--- Matthew Wayne Selznick <mwselznick@...> wrote:

> One giant, grateful, heart-felt, love-filled, exhausted, voice-gone
> shout-out to everyone on the list I had the pleasure to meet at the
> Portable Media and Podcast Expo 2006!
>
> Once I process, I'll be posting an overview at my blog... suffice to
> say it was twice as big and twenty times the celebration as PME 2005.
> Can a convention be warm and fuzzy?  Apparently.
>
> Please, please, please, everyone... if you haven't made it yet, I urge
> you to attend PME 2007.  It's worth every moment.

Matthew -

I've heard a lot of good stories about the parties and people getting drunk, so
it sounds like a good time.  However, I have yet to hear any comments on the
sessions, which is where my interest would be, which is why I think I may try
to get to Podcamp in Pittsburgh.

Were any of the educational portions of the event worthwhile?

Cheers -

george

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    DRiP Investing: http://DRiPInvesting.org
    Handmade Photographic Images: http://www.GLSmyth.com
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On 10/1/06, George L Smyth <glsmyth@...> wrote:
>  I've heard a lot of good stories about the parties and people getting drunk,
so
>  it sounds like a good time.

Much more than just people getting drunk (you can do that at home.)
This was an occassion for people who have been collegues to meet
face-to-face for the first time.  Relationships were strengthened,
partnerships instigated, networks woven... and friendships forged.

> However, I have yet to hear any comments on the
>  sessions, which is where my interest would be, which is why I think I may try
>  to get to Podcamp in Pittsburgh.

Most of the sessions seemed geared toward beginning podcasters,
monetization, SEO, and the like.  I didn't pay to attend the
sessions... someone who did, step forward and tell us your
impressions, please!

--
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++++++++++++++++++
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"Brave Men Run - A Novel of the Sovereign Era"
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On 10/1/06, Drew Bacsi <drewbacsi@...> wrote:
>
> Now I'm in the US for a couple of weeks and would like to order a book
> or two about podcasting. Does anyone have any suggestions?

If you were brand new at it, I would have suggested _Podcasting For
Dummies_.  Since you've been podcasting for quite a while, however,
you'd probably learn more from _Tricks of the Podcasting Masters_, by
Rob Walch and Mur Lafferty.  It's intended for people who know the
technical basics and want to learn more about content and marketing.

If you're looking for a second book, _Podcast Solutions_ by Dan Klass
and Michael Geoghegan is also very well-written and goes into some
depth about the "softer" subjects.

Best of luck with your podcast!  And please keep posting about how
podcasting is going in Hungary and central Europe.  Many of us in the
U.S. (and I include myself here) often make the mistake of thinking
that what's going on here is *all* of podcasting, and forget that it's
a worldwide movement.  I'd love to hear more people's experiences from
other parts of the world.


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    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org

Anyone have the low down on the best web server hosts for maximum
storage and high traffic at the most competitive rates?
I'm currently paying $10 for 1gig storage and 20 gig traffic per month.
For each gig additional storage I only get 5 gig of traffic increase,
but for $10 additional per gig transfer. In some cases I've had to go
with 7gig ($70/mnth) of storage to get 50gig of transfer due to traffic
limits for the month.
Obviously, streaming is cheaper, but I prefer static if I can afford
it. Any suggestions?

John Hawley wrote:
> Anyone have the low down on the best web server hosts for maximum
> storage and high traffic at the most competitive rates?
> I'm currently paying $10 for 1gig storage and 20 gig traffic per month.
> For each gig additional storage I only get 5 gig of traffic increase,
> but for $10 additional per gig transfer. In some cases I've had to go
> with 7gig ($70/mnth) of storage to get 50gig of transfer due to traffic
> limits for the month.
> Obviously, streaming is cheaper, but I prefer static if I can afford
> it. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
>
Most podcasters use a service like Libsyn, to actually host the podcast.
I pay $5 a month for 100 megs of new material a month, no max storage
and unlimited bandwidth.

