Look, I am a fan of an April Fool’s Joke, but this ain’t it. Promise.
If you have joined us over the last few weeks after the Mixlr revamp of their site and widget for the live shows, it has been difficult. I’m sorry about it. I know it’s not my fault, but I’m still sorry about it.
Going forward, I’d like to propose 2 things;
1. Assist Mixlr in resolving their issues. Please take some time and email support@mixlr.com with information on what issues you experienced during the live show on 3/31. I would include;
What did you use to connect to Mixlr (iphone, Computer, Operating System (Windows, Apple), Twitter login, Email login, Facebook login, etc)?
If you had trouble even logging in, let them know the specifics about that, please.
If you experienced loss of sound, give specifics of that (was it once in awhile, stuttering sound, loss until you had to log in again, etc)
If you experienced locking up, freezing, etc.
Please give them all the information you can. We do want to help them resolve the issues we are having. I know it may be alot of work, but the more information we can give them, the better they can resolve the issues.
IN THE MEANTIME —
As of 4/7 we will be trying UStream (Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustream).
Cons;
They do play ads. I don’t choose the ads.
Pros;
It’s been around a long time, and I believe many of the issues have been ironed out.
The chat has moderators.
There is a Viewing app for almost all Smartphones: http://www.ustream.tv/everywhere
The sound is good.
The versatility for (very good) “surprises” that could occur during a live show, so I’m happy about that.
The same:
You need to setup a free login account to chat. I would ask that you would set one up today, please (This will save time and confusion on live show day). We will take a hard look at the built in chat and see if it meets our needs.
I will be placing the widget on the http://live.onceuponatimepodcast.com
We *may* do a test show in the next few days to see how it goes before Saturday, so keep an eye on @ouatpodcast
My biggest problem is trying to find out when you are going to have a live show or a chat session. I keep looking for notices but keep missing them. Twitter has had major problems as all of a sudden PEOPLE are un-followed but not by my doing. This has been reported by others in groups I belong to. I lost Jeff one time then a couple of days later I lost Colleen. Is there anyway to post your schedule either hear on the blog or in the forum. I think it would make things easier.
Nonnie
Already signed up. Looking forward to it. Will keep checking to see if you do a test show.