6 unexpected upgrades for your podcasting workflow.
Thank you for joining me for The Audacity to Podcast.
I'm Daniel J. Lewis.
When thinking about upgrading your podcasting workflow, you
probably immediately think of actual podcasting tools, like
microphones, recorders, mixers, interfaces, or combinations of
all of those things, or podcast hosting, podcasting software,
cameras, lighting, and such.
But that's not what I'm going to share with you.
In fact, none of these recommendations for you are explicitly
podcasting tools.
Well, 1 of them is kind of on the fence, but still, it's not
explicitly a podcasting tool.
And not a single 1 of these is yet another AI tool.
I would love to recommend podcasting tools to you like
Podgagement or PodChapters, especially PodChapters because I went
from using 5 tools for about 30 minutes for every episode down to
now just 1 tool taking me only about 30 seconds per episode.
That's a huge win.
I'd love to tell you to go to podchapters.com to try it on your
next episode.
I'd love to tell you about all the cool features that are in that
that will save you time, helping you transcribe and chapter your
podcast so that you can boost engagement and even profit from
your podcast through chapters, I'd love to tell you to do that.
And I'd love to remind you to go to podchapters.com to try it out
for free on your next episode. But I'm not going to do that.
Instead, I'm going to give you these 6 unexpected upgrades for
your podcasting workflow.
And if you'd like to follow along, they are a simple tap or swipe
away in the show notes or the chapters or go to the
audacitytopodcast.com/unexpectedupgrades.
Quick little disclosure. Yes.
Some of these products, I have affiliate relationships with the
providers or the links that are in the notes, but I am not paid
to talk about anything.
I earn only if you purchase through my links, if they're even
affiliate links, and some of these things are not affiliate
links, and I earn absolutely nothing if you purchase them.
And I earn only if you purchase through my links.
But I recommend things I truly believe in regardless of earnings.
So with that disclosure out of the way, here we go with number 1,
your keyboard and mouse.
These are the 2 things that you are touching constantly No matter
what you're doing on your computer, but especially with
podcasting, you are constantly touching your mouse and keyboard.
Maybe even keeping your hands on them while you are recording
your podcast, and you're certainly using them while you're
preparing your podcast, while you're producing your podcast,
while you're publishing your podcast, while you're promoting your
podcast.
At every point in between and beyond that, you are using these
the most of everything else you work with.
These are your most common tools.
So maybe they are due for some upgrades.
I recommend a few things to look for with this.
And there are some specific keyboards and mice that I might
recommend.
But there are some specific things that I recommend that you look
for.
First, look for something that's quiet because this is what we
typically think of when we're getting accessories or at least I
hope you think of this.
Since we're recording podcasts around our podcasting workflow,
whether you're audio or doing video, you want something quiet.
So maybe avoid that mechanical keyboard that makes really loud
sounds if you even look at it.
Maybe consider getting a quiet keyboard, even if it's only for
while you are recording your podcast or a quiet mouse.
So definitely look for something that's quiet, but also look for
something that's comfortable.
You want it to be comfortable for you to use and not cause strain
on your wrists, on your fingers, on your arms, elbows, shoulders,
anything like that.
Just think of the whole workflow of how your energy goes from
your body into that device and make sure it is comfortable all
along the way.
There might be some adjustments you can make in other aspects
like with your chair, with your desk, or positions, or wrist
rests, or anything like that. But make sure it's comfortable.
And the third thing is make sure it is customizable.
Don't you like that quiet, comfortable, customizable, the hard c
sound in each of those? I could be a pastor.
That's what you want these devices to be.
Quiet, comfortable, and customizable.
And you want them customizable so that you can make them do
things inside your podcasting workflow.
For my mouse, I use a Logitech MX Master 3 s for Mac.
And there are different versions, and now there's even a newer
version that replaces this that has some kind of minor
adjustments to it.
But what I love about this is it has multiple buttons that I can
customize.
It also has a really nice scroll wheel on it that can free flow
or it can click.
And it has a horizontal scroll wheel that is great for things
like scrolling through a timeline in an audio editor or video
editor and doing other things like zooming or all kinds of cool
things.
And any of the buttons on the mouse could be customized to do
certain things within specific apps.
I think now all the major mouse providers with their drivers
offer customization at an app level.
I remember a day when you had to buy extra software to do that
kind of thing.
So for example, in your browser, a button could switch between
tabs.
But in your audio editing program, that same button could do
something like silence a section that you've got.
