Coming Soon

We are delighted to announce that tomorrow Skypecasts will host two great authors, Michael Connelly and Shari Caudron. Skypecasts is a great way for fans to listen to their favourite authors discuss their new books and even get the chance to participate in a Q&A session.

Michael Connelly, who is most notable for his award-winning Detective Harry Bosh series, will talk tomorrow at 17:00 about his new book Echo Park. Michael will read an excerpt of his newest book and take questions from the audience. The first 25 Michael Connelly fans to log on to the Skypecast will receive a signed copy of Echo Park.

Shari Caudron has written several articles and essays for national magazines in the US. She has also written two books, "What Really Happened" and "Who Are You People?” the latter being featured by National Public Radio. It was also nominated as Typepad’s Book of The Month for September. To share your fanatical views with Shari don't hesitate to join this Skypecast tomorrow September 26th at 2PM PT.

For more information about these two Skypecasts on September 26th:

Michael Connelly Skypecasts - 5PM GMT

Shari Caudron Skypecasts - 2PM PT

Ming Campbell, Leader of the UK Liberal Democrats party is hosting a Skypecast tomorrow morning regarding the need for a constitutional reform. This provoking Skypecast will enable people to share their views and opinions in a live debating format and shows how Skypecasts really connects people.

For those who would like to know more about the Liberal Democrat's Taking Power Policy and have the opportunity to ask live questions to Ming, join this exclusive Skypecast tomorrow at 10h15.

Shashi Tharoor has worked for the United Nations since 1978 and has been involved in peace keeping operations across the world. Shashi Tharoor is currently running as a candidate for the United Nations Secretary General. Shashi previously worked for Kofi Annan who currently holds this post and is being backed by his native India as successor for the post.

Mr. Tharoor is also a well recognized author having written eight books, as well as numerous articles, op-eds and literary reviews and has also received several journalism and literary awards.

WABC-TV New York’s Technology Guru, Sree Sreenivasan will conduct a Skypecast with Shashi Tharoor. Sreenivasan is Dean at Columbia's School of Journalism, and also serves on the board of South Asian journalist (SAJA), which is a non-profit organization for journalists of South Asian origin.

Mr. Tharoor has previously been named by the World Economic Forum as a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" and this interview will give Skype users a chance to get answers to their most pressing questions in an exclusive Skypecast. Join the Skypecast now.

We are pleased to announced an exclusive Skypecast with Seth Godin, best selling author, entrepreneur and agent of change. Godin is the author of seven books that have been bestsellers around the world and changed the way people think about marketing, change and work.

Godin’s new book, "Small is the new big", is a collection of more than 193 riffs, rants and business ideas that have appeared in Fast Company and on his ever popular blog over the last seven years.

Michael Sippey of Typepad will interview Seth Godin giving fans and followers a chance to hear his ideas first hand. Be quick only the first 100 Skype users will have the opportunity to participate and ask questions. Be ready!

Find out more and join the Skypecast on August 22nd at 10:00 PM (GMT).

Do you want to brush up your presentation skills? Maybe it would be a good idea to join Lisa Marshall's Skypecast. Lisa is a professional presentation coach who has delivered similar programs on improving presentation skills for over 15 years.
It's a really good example of how Skypecasts can be used for education purposes. This presentation is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and will be about the "Top Ten Tips for Biomedical Presenters". It takes place on August 10th at 6 PM UK time.

For more information about this Skypecast: Top Ten Tips for Biomedical presenters

Photo attributed to kk+ on flickr.com

Yet another Skypecasts exclusive - Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine has published his long-awaited book, The Long Tail, based on his infamous magazine article and popular blog by the same name.

To celebrate the launch of the book, Chris is hosting a Skypecast to let Skype users hear all about the book and his theories on how the world is changing and also ask any questions you may have.

The Long Talk looks at how technology has allowed consumer culture to shift away from mass markets with small numbers of hit products, towards more niche products and markets. This change has been related to the effect of technology and the "infinite shelf-space effect" of new distribution mechanisms such as the internet breaking the bottlenecks of broadcast and traditional bricks and mortar retail.

To find out more join the Skypecast on July 24 at 1:30 PM (PST) to hear what Chris has to say.

Sunday 4pm UK time, there will be a Skypecast discussion of the basics and inner workings of Skype as well as clever ways to use it for business, family and socialising by the authors of Skype for Dummies.

Do you remember dancing around to MC Hammer, in dangerously oversized trousers? I certainly do. Following the recent story in USA Today that MC Hammer plans to use Skypecasts, we are looking forward to hearing him host more Skypecasts "about issues such as inner-city murder rates, using [his] songs as an entry point."

Skypecast listing, for those of you that missed it: MC Hammer Talks about new digital album

For more Hammer action, check out his blog, Look3X

Photo taken from flickr.com

For UK residents, especially those who like voyeurism, you might like to join srobesky's Big Brother Skypecast tonight:

Join in this discussion while we watch Big Brother UK live. Make fun of all the housemates while you watch it live! Website: http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/

Will Mikey and Grace take things one step further?