Photo by SlipStreamJC on Flickr

I try not to put too much work-related gubbins on my personal blog, but I’m so damned excited by the new project my company – *audioninjas – is working on. We’re producing a brand new tech/gadget review podcast, but with a twist. Rather than just doing the reviews, the panel will give their opinions on the kit and invite questions from the listeners.

We’re busy putting together the first episode, and already we’ve secured our first celebrity guest – The X Factor & E4′s very own Peter Dickson. We’ll be chatting about his iPhone app “Peter Dickson’s Pocket Announcer”, as well as his favourite tech of the moment. We’ll also be talking tech protection – specifically iPad cases. We’ll be looking at DODOcase and possibly another case.

If you’d like to participate, or just get the skinny on when the episodes are out, you can find the show on:

Twitter: twitter.com/techshowpodcast
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/The-Tech-Show/184302514918088

By the way, we only need a few more ‘Likes’ on Facebook so that we can get a proper URL!

It’s always interesting starting a new job. Meeting new people, remembering their names, finding out what they like/dislike… just being sociable in general. Luckily, I’ve gone full time in a place where I have been temping. Same department, different job, and different location, so the transition from old to new hasn’t been the upheaval it might have been if I’d switched employers. By and large, I’ve managed to hit the ground running.

I appear to have found a niche in the work that I do, but I’m not going to allow myself to become to comfortable. After all, this is only a 12-month contract. I need to push the boundaries and go beyond my comfort zone if I want to pick up new skills. New skills which may help be find a new job if, after 12 months, this temporary position isn’t made permanent. Intertwined with that, I need to start studying again. I’ve been talking about it for long enough, but it’s time that I actually got that Microsoft certification I’ve been planning. I’ve got all the training materials – I just need to start using them.

I’ll be tough not to let this diminish my other interests. I’m still a keen photographer, and I really want to forge ahead with some radio work. After all, the long-term goal is to move abroad with the missus where she can get a nursing job, and I can proceed in radio. However, I need to pay the bills now, and the IT industry is paying. Radio is not (for the most part).

So that’s about it from me for the moment… I’ll try to write again soon, but as you’ve already seen, that may be a problem for me.

I’ll leave you with the video on the right. Courtesy of @RadioPaulo.