Or maybe it's the export, or anything like that that you find
yourself trying to remember the keyboard combination for it or
going to the menu, consider mapping that to your mouse.
Or if you have a special keyboard that gives you extra keys that
you can customize, then customize those and map those little
shortcuts to those keys.
1 of the things that I do that might sound crazy is I use 2 mice
for my computer on a regular basis. I am on a 27 inch iMac.
It's the last Intel iMac that Apple created, and I use 2 mice.
I have the Logitech mouse in my right hand, and that's what I'm
doing most of my computing with when I'm using a mouse cursor.
But in my left hand, next to the keyboard, to the left of the
keyboard, I have an Apple touch pad. That's all that it is.
It's the big nice big touch pad that's even bigger than my hand.
And with that, I can do really cool multi finger swiping gestures
too. That's how I swipe spaces between full screen apps.
That's how I easily swipe between certain tabs or scroll more
easily and more fluidly with my mouse instead of the scroll wheel
even.
And certain other things like pinch to zoom and stuff like that.
Really nice things that can be done with multi finger gestures
that are possible with that.
So I've always got these 2 mice on either side of the keyboard,
and that really helps my workflow and my productivity and my
station. You could consider something like that too.
Maybe you have 2 different mice. Maybe you have a trackball.
Maybe you that's what you like.
Maybe you want a vertical mouse because that would be more
comfortable for you. You find out what works for you.
But I recommend that you look at something that's quiet,
comfortable, and customizable.
Number 2, kind of related to this, a control interface.
That's what I'm going to call this genre of devices, like, my
favorite 1, is the Elgato Stream Deck. I have a Stream Deck Mini.
It is a 3 by 5 button interface.
It doesn't have any knobs, dials, sliders, anything like that.
It is only buttons.
But what's nice is that the buttons have little screens on each
of them.
So I can customize the text or icon or color that goes in those
buttons.
Those buttons can change based on which application I'm currently
in.
Those buttons can also do really cool things like be toggles in
and of themselves.
So if I press play, then I see a pause button, and now it's a
pause button.
And then when I press pause, now it's a play button or a stop
button or something like that. And you can have multiple stages.
You can even do certain automations just within the Stream Deck
workflow.
Like, I've got a button for whenever I'm doing my episode images
for The Audacity to Podcast.
I press this button and it instantly opens up 3 different
applications I need.
It opens up my browser to my image library that I choose images
from and icons and try to find something from there.
And it opens up all of these specific folders and locations that
I need for that.
And that automation is done simply with the Stream Deck software.
What's really cool now is you don't even have to have a hardware
device for this.
Elgato does make a virtual Stream Deck that you can have on your
computer.
So you have these buttons on your computer that you can then
press, kind of like if you had a hardware thing.
It's a little less convenient than the hardware because it means
you have to move your mouse up to that position or maybe you can
activate some of those things with keyboard shortcuts.
But again, that gets more complicated.
Whereas with a physical separate interface, you can just reach
over and press the button and very quietly press those buttons
and trigger certain automations or even see certain information.
Like right now, I can look at my Stream Deck and I see my current
CPU usage updated every couple of seconds.
That's displayed on the Stream Deck.
So that way I can know if my CPU is starting to overheat and I
need to pause the recording and run my CPU fan at a higher speed.
Right now, it's at a lower speed, so it will be quieter and not
interrupt and mess up the quality of this recording.
I really love the Elgato Stream Deck line because they do more
than only these buttons.
They have really big Stream Decks that have lots of buttons on
them, but they also have other devices that are unique in the
controls that they offer, like that have knobs and sliders and
bigger displays on them and certain things like that and in
different shapes and such that you can do really cool things with
them.
Like the slider could be for scrolling through your audio, or you
could have a knob that allows you to very quickly jump to a
certain tab or scroll in your audio also, or adjust volumes of
certain things.
It's limitless, pretty much, what you can do with this kind of
stuff, and there's automation built within it.
There are other makers of devices like this, and there are some
really cool things that you might be able to find on places like
Kickstarter and things where you can get some modular things,
where you get a slider, and a couple of buttons, and a screen,
and different things like that. That can be really cool too.
You figure out what works for you.
But I love these kinds of control interfaces because they can
bring automation literally at your fingertips by just pressing a
button, and maybe that's all that that button does.
So you don't have to remember a keyboard shortcut.
You don't have to do multiple steps.
You just press this button that is right there, and it's a
physical button. You might not even have to look at it.
