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Robin Taylor of "All Critters PodShow" recently asked a question through the comments section of my PodShow+ profile page.

"ok, I give...what's FOO", she asks?

Robin is, of course, referring to the "Foo" in the name of my weekly technology podcast, "WET Pod Foo". I covered this subject in my inaugural podcast, but for those that have not (and never will) listen to that show, I'll rehash "foo" here.

According to Wikipedia, "foo" is one of many metasyntactic variables. Huh? Quoting the Wikipedia article on the subject, "A metasyntactic variable is either a placeholder name (a kind of alias term, commonly used to denote the subject matter under discussion), or a random member of a class of things under discussion. The term originates from computer programming and other technical contexts, and is commonly used in examples by hackers and programmers". In essence, "foo", "bar", and "baz" are the narrative analogues of "x", "y", and "z" used in mathematical parlance.

In far simpler terms, "foo" is simply whatever subject matter I find myself discussing in my podcast.

This foo has been brought to you courtesy of Robin Taylor's great question. "Dig" her and her shows at robintaylor.podshow.com.

OK, I think I've come up with an almost fool-proof way to identify "real" podcast listeners on the streets of the world as of today...

Just ask, "Have you heard 'I Am - Molly's Theme' by Munk yet"?

I've been catching up on podcasts from the last two days today, and I swear I've heard that (excellent) song almost every hour...as if it were on mainstream radio.

I recognize it's getting play because of the recent launch of  "Shadow Falls",  but wow. A really great song...of which I am officially tired now.

Perhaps this experience is more commentary on my taste in shows...I don't know.

Just posted WET Pod Foo #2: a couple of cool songs, follow-up to some crap from the last show, and new content about Open Source apps you can use painlessly with your Windows machine. As a bonus, I give you insight into the 5 pieces of technology I couldn't live without. If you've gotta a grudge, and would like to see me leave this world, give a listen for some useful tips.

WET Pod Foo !

Cheers!

If you don't blow your own horn occassionally, no one else is going to blow it for you. Despite this truth, I occassionally get a little weirded out listing my professional accomplishments so people can learn what I'm all about as I have done in my Legend of Me section. This is especially true when this kind of list sometimes leaves people with the (entirely wrong) impression that I'm really full of myself. The i_got_game graphic is a hysterically funny joke...to me. I get it, but want to be clear that I do not intend for it to offend anyone. I hope that, after reading this, you get the joke too.


I love what I do professionally as an IT Guy and business person, and like to think I do it all pretty well...but I know I'm not necessarily the best, or very brightest, and maintain an eagerness to continue learning through collaboration with others.