I use a normal web hosting company for the show notes

--
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/katsplace"><img
src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/katsplace.gif" style="border:0" alt="Kat's
Place podcast"/></a>

Okay, I give up, how do you install a .jnlp file?

Cheers -

george


--- Ricardo Rabago <rrabago@...> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I downloaded and tested it out this morning.
>
> Very cool stuff...thanks Bruce and Malcolm!
>
> -Ricardo
>
> --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Jake Ludington" <jake@...> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think anyone posted this here yet - if you podcast from a Mac or
> > Windows box, you should go download The Levelator immediately. It is
> like
> > audio fixit gold. Best app for cleaning up volume inconsistencies
> I've ever
> > seen. And you don't need to know anything to use it. :)
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.gigavox.com/levelator
> >
> >
> >
> > I did a before and after walkthrough here:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.jakeludington.com/downloads/20060930_the_levelator_easy_audio_opt
> > imizer.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Jake Ludington
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.jakeludington.com <http://www.jakeludington.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> > Podcasting Starter Kit
> >
> > http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com
> <http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com/>
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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    DRiP Investing: http://DRiPInvesting.org
    Handmade Photographic Images: http://www.GLSmyth.com
    One Minute How-To: http://OneMinuteHowTo.com

> Okay, I give up, how do you install a .jnlp file?

You need the Java Runtime.

Jake Ludington

http://www.jakeludington.com

Podcasting Starter Kit
http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com

Ensure that you have the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed first.

On 10/1/06, George L Smyth <glsmyth@...> wrote:
>
>   Okay, I give up, how do you install a .jnlp file?
>
> Cheers -
>
> george
>
> --- Ricardo Rabago <rrabago@... <rrabago%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > I downloaded and tested it out this morning.
> >
> > Very cool stuff...thanks Bruce and Malcolm!
> >
> > -Ricardo
> >
> > --- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com <podcasters%40yahoogroups.com>, "Jake
> Ludington" <jake@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't think anyone posted this here yet - if you podcast from a Mac
> or
> > > Windows box, you should go download The Levelator immediately. It is
> > like
> > > audio fixit gold. Best app for cleaning up volume inconsistencies
> > I've ever
> > > seen. And you don't need to know anything to use it. :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.gigavox.com/levelator
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I did a before and after walkthrough here:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.jakeludington.com/downloads/20060930_the_levelator_easy_audio_opt
> > > imizer.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jake Ludington
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.jakeludington.com <http://www.jakeludington.com/>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Podcasting Starter Kit
> > >
> > > http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com
> > <http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com/>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> DRiP Investing: http://DRiPInvesting.org
> Handmade Photographic Images: http://www.GLSmyth.com
> One Minute How-To: http://OneMinuteHowTo.com
>
>
>



--
Kevin H. Devin
In the Trenches podcast
http://kevindevin.com

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Anyone go to the podcast Expo?  Any podcasts from there?
Last year, my company Teachtopia.com had a presence there since we put
out two podcasts, but this year we weren't able to make it. Anything
cool to report?

> Anyone go to the podcast Expo?  Any podcasts from there?
> Last year, my company Teachtopia.com had a presence there since we put
> out two podcasts, but this year we weren't able to make it. Anything
> cool to report?

The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd LIVE! show from this year's Expo is
already online, both at their site (http://doctorfloyd.com) and the LA
Podcasters (http://lapodcasters.com)

My live edition of Career Opportunities is "in the can" and will be released
as my Wednesday show this week.

Technorama from http://chuckchat.com released their LIVE show Friday night
almost immediately after recording at the Sheraton in Ontario.

I am sure there are many, many more coming, or already released, though.

