Welcome to Episode 73 of my podcasts The view from the crow's nest, wherever you are in the world, whatever time it is. I want to thank you for spending some of that time in some of your place listening to me prattle on. I hope that at some point in some episodes maybe this one who knows that you'll get some value from it or some tip or trick or hack or something that helps or an idea that sparks your idea and your creativity, and hopefully you'll get that, but not always. Who knows, because I don't plan these things out, as you probably know, if you listen to them before. I just kind of share my thoughts of the day really and sometimes that's more for me. As a reminder, and sometimes that's turning into some kind of lesson for myself as much as anybody else who wishes to listen or maybe has that lesson or needs it or wants it in that moment. But as I say one final thing if you've only just kind of started listening I record all of my podcasts in otter otter.ai it's free app, and it transcribes, as you're talking, and it's a brilliant app, because, because of the transcription. You can search by text for anything that you've recorded into otter, and it will find it, and immediately. Cut to the point of the audio, where that text is so you can play it back in situ so even if the transcription isn't quite right. You can hear it back the arc and I know what I meant to say, etc. So that obviously is a really really powerful way of taking notes or ideas, whether it's for a podcast or whether it's, you know, literally just a meeting or just an idea that you had and, you know, the easiest way is obviously just being able to say it and say it naturally. So, yeah, otter.ai I recommend for you, anything really brilliant also for podcasts. And then once I've recorded it. The other great thing about otter is it's really easy to export the audio recording, and I export it directly into an app called anchor, which is, I think, has been acquired by Spotify actually I'm not 100% sure, but it's an again another free app for doing your podcasts. So really easy. And if you're thinking, oh well he audio isn't very great Well that's because I'm using the hands free, you know, or headphones with microphone that came with my phone. Few years ago, because the whole point of this podcast, kind of refreshing here 73 old episodes in whatever it is, was that I wanted a way to record my thoughts, my ideas and hopefully some tips, tricks, whatever. And I wanted to do it in a way that I wasn't gonna have a barrier to entry of technology or anything like that. Like I didn't want to put that psychological barrier in front of myself of all I can't record it until I'm in the proper environment entirely my studio until I've got my proper microphone and so if you ever look up about doing a podcast, the first thing they say is, you know, you've got to get the right microphone or listen, you know, as a musician as a producer as an audio engineer when I record myself I know full well, how important it is getting a very clear, very crisp signal from the microphone without any noise and background noise and interference. And that's great when you're recording music. But when you're just jotting some ideas down well, truthfully, what matters more does it matter that you get in front of the right equipment or does it matter that you get the idea Danny, you get the creativity out. And in fact, on this riff, I can now feel myself going into a direction which completely didn't know I was going to go into, which is the idea of two things one phrase always say all the time. Do what you can with what you have right now so don't wait for the right time or the right equipment or the right environment. I am completely guilty of all three of those. But nonetheless, do your best not to wait for those things because it stops you from starting, and there is power in starting, you know, there really is. And if you carry that momentum through that can push you much further than if you
