2005 June 01

It's true. I do this all the time:

You remember Beetlejuice don't you? The stupid, yet mildly entertaining movie that spawned a very lame cartoon show and tons of crappy toys. In the movie you could make Michael Keaton, who played Beetlejuice appear, and bug the hell out of you, when you said his name three times in a row. Ironically now, you can say Michael Keaton's name as many times as you want and he thankfully never appears to annoy the hell out of you. (I'm guessing Jack Frost had something to do with that.) Even though Michael Keaton is…um…wherever the hell he is, Chris Pirillo has apparently taken up the task of popping up when people say his name. (Hell, sometimes it doesn't even take saying Chris Pirillo's name three times before he shows up.) I like to call this the “Pirillo Effect.”

It's one thing to leave an anonymous comment in an entry or two, but it's something entirely different when you take the time to say something in your own space. Of course, you have to make sure that your conversation is being tracked by any one of the more proactive searching services (like PubSub). Even if I don't comment, at least I take the time to look.

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It's kinda true (in audio format, anyway), since the new phone number is finally live. Of course, you can call it to your heart's content and you won't get anywhere. Since it's a land-line, we can't get voice mails via MP3 (so we don't even have voice mail turned on). Six lines hunt for one another, so… we may now be the only Internet-based call-in podcast / live show. No radio station affiliation, folks. It's all online with traditional equipment.
1.888.7474.556
You have to know how to spell my name in order to participate. ;)
Jake and I have only done preliminary testing, so we're not going to announce anything in Lockergnome yet (which is sure to drive a lot of qualified callers, a lot of attention). However, we could use your support – if you have a question that you might have, say, asked when I was on Call for Help a few years ago? Or, let's say, you have an Internet business question that nobody else seems to be able to answer? We're casting the 'Net wide, espeically for this first week with the phones.
And this is worth mentioning again: I don't know when or where, but one day I'm going to attempt to set the record for the most live calls answered in a single broadcast. Gotta get some practice, and for that – we'll need everybody's help. None of this “three true calls an hour” BS that usually happens with other shows, either.
Spread the word!

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It’s kinda true (in audio format, anyway), since the new phone number is finally live. Of course, you can call it to your heart’s content and you won’t get anywhere. Since it’s a land-line, we can’t get voice mails via MP3 (so we don’t even have voice mail turned on). Six lines hunt for one another, so… we may now be the only Internet-based call-in podcast / live show. No radio station affiliation, folks. It’s all online with traditional equipment.

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