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Giant Squid Audio LabDecember 28 2008

Giant Squid Audio Labs specializes in miniature stereo and mono microphones. The company offers a selection of high fidelity analog and digital audio microphone hardware for professional and consumer digital and analog audio recording. They make their own model of small, durable, high fidelity microphones that can be discretely mounted.

Some parts in a couple of Giant Squid units were found in small, obscure industrial parts catalogs and have to be special ordered from an overseas distributor. These kind of high end parts give the edge of durability and quality to Giant Squid products.

Through the company’s history, microphones made by Giant Squid Audio Lab have been purchased by satisfied customers in fields ranging from professional Radio broadcast reporters to dance club disc jockeys, from professional stage musicians to missionaries, and from DAT and Mini Disc audio collecting hobbyists to computer notebook owners.

Being that I am a podcaster and videographer myself, I’ve been using a few of Giant Squid Audio Labs’ produc

Teens in Tech ConferenceDecember 5 2008

The past couple of months, Sam Levin (@samlevin) and I have been planning a event called the Teens in Tech Conference. The Teens in Tech Conference, simply put, is bringing youth and technology together in San Francisco. We have some amazing speakers, Daniel Ha (CEO of Disqus), Eric Kerr (CEO of AppLoop), Adam Jackson (Evangelist at Yoono), Jessica Mah (Founder of internshipIN), Jake Jarvis (Facebook developer), Sam Purtill (Engineer at YouNoodle), Derek Johnston (CEO of Tatango) and many more amazing speakers. You can find the full list here. Here is the information on date, time, location and other details of the Teens in Tech Conference:

When: Saturday January 31, 2009
Where: Microsoft San Francisco - 835 Market St Suite 700 - San Francisco, CA 94103 (

SendItoMe: Upload & ShareOctober 25 2008

Today, I came across a new site called SendItoMe. In simple terms, SendItoMe is like YouSendIt, except with better security, like encrypted HTTPS session (SSL/TLS) to make sure your data is secure, and with a few other features. To date, what many of these file transfer sites don’t provide is security. When I send over a big document, I don’t want the the whole world to see it; all I want is that the person I am sending the file to is able to see it, and nobody else. With SendItoMe, that is the case. With their SSL/TLS security, intruders can’t peek on the downlaod, and after 24 hours, the file gets deleted. That’s what I call security.

I don’t like sending files over the internet for two reasons:

1. Security: If I send a file, it is usually intended for one person, and one person only. With YouSendit you don’t know what happens after its uploaded. It probably stays on their servers, but who knows. With SendItoMe the file gets deleted in 24 hours.
2. Simplicity: There are other services that are similar to SendItoMe, but this service is very to use. All you have to do is type in the recipient’s email address, your email address (which is opti

Microphones Matter: Blue MicrphonesOctober 19 2008

I don’t tend to blog that much about podcast equipment, but I really wanted to share some tips and great microphones with you. Being that I am a podcaster, a mic is what I rely on to make my sound good when I talk. I believe that microphones are really essential pieces of equipment for anyone doing anything with audio.

When I started podcasting, I originally started with a $3.00 mic from Target. It took audio, and put it in my computer. Exactly what a mic should do. It sounded horrible (if you go listen to really old Apple Universe episodes, you can hear what I mean), but it got the job done, which is what mattered to me. As I started producing more and more episodes, I started getting better equipment. Thanks to a great sponsor of mine, Twitter, I received the Snowball mic from Blue Mic, along with other gear.

I found everything I needed in that one microphone. Great sound, great quality, easy to use, and best of all, its USB powered. It was the perfect USB microphone for me.

iPhone App: Random Facts [UPDATED]October 12 2008

Ever since the launch of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, some amazing apps have been released. One of the coolest that was just released is Random Facts.

Random Facts contains a database of hundreds of bizarre and interesting facts. Just tap on “Random Fact!” and you’ll be presented one randomly. Did you know karaoke means “buy this app” in Japanese? That’s not true, but with this app you’ll learn what karaoke really translates too. For less then a dollar Random Facts will provide entertainment for you and your friends for hours. [Official Description from App Store]

The application was developed by 16 year old Adam Debreczeni of CrossWireStudio. Adam Debreczeni is the founder of CrossWireStudio, co-host of TechToday, and the host of CrossWire. He also devel