Learning new tricks

One of the things I love about the work I do is constantly learning new things. Usually, I'm learning tweaks and tricks, but today I got to play with audio files--something I've never done before.

ForestEthics Sierra Campaigner Josh Buswell-Charkow was interviewed on Against the Grain, a show on KPFA yesterday, and he did an amazing job. Since our web content guru is on vacation, it fell to me to figure out the best way to get Josh's interview on the ForestEthics website.

The audio clip could have been added without any editing, but I really only wanted to post the 34 minutes that Josh was on the show. After a quick search for the best audio editing software, I installed Audacity and the LAME plugin (so the file could be exported as an MP3).

Once I edited down the clip and put it on the server, I wanted to actually embed the audio file on the page. In the past, our audio clips have just been links to the file, which pulls up a new browser tab with the audio player. That works just fine, it's just not very elegant. Instead, I grabbed the ODEO code.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out: