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Part 3: Structure.
I think i was avoiding writing this last part due to the fact that we are all still learning how to do podcasting without sounding like idiots – and for anyone who has heard us – we still sound like idiots. So what i am going to do is go through all the tips and structure guidelines Charlie and i have been trying to follow. Of course they are not commandments sent down by Harper the Podcast God. These are just some loose guidelines and hints that Charlie and i both have had great success in using to create our awesome and somewhat insane podcast.
I want to jump right into the form and structure of a podcast. When i think about doing a podcast, a couple things really jump out at me.
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I think i was avoiding writing this last part due to the fact that we are all still learning how to do podcasting without sounding like idiots – and for anyone who has heard us – we still sound like idiots. So what i am going to do is go through all the tips and structure guidelines Charlie and i have been trying to follow. Of course they are not commandments sent down by Harper the Podcast God. These are just some loose guidelines and hints that Charlie and i both have had great success in using to create our awesome and somewhat insane podcast.
I want to jump right into the form and structure of a podcast. When i think about doing a podcast, a couple things really jump out at me.
→ Continue reading...
by Harper on Mar 14 | 106 Comments | Permalink
tagged skinnycorp, harper, podcast, podcasting, charlie, howto
tagged skinnycorp, harper, podcast, podcasting, charlie, howto
Jake, Jacob and I have been speaking a lot lately. We've had the honor of speaking at places all over the country such as MIT, Parsons, DePaul, and UCLA amongst others.
We were recently invited to speak at the CustomerMade Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. I can't even explain how incredibly excited we are to participate in this with such a distinguished list of speakers.
If anyone lives in Copenhagen and would like to meet us out for a pint or 5, don't hesitate to get in touch! We'll be tearing up the streets of Copenhagen for 5 days from April 18 - 23.
UPDATE: here's a link to watch our presentation http://www.digicast.dk/ilab/. Ours is in the bottom right corner.
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We were recently invited to speak at the CustomerMade Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. I can't even explain how incredibly excited we are to participate in this with such a distinguished list of speakers.
If anyone lives in Copenhagen and would like to meet us out for a pint or 5, don't hesitate to get in touch! We'll be tearing up the streets of Copenhagen for 5 days from April 18 - 23.
UPDATE: here's a link to watch our presentation http://www.digicast.dk/ilab/. Ours is in the bottom right corner.
by Jeffrey on Mar 11 | 164 Comments | Permalink
tagged skinnycorp, ucla, copenhagen, mit, parsons, depaul, innovation lab
tagged skinnycorp, ucla, copenhagen, mit, parsons, depaul, innovation lab
Part 2: The studio.
Building the skinnyCorp podcasting studio has been quite a journey. We started out by placing all of our equipment in a low traffic area in the back of our warehouse. It was nice because it wasn't busy and was far away from all the hustle and bustle that was Threadless' christmas sale. However we totally underestimated the mics ability to pick up ambient noise. Man, those first couple podcasts were FULL of ambient noise. We would be recording an interview and while wrapping it up and doing some post work on it – we would end up hearing an entire conversation in between pauses.
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Building the skinnyCorp podcasting studio has been quite a journey. We started out by placing all of our equipment in a low traffic area in the back of our warehouse. It was nice because it wasn't busy and was far away from all the hustle and bustle that was Threadless' christmas sale. However we totally underestimated the mics ability to pick up ambient noise. Man, those first couple podcasts were FULL of ambient noise. We would be recording an interview and while wrapping it up and doing some post work on it – we would end up hearing an entire conversation in between pauses. → Continue reading...
by Harper on Mar 9 | 76 Comments | Permalink
tagged skinnycorp, harper, podcast, podcasting, charlie, equipment, howto, studio
tagged skinnycorp, harper, podcast, podcasting, charlie, equipment, howto, studio
skinnyCorp has been pumping out podcasts for the last couple months and have been getting a little bit of feedback and press. I figured since we are still learning the ropes, making mistakes and building out our studio – it was time that we let yall know how we go about making our podcasts.
As with most things, skinnyCorp does podcasting a little bit differently than maybe another group or person would do podcasting. We may have gotten some things out of order. The first thing we did was get a bunch of equipment, then we built a studio, and then we started to think intelligently about our podcast design and structure.
I will be breaking this up into three parts. Equipment, Studio and then podcast structure and design.
Part 1: The equipment.
