New Podcast Venture: Beyond the Box
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
ome of you might remember my good friend Raborn Johnson. Ray and I have been friends for quite a while now. For about 2 1/2 years, we have been meeting regularly — almost every week — at local restaurants for breakfast or lunch, and to share the journey together.
Many times in the past, blog posts by either of us have been sparked by the discussion that ensues in those times together (many of them lasting more than 2 hours). For over a year, another good friend Tom has been joining us, too. And sometimes when his schedule allows, frequent commenter “ded” (David) has joined us, too.
For a while now, Ray and I have talked about how much fun it would be to capture those times together to share with others. Neither of us really knew anything about podcasting, nor did we know exactly how best to bring those discussions to others.
Instead of trying to actually record our conversations in a noisy restaurant, however, Ray and I have decided to start recording podcasts in a more controlled environment, but with the same type of conversations that take place in our weekly get-togethers.
So, I am excited to announce the start of a new podcast, with its own website: Beyond the Box. You can listen to the podcasts right there, if you want, on each post. If you prefer to use iTunes to download them and listen there or on your iPod, the feed you need to subscribe to in iTunes is http://www.beyondtheboxpodcast.com/?feed=podcast.
Each episode (we intend to post a new episode weekly, if possible) runs about 30 minutes. Our first episode, entitled What Is the Box?, gives a pretty good idea of what you can expect.
Fun? It is for us, and I hope so for you, too. Challenging? Maybe, maybe not. Controversial? Probably. But it’s not much that you haven’t already read on this blog in the past. Instead of reading posts that have been thought out, edited, and refined, you’ll hear two guys just thinking out loud about some of the topics that pertain to our journey.
Comments on each post are more than welcome, and I hope that some of you will be listening regularly and giving us feedback as we bring the discussion to you in a new way for us.
We invite you to join us on the journey…beyond the box!
Until next time,
steve 
