ANNUAL BLOG REPORT X

I have now been blogging for 10 years and published 2675 posts. My intention is to continue to publish stuff on EGO blog for at least ten more years...

As I wrote in my post, ANNUAL BLOG REPORT IX, the main thing for the future will be my EGO podcast on BlogTalkRadio. The next EGO interview will be with Anita Campbell, CEO of BizSugar and Small Business Trends. If you want to support my podcasting work, please "like" my EGO podcast Facebook page. You could become a sponsor of the show by placing ads on my EGO blog and an audio spot during the commercial break.

Some stats:

• Authority #81 on Technorati.
• Reputation on Alexa: 278 sites linking to EGO blog.

Scroll down the page and check out the section, Popular Posts.

Here are shout out messages to my friends, fans, readers, supporters and fellow bloggers:

EGO - Annual Blog Report X

Related: My post, Blogger's Cycle.

INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN SMITH

Listen to my interview with Stephen Smith. You could subscribe to the RSS feed and download the audio file (MP3). You could find EGO podcasts on iTunes.

Listen to internet radio with Lyceum1776 on Blog Talk Radio

Show notes:

[Editor's note: I will update the timeline with more show notes in the near future. I will also write a new post with a podcast on Cinch.fm on why I want to continue as a premium BlogTalkRadio host / customer and how you could support my future shows.

I am sorry about the buzz / fan sound coming from my MacBook / laptop chill mat. I hope I can find a solution for the recording input in the near future.]

00 min - Bio. introduction.

08 min -

Reading material:

• The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life by John Daido Loori.
• The Best American Travel Writing by Bill Buford and Jason Wilson.

Writing material:

• The New Publishing Model is Here.
• Work. Smarter! The Book.

12 min - David Stiernholm's new book. Lessons on Structure.
...

GOOGLE PLUS ONE FEATURES

I have added two Google+ gadgets to the blog. Scroll down to the About section and you will see a gadget saying: "I'm on g+ - Add to circles". You could recommend my blog on Google if you scroll down to the bottom of the page and look under PayPayl's Tip Jar button and then click on the "g +1" button.

Are you on Google+? At the moment, I am reading Chris Brogan's book, Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything, and I will download Guy Kawasaki's e-book, What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us.

Google+ Lean Startup Business Model Books

SPRING CLEANING

I have done spring cleaning at my EGO blog. I have removed some ads. I had to remove Jim Kukral's service called ScratchBack, because it had "closed its doors."

If you are a tea drinker and want to "scratch my back," you could scroll down the page and click on the "got tea?" image with my affiliate link and buy something at Libre Tea's retail shop. Please go to GOT-Tea-Party.com and read my review of Libre Tea's glass 'n poly (large, 420 ml) product.

FUNCTIONAL BODY WITH PERSONAL TRAINER

On April 5, I had an intro. session with personal trainer, Terese K., of Functional Body. We met at Fitness 24 Seven in Gothenburg.

Intro. session with personal trainer, Terese K., Functional Body. (@ Fitness 24 Seven Stampen) 4sq.com/HXYDHr
— Martin Lindeskog (@Lyceum) April 5, 2012

The first training session included:

• FAQ
• Cross-trainer (elliptical trainer) machine (about 7 minutes)
• Pair of dumbbells (3 kg)
• Step aerobics
• Sit-ups
• Plank exercise

I have booked the next training session for week 15. Terese will send me a document with training instructions and information.

After the session, I bought a bottle of Weider BodyShaper L-Carnitine Fitness Drink (Mexican Fruit flavor) from the vending machine at Fitness 24 Seven.

Related: My posts, PACE TRAINING and BOOK OF THE MOMENT: THE WISDOM OF MIKE MENTZER.

INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS REIMER

Listen to my interview with Chris Reimer. You could subscribe to the RSS feed and download the audio file (MP3). You could find EGO podcasts on iTunes.