Over the past couple months, Charlie and myself have been cobbling together a small easy to set up recording equipment to make podcasting as easy and robust as possible. We started using Apple's GarageBand software, a M-Audio USB interface, a couple of real mics and an Apple iBook. We choose the iBook on the basis of the strengths we saw in GarageBand and the ease we thought it would be to create podcasts. I had a t-amp laying around to use for amplification and Jeffrey had some ghetto studio monitors that we ended up using. Combining all this we were able to get started.
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As with most things, skinnyCorp does podcasting a little bit differently than maybe another group or person would do podcasting. We may have gotten some things out of order. The first thing we did was get a bunch of equipment, then we built a studio, and then we started to think intelligently about our podcast design and structure.
I will be breaking this up into three parts. Equipment, Studio and then podcast structure and design.
Part 1: The equipment.
Over the past couple months, Charlie and myself have been cobbling together a small easy to set up recording equipment to make podcasting as easy and robust as possible. We started using Apple's GarageBand software, a M-Audio USB interface, a couple of real mics and an Apple iBook. We choose the iBook on the basis of the strengths we saw in GarageBand and the ease we thought it would be to create podcasts. I had a t-amp laying around to use for amplification and Jeffrey had some ghetto studio monitors that we ended up using. Combining all this we were able to get started. → Continue reading...
by Harper on Mar 8 | 76 Comments | Permalink
tagged skinnycorp, harper, podcast, podcasting, charlie, equipment, howto
tagged skinnycorp, harper, podcast, podcasting, charlie, equipment, howto
Today, Jacob found out that his little mini DIY amplifier he made awhile back can be "circuit bent" to create amazingly annoying noises (as Jeffrey can attest). Anyway, we both started jamming with it and created this awesome little video. Check it out at youtube: here.
In the video, you see both Jacob and myself playing the amplifier with our fingers. We are shorting it out to make different noises and to create distortion. We are using an oldschool gameboy as our source noise and running it through one of the most ghetto speaker systems in existance: two 2 inch speakers using CDR spindle cases as the speaker case. In part of the video - we wrapped the speakers in shirts to muffle the noise. It was apparently really annoying.
For those of you not in the "know" - circuit bending is when you take an electronic something or another and short circuit certain parts of it to make it do something interesting. This is often done with various musical or audio toys; making them into awesome "instruments." For more videos and what not check out this dope gallery of circuit bent toys and whatnot.
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In the video, you see both Jacob and myself playing the amplifier with our fingers. We are shorting it out to make different noises and to create distortion. We are using an oldschool gameboy as our source noise and running it through one of the most ghetto speaker systems in existance: two 2 inch speakers using CDR spindle cases as the speaker case. In part of the video - we wrapped the speakers in shirts to muffle the noise. It was apparently really annoying.
For those of you not in the "know" - circuit bending is when you take an electronic something or another and short circuit certain parts of it to make it do something interesting. This is often done with various musical or audio toys; making them into awesome "instruments." For more videos and what not check out this dope gallery of circuit bent toys and whatnot.
by Harper on Mar 7 | 81 Comments | Permalink
tagged skinnycorp, jacob, harper, circuit bending, diy, fun
tagged skinnycorp, jacob, harper, circuit bending, diy, fun
Hi. My name is Harper Reed. I have been working here at skinny since august. here at skinnyCorp, I do all things tech - with a concentration in software. At this very moment, I have code open from ExtraTasty, a shell looking into our VOIP system, and a Verizon Kyocera k650 BSD tutorial for our stompbox. I enjoy hacking things and making stuff go that wasn't going before.
I am really excited to have a blog on skinnyCorp.com. I plan to post a lot of code and show what exciting and neat things we do here. I think yall will be excited. Stay tuned for some really great hijinx and interesting projects.
If you want to know about me, you can check out my personal blog, my photos and my homepage. I spend a lot of time on the internet. I have released a bunch of very random code on my media site.
Oh yea.. I am also a professional yoyoer.
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I am really excited to have a blog on skinnyCorp.com. I plan to post a lot of code and show what exciting and neat things we do here. I think yall will be excited. Stay tuned for some really great hijinx and interesting projects.
If you want to know about me, you can check out my personal blog, my photos and my homepage. I spend a lot of time on the internet. I have released a bunch of very random code on my media site.
Oh yea.. I am also a professional yoyoer.
by Harper on Feb 24 | 78 Comments | Permalink
tagged skinnycorp, introduction, awesome, arms, harper
tagged skinnycorp, introduction, awesome, arms, harper
Gettin' nervous! Next week we (Jacob, Jeffrey and I) are headed to LA to give a presentation at UCLA on Threadless. We have 2 hours and will be talking about how we created Threadless, why it works and such to their business students.