You could just feel it with your fingers, which would be great if
you're recording a podcast with someone and you need to maintain
eye contact with them, or you're trying to maintain eye contact
with the camera, you could just reach down, feel the button that
you want to press when you know which button it is, and press
that button to take whatever that action is that you want.
So that's why I love this upgrade.
This is the 1 that is kind of on the fence as a podcasting tool,
but some people frequently think of these kinds of devices as
only being for live streamers.
And certainly, they are fantastic for that, like camera
switching.
I really wish I had a Stream Deck back when I was doing multi
camera live streaming for my once upon a time podcast because I
would always forget to switch the cameras, and the keyboard
shortcuts were complicated with that, trying to remember that and
and press all those keys.
Something like a Stream Deck would have made that much easier.
This is often thought of though for more video or streaming use.
That's why they call it a Stream Deck, but that's not all it is.
I use this thing so much outside of a typical podcasting
workflow, doing other automations for me, and it is so powerful,
saves me time, saves me frustration, saves me brain cells.
I definitely recommend it. That's number 2, a control interface.
Number 3, automation and shortcut tools.
These are software tools that you could use to make certain
things go faster for you.
I hinted at this a little bit with the Stream Deck that does have
some of this automation built in.
But look at tools like TextExpander, TextExpander or what I
really love from Mac OS that I found in the last couple of years
is Keyboard Maestro or an alternative for Windows would be
AutoHotKey or look at things like Apple shortcuts built into Mac
OS and even iOS.
And another new app that I've started using recently is Raycast
that allows you to jump to certain features and functionality by
typing things with your keyboard, and that's available for both
Mac OS and Windows.
But the point of all of these things is automating certain
repetitive tasks or even doing certain things for you in a more
intelligent way.
And these can play out in all kinds of different context for you
in your podcasting workflow.
For example, I just recently set up an Apple shortcut automation
on my Mac OS so that I can right click on an episode folder from
The Audacity to Podcast and choose to archive that folder.
And it automatically then moves it to the specific archive folder
on my separate hard drive where I put all of my archived
episodes. Now you might think, oh, come on.
That's just moving a folder. That's not saving you much time.
Well, it is.
Because before then, what I would have to do is I would have to
open up 2 finder windows on Mac OS so I could see the folder I
wanted to move and where I wanted to move it to.
And in that second folder, I would have to go to the drive, then
go to The Audacity to Podcast folder, then go to the episodes
folder, and drag it into there.
Now, I can just right click, choose the option to archive it, and
it moves it for me. That's an Apple shortcut.
You can do that kind of stuff with other tools too.
With Keyboard Maestro, oh, man. This thing is so magical.
I don't think they have an affiliate program, by the way.
If they do, I would totally love to be in it.
Maybe I am in it already. I don't remember.
But whatever the case, just expect if there ever is an affiliate
program, I'll be using affiliate link for it.
But even if it doesn't have an affiliate program, I still love
this.
You can do similar things with AutoHotKey, but with some of the
stuff that I do with Keyboard Maestro is system wide automation.
Because Keyboard Maestro, even though the word keyboard is in the
title, it can do stuff with the mouse.
It can simulate mouse movements for you and click things.
Not only specific locations on the screen, like certain pixels
down from the top and from the left and such, but it can also
look at your screen to find something on your screen, like a
button that might move to different locations.
In my accounting software that I use, which is currently Odoo,
I'm not necessarily a big fan of it, by the way, but it has the
features I need, so I'm using it.
But it's a little complicated with some of its workflow stuff.
I've made about a dozen automations with Keyboard Maestro and
mapped all of those automations to buttons on my Stream Deck so
that I can do things like record payments and create new invoices
and reconcile deposits and transfers and all of this stuff in my
software.
And some of it is using keyboard shortcuts that Keyboard Maestro
triggers.
Some of it is using the clipboard and it has multiple clipboards.
So it can copy multiple fields of text from my email reports, and
then paste each of those into different places.
It doesn't have to go back and forth, copy paste, copy paste.
It just copies, copies, copies, copies, copies, and then paste,
paste, paste, paste, in the different places where I want it to.
And it clicks what I want it to.
It can wait for certain things to appear before it takes action.
All kinds of really cool stuff. TextExpander.
I've done a whole episode previously about the power of text
expansion where I can type in an acronym of some sort, and it
will automatically expand out things.
The easiest 1 that I use for The Audacity to Podcast is .tap.
That then expands out to The Audacity to Podcast URL, but it pops
up a little prompt that gives me the option to add something
after .comslash.
Like, for example, my affiliate link for TextExpander would be
the audacitytopodcast.com/textexpander.