Douglas

--
The Typical PC User Podcast with Victor Cajiao
Help for the Rest of Us! - http://www.typicalpcuser.com

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
podcasters group:

Leo Laporte just started using the term netcast for all of his podcasts.
Apparently this move is to distance podcasts from Apple's Ipod etc..
Like many of you, my podcast LAwithKids I still call a podcast.
Should we support Leo in his switch to netcast?

   o No Way, I have too much time and energy invest in the word podcast.
   o Yes.... he is a trendsetter and I will follow
   o I will change to netcast only if other podcasters do so first


To vote, please visit the following web page:
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Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
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web site listed above.

Thanks!

http://www.askdollie.com/


"10/01/06. Dollie Llama and ThornDaddy return from the PodCasting
Expo, still convinced they have the BEST podcast in the world."


(some adult content.)

(note, some adult content, mixed in with the literate smart stuff.)

Submission and Coffee with Dollie Llama:

"10/01/06. Dollie Llama and ThornDaddy return from the PodCasting
Expo, still convinced they have the BEST podcast in the world."

http://www.askdollie.com

> Most of the sessions seemed geared toward beginning podcasters,
> monetization, SEO, and the like.  I didn't pay to attend the
> sessions... someone who did, step forward and tell us your
> impressions, please!
>
> --
> Matthew Wayne Selznick
> ++++++++++++++++++

I didn't pay either, but it was pretty easy to sneak into them....We
just acted like we were supposed to be there and walked into a few of
the sessions. Usual tech convention "wave of the future" marketing
mumbo jumbo you'd expect.

--TD

I am pretty disappointed to see this. Tim and his company TNC Media spend a
great deal of money to put on the show. Then to hear that people were
sneaking into the sessions without having paid is an insult to the work Tim
and his Team did. I was a speaker but guess what I had paid for a full
conference ticket.



Todd.



   _____

From: podcasters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:podcasters@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of michael
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 3:22 PM
\

I didn't pay either, but it was pretty easy to sneak into them....We
just acted like we were supposed to be there and walked into a few of
the sessions. Usual tech convention "wave of the future" marketing
mumbo jumbo you'd expect.

--TD





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Most of the pictures I was able to take of Evo aren't appropriate for
Flickr, especially the ones take from poolside looking down into the water.


Heck, I wish I could erase the images from my mind as well as the SD card.

Martin

On 10/1/06, Douglas E. Welch <douglas@...> wrote:
>
> > I saw a few shots from the PME. Many of them have a guy who looks a lot
> like
> > me in a variety of... unsavory circumstances. I'd like to state for the
> record
> > that I had nothing to do with any of that.
>
> What happened, Evo?
>
> Did the clones escape....again?!?!?!
>
> Douglas
>
> --
> Check out my Friends in Tech!
> http://friendsintech.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


--
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The Network Security Podcast
http://www.mckeay.net/
http://www.securityroundtable.com/
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/mckeay
YIM:  mmckeay@...
916-231-9479


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I love the Audio2U podcast, but I've had some problems with listening to the
podcast.  Every few episodes, I hit a glitch in the program that causes my
iRiver 895 to reset.  It's consistant in each podcasts, and this is the only
podcast I've had this happen on.  One of his most recent podcasts did this
and it was driving me nuts!  I really wanted to hear how he finished
remixing the promo.

Anyone else experienced this with Audiow2u or with the iRiver?

Martin

On 9/30/06, George L Smyth <glsmyth@...> wrote:
>
> I've been subscribed to this podcast for several months and will say that
> this
> is an excellent show for anyone, regardless whether or not they use Adobe
> Audition.  His explanation of the process of producing sound is a must, as
> far
> as I'm concerned.
>
> Cheers -
>
> george
>
> -------------------------------------
>
>    Eclectic Mix: http://EclecticMix.com
>    DRiP Investing: http://DRiPInvesting.org
>    Handmade Photographic Images: http://www.GLSmyth.com
>    One Minute How-To: http://OneMinuteHowTo.com
>
>
>
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>
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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The Network Security Podcast
http://www.mckeay.net/
http://www.securityroundtable.com/
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/mckeay
YIM:  mmckeay@...
916-231-9479


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Being a first time attendee, I would have never have thought to
sneak somewhere that I should not have been. I enjoyed the expo and
will be attending next year, but I was disappoited to se that others
were taking advantage.

