PodCamp Boston 2 - October 26-28, 2007

PodCamp Boston 2 is rapidly approaching. We are into August and October 26-28 feels like it is just around the corner. It was a great event last year and I expect this year to be even more so. There are already 290 registered for this event. Are you in New England? You should consider participating! Even if you are outside the Boston metro area, this should be a good excuse to get here and participate! The PodCamp website with additional info can be found here: Register here: Technorati Tags: podcamp, PodCamp Boston, podcast

Boston Media Makers: Halley, Steve, and John listening

Boston Media Makers: Halley, Steve, and John listening Originally uploaded by shersteve Part of learning is listening. The sharing that took place today at the Boston Media Makers monthly meeting was insightful as proved by the intent listening looks on Halley, Steve and John's faces. Do you have your listening look ready to learn?

Podcasting Info

I get asked from time to time about what I use and how I do my podcast. This is an updated attempt to describe what I use and how I do it. Equipment I use one of two devices for my recordings. 1 - I obtained an MP3 at PodCamp Boston from Adam Weiss who was making podcasting starter kits available. It is an iRiver MP3 player with a mic and an instruction booklet that Adam wrote to walk you through the set up of the iRiver device. Adam blogs and podcasts at Boston Behind the Scenes and at Adam Weiss Podcast Consultant Adam has a good posting on mic placement The kit details can be found here 2 - I also have a headset for the computer which I use to make the Skype phone calls that also records very nicely directly with Audacity. I use a Plantronics DSP-400 Audacity is open source “free” software that manages the audio creation and allows for editing with far more capability that I currently know how to utilize. You can also use your phone. It will work nicely to create the "in the moment" environment. Adam has a good posting on mic placement Other sources of podcast info Online MediaTips The PodCamp Boston wiki has information from the sessions held last year Check the schedule to see if there is a PodCamp coming to your area Podcast Content An overview of all that I use to blog can be found here As an update to this posting from November 2006. I have created a formal pod cast for Passionate Runner. It is registered with a couple of pod cast directories including iTunes. I started an oral history project recording my father telling the stories of his life; Jerry's Story. This is not yet registered with iTunes but it is due to be. I have a poetry podcast also in the works. I'll update this when that is ready for prime time. Visit the podcast directories listed below http://www.apple.com/podcasting http://www.podcast.net http://www.podcast.com http://www.podcastalley.com http://podcasts.yahoo.com http://www.podzinger.com

Bad dream lesson

Sitting at a table downtown Franklin. Maybe a parade today, no it is a special fair like gathering. They have closed a section of Main St. There are other tables along the sidewalk. Not sure what my table is for. I did work at a table like this in the past for the Norfolk County Pacers. Or is the table just for me? I did have my laptop out. My bag was by the chair. It is time to get ready to leave. I get up put my laptop on the chair. Reach for the bag and notice it is gone. I step back to look around. Too many people around. I can see the bag. I look back to the chair and it's empty. The laptop is gone. I turn around to see but there are too many people. Some are arriving to take over at my table. I barely have time to fold up the chair before someone takes it. I start walking away with the chair bemoaning the loss of my laptop. It is protected but I should still change account passwords, etc. What a hassle. How could it just go and I not know. Then I realize that everything for my podcast is in the bag and it is gone. It is harder to replace those iRiver MP3 players. Why this dream? Why today? It is a relief to be fully awake and realize the loss of the laptop and podcast kit is only a dream. Yet it was so real. I had ordered and received my new microphone to complete my podcast kit with a backup microphone. They were delivered today and work wonderfully. I will begin a new project to record my father's story. The idea has been germinating for some time and is ready to be executed. I had talked with Dad last night to confirm some details about how we would do this. What do I learn from this? I need to take care of the laptop and my podcast kit if I go to some public place.

Fair Use

An excellent summary of fair use is highlighted by Davd DeJean at InformationWeek who writes: 11 minutes of quiet, reassuring good sense on the subject I recommend a podcast interview with Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University. Good stuff...

Podcast Collection

This is the collection of podcasts I have created thus far. January 2007 How to read this page November 2006 The JJL Anthem Today's IPO - How I blog October 2006 What comes next (for Joyful Jubilant Learning) Orange numbers (poetry) Fire Circle Story September 2006 Podcamp Boston Recap Evolutionary Blogging Technorati Tags: podcasts, learning, podcamp, Jouful jubilant learning powered by performancing firefox

On the ninth day of Christmas

my teacher sent to me Nine podcasters a-casting, Eight Skypers skyping, Seven geese a-honking, Six tags a-tagging, Five jubilant learners, Four annual forums, Three blogging tools, Two thoughts inspiring, And a joyful network for learning. Podcasting is fun to do. It does take a little more work than writing but there are benefits. One of the goals of the Joyful Jubilant Learning group is to increase the number of folks who are comfortable with podcasting. Not that everyone has to, or everyone should, but everyone can. Consider podcasting. For samples prepare to listen to: Evolutionary Blogging Today's IPO - How I blog JJL Anthem