Interviewing while driving...

My cell phone can record, only bits at a time though. Still, one night after a race, a driver called me, 1, 2 in the morning, to tell me his car was disqualified. It was a late model deal, not that earth shattering, but the driver was pretty good and pretty upset he got disqualified. He caught me while I was driving home, just talked to him, didn't take any notes, couldn't write a story that night anyway, it was past deadline. But the driver went from being really upset to calm and explained exactly what happened. I talked to him for the 30 minutes it takes me to get home and got a lot of information out of him. All of which I got on the record in a follow-up interview. Worked out pretty well, but I wasn't on deadline either. Still, it can be done.

 

Absolutely anything - desk phones, cells, Blackberries, etc. Its magic is independent of the communications device: it doesn't actually attach to anything other than your recorder. I don't know anything about technology, but...in essence, what it does is a high-tech version of what you do when you put your phone on speaker and hold it beside your recorder.

 

I just pull over and pull out the pen and paper. If anyone has the name of this magical device and where to find it, please let me know.

 

Best $25 you'll ever spend:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103157&cp=2032052.2032075.2032076.2032087&parentPage=family

 

I know it's the best money I ever spent (just wished it was in American dollars though)

 

While driving? Shit, I did an interview once while playing first base in a slow pitch softball game.

 

I tried buying one of those, but my newish Nokia wasn't compatible. Still, I think those are a waste of money. Just put your phone on loudspeaker, with the volume all the way up, somewhere near a running recorder.

Those are $25 I'm glad I didn't spend.

 

Have one of those, too. Tax-free in Alberta, suckas!

But Jeebus, Elliott, the QEW? There's somewhere I want two hands on the wheel ... that sounds like less fun than the Deerfoot on a winter day.

 

I just found the box. It's the Sony ECM-TL1 Electret Condenser Microphone.

 

Quick question. If you get one, does the whole country get one?

 

I did an interview while driving along I-95 recently. Couldn't really help it. Needed the interview. Pulled off the first exit I could.

 

I was called about any interest I had in joining a paper while driving on I-40 (I think that's the number) up the panhandle of Texas toward Kansas.