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Episode 64 : It’s About Your Story – Hindenburg Editing Software

9 December 2011

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Hindenburg makes editing your Life Story simple so you can concentrate on the Story

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I know the feeling of getting bogged down on the details of Creating a Life Story. There are so many things that can take you attention away from what a project is all about… The Story.

One of the …

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Episode 61 : Difference of Life Story and Oral History

20 October 2011

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What we can learn from Oral History and how we travel our own path.

Oral history and storytelling bookend what we’re doing here at Create Your Life Story with our family Life Stories. Oral history is academic and storytelling is theatric.We’re not exactly in either camp but we can learn a great deal from these disciplines and this episode …

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Episode 59 : Smash and Mash Your Life Story

13 September 2011

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Make your Life Story more than the sum of the parts

Once you start digging into it, your live can seem like an archaeological expedition. There are just so many things that you can start to bring to surface to help remind you of your life story. Just some of them are:

Photos.
Documents.
Journals & diaries.
Films & …

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More Hindenburg Audio Editing Tips for Your LifeStory

2 September 2011

Go a little deeper with Hindenburg without getting in the way of the story.
Hindenburg is, I feel the best and simpiest audio editing software specifically for voice for us that is available. You can try free trial version for 30 days but after that it’s no longer free unlike other editors such as Audacity …

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Episode 57 : Storyboard to See Your Whole Life Story

29 August 2011

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A simple tool to discover the topics of your Life Story
and a different way to share the whole of your life in one view!

Today’s episode of Create Your Life Story is full of listener feedback about how their individual projects are developing including a conversation with Paul Harbath about his personal Life Story project and the …

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Hindenburg Audio Editor Overview for Your Life Story

30 June 2011

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This is how to edit your Life Story audio in Hindenburg.
Your Life Story biography should be all about getting the wonderful stories recorded and shared with family and the world. Everything else should get out the way of that result.
For that reason I suggest you use the Zoom H1 Handy Recorder with Giant Squid …

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Episode 51 : The Simplest & Best Audio Editor for Your Life Story

29 June 2011

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The best, easiest and simplest audio editor for conversations.

Life Stories need little technology to edit but until recently there hasn’t been anything available that did the job to make the spoken word more interesting and engaging.

What do you need?
Most editing systems aren’t designed for the simplicity that we need for editing Life Stories. All …

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7 Ways to Screw Up an Interview

20 May 2011

Don’t screw up and you’ll be better than most
You’ve been there haven’t you? Maybe it’s a formal or a general conversation where everything starts well. Everyone is getting on just fine and then somehow it starts to unravel because you drop the bundle. You went in with the best of intentions but you did …

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The Power of Voice

11 May 2011

The voice screams of emotion, text only whimpers.
A biography is always more powerful when heard directly using the voice, rather than just the printed words when telling a story of your life. This is particularly important when it comes to events that are significant and poignant.

Maybe it is possible for a skilled author to …

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Episode 45 : A Biography is not a Book

10 May 2011

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Your Life Story can be anything you want.

Your auto/biography is only relevant if it’s captured and if it’s consumed by others. So the best system is the one that people are most comfortable with using to create and share your Life Story.
A biography is an account of someones life written by someone else.

People think …

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Start Your Story. Then Discover What You Know

14 April 2011

While producing the last podcast episode I again had a wondrous experience, but this time it was the strongest that I’ve ever had.

As you know the last episode is all about the importance of listening, a topic I’m quite passionate about and one that I think I have some natural ability with but not …

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Episode 40 : Saving Your Life – Story

5 April 2011

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Loose it and your story ceases to exist

What if you were to loose all those recordings that you’ve worked so hard to produce? All those hours of conversation… gone! As far as future generations are concerned you’d cease to exist. Maybe it’s best to have systems in place so that it doesn’t happen.

Recording your …

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Say Hello via Audio

5 April 2011

Don’t be shy… Say G’Day
I know, you feel a little shy and you may not be totally comfortable on the microphone yet but what better way to move forward than to tell your story to someone who understands.
I’ve recently installed a SoundCloud easy audio uploader so you can drop me a comment or just …

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Episode 38 : The Wonders of Editing

25 March 2011

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Audio editing is easier than you think!

Unfortunately there is some fear of editing, especially when you first see editing software but it needn’t be so. In this episode of Create Your Life Story we’ll look at some of simple things that you can do to make your recording amazing.

Basic editing with an 80% in …

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Episode 25 : Prompting Your Conversation

24 November 2010

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The prompts of your Life Story are around you.

Prompts, ideas or any of the conversational topics are one of the first things that people seem to struggle with when it comes to recording their biography. What will I mention? I don’t have anything to say… Or maybe, I have so many things to say …