Monday, April 30, 2007
On coincidence (or the lack thereof)
I've often said that I'm the victim of one in a million coincidences about once a week. But in reality I know that it's basically just a matter of noticing the few coincidences that do happen while not picking up on any of the multitude of other instances in which coincidence could have happened but didn't. I've noticed that the last two times I've gone inside the bank there's been no one in line when I first walked in, but multiple customers came in behind me and got in line in front of me during the brief time in which I was filling out my deposit slip. What I want to observe is that "this keeps happening to me" but what I've ended up admitting is "this has happened twice out of the past hundred times I've gone to the bank."
A more striking example of apparent coincidence began the other day when I discovered a musician named Brandi Carlile who was performing on Conan O'Brien. Actually, "discover" would be the wrong word choice here; when your first introduction to a musician is on a stage as big as Conan, the only thing you've "discovered" is that you're a little late to that particular party, but I digress (who knew Grey's Anatomy could turn a musician into a star? The times we live in).
If you've ever heard me speak on how to do interviews then you know that the research begins the minute after you first put in the interview request, on the chance that they call you right back and ask if you'd like to do the interview later that same day (this happened to me last month). So the request to SonyBMG went in late Monday morning and by lunchtime I was digging around to learn what I needed to just in case. I watched the video for her current single and momentarily thought I recognized the theater the video was shot in as being the Warfield in San Francisco (where the iProng Staff attended the Incubus concert in January) but quickly realized it wasn't, based on the seat layout. Later in the video they show the marquee and it turns out it's actually the Orpheum Theater.
Monday night I find myself checking to see who's going to be on Conan, and the description says that this week's episodes will be coming from (you saw this coming) the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. So there's my one in a million coincidence: a theater I've never heard of in thirty years of being on this planet had completely and randomly found its way into my life twice in the same day from two unrelated sources. Actually, the fact that watching Conan is what led me to end up watching the music video in the first place just made the whole thing a little creepier.
But then I get curious, so I end up googling for "Orpheum Theater" and sure enough, according to Wikipedia (and you know they're always right), there are no fewer than thirteen different Orpheum Theaters around the world. Apparently they're part of a chain or something. In other words, these theaters are all over the place and it's unlikely that the video was even shot in the same Orpheum Theater that Conan is coming from. So much for my big coincidence. Here I thought I'd encountered two Empire State Buildings in the same day, and in reality it's more akin to driving past two Starbucks.
It's still something of a coincidence that the theater chain would pop up on my radar twice in the same day, but the odds of it are a little more worldly that I had first assumed. Things are not always as they seem. I do wonder, though, which Orpheum Theater was used for the filming of Brandi Carlile's video. Maybe I'll have to ask her.
I've often said that I'm the victim of one in a million coincidences about once a week. But in reality I know that it's basically just a matter of noticing the few coincidences that do happen while not picking up on any of the multitude of other instances in which coincidence could have happened but didn't. I've noticed that the last two times I've gone inside the bank there's been no one in line when I first walked in, but multiple customers came in behind me and got in line in front of me during the brief time in which I was filling out my deposit slip. What I want to observe is that "this keeps happening to me" but what I've ended up admitting is "this has happened twice out of the past hundred times I've gone to the bank."
A more striking example of apparent coincidence began the other day when I discovered a musician named Brandi Carlile who was performing on Conan O'Brien. Actually, "discover" would be the wrong word choice here; when your first introduction to a musician is on a stage as big as Conan, the only thing you've "discovered" is that you're a little late to that particular party, but I digress (who knew Grey's Anatomy could turn a musician into a star? The times we live in).
If you've ever heard me speak on how to do interviews then you know that the research begins the minute after you first put in the interview request, on the chance that they call you right back and ask if you'd like to do the interview later that same day (this happened to me last month). So the request to SonyBMG went in late Monday morning and by lunchtime I was digging around to learn what I needed to just in case. I watched the video for her current single and momentarily thought I recognized the theater the video was shot in as being the Warfield in San Francisco (where the iProng Staff attended the Incubus concert in January) but quickly realized it wasn't, based on the seat layout. Later in the video they show the marquee and it turns out it's actually the Orpheum Theater.
