NARJ096: Superfan

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avatarSince Joel is in the Bahamas, superfan Oz Hatke is on this week as a special guest! She talks about how Dudle has been since the Kickstarter and her adventures in teaching teachers to tweet.

Quotes

  • “I play ice hockey and drink whiskey in Canada, eh.”
  • “Twitter is the kind of thing you have to experience to understand.”

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NARJ095: Two Nap Day

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avatarChris is very tired today and Joel thinks it’s a two nap kind of day. Chris musters some energy though to talk about his recent experience presenting at WordCamp Hamilton and Joel laments having to go to the Bahamas for work.

Quotes

  • “Maine is southern Nova Scotia.”
  • “I don’t see myself in mirrors… I just see big slices of pizza.”

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NARJ094: Church of the Impending End

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avatarThis week’s main topic is the personal website – Should you consolidate all of your content there? Post your writing to your business websites? What do you want your internet identity to be? These are all tough questions and Chris and Joel attempt to provide a bit of insight on them. And of course there is the usual banter about America.

Quotes

  • “After I’m gone the world ceases to exist. So what’s the point?”
  • “Are you socialists?”
  • “It’s not that I hate the banter. I just hate you.”

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NARJ093: Manifest

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avatarIt’s been on the back-burner due to travel, but Chris and Joel finally get back to talking about the direction of NARJcast and it’s continued evolution. Feminism and the importance of boosting projects and people of diverse backgrounds is also on the table this week because Chris and Joel have a lot of guilt. To top it all off, Scolding the Winds was finally released!

Quotes

  • “We feel bad about being who we are.”
  • “How do you juggle the side projects?”
  • “I don’t want this to be a podcast about feminism because I don’t feel qualified to talk about that.”
  • “Everyone in New York has to hope the person next to them isn’t the worst.”

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NARJ092: Bad History

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avatarDid you know the colonies of the UK have their own Commonwealth Games? Did you know that New Zealand is part of the content of Middle-earth? Learn all of this and more on this week’s episode of Not a Real Job, where Chris and Joel unteach you history.

Quotes

  • “No one has ever had a unique idea as original as this.”
  • “My anti-drug is alcohol.”
  • “I’m sure all of New Zealand will be happy hearing that.”
  • “Jesus didn’t brag, I don’t brag.”

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