Matthew Wayne Selznick

Recent fortuitous events have placed me in a remarkable position... after ten years and eighty-some days with the same company, I will be quitting what I have semi-sarcastically called my Cursed Day Job on the day after Thanksgiving. Very strange. I'm alternately very nervous and out-of-my skin excited. I'll still have to work somewhere... we can't quite afford to be a one-income household, and the cats and dog don't know too many marketable tricks, so…

Holy crap... I don't even know where to begin. Let's go with first impressions again, okay? MTV can't sell me on their bullshit, still, more, forever and ever, amen. Doug Kaye deserves your help. Some people are done doing it for themselves, and the world's a better place because of it. Dave Slusher doesn't have much of an accent in real life. What's up with that? There are good lawyers on the side of the…

So, my first conference. I feel like a grown-up, kinda. Impressions: Many people... many people... still think in terms of podcasting as an entry into Old Media, like radio or major labels or whatnot. Some do not. Which is good. Brian Ibbott is gracious but nervous around drooling fanboys. Can't say I blame him. If Odeo stays unbought by Fox or ClearChannel or something equally unsavory, they're on to a good thing. Just stay pure,…