Monday night I find myself checking to see who's going to be on Conan, and the description says that this week's episodes will be coming from (you saw this coming) the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. So there's my one in a million coincidence: a theater I've never heard of in thirty years of being on this planet had completely and randomly found its way into my life twice in the same day from two unrelated sources. Actually, the fact that watching Conan is what led me to end up watching the music video in the first place just made the whole thing a little creepier.
But then I get curious, so I end up googling for "Orpheum Theater" and sure enough, according to Wikipedia (and you know they're always right), there are no fewer than thirteen different Orpheum Theaters around the world. Apparently they're part of a chain or something. In other words, these theaters are all over the place and it's unlikely that the video was even shot in the same Orpheum Theater that Conan is coming from. So much for my big coincidence. Here I thought I'd encountered two Empire State Buildings in the same day, and in reality it's more akin to driving past two Starbucks.
It's still something of a coincidence that the theater chain would pop up on my radar twice in the same day, but the odds of it are a little more worldly that I had first assumed. Things are not always as they seem. I do wonder, though, which Orpheum Theater was used for the filming of Brandi Carlile's video. Maybe I'll have to ask her.
iProng Radio #34: interview with Shelly Brisbin of Blogger and Podcaster Magazine
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On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the possible (slight) delay in the iPhone's ship date, rumors of iPhone rebates, and the 2007 Lollapalooza lineup. Bill also interviews Shelly Brisbin, former iProng Radio producer and current managing editor of Blogger and Podcaster Magazine about that publication's recent launch.
Special Guest: Shelly Brisbin of Blogger and Podcaster Magazine
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On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the possible (slight) delay in the iPhone's ship date, rumors of iPhone rebates, and the 2007 Lollapalooza lineup. Bill also interviews Shelly Brisbin, former iProng Radio producer and current managing editor of Blogger and Podcaster Magazine about that publication's recent launch.
Blogger and Podcaster recently launched as the first print magazine to focus on New Media. Managing editor Shelly Brisbin talks with iProng Radio about where the idea for the magazine came from, what readers can expect, and Shelly also shares her experiences from the recent 2007 SXSW festival.
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Monday, April 23, 2007
iProng Radio #33: interview with Rocco DeLuca and The Burden
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On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the iPhone's impact on Apple's operating system releases, Philips buys DLO, and the Beatles clear another hurdle toward being available in iTunes. Bill and Dana also travel to Charlotte, NC to interview Rocco DeLuca on his tour bus after a gig. This episode is sponsored by Logitech.
Special Guest: Rocco DeLuca of Rocco DeLuca and The Burden
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On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the iPhone's impact on Apple's operating system releases, Philips buys DLO, and the Beatles clear another hurdle toward being available in iTunes. Bill and Dana also travel to Charlotte, NC to interview Rocco DeLuca on his tour bus after a gig. This episode is sponsored by Logitech.
Rocco DeLuca and The Burden have been touring the country on the strength of the single "Colorful" from the album I Trust You To Kill Me. Bill and Dana sit down in person with Rocco after one of his gigs to discuss his musical influences, where his unique sound comes from, and why he fired Kiefer Sutherland as his tour manager.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Hanging out on the Rocco DeLuca tour bus
it's not every day that you get to do this...
iProng's Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders visited with Rocco DeLuca on his tour bus after his performance Wednesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina for an iProng Radio interview which will be included in the next episode of iProng Radio. In the mean time here are some photos from the gig and the bus. The album I Trust You to Kill Me from Rocco DeLuca and The Burden is available through the iTunes Store.
Left to right: iProng's Dana Sanders, Rocco DeLuca of Rocco DeLuca and The Burden, iProng's Bill Palmer
Rocco DeLuca and The Burden perform in Charlotte, North Carolina
it's not every day that you get to do this...
iProng's Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders visited with Rocco DeLuca on his tour bus after his performance Wednesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina for an iProng Radio interview which will be included in the next episode of iProng Radio. In the mean time here are some photos from the gig and the bus. The album I Trust You to Kill Me from Rocco DeLuca and The Burden is available through the iTunes Store.
