Audio Tutorial to convince others to sign up for Linode.com

Hi everyone.

First of all, I'm glad to be back on the fforums!

I've missed the community at large for qutie sometime, and wanted to announce the release of a new audio tutorial/podcast, that attempts to not only intraduce ce visually impaired folks to Linode.com services (such a totally blind, or otherwise) but to also extend to the sighted as well, in such a case, the sighted can just keep on clocking the mouse and ushc. :)

But I wanted to do this from a totally blind users perspective.

This is also your first chance to hear a screen-reading program in action.

You might have some trouble understanding the speech generated, but I hope not.

If you do, let me know.

But you might be able to pick up on this.

This file is about 54 minutes in length, is recorded in MP3 at 128KBPS for audio quality, and is about 49 Megabites to download.

I apologize for not owning a mixer, so I used the best setup (computer speakers and an extremely expensive Olympus DM-4 digital hardware recorder with stereo microphones.)

All the recording for you audio buffs was done with the internal stereo microphones.

Using earphones to get the stereo feeled is suggested over speakers.

Feel free to listen to this file in it's entirety, but for any future listening you can skip thorugh the introduction to Linode.com.

I am also announcing a voluntary, free of charge service for anyone who is in, or not in the Linode.com community already, and extend my willingness thorugh this tuturoail to help others with Linodes.

While I'm targeting brand-new users, I do not mind workig with existing users.

All comments and suggestions in this extremely pro-active approach from all Linode.com staff, community members and forum owners is welcome.

I also would like to announce to Caker especially, that on April 25, 2011, I officially came back to sign up with Linode.com again for the third time in a ro over the last several years! My first time with you folks began somtime in May of 2009, and I believe that is demonstrating real loialty as a totally blind customer in any case, if you ask me.

Who's ever come back to Linode that many times or more?

Please see if you could help me as I need all of your help, from staff and or community members a like in insuring that this file is spread around for as many possible listeners as possible, as I'd like to reach the greatest number of possibal users or potential customers.

While I have tweeted about this file on my twitter account, and have tried to see if members in the blind community can hear about this file, my effort may not be enough.

So Please tel your friends, or anyone you know who may be interested.

I'd like to see if I can get some possible referral credit through the program as well, seeing as I have never ever had that experience with Linode ever while knowing you folks.

Not once have I got the chance to see the referral program in action for myself.

I can't always be available at all times to volunteer, and don't wisht o take the place of, or responsibility of Linode support by helping, I'm just doing this stuff to give back to you folks in return for the outstanding support and customer service I've had.

Thank you very much.

Any comments and praze for this audio file is well appreciated, as I did put effort into trying to reach out in a brand-new way to all future customers.

Without all of you folks, Caker and the others, I don't think I would have come up with this idea of reviewing Linode since I actually demonstrate the site in action to a point.

If you folks wish to see more tutorials someday when I have time to produce them, and demand is high enough for them, please do let me know what you'd like to se demonstrated, with the Linode resource graphs being an impossibility to show as a blind tutorial producer in any case.

To grab the file, you may get it here!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2433426/Linode.com-Tutorial.mp3

Thanks to all again for giving me the idea to give back to all of you this way, and enjoy!

God Bless.