So for that, instead of having to make a TextExpander snippet for
every single affiliate link I have, I just do .t a p, and then I
type in TextExpander into that URL field.
I press enter, and then it paste that full URL for me as the
audacitytopodcast.com/textexpander, except also with the HTTPS.
So it's a full valid URL for hyperlinking and such.
There are all kinds of really cool things you can do with
TextExpander too for email correspondence, for social posts.
Like, if you ever do live streaming, you can make a TextExpander
snippet for we're going live.
Visit this URL to watch or listen live right now or share the
show. Anything like that could be a TextExpander snippet.
You can make entire email templates where you change certain
things in the templates with TextExpander.
You can even do some of this kind of stuff with Keyboard Maestro
or AutoHotKey as well.
But I've used TextExpander for now, I think, 2 decades.
TextExpander is now available on Windows as well as Mac OS.
But back when I started using TextExpander, it was only on Mac
OS, which back then was called OS 10.
And that was a big thing that got me to switch from Windows to
Mac because I wanted TextExpander. And Raycast.
I'm discovering more and more cool features inside of Raycast and
the ways that it can jump straight into certain things.
Just for example, I can tie it into Zoom so that when I press on
my Mac, it would be command space bar.
It will automatically show my next meeting in Zoom.
So I can just very quickly with my keyboard, select that meeting,
press enter, and it opens that meeting in Zoom.
So I'm jumping straight into my Zoom meeting or certain other
things like that I can do.
It can also do silly things, like provide animated GIFs for me or
help me find emoji better or all kinds of cool stuff.
There's even a domain availability checker built into Raycast.
And, yes, it can have some AI features in it as well, but I don't
use the AI features in it. But if you want to, you can.
They're in there.
That's not why I'm listing it because of AI, but because of
everything else it does.
These kinds of things are software based ways to improve your
workflow by automating things and by giving you shortcuts to
certain things, remembering things for you so you don't have to,
or doing multiple steps so you don't have to.
Number 4, smart home accessories. You might think, wait a minute.
We're talking about podcasting, not automating your home.
Well, yeah.
But many independent podcasters podcast from home and work from
home maybe too.
So smart home accessories can be a great podcasting workflow
improvement because of different things that you can do with
smart home accessories.
For example, you could use a smart thermostat so you can make
your HVAC quiet while you're recording.
Like I do every time before I record an episode of my podcast, I
turn off the thermostat, turn off the heater, the ventilation,
the air conditioner, whatever's running.
I suffer for the craft so it's not running in the background and
being really noisy.
I turn that off whenever I'm recording and then turn it back on
afterward. I also have smart light bulbs for special effects.
Like, you ever watch some of the videos that I have, I'll have my
acoustic panels behind me have LED strips in them that can change
colors.
Those turn on and off, and I can change their colors through my
smart home devices, like my Amazon smart speaker or even some
iPhone or Mac OS automations.
I also have LIFX smart bulbs that can do things like change
colors or simply turn off.
And I have studio lights that are on this other thing I would
recommend would be smart switches or outlets for even simply
controlling the power to things that might otherwise not be
smart.
So my smart bulbs can do some really cool lighting effects or
even simply turn on and off, but the smart switches can turn on
and off those things that I can't reach, like a room heater or a
fan or certain light bulbs or turning on things.
Like, I have this automation setup with my smart speaker that I
just tell it switch to podcast mode.
And then what it does is it turns off all the normal light bulbs
in my room, which are all smart light bulbs, but it turns all of
them off.
Then it turns on the smart power outlets that turn on my studio
lights, which are LED light panels, and they're not smart
devices.
Well, they do have a remote, but the remote is a little bit
cumbersome to work with it.
If I'm simply turning on and off each light, I don't wanna have
to mess with that. I just want everything switched automatically.
So it turns on the studio lights, turns off the room lights, it
turns on my pretty LED background behind the acoustic panels, And
it can do some other automations too, like turning off the HVAC
system and any kind of other heaters or fans or other appliances
or anything like that.
Or I've heard of some people having a little code in their home
where they have a smart light bulb outside of their recording
space.
And whenever that light bulb is red, that is their now recording
indicator.
So everyone knows, oh, when that light is red, let's try to be
quiet.
Let's keep the kids out of that room, keep the pets out,
whatever.
Let's not decide this is the moment to vacuum and move furniture
around.
This is the moment to be quiet because someone is recording
something and shouldn't be interrupted or there shouldn't be loud
noises.
