Life on the Road - Trucking News Blog

Saturday at 9pm EST is our Roadcast over at talkshoe.com. Everyone is invited, for instructions on connecting and participating via computer or cell phone go here.

Alex and David of Largo Software are joining us tonight as our guests and to answer your questions about their program Nautilus InCab for truckers.

Episode two we had Don, Phil, myself and a couple of other drivers attending the live show.

• Phil talked about the process he went through to write his Over the Road Wireless for Dummies book.
• Truckers and technology.
• A little about trucking in the old days.
• and some questions from the audience about trucking.

Download it and listen later or listen right here online. Join us next Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Instructions on how to connect either with your computer or cellphone right here.

This is a reminder to everyone to attend the second episode of our Roadcast Show Saturday night 9pm Eastern. There are two ways to participate live!

• Dial: (724) 444-7444
• Enter the Talkcast ID: 62646
• Enter 1# or your Talkshoe pin.
• A talkshoe account isn’t necessary to participate.

Or

• Go to Talkshoe.com
• Enter Life on the Road or our talkcast id# 62646
• Click on the Life on the Road program
• or just click here.

If we’re live, click on the purple circle. If not it shows a countdown to the next episode.

Sign in or Sign up to download the talkcast client program. This allows you automatic chat room access and allows you to talk over your computer. A headset of some sort works best, otherwise there is a lot of echo and feedback.

Saturday night is open to everyone. Staff from Life on the Road will be there to discuss trucking news and events.

Don did a great job of explaining a podcast here. Here’s why he did that - Life on the Road is getting into podcasting, but it’s more than just downloading and listening. Over at Talkshoe.com they have a system for audience participation so everyone can have a part in the discussion along with a chat room. And the cool part is you don’t have to be near a computer, you can call in on your phone from anywhere Here’s our talkshoe home page with the show schedule and previous shows and access information here.

Episode One was with some of the Life on the Road writers. Don, Porter, Phil and Wayne. We discussed:

• A little bit about the Mexican Truck issue
• Fuel surcharges
• Aerodynamic trucks
• Running with the EPA rules
• Bigger and Heavier trucks
• And would we recommend trucking as a career.

Download and listen later, use a “podcatcher” like Don explained or listen now by clicking on Play Now. It’s only about 30 minutes. Let us know in the comments what you think and make plans to join us next week Saturday 9pm Eastern right here.

Update: The player and downloads are working now!

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I was having dinner with my family last night discussing an upcoming project here and the question came up of what is a podcast? Being the general technical support for my family and neighbors for years I have been listening to these things for a couple of years now and had figured everyone knew what a podcast was. Then it dawned on me, “What the heck is a Podcast?”. I really had no simple concise, concise answer, in fact I really couldn’t explain it in such a way to do podcasting justice. “Its like a radio show over the internet”, I said, which garnered blank stares, “They are automatically downloaded through RSS feeds”, which left my audience with a who-cares look on their face. So I decided to attempt to come up with something that better reflects what podcast are and the community behind them. Read the rest of this entry »

Life on the Road author Porter Corn was interviewed on Mike McConnell’s radio show on Friday morning regarding the Mexican Truck issue. Mike is a talk show host on 700 WLW in Cincinnati, OH. He show is also broadcast on XM 165. Porter is also the webmaster at Mexico Trucker.

Mike had Porter on to dispute some of the radical stories about Mexican trucks and drivers. Definitely worth a listen.

Porter Corn and Mike McConnell