Sidepodcast

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The first ever live show of Sidepodcast turns into the usual edited version where we discuss the idea of rotating your staff, practicing pit stops, and the weather in Valencia.

Intro

We’re live on the internet, which is both scary and brilliant at the same time.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for staffing news, with Ron Dennis’ rotation schemes, and Ross Brawn’s technical prowess, but a bad week for Lewis Hamilton’s bags and Finland’s stamps.

News and Views

After Hungary, Kovalainen doesn’t think anything has changed, whilst Coulthard and Gascoyne want things to change. Coulthard questions the future of refuelling after the pit lane fires, and we have some thoughts on that, whilst Gascoyne wants longer life components which is putting people out of business. We also discuss updates on the Valencia track, including wind, sun and rescue attempts.

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Here goes then, our very first attempt at a live Sidepodcast weekly audio show. It’s all a bit new and scary, and we’ve spent most of the morning fiddling with wires and saying “Testing, 1-2″ a lot.

However, things seem to be working, and amazingly it looks like we’re going to be on time. You’re very welcome to join us, get involved, have your say. We’ll be checking the comments all the time for anyone who’s out there, and it should be much more interactive than ever before.

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A couple of months ago the two of us sat around discussing the possibility of trying some kind of live, interactive talk show that we could then release later as a podcast. The general idea was to involve people more in conversation as it happens, rather than post-recording via comments or email.

During the original discussions we’d earmarked the pre-season 2009 as a pretty good time to start such a project, but as you’re likely aware, things snowballed after we found early tryouts heaps of fun and thus plans were brought forward.

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So here’s the plan. Yesterday we released the beta version of a new live commenting system, and as that was designed to aid discussion during live video we figured we ought do something to test it out.

It’s the Hungarian Grand Prix next weekend, which means we’re due another episode of Inside Track and thus we’ll be filming the pieces to camera shortly.

If you’re around please fire up live commenting and let us know if you can both see us and talk to us at the same time. We’ll be doing the same so should be able to talk back in realtime… well hopefully anyway.

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Having been away from Sidepodcast Towers for too long, it’s time to sit back, relax and catch up with the news and events from the past few days. We also discuss our last summer outing at Goodwood.

Intro

If last week’s show was good because of him, perhaps it’s time to think about going solo?

Good Week / Bad Week

Perhaps not.

Good week for helmets and making friends, but a bad week for Ferrari and F1 in general.

News and Views

We discuss details from the three day test at Hockenheim including Renault’s continual engine failures, the comparison between McLaren and Ferrari, and whether the anvil wing/shark fin is going to take over the sport.

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This past weekend we went to the British GP for all three days and had an amazing time. It was action packed both on and off the track and this bumper show is packed full of our experiences there.

Intro

The show is late because the British GP was brilliant and exhausting.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for Teams and Coulthard (although McLaren may not see it that way), and a bad week for Dutch courts and the independents.

News and Views

We talk about David Coulthard’s decision to quit, who will replace him and what he will do now. Discussions take place regarding the Silverstone vs. Donington debate, and that’s not the last you’ll hear of it this show.

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One of the most unique experiences of our entire Silverstone weekend was this year’s Honda Dreamfields campsite. For 2008, in order to support their Earthdreams marketing programme, the team hooked up with a company called myhab to provide us with our weekend accommodation.

We’d never heard of them prior to the event, but a bit of Google due diligence informed us that myhab provide luxury festival accommodation that’s green and hassle-free. Or to put it another way… they make tents out of cardboard!

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In a week where there is no news, we discuss all the events of the race weekend in France, including the many penalties, how drivers stack up against their team mates, and what did we really learn from the safety car test?

Intro

We got a shout out on 5live thanks to Scott.

Good Week / Bad Week

Good week for France, bad week for… No, wait, there is no news.

Qualifying

The safety car test during Free Practice didn’t reveal as much as we hoped, and the drivers are also wary. We had an insider at the track, and Ferrari appeared to have it all under control.

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It’s that time again, live streaming comes to Sidepodcast HQ for the second time.

Now, I should preface this post by saying we’re not going to do an entry every time we are record the video. The idea is to set up a ‘Live’ page and give the streaming TV it’s own space. You can keep your eye on the schedule to see when we’re planning to record.

The reason for this blog post, then, (aside from the fact that we haven’t set up the page yet) is that there are changes afoot.

As a bit of a test, we’re moving from UStream.tv to Justin.tv. Personally, I think UStream is a great site, and I’m already missing it, but Justin.tv offers a lot more options. The kind of thing that the techy one gets excited about. So here’s Sidepodcast how Justin see’s it.

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There’s a donate button hidden away at the bottom of the right hand navigation bar. We don’t mention it very much, and it’s not very prominent, because we’re terribly British and wouldn’t dream of asking you for money.

However, if you have donated recently, we appreciate it very much, and in the interest of being open about what we do here at Sidepodcast HQ, here’s what those donations have gone towards:

Drop.io Upgrade

This service has made such a difference to Live Commenting and generally sharing things with each other. I was sceptical at first, but now I don’t know what we’d do without it. So, this past Canada weekend, we upgraded our account so there’s more space to keep uploading your photos, videos, links and files.

Flickr subscription

We’ve been so busy creating podcasts this year, that we haven’t been out and about as much as we’d like. However, it’s coming to the season now, where it’s all go. Silverstone and Goodwood are fast approaching, and there’s only one place we want to share our photos with you (well, aside from drop.io). A Flickr Pro account allows us to organise the photos well and gives us more space to do so and last week we were able to extend for another two years thanks to your donations.

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