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About Me

I'm a host of podcasts and videos at CNET.com as well as the host of a couple of independent podcasts. I want to meet other podcasters and learn from them as well as share my experiences.



My Speaking Schedule

1 total
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
You want an engaged community. You want your audience to interact with your show and help spread the word. Then you get flamed. Then your feedback is filled with trolls. What do you do? Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt have dealt with the best and worst of the online community and share their experiences and specific tips and tricks for dealing with a passionate audience. They'll tell you how to reward the good convert the bad and avoid the purely evil. You'll come away from this workshop armed with knowledge on how to make your community a better place for you and your listeners to grow your show.

My Schedule

1 total
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
You want an engaged community. You want your audience to interact with your show and help spread the word. Then you get flamed. Then your feedback is filled with trolls. What do you do? Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt have dealt with the best and worst of the online community and share their experiences and specific tips and tricks for dealing with a passionate audience. They'll tell you how to reward the good convert the bad and avoid the purely evil. You'll come away from this workshop armed with knowledge on how to make your community a better place for you and your listeners to grow your show.

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acedtect: I want to write for SciFi schows.
Aug 29
acedtect: @fordo I *know* I have noticed that before. And the worst thing is, once you notice, the thought never leaves you.
Aug 29
acedtect: Draft Belmont - http://belmont08.com/
Aug 29
acedtect: Belmont '08 "She'll jab her eyes out with a fork!"
Aug 29
acedtect: @Veronica That's the kind of rhetoric I'm looking for. Veronica for President!
Aug 29
acedtect: Listening to Extralife Radio and eating a tuna sandwhich
Aug 29
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live right now at http://ping.fm/N777N We are not talking about Sarah Palin... or Michael Palin.
Aug 29
acedtect: So... Just to be clear on your choices as I understand them from the media. Big ears-Plagiarist or Grumpy-Moose Killer.
Aug 29
acedtect: @mager Works fine in Firefox on my Mac though. Weird.
Aug 29
acedtect: It's official James Garner is McCain's running Mate. Maverick-Maverick 08
Aug 28
acedtect: I have nothing sarcastic or cleverly ironic to say about Barack Obama's speech. Not bad.
Aug 28
acedtect: McCain-Pawlenty? ... or McCain-POLENTA!
Aug 28
acedtect: Lines are open 888-900-2638. Give us call. CNET Live starts at 4 PM Eastern at http://www.cnettv.com/
Aug 28
acedtect: Prepping for CNET Live in one hour at http://www.cnettv.com/ Our guest has cool office toys!
Aug 28
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live right now at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 28
acedtect: Wondering if I should haul dead DLP into CNET to do a video on changing capacitors.
Aug 27
acedtect: Revving up to finish three scrips on ISO images, BIOS, and rescue disks.
Aug 27
acedtect: Please keep my television's dead capacitors in your thoughts.
Aug 26
acedtect: I love David Gergen. There, I said it.
Aug 26
acedtect: Hillary Clinton looks like someone sewed extra cheeks on her. No performance enhancers!
Aug 26
acedtect: Streaming The Real Deal live at http://ping.fm/N777N Topic: Passwords
Aug 26
acedtect: At Flames with @nsolis @mager and @golampo
Aug 26
acedtect: Streaming Buzz Out Loud live http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 26
acedtect: CNET's production crew is powering the streaming of CBS online convention video. Go crew! http://tinyurl.com/5f4q3p
Aug 25
acedtect: @jeffreymcmanus w00t, brother.
Aug 25
acedtect: Streaming Buzz Out Loud live at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 25
acedtect: Shawn Johnson is the first of many alien invaders who will rule us all with an iron fist of smiles.
Aug 24
acedtect: The brain needs whitespace.
Aug 24
acedtect: @bigepaz And all his empty promises.
Aug 24
acedtect: Someone's honking at the marathon runners. They are lane hogs.
Aug 23
acedtect: @extralife. Well of course!
Aug 23
acedtect: Listening to ExtraLife Radio
Aug 23
acedtect: Listening to Jawbone radio.
Aug 23
acedtect: I suspect that there's a connection between Area 52 and alien babies using 25.
Aug 22
acedtect: Finally! Some answers. http://thetruthabout25.com/
Aug 22
acedtect: @chris2x The calendar integration on exchange. Got something that will handle that and I'm gone baby gone!
Aug 22
acedtect: @fordo The search folders, the janky exchange integration, the interface, the responsiveness.
Aug 22
acedtect: OH "Now that I'm running the biosurveillance unit." Whoa.
