Episode 36 - A trip to Denver & blog updates (206-888-6174)

SHOWNOTES: The biggest news of the week has been starting to look
for another scooter. As you might expect I have gotten a lot of
suggestions to look into maxi scooters as well as some of the new
offerings by Genuine. I must say that I am trying to keep an open
mind, although I am already drawn to the new Vespas and stopped in
Charlottesville this past week to look at a used GTS. Several of
you have suggested that I keep an eye out on Craig’s list, which
around here means checking Richmond, C-ville and metro DC. So far
there have been al lot of 50cc bikes. My guess is that this has to
do with a phenomenon that is widely known, that many people get a
scooter not realizing what is involved in riding, then decide to
dump it 500 miles later, or they get something like a 50cc bike and
realize it is too small and doesn’t fit their needs. Any way, I
haven’t decided new or used yet, but will keep you updated on my
search. I mentioned earlier that I am in Denver. Friday I took a
late flight out from Richmond and got here about 2 a.m. During the
trip I listened to Steve Guzman’s interview on Just gotta Scoot.
Steve writes The Scooter Scoop. Last week I mentioned that David
Harrington had interviewed Phil from Scooterworks and this was
another enlightening discussion with one of the best scooter news
bloggers on the web. It was interesting to hear that Steve is a
relatively new convert to scooting and he has taken his passion and
turned it into a very informative and fascinating pass time. I must
say, I was particularly interested to hear him talk about how he
has been able to monetize blog, although it hasn’t been so
lucrative that he can quit his day job. Thanks again Steve, for all
the great posts and we hope to see more of your video post in the
near future. Look for a link to David’s interview with Steve here
Scooter blog posts The Honky Tonk Dragon has updated us on his move
to New England here in the United States. For those of you who
didn’t know, Ben lived in Oregon and he has written a few quirky
posts on what it like to be swimming in a new pond. His posts
include pictures of his award winning “steam punk? scoot named
Quell in her new environment. He has also been posting videos. I
had forgotten that he mentioned to me a few months ago that he like
country music, I thought this was very curious, coming from someone
who also pays homage to performers like the Cure, the Violent
Femmes and the Slits. But his video posts include both the Slits
and a Three on Trail a yodeling country quartet. On the other side
of the world, John Ranna at Who rides a Vespa has been posting
regularly putting out trivia challenge that has us identifying the
Vespa sighting in a number of different movies. But what is more
amazing is to see that he has outed himself by reporting on his own
birthday party, held last month. In addition he reveals that he and
Bennette just had an anniversary. The post includes a link to their
audio invitation from 9 years ago. This wedding stuff is part of
John’s day job. Oh yeah, for those of you wondering, this sage old
scooterist is all of 35, wise beyond his years don’t you think? So
a belated happy birthday to John and happy belated anniversary. One
rather sad post this past week reveals that another scooter blogger
is putting posting out to pasture. The site was called twstngogrl
and vespajitsu. This is probably a rather obscure blog, but if you
found it you realized it represented two people’s view of scooting
and the love for the life/travel. The last post is rather sullen,
but represents one of the things all of us in podcasting or
blogging struggle with. When you create something and put it out
there you want people to see it, to consume it and hopefully tell
you what they think. What we never tell you about is how hard it is
to master the technology, to get the word out, to make new
connections and to plug what you are doing without seeming like a
self promoting ass. I would like to say that I am sorry to see Cody
leave our blogging community, truth be told, it is not an easy gig.
Last week I got a little plug from the Peanut Butter Scooter Time
blogger. His note reminded me that not everyone understands or has
heard of podcasting. Sometimes when I am asked, I say, well it is
radio on the internet. Most people say oh, yeah and walk away in a
daze. I know many of you listen to the show on the your computer
and I thank you for that, but what I find really liberating is when
you figure out that you can download a podcast, take it with you
and listen to it at your leisure. Think about how great it is to
listen when you are out walking, or exercising or driving to work,
like I do

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