This morning on TechTV's Call for Help (26 March 2004 episode), Mikael from Ms. Wagner's class at St. Louis' Fairview Elementary was on. I missed the first part of the call but Leo, the host, was talking with the class via Netcam. He was showing his blog on Typepad and talking about Typepad and w.bloggar, a program he uses to edit his blog from his desktop. It was all very cool.
Maybe they'd like to do a call from WizKids once the project gets going; you have to create a question you want answered on the air. You can set it up a few days ahead of time; they have a recently-posted FAQ including a link to an email form for sending in questions. The show will soon be aired 3x /day so that's a lot of exposure all around. I don't know what the chances are of getting on....It is on digital cable so unless you have the necessary tools, viewing and recording your call will take planning.
If you haven't checked it out, TechTV is quite a resource both on the air and online. I use it about as much as I use sites like Wired, C/Net and ZDNet for news, product reviews, tips and other information.
I watch Call for Help, Fresh Gear (the latest bells and whistles), and Screen Savers (all kinds of technology info, not just computers) as my schedule allows. I found out on Screen Savers (19 March 2004) that a woman, Susan Kare, designed the first Mac icons (the smiling (or sad) Mac displayed on startup, the little bomb shown when programs crashed, all that good stuff).
TechTV is big on gaming; Macs get a good share of attention.
I now have TechTV in St. louis on extended cable! Yipee!
Posted by: sue | April 22, 2004 at 02:39 PM