Left to right: iProng's Dana Sanders, Rocco DeLuca of Rocco DeLuca and The Burden, iProng's Bill Palmer
Rocco DeLuca and The Burden perform in Charlotte, North Carolina
Monday, April 16, 2007
If Sinbad is going to NAB, why aren't I?
Sinbad called me up and invited me to meet up with him at his show at the Hard Rock Live last night, so I of course obliged (and took Mike Strum with me, since he's oddly the only iProng staff member who lives within driving distance of me). After the show Sinbad asked me if I was going to NAB this week, and when I said that he wasn't, he said that he was. This begged the question: if a professional actor/comedian like Sinbad is attending a tech industry event like NAB simply out of enthusiasm, shouldn't a tech journalist like me be there too?
Of course I'll get to cheat by using Sinbad as a de facto celebrity NAB correspondent when we tape our upcoming iProng Radio interview, but it gets me wondering what I'll be missing out on. I looked into the possibility of attending NAB in 2006 but ended up passing because it didn't seem relevant enough to iProng, but I'll have to go back and take another look at all the press stuff that NAB has been sending me over the past year. It's too late to even consider making a last-minute run to Las Vegas this week so I'd simply be investigating possibilities for next year; I've got to be in Charlotte later this week to interview Rocco DeLuca and The Burden after one of his gigs, and I don't have any desire to stop in Vegas on my way from Florida to North Carolina (I've already had one trip like that this year, and one's enough).
Sinbad called me up and invited me to meet up with him at his show at the Hard Rock Live last night, so I of course obliged (and took Mike Strum with me, since he's oddly the only iProng staff member who lives within driving distance of me). After the show Sinbad asked me if I was going to NAB this week, and when I said that he wasn't, he said that he was. This begged the question: if a professional actor/comedian like Sinbad is attending a tech industry event like NAB simply out of enthusiasm, shouldn't a tech journalist like me be there too?
Of course I'll get to cheat by using Sinbad as a de facto celebrity NAB correspondent when we tape our upcoming iProng Radio interview, but it gets me wondering what I'll be missing out on. I looked into the possibility of attending NAB in 2006 but ended up passing because it didn't seem relevant enough to iProng, but I'll have to go back and take another look at all the press stuff that NAB has been sending me over the past year. It's too late to even consider making a last-minute run to Las Vegas this week so I'd simply be investigating possibilities for next year; I've got to be in Charlotte later this week to interview Rocco DeLuca and The Burden after one of his gigs, and I don't have any desire to stop in Vegas on my way from Florida to North Carolina (I've already had one trip like that this year, and one's enough).
Saturday, April 14, 2007
iProng Radio 4.11.07: interviews with Augustana and PodCamp NYC's John C. Havens
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On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the hundred millionth iPod sold, Bill's PodCamp NYC adventures, and iProng's announcement regarding Podcast Expo. Bill and Dana also interview Jared from the band Augustana, and John C. Havens stops by to talk about PodCamp NYC from an organizer's perspective.
iPod and iTunes News this week Special Guest: Jared Palomar from the band Augustana
Special Guest: John C. Havens of PodCamp NYC
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On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the hundred millionth iPod sold, Bill's PodCamp NYC adventures, and iProng's announcement regarding Podcast Expo. Bill and Dana also interview Jared from the band Augustana, and John C. Havens stops by to talk about PodCamp NYC from an organizer's perspective.
- PodCamp NYC was a success
- iProng to exhibit at and partner with Podcast Expo 2007
- Apple sells hundred millionth iPod
Eighteen months after releasing their debut album All The Stars And Boulevards, Augustana is an overnight sensation on the strength of their hit single Boston. Jared talks about how the album came together and what's next for Augustana.
