The Ottawa Podcast Meetup took place last evening at the Arrow and Loon Pub.

Charles Hodgson produces Podictionary, a daily Podcast in which he examines the etymology of a word in the english language in just a few minutes. He will publish his 400th episode before the year is out, and his first book, Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer’s Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia, is expected to hit bookstores in the spring. Charles had questions that focussed on troubleshooting RSS feeds and optimizing websites.

Jason Roy is the man behind The Capital Rock Show, a weekly Podcast that features four songs by any band he happens to like, local or international. Last evening, Jason suggested that he’d like to start recording live performances of some bands for his show so that led to a fair bit of tech talk during the evening.

The Ottawa Local Podcast is a platform for Arthur Masters to share his ideas on arts, humanity and life, with a focus on how those issues fit into his hometown of Ottawa. He produces his show “whenever I feel like producing one”. Arthur led some interesting conversations that weighed the pros and cons of having show notes and using social media to promote one’s Podcast. He also raised some interesting points about what distguishes Podcasts from radio programs. I’ll be blogging about some of those this week.

One great disovery of the meetup is that the Arrow and Loon has a special on its steak and french fries dish on Sunday evenings… $5!