We chatted with Peter from BG Galleries ever so briefly this week during the Hingham Shipyard's grand opening...or their kickoff to a summer of grand-opening events.

Enjoy.

BG Galleries is located in the Hingham Shipyard across from the carousel. And they have some funky stuff. See photos in the accompanying blog post over at Heard in Hingham.

 

Here's a series of interviews en route to South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX. People on the plane gave their reason for attending the festival.

Enjoy!

Got an idea for A Life of Play podcast? Leave an email at alifeofplay@gmail.com or find me on Twitter - @jeffcutler.

In this episode of a A Life of Play Podcast, Jeff Cutler speaks with Sally White about running a Bed and Breakfast in Scotland. The Old Bank House in Kyle of Lochalsh is run by Sally and her family. It's 90 minutes from Loch Ness - YES, that Loch Ness - and is situated in an amazing part of the country. Here's the link to the B&B. http://www.go-bedandbreakfast.co.uk/THEOLDBANKHOUSE/ Got an idea for this podcast, send me an email - jeff [at] jeffcutler [dot] com. Thanks!

This is a walk-around-the-room interview at Mass Innovation Nights in Waltham, MA. Interviews took place earlier this month and lend a perspective as to what the innovation and technology scene feels like, sounds like and is - in Metro Boston. Comments welcome.

Today I chatted with author JC Hutchins about his recently released novel, 7th Son. He talks about writing, publishing, science, podcasting, his mysterious first two initials and even gives some advice to writers. Give a listen. And head over to my blog. I've posted a copy of his book for you there...for free. Address is http://jeffcutler.com/jeff Have fun out there!

If you had me shove a microphone in your face at the Asgard in Cambridge during the Ford Taurus Test-Drive Tweetup, your sound is on this podcast. Give a listen.

Here's the uncut and unedited audio for the Community Roundtable discussion that took place on August 14, 2009 in Cambridge, MA.

Enjoy.

Join #pcb4 attendees as they discuss the Future of Work. Tamsen McMahon, Mike Langford and Jeff Cutler lead this lively talk at Podcamp Boston 4.

Luminaries like Matthew T. Grant - the Professor, and Chris Brogan - author of Trust Agents, join the fray.

Fun for everyone. And coincidentally, the time of the show is 44:44 and it was the fourth session of Podcamp Boston 4. That must stand for something!

Comments and sharing welcome. Creative Commons, blah blah blah.

July 9 we held an ice cream social at Bread & Lily Cafe in Newton Highlands, MA.

If you didn't make it, here are a few of the attendees waxing poetic about what makes ice cream social.

Enjoy.

Listen to @rachelhappe and @jimstorer as they lead a lively discussion about media and community building within businesses.

This talk took place Friday, June 26, 2009 at John Harvard's Brew House in Cambridge, MA.

Enjoy and tweet your comments to me @jeffcutler

Here's the sound from two great panels at Thursday's What's Next in Tech event at the Boston University School of Management.

Scott Kirsner is the moderator.

Send all comments to me on Twitter @jeffcutler or on Facebook.com/thejeffcutler

Thanks!

Here's a quick, once-around-the-room interview of the group at Cuff's Boston Tweetup last night (Thursday, June 24).

I like this format and will probably share many more of these.

Let me know what you think.

I was at an event the other night and ran into Comcast social media guru and Twitter adopter - see him at @comcastcares - Frank Eliason.

I hit him with a couple questions about social media and figured why not share them here.

Enjoy.

This is the fifth in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario...

In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure.

During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here.

If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com.

And please leave your comments here on the blog.

Thanks!

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In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an
hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments
for your listening pleasure.<br/>
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During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. <a href="http://jonathancoulton.com">Find more of that here.</a><br/>
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If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com.<br/>
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And please leave your comments here on the blog.<br/>
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Thanks!<br/>
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This is the third in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario...

In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure.

During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here.