--- In podcasters@yahoogroups.com, "Todd Cochrane" <geeknews@...>
wrote:
>
> I am pretty disappointed to see this. Tim and his company TNC
Media spend a
> great deal of money to put on the show. Then to hear that people
were
> sneaking into the sessions without having paid is an insult to the
work Tim
> and his Team did. I was a speaker but guess what I had paid for a
full
> conference ticket.
>
>
>
> Todd.
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: podcasters@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:podcasters@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of michael
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 3:22 PM
> \
>
> I didn't pay either, but it was pretty easy to sneak into
them....We
> just acted like we were supposed to be there and walked into a few
of
> the sessions. Usual tech convention "wave of the future" marketing
> mumbo jumbo you'd expect.
>
> --TD
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

On 10/1/06 3:16 PM, "Todd Cochrane" <geeknews@...> wrote:

>> >It only works with WAV files
>
>
> It works on wav and aif files.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: podcasters@yahoogroups.com <mailto:podcasters%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:podcasters@yahoogroups.com <mailto:podcasters%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of Shawn Thorpe
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 12:14 PM
> To: podcasters@yahoogroups.com <mailto:podcasters%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [podcasters] Re: Gigavox releases The Levelator
>
> I tried dragging an mp3 into The Levelator, and it didn't work. I'm using a
> Mac, so I'm using the OS X version of the program. It might be different on
> the Windows version, but I doubt it. Seems like it'd be easier for the
> software to process an uncompressed (either WAV or AIFF) file as opposed to
> an mp3.
>
> -Shawn
>
> On 10/1/06, John Havens <johnchavens@ <mailto:johnchavens%40yahoo.com>
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey Jake,
>> >
>> > Were you at the Expo? Sorry I missed you.
>> >
>> > Went to the Gigavox site; does this only work with
>> > WAV's or also with MP3's? Would you need to convert
>> > WAV's to MP3's to make this work?
>> >
>> > Thanks and best,
>> > JCH/About.com
>> >
>> >
>
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Ooops, I was thinking Tee, not Evo.

On 10/1/06, Martin McKeay <martin@...> wrote:
>
> Most of the pictures I was able to take of Evo aren't appropriate for
> Flickr, especially the ones take from poolside looking down into the water.
>
>
> Heck, I wish I could erase the images from my mind as well as the SD card.
>
>
> Martin
>
> On 10/1/06, Douglas E. Welch <douglas@...> wrote:
> >
> > > I saw a few shots from the PME. Many of them have a guy who looks a
> > lot like
> > > me in a variety of... unsavory circumstances. I'd like to state for
> > the record
> > > that I had nothing to do with any of that.
> >
> > What happened, Evo?
> >
> > Did the clones escape....again?!?!?!
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> > --
> > Check out my Friends in Tech!
> > http://friendsintech.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Martin McKeay, CISSP, CCNA
> The Network Security Podcast
> http://www.mckeay.net/
> http://www.securityroundtable.com/
> http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/mckeay
> YIM:   mmckeay@...
> 916-231-9479




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The Network Security Podcast
http://www.mckeay.net/
http://www.securityroundtable.com/
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/mckeay
YIM:  mmckeay@...
916-231-9479


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On 10/1/06, Martin McKeay <Martin@...> wrote:
> Most of the pictures I was able to take of Evo aren't appropriate for
> Flickr, especially the ones take from poolside looking down into the water.

Poolside?  In the water?  I think you're confusing Evo with Tee.

(Which, in itself, boggles the mind.)



--
Have Fun,
    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org

I won't argue with Stephen Ely's suggestions. For promoting your
podcast I would recommend "Promoting Your Podcast" by Jason Van
Orden.  There's more detail on the subjects you mention here compared
to the other (which happened to be the four books on my recommended
reading list from my PME presentation).