Aug 22
acedtect: @scottsimpson Shall we draft Chris Collinsworth to run for President?
Aug 22
acedtect: @jawboneradio So if I read this correctly then the answer to What Are the *Babies* Using? would also be 25.
Aug 22
acedtect: @jawboneradio so is each baby using 25, or are all 4 collectively using a 25?
Aug 21
acedtect: What are 4 baby's using?
Aug 21
acedtect: I'm being stressed about my presentation tomorrow morning Twitter. And it's not helping that you keep asking me 'What are you doing?'
Aug 21
acedtect: Whenever I eat mushrooms, I feel a little bit like I'm eating soup.
Aug 21
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live at http://ping.fm/N777N with free jokes! (no warranty)
Aug 21
acedtect: @caseymckinnon You shouldn't have to keep money in your ass. We can all pitch in and by you a piggy bank. Seriously.
Aug 20
acedtect: Is there an Easter egg? http://whatsthebabyusing.com/
Aug 20
acedtect: Thanks to the Olympics, I now know of a laxative that's gentler on my body. Is there anything the Olympics can't do?
Aug 20
acedtect: Dharma Initiative Testing has begun! http://www.dharmawantsyou.com/
Aug 20
acedtect: @tossayo. Easily even. I haven't taken a side.
Aug 20
acedtect: Contestant" Obscure References for $2500" Alex: "Apparently, 25." Contestant:...
Aug 20
acedtect: http://stopthemanga.com has launched their fight against Manga Avatars. We need a Manga UN.
Aug 20
acedtect: @extralife By Odin's Beard it's 25!
Aug 20
acedtect: Streaming Buzz Out Loud live at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 20
acedtect: I'm curious if any of you know what the baby is using?
Aug 19
acedtect: @jawboneradio 25
Aug 19
acedtect: The Manga avatar cold war is heating up!
Aug 19
acedtect: The Real Deal streaming live at http://ping.fm/N777N Talking about Olympic video and what we've learned from it.
Aug 19
acedtect: To those very few who don't also follow @Veronica. Veronica New Sword and Laser is up! Watership Down" http://swordandlaser.com/?p=44
Aug 19
acedtect: @caseymckinnon. What a coincidence! @wilharris got to see mine today.
Aug 19
acedtect: All right people. Fess up. Who rushed perfection?
Aug 19
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live with special guest Wil Harris from ChannelFlip. http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 19
acedtect: @mollywood No butt cheeks in Table Tennis on CNBC
Aug 18
acedtect: Which 200M runner is the Irishman? The glowing pale one wearing all green. And he won the heat too! (because I promised him free whiskey)
Aug 18
acedtect: Being persuaded to join an anti-manga-avatar movement by @bigepaz
Aug 18
acedtect: At Hawaiian Drive-Inn for Kalua Pork
Aug 18
acedtect: Just got the http://dharmwantsyou.com/ recruiting email!
Aug 17
acedtect: Now I want to take up rowing.
Aug 17
acedtect: @jonfingas Yep. Adams Point, Old Oakland, Grand and Broadway, Rockridge, to name a few.
Aug 17
acedtect: Just made a joke but @Veronica wasn't around to tell me if it was funny.
Aug 17
acedtect: New East Meets West is up at http://ping.fm/e0wJK
Aug 17
acedtect: East Meets West is in the can. Posting shortly.
Aug 17
acedtect: Aaand for those of you wondering WTF it's a breast-cancer awareness fundraiser
Aug 17
acedtect: I realize that last post needs a pic http://twitpic.com/83i0
Aug 17
acedtect: Seeing my first art bra showing.
Aug 17
acedtect: @randallb I have to say that's one of the worst put-together conspiracies ever. LOL. Maybe I'll do one.
Aug 17
acedtect: The body types of Olympic weightlifters are very different than the body types at New Media Expo
Aug 17
acedtect: 52-inch TV's look sad when they can't turn themselves on.
Aug 17
acedtect: My HDTV's lamp burned out while I was away. Time for a new TV! (Is that an overreaction?)
Aug 16
acedtect: Back home in Oakland no matter what Twinkle says. Good to be home.
Aug 16
acedtect: Why aren't there more pillows at airport gates? Or any?
Aug 16
acedtect: Having lunch with @notpatrick @jonathancoulton and @jawboneradio
Aug 16
acedtect: @JonathanCoulton on stage with Baby's Got Back
Aug 15
acedtect: @Vwronica is famous. She just got called out as a celebrity attendee in Vegas. I'm so proud.
Aug 15
acedtect: Double Down Saloon has been invaded by the Web.
Aug 15
acedtect: The NME of my #NME is my friend.