Last weekend's PodCamp NYC was the largest PodCamp in history, and lead organizer John C. Havens drops by to chat with Bill about how things went.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
This three-ring circus and time management
This was supposed to be the week where I got fully caught up on things. I've been behind on something or other since I hit the road for that San Diego - Los Angeles - Atlanta trip a month ago. I see that it's already Thursday afternoon and I'm forced to conclude that this isn't going to be the week after all. I've been working harder this past month than perhaps any other time than the Macworld Expo run-up in December, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
I'm prepping for a trip to Charlotte next week to interview a musician backstage after one of his concerts, I'm expecting a phone call from another celebrity (from him, not his people) sometime in the next day or two, I'm still trying to work my way through the various stages of post-followup from PodCamp NYC, and my co-host is giving me crap about the fact that I haven't gotten this week's podcast episode out the door yet. Nevermind the stack of new iPod accessories that's been waiting for me since I got back into town Sunday night.
This morning I think it finally hit me why I've been struggling to keep up lately: from the start I've envisioned iProng as being focused as much on the content you can put on your iPod as it is about the technology side of things, and I think finally, after three years of working toward that goal, it's happening. Right now. I'm as involved in covering the iPod economy as I ever was, but now I'm knee-deep into the podcasting community and music industries as well. All three parts of this three-ring circus are finally firing. There's still plenty of work to do on all three fronts, which is a good thing.
But it's begun to place demands on my time and attention that I'm not quite used to. I think after I get back from Charlotte I'm going to have to sit down and take a look at how my time and focus are currently being invested, and perhaps re-evaluate which parts of it I should be working on and which parts I should be leaving to others. iProng (or whatever it was called back then) took a huge leap forward two years ago when I gave up on the idea of writing all of the commentary myself and turned the majority of that responsibility over to talented writers who had the time to make writing their primary focus so that I could focus on the new things the site was expanding into at the time. Doing so allowed me to start the processes that have eventually led to where things are today.
I'm not sure it's time for another quantum shift of those proportions, but I am going to have to re-evaluate this. I'm enjoying most of the work I'm currently doing for iProng, but I've got to sit down and ask myself which of those tasks could be better done by others and which ones I'd serve the publication best by hanging onto for myself.
It sure is fun seeing the vision finally coming into focus, though. I've got to go finish getting this week's iProng Radio episode out the door before I get yelled at again...
This was supposed to be the week where I got fully caught up on things. I've been behind on something or other since I hit the road for that San Diego - Los Angeles - Atlanta trip a month ago. I see that it's already Thursday afternoon and I'm forced to conclude that this isn't going to be the week after all. I've been working harder this past month than perhaps any other time than the Macworld Expo run-up in December, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
I'm prepping for a trip to Charlotte next week to interview a musician backstage after one of his concerts, I'm expecting a phone call from another celebrity (from him, not his people) sometime in the next day or two, I'm still trying to work my way through the various stages of post-followup from PodCamp NYC, and my co-host is giving me crap about the fact that I haven't gotten this week's podcast episode out the door yet. Nevermind the stack of new iPod accessories that's been waiting for me since I got back into town Sunday night.
This morning I think it finally hit me why I've been struggling to keep up lately: from the start I've envisioned iProng as being focused as much on the content you can put on your iPod as it is about the technology side of things, and I think finally, after three years of working toward that goal, it's happening. Right now. I'm as involved in covering the iPod economy as I ever was, but now I'm knee-deep into the podcasting community and music industries as well. All three parts of this three-ring circus are finally firing. There's still plenty of work to do on all three fronts, which is a good thing.
But it's begun to place demands on my time and attention that I'm not quite used to. I think after I get back from Charlotte I'm going to have to sit down and take a look at how my time and focus are currently being invested, and perhaps re-evaluate which parts of it I should be working on and which parts I should be leaving to others. iProng (or whatever it was called back then) took a huge leap forward two years ago when I gave up on the idea of writing all of the commentary myself and turned the majority of that responsibility over to talented writers who had the time to make writing their primary focus so that I could focus on the new things the site was expanding into at the time. Doing so allowed me to start the processes that have eventually led to where things are today.
