Due to a long drive to my dayjob, I've become a podcast junkie. Bob Cartwright of http://www.theoutdoorsstation.co.uk/ , Darin Hufford of the Into the Wild Show (http://http//freebelievers.com/podcast/into-the-wild) and Dick Staub of the Kindling's Muse (http://www.thekindlings.com/) share my commute and turn it into something I look forward to rather than dread. Wayne and Brad of http://www.thegodjourney.com/, Justin Lukasavige and Kevin Miller of Free Agent Underground and Coach Radio (http://www.kevinmiller.typepad.com/, http://www.coachradio.tv/) and others lighten the load from my lead foot in my enthusiasm to get home. There are many more that I could mention. Several years ago a spark of an idea began to burn in my imagination. What if I could start a podcast of my own? A birthday gift (Cash always makes a great present, by the way!) gave me the impetus to pursue my dream. I bought a field recorder, a domain name and took the first steps on the journey leading to http://www.allwhowander.us/ becoming a reality. I've intentionally shown restraint in sharing my idea until I could get everything set-up and a few shows under my belt. Things aren't progressing as quickly as I'd like but word is spreading nonetheless. The veritable "cat is out of the bag." Hence this blog. This same post can be found at the All Who Wander site, still in the throes of construction.
You may have noticed that there've been precious few changes at All Who Wander. My apologies. I still look forward to a full-blown launch within the next couple of months but setting up the infrastructure for this is proving to be more difficult than I imagined. I'm not a tech-geek. Fortunately there are those (such as Cliff Ravenscraft, the Podcast Answerman http://www.podcastanswerman.com/) who are energized with passion by all of the details that, to me, are frustrating obstacles to the launch. I just wanna start creating shows! I've turned to Cliff repeatedly for advice and he's always responded quickly with much needed encouragement and input. However, Cliff makes his living at consulting and thus far hasn't received a dime from me. (Primarily because I'm out of dimes.) I don't want to take advantage of his generosity so I'm trying to figure this out on my own. Demands from my day-job don't allow for much free-time to work through my technical dilemmas so I grab every spare minute to try to slog through this quagmire of confusion. I'm afraid Dana is beginning to view my laptop as "the other woman." Each time I log-in to Feedburner to try and discover why my cover art isn't showing up in I-tunes I see more and more people subscribing to the podcast. I'm at once thrilled and mortified. I've told nearly no one about the show and yet the subscription numbers continue to climb. For goodness' sake, there's not even a real podcast posted yet! The 7 minute clip is just a welcome from my heart that gives a little background on what All Who Wander is birthed out of. I just want to say thank you for your interest and especially for your patience. All Who Wander is coming soon. I promise. In the meantime I hope you'll do as we did this weekend and find time to care for your heart with a walk in the woods. Not all those who wander are lost.
You may have noticed that there've been precious few changes at All Who Wander. My apologies. I still look forward to a full-blown launch within the next couple of months but setting up the infrastructure for this is proving to be more difficult than I imagined. I'm not a tech-geek. Fortunately there are those (such as Cliff Ravenscraft, the Podcast Answerman http://www.podcastanswerman.com/) who are energized with passion by all of the details that, to me, are frustrating obstacles to the launch. I just wanna start creating shows! I've turned to Cliff repeatedly for advice and he's always responded quickly with much needed encouragement and input. However, Cliff makes his living at consulting and thus far hasn't received a dime from me. (Primarily because I'm out of dimes.) I don't want to take advantage of his generosity so I'm trying to figure this out on my own. Demands from my day-job don't allow for much free-time to work through my technical dilemmas so I grab every spare minute to try to slog through this quagmire of confusion. I'm afraid Dana is beginning to view my laptop as "the other woman." Each time I log-in to Feedburner to try and discover why my cover art isn't showing up in I-tunes I see more and more people subscribing to the podcast. I'm at once thrilled and mortified. I've told nearly no one about the show and yet the subscription numbers continue to climb. For goodness' sake, there's not even a real podcast posted yet! The 7 minute clip is just a welcome from my heart that gives a little background on what All Who Wander is birthed out of. I just want to say thank you for your interest and especially for your patience. All Who Wander is coming soon. I promise. In the meantime I hope you'll do as we did this weekend and find time to care for your heart with a walk in the woods. Not all those who wander are lost.