Aug 15
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud with special Guest Veronica Belmont streaming live at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 15
acedtect: 20 minutes to a half hour away from streaming Buzz out Loud live from Vegas.
Aug 15
acedtect: We're eating at Canter's Deli at Treasure Island
Aug 14
acedtect: I'm really freaking hungry
Aug 14
acedtect: Robert acoble is here but has not yet stepped on my foot.
Aug 14
acedtect: Done syncing and recharging. Back downstairs to hang with peeps.
Aug 14
acedtect: Lunch conversation with @Veronica @raygun01 @randydeluxe @notpatrick
Aug 14
acedtect: Oh battery life, will you ever be good?
Aug 14
acedtect: Streaming Buzz Out Loud live at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 14
acedtect: If you happen to be at New Media Expo in Las Vegas, why not stop by Room 243? @Veronica and I will be starting our workshop shortly.
Aug 14
acedtect: Preparing for our presentation on engaging the audience at New Media Expo with @Veronica
Aug 14
acedtect: Veronica said I need to stop Twittering things I say.
Aug 13
acedtect: Earlier Veronica reminded me I'm funny and just reminded me I suck. I'm so senile.
Aug 13
acedtect: A little goiter and burn vicim skin graft talk-- dinner with @Veronica
Aug 13
acedtect: Podcaster buffet beginning.
Aug 13
acedtect: About to order a Janeway salad. I figure she always looks healthy.
Aug 13
acedtect: Waiting in the far reaches of the Oakland airport to head to Las Vegas.
Aug 13
acedtect: Ratio of electronics to clothes packed for NME: 3:1.
Aug 13
acedtect: The roof, the roof the roof was on fire.
Aug 13
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live shortly at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 12
acedtect: If OS X ever got a decent email client it could probably threaten Windows.
Aug 12
acedtect: Laying on the couch researching stories for Buzz Out Loud (have decided to go literal with the Twitter textbox)
Aug 12
acedtect: @jpcrepeau Yes, but only when I look in the replies tab.
Aug 12
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 11
acedtect: Metabolising.
Aug 10
acedtect: Did the jailbreak in Harpo Marx simple mode. Works great.
Aug 9
acedtect: @benofsky @adimester. Not so! Olympic baseball is played now and Cuba is dominant. But they're kicking it out of the olympics.
Aug 9
acedtect: Just upgraded iPhone to jailbroken 2.0.1 firmware. http://tinyurl.com/59d4cr
Aug 9
acedtect: Just to be clear I actually love team handball.
Aug 9
acedtect: Of course we don't need rugby and baseball in the olympics Things like shooting and team handball are so obviously much more popular.
Aug 9
acedtect: It really is amazing how every two years the world comes together as one and pays attention to Bob Costas.
Aug 8
acedtect: Streaming Buzz Out Loud live at http://ping.fm/N777N
Aug 8
acedtect: Wondering what it will be like when broadcast networks finally allow live broadcasts.
Aug 8
acedtect: Going to New Media Expo? Me and @Veronica are hosting a workshop on trolls and engaging your audience. Come on by! http://tinyurl.com/5gdq3y
Aug 7
acedtect: CNET Live starting in 12 minutes with David Merkoski from Frog Design and guest host Molly Wood. http://www.cnettv.com/ 888-900-2638
Aug 7
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live today at http://ping.fm/N777N Come join.
Aug 7
acedtect: Week without Google search is over but haven't sen the need to reset my defaults back yet. Found that most search is pretty good.
Aug 7
CNET Quick Tips: Use a USB drive as RAM in Windows Vista
If your Vista machine needs a little extra pep, you can use an unused USB drive as RAM. See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Aug 7
acedtect: Using Entourage is like conducting your workday with a beartrap clamped around your ankle.
Aug 6
acedtect: Waiting for my new coat to arrive.
Aug 6
acedtect: Maybe thi sis old, but I just discovered the ACME catalog - http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html
Aug 5
acedtect: @Tmalanga Yeah I had issues when I installed beta 1. Mostly because I switched from Parallels http://tinyurl.com/5hbpp7
Aug 4
acedtect: Upgrading to VMWare Fusion Beta 2. Already makes the Windows splash screen bigger on startup.
Aug 4
acedtect: Buzz Out Loud streaming live at http://ping.fm/N777N Rafe Needleman filling in for Molly.
Aug 4
acedtect: Ask.com really letting me down in my no-Google search experiment. Yahoo's excellent.
Aug 3
acedtect: One thing about not using Google is the quirky short strings I got used to need to be tweaked a bit for other search engines.
