Podcasting about Scouta

I’ve managed to get back in the podcasting game a little lately, thanks to a couple of good mates.

Cameron Reilly has been inviting me to co-host a show or two, which hopefully will become a little regular. We chatted last Sunday about a range of things from Castro to Scouta.

Dave Gray at the Global Geek Podcast also chatted with me last night, and the interview went live today.

I really enjoy doing podcasts, and even more so when prep and post are done by someone else :). It’s great to have a bit of a chin-wag with a couple of mates. So I hope I’ll get to chat some more over the coming weeks.

One I’m especially excited about is a chat I have scheduled with Mark Frauenfelder on his Rule the Web podcast. It’s conducted via Blog Talk Radio, which means anyone has the opportunity to dial in and ask a question. It’s scheduled for 4pm (PST) Wednesday August 8, so make sure you tune in and give us a call with any of your questions.

While you’re at it, check out his new book and website: Rule the Web. I’d recommend it to anyone who is interested in the Internet. It’s one of those books with interesting tidbits for any level of Internet user.

Beta Test Scouta for iTunes on Windows

Last week we released the Scouta Agent for Mac: a nifty piece of software that checks what podcast and vodcast subscriptions you have in iTunes, and uses those to provide personal recommendations. It then continues to provide recommendations based on what your watching and listening to in iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and the Apple TV.

Clinton, our application developer, is full tilt into development of the Windows version. As you’d expect, we’re eager to start testing how it runs, and see if we can pick up some of the bugs early. So, this is a call-out to anyone who uses iTunes on Windows to subscribe to podcasts and vodcasts.

The initial testing won’t do much, the updates aren’t actually send to our database, but it shouldn’t be too long before we can turn them on and you’ll start receiving recommendations.

If you’d be interested in helping us test, email feedback@scouta.com.