Then the next day we're making a live appearance on G4's Attack of the Show (March 1st). So make sure you set your tivos so you can watch us sweat!
THEN, we're headed off to Austin to be in a panel discussion at SXSW on "Designing for community with 'zero-advertising' brands." Should be interesting. It's on March 13th from 3:30-4:30pm.
(Luckily I'll be heading to Colorado in between those trips to get my snowboard on in the Rockies)
Yeehaw!
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Then the next day we're making a live appearance on G4's Attack of the Show (March 1st). So make sure you set your tivos so you can watch us sweat!
THEN, we're headed off to Austin to be in a panel discussion at SXSW on "Designing for community with 'zero-advertising' brands." Should be interesting. It's on March 13th from 3:30-4:30pm.
(Luckily I'll be heading to Colorado in between those trips to get my snowboard on in the Rockies)
Yeehaw!
by Jake on Feb 24 | 91 Comments | Permalink
tagged skinnycorp, jacob, sxsw, g4, ucla, threadless, jake, jeffrey, speaking
tagged skinnycorp, jacob, sxsw, g4, ucla, threadless, jake, jeffrey, speaking
Looks like I'm the 3rd one to serve up some hot, fresh intro action! My name is Jeffrey Kalmikoff, and I'm the Creative Director of skinnyCorp. This blog is gonna be and awesome way for us to share stuff with you... be it skinnyRelated or not!
You can see some of my stuff at my personal website, or see some of my photos on my Flickr page.
Nice to meet ya!
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You can see some of my stuff at my personal website, or see some of my photos on my Flickr page.
Nice to meet ya!
Hi everyone! I'm Jacob, the Vice President. Aren't blogs awesome? I'm excited to post snibbits of code that we work on here that you may find useful! I have the office near the windows so the right side of my head has a nice tan, but the left side is pretty white. Have a great day!
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What better way to kick off a blog than to introduce the writers. First off, there's me, Jake Nickell! I'm the president of skinnyCorp. I'm super excited to start sharing all the cool stuff we discover while building our crazy projects.
Pictures of my dog's vomit can be found at jakenickell.com.
Everyone else around the office will start introducing themselves over the next week or two. Subscribe using the RSS link on the bottom of the page or just come back often :)
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Pictures of my dog's vomit can be found at jakenickell.com.
Everyone else around the office will start introducing themselves over the next week or two. Subscribe using the RSS link on the bottom of the page or just come back often :)
The amazing skinnyCorp, purveyors of fine websites such as Threadless, Naked & Angry, and ExtraTasty, are making some important moves with their online music project 15 Megs of Fame. In order to accomplish everything we envisioned for this project, we have some new partners who will help us offer so much more to the 15 Megs of Fame community! Now we need YOUR help! We're looking to assemble a small team of the best developers and designers in the NYC area. Think you’ve got what it takes? See below! Drop us an email with your resume, links to your work, a hilarious or tragic story from your youth, shirt size, and 500 words on why MacGyver was the best show on TV to hireme@skinnycorp.com
General Requirements:
Developer Requirements:
Designer Requirements:
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General Requirements:
- Motivated and able to work in a team while still being highly independent
- Hugely creative, expert problem solver
- Must be good at having fun while you are working
- Certifiable insanity is a definite plus
- Must love what you do and rule at it!
Developer Requirements:
- Expert at PHP. No really... EXPERT. I’m talking, the Norm Abrahms of PHP.
- Must have understanding of web application design patterns
- Must have understanding of AJAX design patterns
- Experience in programming scalable websites (must show examples)
- Expert at HTML/CSS
- Level 40 Spellcaster JavaScript skills. Prototype is for pansies!
- Familiar with SQL and Postgres databases
- Proficient in ActionScript/Flash
- Knowledge of Photoshop to cut up designs
- eCommerce knowledge a plus
Designer Requirements:
- Expert at Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Familiar with designing for all types of code (HTML, CSS, Javascript (AJAX), etc)
- Flash skills are a huge plus, but at least understand how Flash functions to be able to design for it.
- Solid understanding of IA… it should put you in the mood. Oh, yeah.
- Be a UI design maniac! The Maverick and Goose of UI… COMBINED!
- Experience in designing scalable websites (must show examples)
- Print design knowledge a plus, but not required
Anyone here at the company will be able to post to it and we're going to mostly post about the stuff we're working on. Maybe we'll share some code, maybe we'll share the hurdles that we run into with our projects and how we overcome them.
So, here goes!
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So, here goes!
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