Spencer and Mike, Thanks very much for the time and effort to give us these pod casts. Too much extra time on your hands eh?   I have a few things that may be of interest (or not). One is the upgraded release of Windows 7 and it's impact on continued Vista sales. Another is Brad's controversial post in Personal Computing: https://forums.wincustomize.com/309309 with perhaps an interview with Brad. Another subject might be geared to new members and how they feel they fit into the community at large. How well they feel accepted, etc.. These could be followed up by discussion posts or polls. Oh well, just some off the wall ideas. Thanks again for your work. Ed

Woo hoo!!  Leading off with the me (and going on and on) !
Great skincast (even though).

Looking forward to more.

One comment . .  the audio leveling was off a bit.  Island Dog was much louder than Zoomba.

Some weeks will definitely be more "on" than others   

And most of the questions in that thread ended up being about specific Stardock products, which I said was not the focus of the podcast so we wouldn't be answering them.

Wulfin . . I actually had to cull a number of the questions I had beceause they were Stardock specific too.  -sigh-

A show devoted to little known or obscure features in WB would be good for new(and not so new) users. We tend to answer a lot of the same questions over and over...and people just didnt know some things were possible. Silly things like what is vista-ize me?and how do I know its even on?  

oh my.... I see your circuit board!!! better adjust your slip

Liked broadcast #2. great stuff. Can you tell us for windowblinds what is the moderation process? How does a blind get tested, ect, put through the ringer so to speak? Also what about promotions? is that askable? do all you guys sit around a large round table and throw ideas accross about who should be promoted ect? Can you ask Fuzzy Logic to be on the show and perhaps answer some mod questions? ( i just WANNA hear his voice!!!)      I dont have skype or broadband....so i cant leave questions on the skype site.....sorry guys.

Great show guys!

Just one small note, I noticed in the last show and to a lesser extent in this one, Zoomba, you start over sentences when you stutter. You should just keep going; it keeps it more natural and fluid.

Okay, content/topic suggestions:

-Skinning and DesktopX. (If you could get Roman_DA's or Vad_M's thoughts on this it would be great) Skinning is what the site is majorly about, but how do you define skinning and does everything here fall into that category? Case in point, DesktopX. Is it really skinning? Sure you can 're-skin' clocks, weather widgets, etc, but original DX work is more coding/building than anything else. It's one reason I think DX is stuck in a sort of niche and doesn't flourish as much as the rest of the site's activity, because the site is so skinning oriented and DX, depending on your definition of skinning, is not. Vad_M recently pointed out the decline of DX activity on the site, and I wondered what is your take on it (not just DX but the creation and consumption of widgets, and gadgets in general). How many widgets do you guys use, what are they, and why do you use (or not use) widgets? How big or small is the impact of DX on the site today (do your stats show a decline as well) and what, in your opinion, accounts for its popularity or lack thereof. Finally, does DesktopX 'belong' with the rest of the skinning apps used on WC? If so, in what ways do you think it is integral or complimentary to skinning? If not, why?


- WinCustomize often comes out with alot of new content, the Wiki, WCLive, the WC toolbar, and now the SkinCast. How do you guys come up with this stuff and why do you guys come up with this stuff (what are the goals, what do you hope each endeavor will bring to the community, is it more for fun or out of necessity)? With so much already going on how do you juggle everything, and who on the WC/Stardock team decides/sets the priorities? (P.S. is WCLive officially dead?)

We shall see... I've already volunteered, but it depends on who they can get on.

Haven't found a straight man yet though, you know, to go with my comedy act 

Oh, I can answer questions about WB moderation too...

Have a suggestion for a feature or segment for the WinCustomize SkinCast.

There always seems to be interest in the older skins, mainly WindowBlinds and or Themes. How about something like "Everthing Old is New again.". You could start out picking a WB or Theme from the past and discuss how it was very innovative for it's time. Give a link to it in your show notes. You gould then open it up to the members to suggest a WB or Theme that you would look at and review.

It sort of works with what wulfn1 is doing with her reviews. Maybe she could be convinced to help.   

It gives a chance to highlight past Skinners, some of which may still be around, which would also make a good interview for them to talk about their work that you are reviewing. It could even lead to an update of the reviewed WB or Theme. If the original Skinner is no longer active then the challenge would be for a current Skinner to contact the origianl Skinner for permission to update.

It doesn't have to be with each episode you could do it once a month. It could also turn into a "Where are they now" segment.

Just of thought, and it might have people listening in to see what and who you are reviewing.  

So Zoomba or ID, what kind of numbers do you have with episode 2?   

Damn Zubuz, you have a lot of Karma!  

It's contagiuos!

And as for the karma . . it's not all good. 

• for tossing a line and hook out to curt1s....
• Test numero dos
• Zubaz is my test monkey.
• I give you 1. Because thats all you deserve.  {wtf?  editor}
• You are always so helpful on the forums. And really great about organizing community projects to get people involved. Thank You.
• Helpful
• Cause I can
• 'cuz he's the ZU!
• excellent spelling
• For the pants
• Becuase Zubaz is Zubaz
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