I'm not sure it's time for another quantum shift of those proportions, but I am going to have to re-evaluate this. I'm enjoying most of the work I'm currently doing for iProng, but I've got to sit down and ask myself which of those tasks could be better done by others and which ones I'd serve the publication best by hanging onto for myself.
It sure is fun seeing the vision finally coming into focus, though. I've got to go finish getting this week's iProng Radio episode out the door before I get yelled at again...
Monday, April 09, 2007
iProng to partner with and exhibit at Podcast Expo in September 2007
iProng, a leading resource for iPod and iTunes users worldwide, announces today a Media Partnership with the 2007 Podcast and New Media Expo. Additionally, iProng will once again exhibit at this year's Expo. In 2006 iProng made its Podcast Expo debut when the iProng team used their exhibit hall presence in order to educate attendees about the latest iPod offerings and to present several live episodes of iProng Radio, the official podcast of iProng.com, whose tapings were well-attended by those present in the Expo exhibit hall. This year iProng plans to once again offer live podcasts at its Expo booth as well as other iPod-related activities.
According to Bill Palmer, Publisher of iProng and co-host of the iProng Radio podcast, "iProng is looking forward to once again participating in Podcast Expo, the most vital annual event in the podcasting community. We've always felt that the iPod and podcasting universes are two sides of the same coin, and our publication has benefitted tremendously from our experiences with the podcasting community over the past year. iProng will be at the 2007 Podcast Expo in full force and we hope to see all of you there."
Said Tim Bourquin, Producer of the Podcast and New Media Expo, "We're thrilled to have iProng as a Media Partner again for the Expo this year.ĘBill and his team do a wonderful job of supporting podcasters and this new industry in general."
The Podcast and New Media Expo will take place from September 28-30, 2007 in Ontario, California. Registration is now open, and exhibit hall access is free to those who register in advance. Those attendees who register for the full conference will also have access to more than fifty educational sessions, classes and panels.
iProng will soon share further plans regarding additional Podcast Expo-related partnerships in a forthcoming announcement.
iProng, a leading resource for iPod and iTunes users worldwide, announces today a Media Partnership with the 2007 Podcast and New Media Expo. Additionally, iProng will once again exhibit at this year's Expo. In 2006 iProng made its Podcast Expo debut when the iProng team used their exhibit hall presence in order to educate attendees about the latest iPod offerings and to present several live episodes of iProng Radio, the official podcast of iProng.com, whose tapings were well-attended by those present in the Expo exhibit hall. This year iProng plans to once again offer live podcasts at its Expo booth as well as other iPod-related activities.
According to Bill Palmer, Publisher of iProng and co-host of the iProng Radio podcast, "iProng is looking forward to once again participating in Podcast Expo, the most vital annual event in the podcasting community. We've always felt that the iPod and podcasting universes are two sides of the same coin, and our publication has benefitted tremendously from our experiences with the podcasting community over the past year. iProng will be at the 2007 Podcast Expo in full force and we hope to see all of you there."
Said Tim Bourquin, Producer of the Podcast and New Media Expo, "We're thrilled to have iProng as a Media Partner again for the Expo this year.ĘBill and his team do a wonderful job of supporting podcasters and this new industry in general."
The Podcast and New Media Expo will take place from September 28-30, 2007 in Ontario, California. Registration is now open, and exhibit hall access is free to those who register in advance. Those attendees who register for the full conference will also have access to more than fifty educational sessions, classes and panels.
iProng will soon share further plans regarding additional Podcast Expo-related partnerships in a forthcoming announcement.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
PodCamp NYC photos and more
What happens when you get up at five in the morning, spend all day making new friends and catching up with old ones while gaining insight into the podcasting and social media universes, and then go out drinking with them after it's all over? You end up making even more new friends, that's what. And then you end up walking through snow flurries to Penn station and then try to figure out which train will actually get you back to Newark. I could have just cabbed it but I wasn't going to pass on my first chance to walk through the snow in thirteen years. So what did I do? Grabbed my cell phone and started calling people back in Florida to tell them about it, that's what. Until my hand went numb, that is, and I couldn't grip the phone anymore. No, I'm not kidding. Thirty years in South Florida, what do you want?