These are really cool things that you can do to help your
podcasting workflow by using these smart home automations.
And it means that you could then do this right from wherever
you're sitting, right when you're ready to record instead of
getting up and remembering, oh, yeah.
I need to go remember to turn off the heater or air conditioner.
I need to turn on the studio lights. I need to close this.
Open that. I need to switch this over.
I need to change this light color.
You can just do that maybe with a button on your Elgato Stream
Deck.
Maybe you do it through your smart speaker, but switch it over.
And for me, then when I say turn on the office, although most of
the time, the Amazon and some of the other smart speaker devices
just recognize that as turning on the power to the room and the
room lights, I've actually overridden that by making an
automation that's triggered by those same words.
So instead of simply turning on the lights, when I say turn on
the office, it turns off the podcast mode.
So it turns off the studio lights.
It turns off the LED RGB background that I have with my acoustic
panels.
It turns on the normal room lights and sets them back to normal
brightness and normal colors for me and turns on the HVAC system
and anything else like that that was turned off by the
automation, it turns it back on.
And then if I say turn off the office, it simply turns off the
lights.
So these are some of the things that you could start thinking
about with smart home automation tools. Number 5, furniture.
Especially think about your desk, your chair, and storage, both
visible storage and invisible storage.
So think first about your desk.
This is the thing that your podcasting gear is probably sitting
on.
Your computer, your keyboard, your mouse, anything that you're
working with, space for you to maybe write something on, jot down
notes, anything like that.
This could also be the space where someone else is sitting with
you. Maybe you need to upgrade what you're working with.
There was for a while when I first started doing in studio cohost
podcast with my Clean Comedy Podcast and also then later the Once
Upon a Time Podcast, it was a bit awkward, the setup that we had.
Initially, I had to share a microphone with someone, which I
never recommended doing that.
And also just the if we wanted to do any kind of video streaming,
just the angles weren't right, all this kind of stuff was
complicated.
So I figured out a way that I could move my desk in the room.
I could also modify the desk a little bit because I have 1 of
those very old desks that was built for CRT monitors.
So it's very deep, but that also means it's table size.
So someone could sit on the other side of the desk like it was a
table.
And then I got 1 of those little arms that you have for your
monitors.
I got 1 of those so I could move the monitor out of the way
easily and look at my cohost while we were speaking.
That was cool stuff that I was able to do with my desk.
You could also look at your chair.
Think about how quiet is your chair.
Does it make squeaking sounds every time you move around?
Especially if you've got a leather chair, you might get some
little awkward sounds in your podcast recording whenever you just
twitch slightly. And then you have to say, sorry.
That was definitely the chair. Believe me.
Look at these things from a similar perspective of your keyboard
and mouse, but in a slightly different order.
First priority, I think, should be the comfort.
Second priority should be supportive of whatever it needs to
support.
So your desk needs to support all the gear that you're putting on
it. So think about what kind of gear you're putting on it.
And might you need to modify the desk?
Might you need to drill holes through the desk, which that was
really difficult for me the first time I drilled holes through my
desk.
But now, I'm glad I did because the cables are really nice going
through these different holes and certain things stick through
certain places, and it's much cleaner now. And I like that.
More about cables in a moment.
But also, if it's something you're sitting in, your chair, it
needs to be supportive of your body and your posture, not only
for the sake of your health, but also your energy level.
Just think about how different your energy feels when you're
sitting up straight with a straight back versus when you're
slouched or if you're hunched over.
Your energy level is different.
So make sure that your furniture supports those things.
And the last point here for what you should look for in furniture
is that it be quiet.
You don't want your chair making sounds when you move in it.
You want something quiet.
So if you're looking at buying a new chair, I recommend look for
something that has no hard plastic that is touching you and no
leather at all.
Make sure it's all fabric or mesh, something like that.
Make sure it has good lumbar support and all that other stuff you
have to think about.
You might even need to think about, should it have armrests or
not?
There have been certain chairs that I've had that had armrests
that always caused me to have bad posture.
It was really because of the position of the armrests.
So when I got a different chair where I could adjust the position
of the armrests, that improved my posture because I wasn't
slouching over or hunching over in order to rest my arm on this.
I could raise the armrest, so then that helped the rest of my
posture. And the chair I have now is a quiet chair.
Well, there are little parts that are kind of loose, but as long
as I'm not moving too aggressively, then that part stays quiet.
I also mentioned storage.
Think of this not only as where you put things away, but also
where you put things that you want to access and things you want
to show.