-Kevin

Kevin Crossman
The Frat Pack Tribute: Saluting Hollywood's Comedy Clique
www.the-frat-pack.com
Listen to our Podcast at www.fratpackpodcast.com

On Oct 1, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Drew Bacsi wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been doing my podcast for about a year now and am basically
> looking for ways to promote and build up my SEO ranking for travel
> sites about Budapest and Hungary.
>
> I am lucky as Europe is really behind the curve in terms of
> podcasting. The Hungarian market is mine if things ever take off...
>
> Now I'm in the US for a couple of weeks and would like to order a book
> or two about podcasting. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Drew Leifheit
> www.budacast.hu
>
>
>



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I'll echo the comments about freeloading.  Bad karma...

I don't know what sessions you attended, but the vast majority that I
attended were filled with tons of great advice, practical tips, and
other great ways to make my podcasts better. Certainly not much "wave
of the future mumbo jumbo" (unfortunately a couple of the keynotes
veered into this territory, however).

Highlights for me were Dave Jackson, Craig Schoemaker, and Jason Van
Orden (I didn't attend Doug Kaye's but saw this at Podcast Academy 3
it was great).  I'm looking forward to hearing the audio of some of
the panel discussions that I missed because there were too many great
topics to be in two places at once!

-Kevin

Kevin Crossman
The Frat Pack Tribute: Saluting Hollywood's Comedy Clique
www.the-frat-pack.com
Listen to our Podcast at www.fratpackpodcast.com

On Oct 1, 2006, at 6:21 PM, michael wrote:

>
> > Most of the sessions seemed geared toward beginning podcasters,
> > monetization, SEO, and the like. I didn't pay to attend the
> > sessions... someone who did, step forward and tell us your
> > impressions, please!
> >
> > --
> > Matthew Wayne Selznick
> > ++++++++++++++++++
>
> I didn't pay either, but it was pretty easy to sneak into them....We
> just acted like we were supposed to be there and walked into a few of
> the sessions. Usual tech convention "wave of the future" marketing
> mumbo jumbo you'd expect.
>
> --TD
>
>
>



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Just be glad I didn't get any pictures of you, Steve.

Martin

On 10/1/06, Stephen Eley <SFEley@...> wrote:
>
> On 10/1/06, Martin McKeay <Martin@...> wrote:
> > Most of the pictures I was able to take of Evo aren't appropriate for
> > Flickr, especially the ones take from poolside looking down into the
> water.
>
> Poolside?  In the water?  I think you're confusing Evo with Tee.
>
> (Which, in itself, boggles the mind.)
>
>
>
> --
> Have Fun,
>    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
>    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
>    http://www.escapepod.org
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


--
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The Network Security Podcast
http://www.mckeay.net/
http://www.securityroundtable.com/
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/mckeay
YIM:  mmckeay@...
916-231-9479


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Hey guys,

A few of you will be happy (and some of you may gnash your teeth) to
know that I've resumed posting to my Podcast Pedant blog:
http://www.podcastpedant.com

The text below was what I just posted about my experience at PME.  I
do *not* intend to make a habit of cross-posting from my blog to this
mailing list, but since everyone's already talking about the Expo here
I thought it'd be okay this one time.  The ((double paren)) markup
indicates footnotes; the formatting for this will look a lot better if
you read it on the blog.

* * * * * * * * * *

So I just got back from the 2006 Podcast and Portable Media Expo.

I made it a priority to go this year because, frankly, all of the talk
about it last year made me jealous.  It sounded like I'd missed _the_
podcasting event of the year -- and in 2005, I probably did.  There
was no PodcasterCon, no PodCamp, and very little at Dragon*Con.  This
year?  It wasn't the only game in town, but I think it was very much
worth the expense to go from a business perspective, and it was a hell
of a lot of fun.

