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Ham Radio and SOTA Ahead

1/1/2016 By Michael

KX3_680Last summer my interest in ham radio had a bit of a resurgence. I have been licensed for years, but other than acquiring a good number of UHF & VHF radios, I did little with my ham license. A few months ago I stumbled across SOTA – Summits on the Air, a program aimed at those who enjoy hiking, peak bagging and radio. That did it for me, I was hooked. SOTA fits perfectly with my enthusiasm for outdoor adventures. I quickly attended a few presentations, met some extremely helpful and friendly fellow hams and then went about acquiring the equipment and knowledge to get going.

The big trick to amateur radio is that everyone assumes you come to the table with a certain amount of technical knowledge. That was the barrier for me. I have never owned a HF rig, nor did I know much of anything about antennas, QRP operations, propagation etc. I’m starting to get a handle on it now and am ready to get out there. I thought I’d use this space to share some of the lessons I learn along the way in the interest of making it a bit easier for the next SOTA newbie.

Filed Under: Radio, SOTA

Filed Under: Radio, SOTA

How To Set Up A Branded Short Domain

9/15/2014 By Michael

You work hard to ensure a consistent brand across multiple social media and web sites. However, a key opportunity is often missed and it is one that really makes you stand out: a custom short domain. I decided to set one up for my site MWGblog.

A short domain allows you to shorten long convoluted URLs to something more manageable. To go the extra step, you can set up your own short domain so that the links you post carry your personal brand across the web. As an example, let’s say I want to link to one of the books I wrote a few years back. Now I can link to the Amazon page for the book like this: http://mwgblog.link/ZkYqN5 or I can customize the link further like this: http://mwgblog.link/podcastsolutions.

Here is what one looks like on Twitter:

Example Short Domain Twitter Post

I accomplished this in under 30 minutes using a Bitly account. Here’s how I did it.

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Filed Under: General, Professional Podcasting Tagged With: Branding, Podcasting

Filed Under: General, Professional Podcasting Tagged With: Branding, Podcasting

Paleo at Pei Wei

9/11/2014 By Michael

I have finally figured out a good Paleo friendly order at Pei Wei.

Order: Teriyaki with steamed chicken, no rice, no sauce and extra vegetables.

If you want to sound like you are a Pei Wei insider ask for “stock velveted chicken.”  Stock velveting is their term for steaming protein and cuts about 30% of the calories. 

Filed Under: General

Filed Under: General

MWGblog Resurrected – 2014

8/30/2014 By Michael

MWGblog, my personal site has been resurrected… again.

Over the last few months I’ve toyed with the idea of using MWGblog again. Don’t get me wrong, Facebook and Twitter are great, but posts on those sites are ephemeral by design. They come and go in that constant stream of updates. I miss the more permanent approach that a blog provides. Just in cleaning up the theme and WordPress install I came across posts from the early days of podcasting and lot’s of great pictures of my kids marking various special events. I don’t get that experience on Facebook. Besides, it’s nice to have a place to call your own on the Internet.

In a bit of a coincidence, I noticed that exactly nine years ago today I first resurrected MWGblog after splitting off Reel Reviews. That was a good run but my posting to the site dropped off in 2009. I hope to remedy that moving forward.

If you’d like to follow along, please make sure you are subscribed.

Filed Under: General, Noteworthy

Filed Under: General, Noteworthy

Remotely Lock Your Mac via iPhone

8/19/2014 By Michael

Found a great method for remotely locking your Mac using your iPhone.  Uses: Hazel, Dropbox and Launch Center Pro.  Works great. Found on Rick Stawarz site.

Filed Under: General

Filed Under: General
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Michael W. Geoghegan is founder and CEO of GigaVox Media.

As a pioneer of podcasting, Michael created some of the first corporate podcasts, including efforts by Disney. Michael is also creator of the 2008 & 2011 James Beard Award winning "GrapeRadio" and "Reel Reviews: Films Worth Watching."

He is editor-in-chief of the Podcast Academy™ book series and co-author of Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Podcasting.

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