I’m a fellow Aussie from Adelaide in South Australia. I’ve been meaning to post for a while, and it was to comment on the pronunciation that finally did it.

Keep up the great work! The two of you inspire and motivate me every time I listen to you. Great job!

I enjoyed the AnyFu-centric discussion a lot. I have been quite involved with electronic docs and digital signatures at work and it is quite a fascinating field. Just a word of caution though that applying a signature image (uploaded or generated after drawing with a mouse/pen/pad) does not hold the same legal value as a verifiable digital signature (usually associated with a certificate).

Loved the outro (I always make sure I don’t miss them).
The enthusiasm is definitely contagious!

There is a restaurant chain in the US called Outback Steakhouse. It is ok food with names that are a parody of Australia. For example, Kookaburra Wings are breaded chicken tenders. Anyway, someone once asked me if it was “real Ossie” and I said “That’s it exactly what it is, real Ossie food. ” 😀

I think about 90%+ in the US say Ossie rather than Ozzie including my relatives that have heard us say Ozzie for years !

P.S. My spouse is Australian.

@Alfie: there have been outtakes before, but not very often. I always keep listening to the very end, hoping for blooper outtakes and stuff. 🙂

@Ben: Lol, there definitely is a resemblance. And I think there’s a Tim Curry-esque smile in there too! 🙂

And that is all. Great podcast. I’m sure I’m your only listener from Mexico 😛

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@Justin – Nice photos. Savannah looks like an interesting place. Not so close to the valley thou?

I just finished listening… another good ‘un. Justin, please take Jason’s advice and post some pictures of your new place already. Excuses, excuses… 😉

As for AnyFu, I just completed my first session as an AnyFu expert today — what a blast! It was so refreshing to have a time-bound discussion with someone who needed help with their site & online business. I can only hope to eventually have a few of these sessions per week.

You guys had an interesting back and forth about straying from your original vision (e.g., bringing people into the site who don’t ‘need to charge’ for their time). I’ve been there. Eventually, when people start to request lots of your time, you quickly grow weary of giving away your precious time — and you’ll want to charge. Trust me. I’m old. 🙂

Instead, I would encourage you to stay true to your vision. You’ll get the experts you need — there are thousands of ’em. And by staying true to your vision, you won’t dilute your message. This is very important. The more specific you can get with explaining your core offering to your target audience, the better. Diluted messages are boring and they SUCK (just ask Joanna!!).

Justin, if you’re feeling challenged to get people to take you up on your offer to become an expert on the site, then I’d say you have a problem with your ‘pitch’. How are you pitching AnyFu? I’d love to hear how you are doing it and how Jason is doing it — care to share here or on the show? I’ll bet TZ listeners would respond with all kinds of helpful feedback. 🙂

I really hope you’ve created a flier here. You deserve it!

Lance

Do we like the word “Entourage” or should we go with the “A Team” or maybe “Fantastic Fleet”? 😉

– My old boss listens to TechZing
– My new boss listens to TechZing
– The first person I talk to at Web Directions Melbourne brings up TechZing

Feedback: I think people are getting a lot of value and second hand experience with building startups by just listening to your stories and hearing the issues your facing along the way. So being AnyFu centric isn’t a problem… in fact I think it’s interesting and encouraging to others.

+1 on the jovial and happy discussion. Maybe TechZing is popular down under because it definitely has that “pub” feeling and we Ozzies love pubs 🙂

My bucket list:

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# getting mentioned in TechZing podcast
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Yeah, we’re feeling pretty good about AnyFu. It’s moving slower than we’d like due to our respective consulting obligations, but the feedback from the clients and experts has been really motivating.

Thanks for the correction on the pronunciation of Aussie. Good thing I only mispronounced it like TEN times in one show. Geesh. 😉

(Also, “Aussie” sounds like Ozzie Osborne, rather that “Ossie”)

Cheers!
Rick

Happy to hear we are not the only ones struggling with a Google plus. Some of their products seem to lack intuition. Maybe too many engineers in the company?

We think the podcast site looks pretty good as it its. You could add some more social media buttons to help with sharing but overall the pages look neat.

You guys should be proud of what you have delivered so far on anyfu. It is a great example of getting something to market. The fact you have customers makes the whole effort worthwhile. Plus an opportunity to hear first hand from users. Don’t under estimate the value of your product. It is appealing for experts and anyone seeking help with a difficult problem.

Keep sharing the stories.

Your idea about the service fee is something to consider, but I think if we did implement something like that we’d tie the service fee to the client and not the expert since the client is the one who actually pays the service fee. The expert gets their full invoice amount regardless of what we charge for the service fee.

Jason

Re: Payment script

Instead of having the service fee hardcoded in a settings file, why not have it configurable for each expert? Gives you more flexibility in case you need it in the future.

If you are going to do it wait till the dollar shifts around. For the first time ever in my history I can buy USD and get more money back then what I spend. Quite an interesting experience.

Yeah, I would love to make a trip down to Australia one of these days.

Thanks again for the generous donation.

Personally I care about sound quality. I use reasonably decent headphones and any crackles or pops or hisses make things impossible for me to listen to. In a car I wouldn’t mind so much, but I walk/train usually so it can be really distracting. Heck that’s why I pitched in $100 back in the original donations drive as I could not deal with the noise. So that’s +1 to decent post production from me, and I really appreciate it. Most podcast’s get the chop from me unless they sound great.

On the Aussie thing, not sure if its just a cultural thing for more donations, it might also be because our economy is pretty awesome at the moment and was pretty much the same through the GFC, whereas its still pretty bad in most of the rest of the world.

Finally if you guys ever come down south ill shout you both a meal at a pub. Or Harry’s Cafe De Wheels.

Wohoo great to see other Aussies are listening to your great cast keep delivering great value.

Remember to turn off the mic else trim the excess mins or you will have to have the explicit tag in iTunes 🙂

Great show always look forward to each week.

Cheers
Edwin