Since my photos are already in Flickr, I think I'll just point you in that direction instead of doing the resize/reformat/retag/reupload dance. You can check out iProng's PodCampNYC set (17 photos) or the entire PodCampNYC pool taken by various attendees (a lot more than 17 photos!). I've also got plenty of video content, but that'll have to wait until I can get home and make some sense of it. There's some pretty serious, valuable video content on the camcorder right now, but we've also got the ladies from Uncle Seth taking a dance break, Chris Brogan emulating his Second Life character, and the remaining attendees having a beach ball party in the Grand Ballroom as the event closed out.
PodCampNYC organizer John C. Havens will be stopping by on iProng Radio this week to talk about how things went, for the benefit of those of you who were too far away to make it there. We'll also have the musician interview with Augustana, so the episode should be nice and packed.
I'll need some more time before I can formulate any real after-the-fact thoughts about the event (I'm still a thousand-some miles from home), but I will say that this event felt more like a new starting point than a culmination of things past. What exactly does that mean? You're just gonna have to figure that out for yourselves :-)
What happens when you get up at five in the morning, spend all day making new friends and catching up with old ones while gaining insight into the podcasting and social media universes, and then go out drinking with them after it's all over? You end up making even more new friends, that's what. And then you end up walking through snow flurries to Penn station and then try to figure out which train will actually get you back to Newark. I could have just cabbed it but I wasn't going to pass on my first chance to walk through the snow in thirteen years. So what did I do? Grabbed my cell phone and started calling people back in Florida to tell them about it, that's what. Until my hand went numb, that is, and I couldn't grip the phone anymore. No, I'm not kidding. Thirty years in South Florida, what do you want?
Since my photos are already in Flickr, I think I'll just point you in that direction instead of doing the resize/reformat/retag/reupload dance. You can check out iProng's PodCampNYC set (17 photos) or the entire PodCampNYC pool taken by various attendees (a lot more than 17 photos!). I've also got plenty of video content, but that'll have to wait until I can get home and make some sense of it. There's some pretty serious, valuable video content on the camcorder right now, but we've also got the ladies from Uncle Seth taking a dance break, Chris Brogan emulating his Second Life character, and the remaining attendees having a beach ball party in the Grand Ballroom as the event closed out.
PodCampNYC organizer John C. Havens will be stopping by on iProng Radio this week to talk about how things went, for the benefit of those of you who were too far away to make it there. We'll also have the musician interview with Augustana, so the episode should be nice and packed.
I'll need some more time before I can formulate any real after-the-fact thoughts about the event (I'm still a thousand-some miles from home), but I will say that this event felt more like a new starting point than a culmination of things past. What exactly does that mean? You're just gonna have to figure that out for yourselves :-)
Saturday, April 07, 2007
PodCamp NYC is a wrap
That's all she wrote. The closing involved a number of beach balls. I'll have to leave the rest to your imagination until I can get some video footage uploaded. So glad I was able to make it here. Now it's time to go out drinking with these guys and gals at the after-party and find out whether it ends up snowing or not :-)
That's all she wrote. The closing involved a number of beach balls. I'll have to leave the rest to your imagination until I can get some video footage uploaded. So glad I was able to make it here. Now it's time to go out drinking with these guys and gals at the after-party and find out whether it ends up snowing or not :-)
The PodCamp royal family
I'm in a panel featuring the organizers of several current and previous PodCamps. Although I have no desire to try to organize one myself, it's fascinating to hear all the different aspects involved in putting one together. It's great insight into not only putting together events, but also working with them. PodCamp NYC is the third PodCamp we've been involved with and I plan on helping sponsor several more, so it's good to get a feel for how iProng can best help with future PodCamps as well as future industry events in general. For accuracy's sake, I should point out that this is a Photo Booth photo and is therefore a reversed image. It's also a fairly crappy photo and I'll replace it with one from my digital camera when I can:
Left to right: Whitney Hoffman of NYC, Eric Skiff of NYC, Amber Rhea of Atlanta, Christopher Penn of Boston, Jay Moonah of Toronto, John C. Havens of NYC, (Howard Greenstein of NYC, on stage but not pictured)
I'm in a panel featuring the organizers of several current and previous PodCamps. Although I have no desire to try to organize one myself, it's fascinating to hear all the different aspects involved in putting one together. It's great insight into not only putting together events, but also working with them. PodCamp NYC is the third PodCamp we've been involved with and I plan on helping sponsor several more, so it's good to get a feel for how iProng can best help with future PodCamps as well as future industry events in general. For accuracy's sake, I should point out that this is a Photo Booth photo and is therefore a reversed image. It's also a fairly crappy photo and I'll replace it with one from my digital camera when I can:
Left to right: Whitney Hoffman of NYC, Eric Skiff of NYC, Amber Rhea of Atlanta, Christopher Penn of Boston, Jay Moonah of Toronto, John C. Havens of NYC, (Howard Greenstein of NYC, on stage but not pictured)
Music in Podcasting Panel (happening right now)
Here's how to get around forgetting your camera sync cable: turn your MacBook around and snap photos with Photo Booth. This photo was taken less than a minute ago, and the panel is still going on (names forthcoming).
