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How to Conduct a Phone Patch Using Skype

Hard-wired phone lines are almost an anachronism for all but serious businesses, government, and other formal institutions.  POTS (plain old telephone systems) services are not going away, but for most individual consumers, and certainly 3rd-world countries, phone communications have jumped...

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Go With What You Know

Go With What You Know

Do the time, and you form a trust.  It's why I continue to buy Chevys, Microsoft, Kraft Mayonnaise, and National Geographic.Sure, I'm aware that Ford, Apple, Best Foods, and the Smithsonian make decent competing products, but not decent enough to make me switch.Part of it is tradition, part of it...

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MS Office on your iPad/iPhone

MS Office on your iPad/iPhone

Digital tools are so important to voice-actors. You will not win or lose a voiceover audition based on having MS Office on your iPhone or iPad (or not), but as you know, tools can come in mighty handy in your workflow, and in a pinch.  The RIGHT tool can be a lifesaver in a panic.  I prefer to be...

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Under the Surface

Under the Surface

In the exploding tablet wars, one new entry stands out...and it's from a familiar name:  Microsoft. The global computing giant made it's fortune on software...not hardware.  The most serious hardware offering it had heretofore was a series of keyboards, mice, and webcams. But with the almost...

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Geeky Christmas Buying Guide for VO’s

Geeky Christmas Buying Guide for VO’s

You can see the holiday shopping buzz building already. If ever a price was going to be knocked-down on hardware items it's between now and the end of the year. Below is a brief collection of some stuff I've noticed in just the last day.  Tools like this can  make your VO  job easier, and even ...

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