Podcasting......

Erica and I did our second podcast assignment last Friday. The night before it was due, I decided that my frustration and anxiety with podcasting was going to result in either 1.) me quitting and say %$# it... or 2.) go to someone else with similar issues with this technology. I decided on the ladder. I looked up some personal blogs, and realized that Erica had been discussing many of the same frustrations I was. I looked to see if she had an AIM account, she did. SO, we talked on AIM for about 30 min, and I asked her if she was interested in doing a podcast with me. She said sure, and was glad that I asked her because she hadn't done hers yet. The funny thing here is, that we have one class together (Dr. Franke's class) and we've never talked face-to-face before, prior to our meeting. We met up on Friday at 1 pm and talked for about 30 min. just trying to sort out exactly what we were going to discuss. We soon began our podcast recording. By 4 pm, we had all that we needed- 6 minutes of discussion! We were absolutely ecstatic!! No way could this be so simple!! We said what we wanted to, recorded it, played it back.. it was great. I haven't felt that good in a very very long time! We did have a few minor issues with uploading it to UiTunes, but we did it! I was so excited that I had contacted her to do it together. 2 heads are indeed better than 1!! We collaborated and really actually had fun doing it. I left at 5:10 pm that night feeling like I could skip down the sidewalk. I felt like we accomplished something MAJOR!! My weekend was fantastic because I had the whole podcast anxiety brushed off my shoulders... the weight of it had disappeared!! I know this might sound dramatic, but it's the truth! I couldn't stop smiling.

Fast forward 4 days. It's Tuesday night, and I decide to show off what I had just accomplished to my parents, when visiting them for dinner. I clicked on our podcast, and all I hear is my voice for about 1 minute, then nothing, then repetition of Erica's voice introducing our podcast. Talk about disappointment. I quickly IMed Erica as soon as I saw it, (9:41:52 PM): "oh my god
Erica (9:42:03 PM): "hah oh no" "what?"
Aimee (9:42:00 PM): "listen to our podcast"
Erica (9:42:08 PM): "oh no"
Erica (9:42:15 PM): "why"
Aimee (9:42:12 PM): ITS TERRIBLE
Erica (9:42:18 PM): i dont want to im scared
Erica (9:42:30 PM): noooo
Erica (9:42:53 PM): oh i dont want to hear it !
Aimee(9:51:53 PM): there is a huge chunk missing!
Aimee (9:52:44 PM): and there are a few parts that repeat
Aimee (9:52:45 PM): ugh
Aimee (9:52:49 PM): what the hell did we do wrong

So here we are, back to square one again, almost. I IMed Dr. Reid this morning and discussed our malfunction, and he said maybe we just need to export it differently.

*Let's hope Thursday is a good day for Erica and Aimee when we try to redo this assignment : (
Wish us luck.