Here's how to get around forgetting your camera sync cable: turn your MacBook around and snap photos with Photo Booth. This photo was taken less than a minute ago, and the panel is still going on (names forthcoming).
From one PodCamp to the next: I think I finally get it
Funny thing about PodCamp, you pretty much just walk into the adjoining restaurant and sit down at the table of the first people you spot whom you recognize. Ended up having lunch with Amber and Rusty from PodCamp Atlanta. We had an interesting conversation about how the various PodCamps we've attended have been so different from each other. In my case I think I've viewed each of my three PodCamps through different eyes. Back in Boston in September, I was new to podcasting, didn't know anyone in the community (this was three weeks before our introductory splash at Podcast Expo), and was barely even familiar with the concept of social media.
Heading into Atlanta last month, I had a good six months of podcasting under my belt and I was going into that event with a very specific agenda: lead a session, put together our first video podcast, break in my new co-host, etc. Didn't get to attend as many sessions as I'd have liked because so much of my focus going into that was on scripted stuff.
Here in NYC, I've got no specific agenda at all. I'm here alone with no staff, I didn't even look at the session schedule until this morning, and I accepted their offer to be an ambassador because it seemed like a good opportunity to make the rounds in an informal way (and because at PodCamp you never turn down the opportunity to help out - it's almost literally in the bylaws). What's funny is that I'm seeing a lot of the same people here that I first met back in Boston, but now I know them, I've interviewed several of them, and so on. Some of the folks who were in Boston are here saying the same things they were saying back then, but now I actually understand what they're talking about. I'm not referring to the technical side of things; I'm talking about the social media concepts which the podcasting community has constructed itself around.
I'm finally starting to get it, I think. In Boston I felt like I'd accidentally wandered into a foreign country. This is different. I get it now. The trick is how to apply all of this to the rest of iProng beyond just the podcast, the more traditional aspects of iProng that make it seem more akin to a traditional media outlet. I've worked hard to get iProng accepted as a traditional media outlet by those who aren't yet ready to embrace anything but a traditional media outlet (old-school trade shows, record labels, etc), but I've got to be careful about making sure that we take advantage of the fact that we're not confined to the limitations of traditional media.
That'll be something think about on the plane ride home. I've been capturing photos and video like a madman and I'd throw you some of it now, but like the true idiot that I am, I left the cable in the hotel room. Photos tomorrow, I promise.
I'm still holding out hope for a bit of snow tonight. Not that cold weather is my thing at all (there's a reason I live in Florida), but if it's going to be thirty degrees then I might as well get to see some snow, eh? But there's plenty of time for that later. There are thirty more sessions taking place in the next three hours. I've got to check the schedule...