I went partly to get some business done, and mostly to meet people.
I'd call the business part about a 60% success -- I'm not going to
talk about everything I've been involved with, but I had a few
important conversations and missed a few others because everyone was
busy.  No big deal; that's what e-mail and Skype are about.  The
biggest accomplishment was  the energy behind the Podcast Guild; we
got some new gears turning, and it looks like it's finally on its way
to becoming what it needs to be.  ((That "industry consortium" Leo
mentioned in his keynote speech?  He was talking about the Guild.  I'd
mentioned it to him the night before.))  More later on that.

The people, though -- that was hugely successful.  I met most of the
people I was hoping to meet, and many more.   And it bears out an
observation I've made from other events: despite our personas online
or behind the mic, _in person_ we're a big circle of friends.  I
didn't shake a single hand that wasn't warm and welcoming.  In some
cases this surprised me: as much of a smartass as I am much of the
time, I expected at least a few cold shoulders or even harsh words,
but there were none the entire weekend.  Everyone was cool.  It was a
great vibe.

Was it a deep learning experience?  Not to me, though I confess I'm an
unfair judge.  I don't know everything, but I know quite a bit already
of what was being presented.  However, the few program events I sat in
on were more slick, corporate-vanilla, and "on the surface" than deep
examinations of the issues.  I'd even include Evo's and my own
presentation in that.  I felt better about the panels at PodcasterCon
last year, where there was less speechifying and more intimacy between
the moderators and the audience.  That's not to say this was a dud;
there were some good messages here.  I'm just not sure from my own
perspective that a session pass would've been worth the money, if I
hadn't had a free pass already as a speaker.

The exhibit hall was much the same: a fun place, but little depth and
few surprises.  Podcast Ready put on a great face as the primary
sponsor, ((I don't just say that because I work for them.)) and the
Podango mini-conference ((They called it an "unconference," but
they're wrong by all usual definitions.)) seems to have been a hit.
Most of the rest of it was what you'd expect: here's Shure and
M-Audio, there's LibSyn, over there's PopCurrent, yonder are a few
podcast producers, etc.  There were only two gadgets that threw me for
a loop:

* Box Populi's "Podcast in a Box," a Linux-based recorder that
delivers true, no-kidding, automatic podcasting with _zero_ interface.
  Aimed right now at the university market under the Meedu brand, you
don't even have to push a button: your tech guy either schedules a
start and stop time for your lecture and it begins and ends recording
(and publishes to their Web host) with no intervention, or you pop in
a USB flash key which triggers the recording, and it publishes when
you take it out.  I have never seen a podcast process with no grunt
work before.  I think it's brilliant.

* The iMorphosis "PodcastLink," a sort of hardware-based podcatcher
that will plug directly into your MP3 player (including iPods) and
populate it without a computer.  ((Except it's configured from their
Web site.  For which you need a computer.))  This reminds me of those
old $100 e-mail and Web appliances -- the ones they marketed to your
grandparents.  Like those, it will fail, because it's a clever
solution lacking a problem.  Anyone who has the knowledge and desire
to listen to a podcast is going to have a computer sitting around.
Under what circumstances is it worth real money to avoid plugging your
MP3 player into your computer?

What mattered far more than new gizmos was just listening in for the
general tone of the Expo.  Leo's keynote, about getting down to
business and protecting what we do as a brand and an industry, pretty
much set that tone, and I felt it throughout most of the presentations
and a lot of the conversations.  You had plenty about podcasting for
fun, sure, but underneath it, everyone was really focused on
_success_.  There was a drive throughout the whole thing.  A hunger.
I cannot tell you how many times and in how many ways I heard the word
"metrics" used, during the day and late into the drunken night.  I
can't really criticize -- I was saying the same lines as everyone
else.