Listen to internet radio with Lyceum1776 on Blog Talk Radio

Show notes:

00 min. - Bio. introduction.
02 min. - BaconSalt: My post, Bacon Flavored Salt. Chris Reimer's post, Bacon Salt Is In The Hizzy!
04 min. - Kevin Rose, Oink, Google, tea...
10 min. - T-shirt business, RizzoTees.
14 min. - Vice President of Social Media at Falk Harrison.
16 min. - Cold calling...
20 min. - John Jantsch's The Referral Engine, Certified Networker, V.C.P process, BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner.
22 min. - Chris Reimer's bio. page. STL Index by Infuz.
27 min. - The Trader Principle.
30 min. - Tr@der Manife$to ("Trader Manifesto").
31 min. - John Morgan's Brand Against the Machine.
32 min. - Rework.
34 min. - Nonfiction and fiction books. Ayn Rand's fiction and nonfiction books.
35 min. - Movies, Star Trek, Scott Holleran.
36 min. - Tweet by Kelly @saucewear:

@RizzoTees @Lyceum I have a fear that I will not read all the books I want to before I die, too! I need to be buried with my Kindle...
— Kelly (@saucewear) March 25, 2012

37 min. - Joe Sorge of AJ Bombers.
38 min. - Gary Vaynerchuk's The Thank You Economy.
41 min. - Chianti wine, Tuscany, Italy. Chris Reimer's tweet:

Enoteca Rinaldi, Lecchi in Chianti, Italy, 9am, on my 3rd cappuccino, Paolo rules!twitpic.com/5co18t
— Chris Reimer (@RizzoTees) June 17, 2011

Enoteca Rinaldi

42 min. - Bottle Shock movie.


Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman Argue in Bottle Shock

43 min. - Julio Ricardo Varela @julito77.
45 min. - Foursquare check-in, Orlando, Florida.
46 min. - Location Based Services, Social Media Club, Gothenburg, Sweden.
48 min. - Chris Reimer is working on writing a book...
57 min. - RizzoTees.com - Bacon - You Like This.


Bacon - You Like This - Rizzo Tees

THE FUTURE OF PODCASTING

During the "potluck"(un)conference WebCoast, I listened to a fascinating session with Viktor Richardson (bio. on Soundic Radio) on the future of web radio.

Vill gärna fortsätta diskussionen om framtidens radio. Leta upp mig på @WebCoast om du har funderingar och tankar.
— Viktor Richardson (@Envictr) March 17, 2012

It was an interesting discussion on how to come up with a new name for web radio 2.0, e.g., "telefoni" and how you should be able to create live web radio with people using their mobile phones, starting a conversation in real time that could facilitate an interactive conversation.

Viktor Richardson

Personally, I think that BlogTalkRadio has come a long way with features like a call-in number [for EGO podcast show: (347) 994-1906] for listeners, Facebook social plugin for comments, sharing function powered by AddThis, etc.

Downcast iPhone app

With Cinch.fm you could embed the audio file in your blog like this:



and the listener could comment on it by creating a cinch cast reply.

Talking about future podcasts, I will interview Chris Reimer today at 3 PM ET (New York time) / 9 PM European Standard Time and have a conversation with Anita Campbell on May 11 at 11 AM ET / 5 PM EST. Do you have a suggestion on a guest in April? I will do a follow up "note to self" podcast in the near future... ;)

EGO podcast - Downcast iPhone app.

I have some questions regarding radio and music on the web:

• What kind of podcasting gear do you use?
• How could you use SoundCloud? I have to ask Brent Leary for some tips.
• Have you tested Rdio? Do you think it will be a big competitor to Spotify and Pandora?
• Will we be able to subscribe to podcast RSS feeds via the above mentioned services, similar as we do on iTunes?
• How do you listen to podcasts? On your MP3 player, iPod, iPhone, computer, etc.? Thanks to Stefan Waborg for introducing me to the great podcast application called Downcast.

Downcast app

On March 17, I had a session with the title, "Podcast - Din radiokanal på nätet" ("Podcast - Your radio channel on the Internet"). As an instance of irony, I didn't manage to record my talk in a proper way. It must be surfing around in cyberspace somehow... ;) At least, here are some photos from WebCoast:

WebCoast - the grid

Ego - Martin Lindeskog

DREAM COOKIE

Have you had dream cookies ("drömmar" in Swedish?) I have added the following photo to Photo Sunday's "dream" theme.


Dream Cookie #drom #fotosondag #fs120311

BACON FLAVORED SALT

Have you tasted Justin & Dave's BaconSalt with Jalapeno? I like the taste of bacon and I am a chile-head!


BaconSalt #fejk #fotosondag #fs120304

I have added this photo to Photo Sunday's theme, "fake" ("fejk" in Swedish).

Related articles

• @AlwaysFits Has Bacon Salt! Yes, Bacon Salt! (ineedaplaydate.blogspot.com)

STABLE FOUNDATION

Read my interview with John Cox & Allen Forkum on how they created EGO logotype. This week's theme at Photo Sunday is the word "stabil" in Swedish (stable in English). EGO character has his feet on the ground in a stable manner.

EGO logotype #fotosondag #FS120226 #stabil