It's Simple

I commented earlier on how wonderful technology is - when it works! Today was such a perfect example of that.

Since our "premature retirement", hubby and I have been using Spreaker to record/broadcast over the internet a daily 30-minute podcast of Big Band music and hubby's radio show prep. We have a nice set-up, using his Chromebook to record on Spreaker, with a nice Shure microphone. It works well and sounds professional.

We decided it might be a nice idea for me to also record/broadcast the content of this blog as well. And, as hubby said, setting up a Spreaker account and recording is simple. He'd already set up his account, and we're podcasting every day, so I knew he was more than conversant with the procedure.

Okay, did somebody say "uh-oh!"?? Yeah. Nothing's ever as simple as it seems. Hubby and I are both fairly tech savvy.......but we both tend to tense up when things don't go as planned, technologically speaking. I'm not sure about him, but I kind of go into "don't interrupt me while I'm trying to figure this out" mode. Poor guy! I don't make it easy to be around me then.

We started the project around 3.......it was almost 5 before we got to the point of having a two-minute recording done and shared! We had difficulties simply getting the account set up. We finally figured that out, and moved to the next issue. Our nice fancy new Shure microphone and my computer just simply refused to play nice with one another. We're still trying to figure that out - hubby did all sorts of research, You Tube videos, tutorials - you name it, he's tried it. None of it has worked.

I finally pulled out another microphone we have, one that I've used before. It worked. My computer liked it. It apparently liked my computer. I recorded last night's blog and got it shared on Facebook and Google +. We still can't figure this out, it has us stumped. I've always secretly felt that all machinery (pre-electronic, as well as everything we currently use) is possessed by some evil, maniacal being.

A couple of months ago when I decided to start my blog, hubby offered to help me set up my account and get all the settings done. He told me it wouldn't take long because it's simple. Blogspot did things to me he'd never seen before! On second thought, maybe it's just me.....maybe I have a tech allergy of some sort!!

I got the podcast down pretty well today, especially considering how many times we were doing "tests" to sort out the microphone issue, etc. But now I'm faced with the weekend and worry that I won't remember by next week how to do it. Guess I shouldn't worry - it's simple, right?!!

Talk to you next week.