The Podcast Pedant

No, I’m not dead, and I never intended this blog to go dead for this long either. I’m sorry about that.

If you insist on an explanation, I think this is a pretty good one: I managed, almost accidentally, to pick up some contract programming work that is quickly blossoming into even more work. This is a good thing for two reasons:

1. The company’s product is related to podcasting. No, I can’t tell you about it yet. When I can, I will. But I think what they’re doing is rather cool.
2. The work might, in the next few weeks, become solid and stable enough to replace my day job with this, at least in the near- to mid-term.

This is a wonderful thing, because even if I’m doing the same amount of work I’ll be doing it from home, and I’ll have kicked the commute and have the flexibility to get more done with Escape Pod. (My immediate project manager and the company owner are Escape Pod fans, so they are quite willing to accommodate my needs there.) >8->

Anyway. That’s all bright and happy for the future, but in the meantime it effectively means I’m working three jobs: my day job, Escape Pod, and the contract gig. So, no time or energy for Pedant posting. It’s a shame, because there’s been a fair bit going on.

I’ll be trying to get some catchup done in the next couple days or weeks. Yes, I do want to talk about the latest Podshow kerfuffle, although I don’t have the time to get into it tonight. And I’ve been idly working on a couple of more technical pieces, too. Genuine how-to stuff.

I’m also amused to see that there are more people subscribed by Feedburner today than there were the last time I posted. So thank you, you few, you happy few, and I’ll try to make it worth your while from now on.