Maybe it's a shelf that is visible in your livestream or if you
do any kind of other video, something that you want people to see
because it looks really nice. Think about that storage.
Maybe upgrade that to be something nicer, Something that maybe
you have to move things around because of the space that you're
using. So think about what's more movable.
Maybe if you have a live streaming station that you need to move
your computer screen or different things around, look at
something that can be on wheels.
So you can just move it around like that.
Or 1 of the really cool investments I got for my original remote
office before I brought my office back in the home is some light
stands that drill into the wall or ceiling.
So it made it really easy for me to position the lights exactly
where I needed them to be and move them out of the way and easily
move them back to where I needed them to be without messing with
cables and light stands on the floor.
Storage might also be where you're putting things away.
Make sure that you're making good use of your storage, that stuff
is staying dry and the right temperature and all of that stuff,
and you're not just throwing things in the closet, but you've got
good storage management there.
That can be really good for your podcast, especially whenever you
need to try and find something.
It's so much easier when things are organized.
And if ever someone comes over to look at your space, you want it
to look nice too.
And speaking of looking nice, number 6, cable management.
This could be zip ties.
This could be cable tracks or rails or even stapling or gluing
things down.
Try to keep your cables in the same places looking nice so you
don't have all of these loose cables around, tie up the loose
ends, maybe even invest in shorter cables or longer cables
depending on what you need.
You could even look at things like angled cables or angled
connectors. Like, maybe it's a 90 degree connector.
So instead of something sticking straight out of the back of your
microphone for your XLR cable, maybe it's a 90 degree connector.
So it points up.
So that saves a couple of inches from behind your microphone.
Or it could be the same thing with USB cables or other kinds of
data cables or power cables and such.
Consider your cable management. Keep this in mind though.
As much as possible, keep your power cables away from your audio
cables.
Data cables, I think, are mostly insulated, so you don't have to
worry about them being around either audio or power cables.
But your audio cables are not as well insulated unless you buy
really expensive ones, especially from the kind of interference
that can happen from power.
I don't mean power like just the USB c cable that's powering some
little device, but I mean the power that's coming from the wall
or from a power adapter of some kind where there are a lot of
volts and amps going through that line, that can sometimes cause
some little interference in your recording that sounds kind of
like constant mice squeaking in the background.
So keep your audio cables separate from your power cables, and
keep these things looking nice as much as possible.
And it can be a thing of beauty when you have your cables managed
really well. It's wonderful. It can look so much cleaner.
And for many people, maybe it's not this way for you, but for
many people, a cleaner space is a less distracting space.
I know some people I don't know what type letter it is, but some
people can get really distracted being around any level of
clutter.
Even if you're not that type of person, I would still suspect
that it's a little bit easier for you to focus on things if
you're in a cleaner space.
I'm not saying you can't have your little memorabilia around,
like if you've got podcast awards or fun little things that your
audience sent you.
Definitely have those things sitting out on some nice storage
perhaps, like I mentioned in number 5.
But have these things orderly so they look nice to you.
If you do any kind of video work, they look nice in the video,
and their positions are not in the way of anything that you're
working with.
So these 6 categories of things that I recommend as unexpected
upgrades for your podcasting workflow.
Number 1, a computer keyboard and mouse.
Number 2, a control interface.
Number 3, automation and shortcut tools.
Number 4, smart home accessories. Number 5, furniture.
And number 6, cable management.
I've got a few links to some suggestions under each of these
things If you're looking for certain things to solve some of
these problems, like the mouse that I use and the Stream Deck and
some of these other apps and tools and software and such.
So you can check those out in the notes over at the
audacitytopodcast.com/unexpectedupgrades.
I am going to Podfest in Orlando, and I'd love to see you there.
And when this episode is publishing, maybe you're even listening
to this on your way to Podfest.
So if you hear this before seeing me at Podfest, come to me and
let's record a little answer because I want to ask you what kinds
of unexpected upgrades you found for your own podcasting
workflow. It can't be the normal podcasting kind of thing.
Like, no microphones, mixers, podcast hosting, anything like
that. Something that you wouldn't think of as a podcasting tool.
But when you upgraded it or maybe you purchased a new kind of
tool, it really helped you in your podcasting workflow.
So find me at Podfest so I can record that answer from you, or
you can send your answer in to me at podcast feedback dot com
slash audacity.
Now that I've given you some of the guts and taught you some of
the tools, it's time for you to go start and grow your own
podcast for passion and profit. I'm Daniel J.
Lewis from theaudacitytopodcast.com. Thanks for listening.