Aug 2
acedtect: Day 4 without Google Search. Not a problem. Even tried 'index.of' searches on Yahoo. Worked fine.
Aug 2
CNET Buzz Out Loud 779: Ok A moo
See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video at CNET TV. 		Aug 1
Sword and Laser 10 - OMG Bunnies!
The latest episode of the Sword and Laser Book Club podcast is out. we intro our latest book, Watership Down ad talk a bit about some scifi and fantasy book news as well as start a giveaway! Get the podcast at: Swordandlaser.com 		Aug 1
CNET Live: Blip.TV
See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Aug 1
acedtect: This isn't an "I hate Google" thing. It's just investigative. How much different is it without Google. Haven't tried since 1999!
Aug 1
acedtect: Google outage sprung from last Real Deal episode on search. Mostly just using Yahoo.
Aug 1
acedtect: Day 3 without Google Search -- So far Google News is the only thing I miss.
Aug 1
CNET Insider Secrets: Create a hidden operating system
The new TrueCrypt allows you to hide an operating system inside an encrypted drive. See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Jul 31
CNET Top 5: Worst downloads of the summer
People love to know what the worst is, so every three months we check in on the worst downloads from Download.com. See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Jul 31
acedtect: CNET Live is finally playing at http://www.cnettv.com/
Jul 31
acedtect: CNET Live temporarily delayed by technical difficulties.
Jul 31
acedtect: CNET Live streaming at 4 PM Eastern. http://www.cnettv.com/ call now 888-900-CNET(2638)
Jul 31
acedtect: CNET :Live starting at 4 PM Eastern. Get your call in now. 888-900-CNET (2638).
Jul 31
acedtect: Streaming Buzz Out Loud live at http://ping.fm/N777N Molly's drinking Everclear.
Jul 31
acedtect: Stopping using Google Search for a week starting.... now.
Jul 29
acedtect: Streaming The Real Deal podcast recording live at http://ping.fm/N777N Topic is search
Jul 29
acedtect: Happy 12th of Thermidor everyone - http://tinyurl.com/5gu6w
Jul 29
acedtect: When are we gonna go metric with the calendar?
Jul 29
CNET Buzz Out Loud 774: The feel-good episode of the year
See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video at CNET TV. 		Jul 28
CNET Live: Hulu
We have the CTO from Hulu on to talk about the popular site for major network videos. See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Jul 28
CNET Top 5: Best digital music stores
See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Jul 28
acedtect: @Rafe Did you understand Twitter in 10 seconds the first time you heard about it?
Jul 28
acedtect: Streaming Buzz Out Loud live at http://ping.fm/N777N
Jul 28
acedtect: @niai_mack Well, not much help there. My Grandpa bought it at Famous Barr in St. Louis in something like 1954.
Jul 27
acedtect: New East Meets West is up - http://ping.fm/YDEOW
Jul 27
acedtect: Awaiting @jollyroger for East Meets West, no doubt filled with comicon news.
Jul 27
acedtect: Headed to a kite festival. Bets on how many times I hear the phrase, "Go fly a kite"?
Jul 27
acedtect: Striek that. @bigepaz was streaming during previous test. New test reveals 15.9 MB down adn 2MB up.
Jul 26
acedtect: Have 16MB 'burst' Getting 10MB down and 1.2 up. Still better than 1.5 up/down I had on DSL. No FIOS in Oakland.
Jul 26
acedtect: Just got cable internet. Fast fast fast.
Jul 26
acedtect: Shhhhh. Creating a hidden operating system.
Jul 25
CNET Insider Secrets: jailbreak iPhone 2.0
Jailbreak the new 2.0 iPhone software. These instructions show how it works on a mAc. At this writing the Windows way is a bit more complicated. See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Jul 24
acedtect: @patricknorton Have at it!
Jul 24
CNET Buzz Out Loud 769: The strongest and hardest
See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video at CNET TV. 		Jul 21
CNET Top 5: Most powerful computers
We count down the fastest most powerful supercomputers in the world!!! See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Jul 17
CBS Early Show - San Francisco server lockout
Just recorded an interview with John Blackstone from the CBS Early Show. (Gee how did they get my name?) They wanted some insight into the effects of what Terri Childs has done to the City of San Francisco’s municipal network. If you haven’t heard he changed some passwords, apparently on routers, and refuses to tell anyone what they are. He’s in jail now. Here’s the video. 		Jul 16
CNET Quick Tips: Send free text messages on the iPhone
You can use the AIM app to send text messages on not impact your text message allowance. See more videos like this at CNET TV. Link to this video on CNET TV. 		Jul 16