If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com.

And please leave your comments here on the blog.

Thanks!

This is the second in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario...

In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure.

During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here.

If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com.

And please leave your comments here on the blog.

Thanks!

This is the first in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario...

In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure.

During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here.

If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com.

And please leave your comments here on the blog.

Thanks!

My name's Jeff Cutler and I'm a journalist and content creation specialist. I train companies and individuals how to communicate - and I sell my writing to companies when their resources or skills are too strained to deliver effective messaging.

I can be reached at jeff@jeffcutler.com and you can view my portfolio at jeffcutler.com.

As part of my ongoing research, I attend numerous technology and business events in the area. I recently made it to the Girls in Tech event in Cambridge, MA. I recorded the event and am making it available for anyone that would like it.

Here's how the Girls in Tech event for May 2009 was described...

Have you been wondering how to incorporate digital tools into your marketing or organizational processes?

Well, here's your chance. We've got a stellar group of panelists, each of whom focus on a specific aspect of "social media."  They will have a discussion about how you can start thinking about implementing these tools and concepts into your organization (company, university, non-profit, you name it!) in an effective and beneficial way.

Additionally, we will be conducting two case studies, whereby each organization will be given the opportunity to describe themselves, what they do, what they have (or haven't done) with social media, what they hope to do (or maybe they don't know!) and gain valuable feedback from the panelists and audience members on how they can move in the right direction within the space.

The really great news? Those case studies will be two of you ladies (on behalf of yourselves or your organization).

If you would like to submit your organization for one of our case studies, please email Kate: kate@girlsintech.net and include the following information.

-Your name
-Your company name
-Brief description of what your company does
-Your current marketing or business development strategy (2-3 sentences)
-What you've done so far with social media, including what has been successful or unsuccessful
-Any pertinent questions you would have for the panelists
-Why you think your company makes a good case study!

Our panelists include:

Karen Rubin, Product Owner, HubSpot

Karen Rubin is a product owner at HubSpot, an internet marketing company whose visionary efforts have changed the nature of internet marketing for small and medium businesses. She has also worked in project and content management for some of the world's top web 2.0 companies, such as MainStreet.com, Stockpickr.com, iVillageLive.com and GiftCertificates.com. Karen also is co-star of HubSpot TV, a weekly video podcast about marketing and social media trends. Karen has a degree in Computer Science from Trinity College. Feel free to follow Karen on Twitter at http://twitter.com/karenrubin. To visit HubSpot, go to www.hubspot.com.

Rachel Happe, Co-Founder, Community Roundtable

Rachel Happe (http://www.twitter.com/rhappe) is Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable and has over fifteen years of experience working with emerging technologies including enterprise social networking, ecommerce, and enterprise software applications. Combining a career in business and software with a lifetime of watching her parents manage church communities, Rachel brings some unique perspectives into how both profit- and passion-driven organizations operate.

Prior to The Community Roundtable, Rachel served as a product executive at Mzinga, Bitpass, & IDe.  In addition, as a technology analyst, Rachel initiated IDC's enterprise social software practice where she wrote groundbreaking research including The Power and Passion of Organic Communities: How Technology Can Be Used to Increase Discovery, Engagement, and Productivity; The Social Enterprise: How Social Networking Changes Everything; and U.S. Social Networking Application 2008–2012 Forecast: Enterprise Social Networking Takes Hold. Rachel started her business career at PRTM as a Business Analyst focused on helping technology companies understand and improve their product development operations. She writes at http://www.thesocialorganization.com

Mike Langford, Founder & Head Tweeter, TweetWorks

Mike is a serial entrepreneur with passion for making a difference in peoples lives. In addition to his roll at Tweetworks, Mike is a principal at the investment advisory firm Course Pilot Financial. Prior to launching Course Pilot he held a variety of roles as a member of the finance teams at Fidelity Investments and State Street Corporation.  Mike earned his MBA from Boston University’s School of Management.

