Weekly Round Up
The Week In Re-Boo – 16th – 23rd September 2012
Here’s some of my favourite Boos from last week! Iain Lee’s programme on BBC Three Counties is always one for lively callers – and last week a man called Bill phoned in and cut to the chase: he had some big questions he wanted answered. Such as, er, why do women wear such tiny watches? [...]
Beatboxing, rugby and a brand new feature! It’s the week at BooHQ (w/c 12.09.11)
We’ve an exciting new feature for you! Hooray! You asked for the ability to add a bit more information into a description field on an Audioboo page and we listened, and now you can! For the moment it’s just available on the website, but you can log-in, go to a boo page and click ‘Edit’. [...]
A big red button, The Beatles and brilliant boos: The Week at BooHQ (w/c 05/09/11)
They’ve given me access to a Big Red Button, find out why I shouldn’t press it! Plus why the Beatles were compared to puppies and help celebrate @Sm2n’s 500th boo with us. It’s the week at Audioboo: A big red button, The Beatles, and brilliant boos: It”s the week at BooHQ (w/c 05/09/11) (mp3) [...]
Shakespeare, Dr Who and orchestral Tetris: it’s the week at Audioboo HQ (w/c 30.08.11)
Much excitement amongst Doctor Who fans as David Tennant co-hosted the Absolute Radio Breakfast show and listeners were asked to Audioboo in their questions for him. We also enjoyed the debate about whether Shakespeare was a fraud, with the 60 minutes with Shakespeare crew and got invited to a concert of orchestral versions of video [...]
Travel tips, lawnmowers and ‘Remember Me’: It’s the week at AudiobooHQ (w/c 22.8.11)
Jon’s been busy and has fixed the ‘Remember Me’ function on the website, the rest of us were told we were too young to go on a wine tasting session, and we helped the UK Foreign and Common Wealth Office collect some travel tips – despite the usual downpour in time for the Bank Holiday [...]
Open source, storytelling and a goat cam: It’s the week at BooHQ (08.08.11)
Lots going on in the office this week! We’ve open-sourced the Android app code, I had a tour of a police car, Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf’s Kryten) began to release his book via Audioboo and we launched the Settle Storytelling competition. Hear the full story: Open source, storytelling and a goat cam: It”s the week [...]
Reflecting on the riots – a busy Week at Boo HQ (w/c 08.08.11)
Well it certainly wasn’t my usual week at work. With riots breaking out across the country, Audioboo became a great place for people to tell their stories, share their thoughts and post their content. We served tea to police, listened to impassioned rants and got-to-be-heard-to-be-believed interviews with looters, heartbreaking stories and police updates. Not to [...]
Air-guitar, Cornish Britney Spears and Bletchley Park: The Week at Boo HQ (w/c 1.8.11)
It’s been a busy week at Boo Towers – first it was breaking a world record in air-guitar and then it was talking to WWII codebreakers at Bletchley Park. We certainly get around! Catch-up with all the latest news – Mixlr integration, European Podcast Award opportunities and what to wear while walking in Britain. It’s [...]
Shuttles, Sheep and Shoulders – The Week at Boo HQ (w/c 25.07.11)
Apologies for the absence of the weekly round-up for the last couple of weeks. My excuse is that I had to be in the US to wave goodbye to this: Not a bad excuse I hope you’ll agree! So since the last instalment we’ve been up close and personal with the space shuttle, busy launching [...]
Revolutions and lightning – an exciting week at Boo HQ (w/c 27.06.11)
The week at Audioboo is brought to you with news from two continents this week as I ventured forth to speak at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Doha, while the rest of the team toiled away in London. I met all sorts of interesting people and you can have a listen to some [...]