Is attending the Expo important?  That's a complex question.  It's
_fun_ to attend regardless of its importance.  I'd say it's
_moderately_ important to attend if you're treating your podcast as a
business; and it's _critical_ to attend if you intend to stake a claim
in podcasting beyond your own podcast.  Events like this are, in a
very real way, the conversation that podcasting has with itself.  The
sharpest observation I had was that the conversation was entirely
about the people and companies who were _there_.  People talked about
Podcast Ready.  People talked about SwitchPod.  People talked about
Blubrry and Podcast Pickle, both of whom had successful and fun party
suites.

Apple was discussed very little except in regard to the recent fracas
with Podcast Ready.  And I barely heard Podshow mentioned at all.
Even the Podshow podcasters who attended weren't talking about
Podshow.  The ridiculous Hummer limo, running guests to their
anti-conference or whatever it was, only got rolled eyes.  I'm pretty
sure they have no idea how much it's hurting them to detach themselves
from podcasting's conversation.  They weren't there, so they weren't
on the radar.  And a company that survives on the creativity of
individuals can't afford that.

Besides, they're missing the fun.

I didn't miss the fun.  I had lots of it.  All businesses, priorities,
and importances aside, I'll be going again next year.

And I hope to see you there.

* * * * * * * * * *

--
Have Fun,
    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org

The core of The Levelator is written in C++ for performance reasons.
We've used Java only for the UI. It allowed us to get it done quickly
so that we could use the same codebase for Windows, OS X (Intel) and
OS X (PowerPC). We didn't get it done until 12:30am on Saturday, and
if we hadn't used Java, I doubt we could have delivered a multi-
platform version while still at the PME. As it is, we were a day
late. Yes, there are other cross-platform solutions, but this is the
best we could do with the skills and tools we had.

In a future version, I want to recode the UI using native tools,
making it much easier to install, particularly on Windows.

Doug Kaye
CTO, GigaVox Media
Exec Director, The Conversations Network

> In a future version, I want to recode the UI using native tools,
> making it much easier to install, particularly on Windows.

That said, on the Mac, it was a fairly easy install. Not, perhaps, for
newbies, but it did install cleanly and works. I ran my Expo LIVE show
through it and it did improve the sound quality markedly.

D
--
Technorama with Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe
http://chuckchat.com/

Doug it is a very cool tool!



   _____

From: podcasters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:podcasters@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Doug Kaye
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 6:41 PM
To: podcasters@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [podcasters] Re: Gigavox releases The Levelator



The core of The Levelator is written in C++ for performance reasons.
We've used Java only for the UI. It allowed us to get it done quickly
so that we could use the same codebase for Windows, OS X (Intel) and
OS X (PowerPC). We didn't get it done until 12:30am on Saturday, and
if we hadn't used Java, I doubt we could have delivered a multi-
platform version while still at the PME. As it is, we were a day
late. Yes, there are other cross-platform solutions, but this is the
best we could do with the skills and tools we had.

In a future version, I want to recode the UI using native tools,
making it much easier to install, particularly on Windows.

Doug Kaye
CTO, GigaVox Media
Exec Director, The Conversations Network





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On 10/1/06, michael <kittyfeet70@...> wrote:
> http://www.askdollie.com/
>
> "10/01/06. Dollie Llama and ThornDaddy return from the PodCasting
> Expo, still convinced they have the BEST podcast in the world."

I listened.  If what you claim to have observed was genuine -- if
*all* you saw were "40 year old male virgins typing alone in the
blogging room" -- then I'm sorry you missed all the fun.  It sounds
like you didn't check out the hotel bar, you didn't run across the
poker games, and you didn't wander by the Libsyn party to hear DJ
Steveboy's dance mixes or see the Wingin' It Live recording with naked
bodypainting.

Your loss.  I assure you, though, the people who put having fun ahead
of judging other people found everything they were looking for.

--
Have Fun,
    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org

On 10/1/06, Chris Moody <katserf@...> wrote:
>
> I was just curious if anyone knew of a simple way to mark music from the
> PMN, in iTunes?

Just put it all into a playlist.


--
Have Fun,
    Steve Eley (sfeley@...)
    ESCAPE POD - The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine
    http://www.escapepod.org