Cappy Popp, Co-Founder & Principal, Thought Labs

Cappy Popp is co-founder and Principal at Thought Labs, a social media strategy and implementation firm which has been building custom Facebook and social media solutions since the launch of the Facebook Platform. He has created successful Facebook strategies, applications, Pages, and integrated social media presences for companies of all sizes.

Before starting Thought Labs he was a Principal Engineer at NuMega/Compuware where he specialized in emerging technologies and used his fifteen years of software engineering experience to create award-winning enterprise debugging, testing, and monitoring software.

He has a deep understanding of Facebook internals, best practices, and strategy and is currently writing 'Facebook Development: A Complete Guide to Smart Application Development for the Facebook Platform' for Pearson/Addison-Wesley.

Agenda:

6:00-7:00 will be general networking

7:00-8:30 will be panel discussion and case studies, followed by Q&A

8:30-9:00 will be reserved for either wind-down networking or further Q&A if people are finding the discussion worthwhile!

Please use the Twitter Tag #GiTBos for the event

There will be an iPod raffle, courtesy of QTask, our new corporate-level sponsor.

This event is sponsored by MICROSOFT

It's been a while since the last episode of A Life of Play and I've tossed it into a curveball mode.

Now you'll just see our original well-thought-out pieces and interviews along with some random sound from events and locations.

In fact, I might even upload some 'OVERHEARD' recordings here because people are so loathe to keep their conversations private when chatting in public.

This episode is a collection of answers to the question "What is your Twitter name and what are you wearing?" The rest is up to you.

Enjoy.

This recording is a simple, run-around-the-room interview with different people at Mass Inno Nights. Enjoy!

Unlike the podcasts at Bowl of Cheese, the shows on A Life of Play are for the most part unscripted. Therefore there’s no transcript to my interviews with the talented folks who appear hear.

But below are some of the resources that relate to the latest episode.

If you’ve got an idea for A Life of Play podcast or want to appear on the show, send us an email - alifeofplay@gmail.com - give us a call - 206-888-2715 - or just scroll down and leave a comment below.

Here are your scooter resources:

http://vespalx150.blogspot.com/index.html http://thescooterscoop.com/

http://girlbike.com/ http://lx50vespa.blogspot.com/

http://2strokebuzz.com/index.php http://www.sctrcst.com/

http://justgottascoot.com/

Here is Angie’s information:

Angie Thibault
Prez and founder- ladies scooter society of boston
Technical Director- YMCA theater, central square in cambridge
Regional cordinator for SQREAM, the national queer scooter club
Comedian
http://www.myspace.com/saphic
"Better to make yourself briefly unpopular than to become permanently compromised"

Still looking? Then just google scooter and you’ll find local clubs and lots of friendly people willing to help you out.

I for one are planning to buy a scooter this spring and will likely be going to Javaspeed in Providence, Rhode Island. Their page is http://www.javaspeed.net.

Until next time, enjoy your life of play.

In this episode we talk ice hockey with Jay Kumar. His own podcast, Completely Conspicuous, can be found here.

Enjoy and send your feed back to us at alifeofplay@gmail.com or give us a call at 201-793-8255.

See you out there!

Today we speak with Steve Walker who has run 14 marathons and shares his tips and insight on getting into shape and running your first marathon.

Steve is also the host of Phedippidations - the running podcast.

Enjoy!

Remember, to reach us you can call - 201-793-TALK (8255) or leave a comment in the show notes. Or send us an email.

And visit Bowl of Cheese for links to my other podcast and companion blog.

See you out there...

Yes, we're back!

A Life of Play podcast has Brian Mollica on the air with us during this episode. He tells us everything we need to know about having fun at comedy clubs.

Leave your feedback below or send us a note. Or now you can call us on the new phone - 201-793-8255 (TALK).

And have fun out there people!

Hey listeners, I've been working at making A Life of Play more friendly, regular and valuable.

