
- MP4 - (PC-Mac/8:59/25.1MB)
- M4V - (iPod Video/8:59/44.1MB)
Requires Quicktime 7: PC | Mac.
Watch it streaming here (courtesy of YouTube.com).
SHOW NOTES:
Today in History
- October 11, 1968: Apollo 7 Launched
- October 12, 1938: Production on Wizard of Oz begins
Web Hits
- Joanna: Big Cartoon Database - Database of Old Cartoons
- James: Systran - Accurate Online Translation
- Michael: Writeboard - Online Collaboration Software
Hit Music
- James: Lifesong
- Michael: Life Is A Church
- Joanna: Kitchie Nadal
Link mentioned:
- Musicworx
He’s Into Tech
Apple’s “One More Thing…” Event
San Jose California
October 12, 2005
- iPod (with Video)
- new iMac (with Built in iSight & Remote)
October 15th, 2005 at 11:14 pm
the echos kinda drove me crazy on this episode guys.
October 16th, 2005 at 12:34 am
Yeah. Realized it too late. Unfortunately we didn’t have much time and anywhere else to shoot.
October 17th, 2005 at 7:23 pm
i love u show so far… but i have to say the audio quality is not that good! just want u to be aware of that…
keep up the good work guys!!!
October 18th, 2005 at 12:25 pm
The echo is ep 6 and ep 8 is hard to listen to. Keep up the great episodes but lose the echo. thanks for your hard work!
October 19th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
I agree, echos were killing me. I know you will fix the problem by the next episode, so no worries!
ET
www.almostageek.com
October 20th, 2005 at 12:13 am
Hey guys- Just found your site today and have watched Episode 1 and 8… I think you’re doing a good job, but allow me to comment, if you will…
1. Change your theme song. This is a must… try to get away from a known (and aged) pop variety and consider either making your own (toned down) less repetitive version or using different music selections that are chosen for each episode. Imagine a piece of music about 3 minutes long and using different sections of this work during different breaks of your show. Having the exact same 3 seconds of audio “Hit me baby one more time” can drive one a bit crazy.
2. Don’t be afraid to not mention the word “hit” every 30 seconds. I understand you are trying to get your name engrained… but get people to stay with you with your content, not by saying your name 1000 times.
3. Get some wireless mics if you are serious about this…Something like this:
http://www.vistek.ca/details/detail_over.aspeCode=157974&TYPE=&Specs=N&Box=N
-This will eliminate echo or background noise issues at most filming locations and really give you more freedom on where you can shoot.
4. If I were you, I would streamline my video offerings… Right now you are offering normal, h.264, and iPod versions? Is this right? Since the iPod does hardware decoding of h.264 why not use that and eliminate at least one of the versions…. this has to be killing you guys on encoding time.
Anyway, you guys all clearly have a lot of energy and are really excited about doing this and I think that is the #1 ingredient for you to be successful. I am living in Shanghai, China right now and IPTV is my source for everything… I look forward to seeing you guys grow!
I’ll keep watching! Good luck!
Eric
October 21st, 2005 at 6:49 pm
I agree with Eric….You guys are great but just need to work on the theme song, no need to say HIT so many times during the show and i have to keep turing the volume up and down between your segments and that theme song…You can do it guys..make it happen!!