One challenge that many of the PodCamps have been faced with is session concurrence and the inability of the community to organize sessions into logical tracks (note many, not all, PodCamps!). This means that if you attend a PodCamp, chances are good that being part of one session means missing another — or several others [...]
ZeroFootprint is launching an energy-saving-meets-social-media initiative called DarkGreenPC. The project combines efforts to protect the environment, save energy, promote the open-source movement and the passion people have to connect by developing an application that (and I hope I have this right) turns off your computer screen when you’re not using it, records the amount of [...]
On May 9, Ajay tagged me in a post he did about seven songs he’s into right now — or, at the time anyway. Here is my long overdue list: Soldier Machismo – Fiction Plane Waste Our Time – The Between Pump It Up – Elvis Costello Love Slip Up On Ya – The Funky [...]
I’m honoured to be the guest of Joe Thornley’s first podcast on the ProPR blog site (Mark Blevis previews this year’s Podcasters Across Borders). Joe and I met to celebrate the Thornley Fallis sponsorship of Podcasters Across Borders 2007 a few weeks ago and he decided to put his new portable recorder to the test.
I’ve been waiting about twenty-four years for this. The Police are kicking off their sold-out world tour tonight in Vancouver. Last night they played a dress rehearsal for 4,000 people and by all accounts, they proved themselves a force to be reckoned with now as much as they ever were. While I’ve seen Sting and [...]
I wonder how Roger Waters feels that his concert performance in Ottawa was bumped because of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
About a month ago, Charlie lamented that content licensing is still a bottleneck for Web 2.0 folks (Top Ten Reasons Why Web 2.0 Sucks). One of the reasons that podcasting shot to popularity the way it did is that it is not, nor should it be, mainstream media. Getting caught up in the inability to [...]
I just went through my notebook and stumbled on some scribblings I did a few months ago — scribblings that I sometimes read and reflect on. This one resonated strongly with me today and I offer here as the thought of the day. At the time of writing the note, our two daughters were engaged [...]
Suppose you were building an empire of great online communications technologies. You’d probably have your eyes on Feedburner, right? Do you have Google’s money? Google does, and according to reports it has taken your $100-million idea. It’s an obvious fit and you can read a good analysis of the deal on Paul Colligan’s blog.
The print edition of Canadian Living magazine‘s June issue includes a brief write-up about the Just One More Book! children’s book podcast.
As I get ready to head over to a final round of sessions at the International Reading Association (IRA) conference, I thought it would be a great time to take stock of what I’ve done over the last few days for my podcast coverage of the IRA’s 52nd annual conference. 1 person 2 microphones (a [...]
I am in Toronto for the International Reading Association‘s (IRA) 52nd annual conference. Over the next few days I’ll be interviewing authors, illustrators, publishers, editors and educators as part of the coverage of this event for the Just One More Book podcast. I will tag all conference related coverage (podcasts, photos, and blog posts) with [...]
I’ll be in Toronto next week and I am organizing a meetup for Tuesday, May 15, 8:00pmET at the Imperial PUBlic Library (58 Dundas Street, East). Please RSVP.
Over the last week, I’ve listened to a number of podcasts that have used what I call a “double introduction”. This is when a host presents the bio of their guest as part of the introduction of their show and as the introduction of the interview. This typically happens when an interview is pre-recorded and [...]
We recently had an experience with a school of traditional Irish dance in the Ottawa area. The owner/teacher has a particular style that upset our daughters and other students in the class — a class made up of children ranging in age from five to twelve, and ranging in skill from rank beginners to competition [...]
Back in the spring of 2005, before the release of CastBlaster, Adam Curry recorded his podcasts using a software package on his Mac. Among the features, the software allowed Adam to queue and fire audio files and it automatically created timestamped show notes. Does anyone remember the name of the software he was using?
It’s a little more than a month since Bum Rush the Charts (BRtC) was the talk of new media and the post-event results were published (The results are in!). This must mean I’m a week late to do my post-BRtC anaysis (see pre-analysis at An academic look at BumRushTheCharts.com). The BRtC tagline reads: On March [...]
