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Hey, remember that Making Friends with Technology open discussion from a few weeks back?

I seriously waffled about whether to release the recording. I was in a bit of a down mood that day, and I worried that it would be painfully obvious to anyone listening.

In fact, I was pretty well caught up in a spinning vortex of resentment (fewer people signed up than I had hoped for) and self-flagellation (if I had announced it earlier… promoted it more… not been such a huge chicken… surely I would have gotten the response I hoped for).

Which, I have to tell you, totally sucked.

But enough people had dialed in that I felt like I had to keep up my end of the bargain/conversation. The show must go on, I heard like a drumbeat in my brain.

Which is not the nicest or healthiest way to start off an hour of friendly and encouraging discussion.

But here’s the thing: I love technology so much, and I’m so deeply passionate about helping people past their fear of it, that my love of the topic took over my brain within a very short time. And I was no longer on the phone simply out of obligation — I was speaking from my heart.

Sometimes it was a little awkward, because for most of the call I just talked, and even when I paused for questions there wasn’t much interaction (at one point I actually said “wouldn’t it be nice if bacon rained from the sky?” and then realized that maybe it’s only me who thinks that would truly be nice. mmmmm, bacon… Oops, I digress).

In the end, I think I said some valuable and interesting things, and I made the slightly scary decision that letting people hear me (even on a down day) would do more good than hiding the recording away.

So it’s now available for download (the usual AWeber sign-up procedure applies).

…and if all else fails, remember these words:

Klaatu barada nikto.