I think I've done it.

BUT, before I load up on the value-packed episodes I'm going to give you one or two more episodes of the Bowl of Cheese podcast.

If you like this one, go to iTunes and subscribe or go to my blog get the RSS feed from there.

Otherwise, send me and email at ALOP or at BOC and be sure to vote at Podcast Alley. Just do a search for each show.

Thanks for listening and there certainly is more to come.

See you out there...

Here's episode ONE of the Bowl of Cheese podcast. I plan to toss a few of these up here while lining up my next expert interviews for A Life of Play.

So enjoy and let me know what you think by emailing me or putting your comments in the show notes.

If you want to read along with me, go to my blog and look for the post that corresponds with the words that are coming from your speakers.

More to come...

OK. As I sit here this morning I'm contemplating tossing my computer out the window because I played with the iTunes settings and this has caused me to lose one full day of my life.

That's right, by adjusting the sound settings downward (so the podcast will fit nicely in a quick download) I hurt my other music. I guess you can't hurt music, but I inadvertently left the settings LOW AND MONO while I imported about 200 of my own CDs so I could put them on my iPod.

Now I don't know if this will be noticable when I'm listening, but I suspect it will be and I will have to re-import all this music. Aughhhh!

On a nice note, you now have a new episode of A Life of Play podcast to listen to. In this episode I tighten up my thoughts, my voice is better, and I give you a TON of stuff to do over the next week or so.

If you want more details on any event, just send me an email, visit this page (the one we're on) and put a comment in the show notes, or call me at 206-973-PLAY.

Additionally, give A Life of Play a VOTE at Podcast Alley so we can jump into the top 100 for October.

By the way, one of my newest cross promos is with a guy and a gal who do a kid's book podcast. It's called Just One More Book... here's their link.

www.russelltours.com
www.outdoors.org
www.ems.com
www.americanhiking.com
www.webwalking.com/hiking.html
www.14ers.com/peakbag.html
home.comcast.net/~garyt1/peaklist.html

Until next time - when I hope to have a longer show for you or another jam-packed minicast, I'll see you out there...

Yup. The first MiniCast of A Life of Play.

I chat about hiking and give you info from my personal experience and from GORP.com.

And while I planned to make them all about five minutes, this one gets to be about 15 minutes long, so bear with me as I whittle my blathering down to suit the definition of minicast.

Thanks!!

As with any of our topics on A Life of Play, here are some links to help you learn more. If you have any questions or issues, please contact us via phone - 206-973-PLAY or EMAIL. Or even leave a note for us in the show note comments at the bottom of the page.

If you want to appear on A Life of Play - get in touch! We love to talk to experts and planned topics for future episodes include kayaking, travel, Bed and Breakfasts, all about tea, the gun range, art shows, music festivals, triathlon and duathlon, swimming and more.

Additionally, give A Life of Play a VOTE at Podcast Alley so we can jump into the top 100 for October.

By the way, one of my newest cross promos is with a guy and a gal who do a kid's book podcast. It's called Just One More Book... here's their link.

www.russelltours.com
www.outdoors.org
www.ems.com
www.americanhiking.com
www.webwalking.com/hiking.html
www.14ers.com/peakbag.html
home.comcast.net/~garyt1/peaklist.html

FINALLY, A Life of play has been reviewed in popular publication. TAKE A LOOK at the review. Write to us, visit us online or call us.

AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE this month.

See you out there...

Just a quickie announcement that I've had a cold for a few weeks - hmmm, suspicious that it happened right after Octoberfest!!

But now I've just completed my first minicast and have a handful more planned for upcoming weeks.

In this first one we cover hiking tips and do a quick recap on my most recent activites. Upcoming shows will cover outdoor and leisure technology, we'll do our comedy show with Brian from the MSR comedy podcast, and a whole lot more.

So stay tuned in and subscribed.

Thanks and I'll see you out there...