Funny thing about PodCamp, you pretty much just walk into the adjoining restaurant and sit down at the table of the first people you spot whom you recognize. Ended up having lunch with Amber and Rusty from PodCamp Atlanta. We had an interesting conversation about how the various PodCamps we've attended have been so different from each other. In my case I think I've viewed each of my three PodCamps through different eyes. Back in Boston in September, I was new to podcasting, didn't know anyone in the community (this was three weeks before our introductory splash at Podcast Expo), and was barely even familiar with the concept of social media.
Heading into Atlanta last month, I had a good six months of podcasting under my belt and I was going into that event with a very specific agenda: lead a session, put together our first video podcast, break in my new co-host, etc. Didn't get to attend as many sessions as I'd have liked because so much of my focus going into that was on scripted stuff.
Here in NYC, I've got no specific agenda at all. I'm here alone with no staff, I didn't even look at the session schedule until this morning, and I accepted their offer to be an ambassador because it seemed like a good opportunity to make the rounds in an informal way (and because at PodCamp you never turn down the opportunity to help out - it's almost literally in the bylaws). What's funny is that I'm seeing a lot of the same people here that I first met back in Boston, but now I know them, I've interviewed several of them, and so on. Some of the folks who were in Boston are here saying the same things they were saying back then, but now I actually understand what they're talking about. I'm not referring to the technical side of things; I'm talking about the social media concepts which the podcasting community has constructed itself around.
I'm finally starting to get it, I think. In Boston I felt like I'd accidentally wandered into a foreign country. This is different. I get it now. The trick is how to apply all of this to the rest of iProng beyond just the podcast, the more traditional aspects of iProng that make it seem more akin to a traditional media outlet. I've worked hard to get iProng accepted as a traditional media outlet by those who aren't yet ready to embrace anything but a traditional media outlet (old-school trade shows, record labels, etc), but I've got to be careful about making sure that we take advantage of the fact that we're not confined to the limitations of traditional media.
That'll be something think about on the plane ride home. I've been capturing photos and video like a madman and I'd throw you some of it now, but like the true idiot that I am, I left the cable in the hotel room. Photos tomorrow, I promise.
I'm still holding out hope for a bit of snow tonight. Not that cold weather is my thing at all (there's a reason I live in Florida), but if it's going to be thirty degrees then I might as well get to see some snow, eh? But there's plenty of time for that later. There are thirty more sessions taking place in the next three hours. I've got to check the schedule...
Because I love cell phones
Just spent forty-five minutes shooting impromptu video in an interactive session led by Chris Penn and Chris Brogan. The idea was to make a video about anything at all, with the randomly chosen last-second topic being cell phones, complete with a screening of various people's footage at the end of the session. I figured out awhile ago that I learn by watching people who know what they're doing, so I wanted to get in on this just to see how other people shoot things. I'll have to watch back later to see if any of my footage is usable enough to incorporate into an episode of iProng TV, but I learned some stuff nonetheless. Managed to get into a fun Mac-Windows debate with Jay Moonah from the band Uncle Seth. Funny how podcasting has brought together users of both platforms in a way that was sufficiently random as to leave us standing there debating platforms when we congregate. Got to get him on iProng Radio just so I can continue winning the argument!
Just spent forty-five minutes shooting impromptu video in an interactive session led by Chris Penn and Chris Brogan. The idea was to make a video about anything at all, with the randomly chosen last-second topic being cell phones, complete with a screening of various people's footage at the end of the session. I figured out awhile ago that I learn by watching people who know what they're doing, so I wanted to get in on this just to see how other people shoot things. I'll have to watch back later to see if any of my footage is usable enough to incorporate into an episode of iProng TV, but I learned some stuff nonetheless. Managed to get into a fun Mac-Windows debate with Jay Moonah from the band Uncle Seth. Funny how podcasting has brought together users of both platforms in a way that was sufficiently random as to leave us standing there debating platforms when we congregate. Got to get him on iProng Radio just so I can continue winning the argument!
Yes, I attended eight sessions in forty-five minutes
The first group of sessions just kicked off. There are eleven concurrent sessions and no single one of them was calling to me above the others, so I decided to take the PodCamp concept to the extreme by trying to attend all eleven of them for a few minutes each. I think I managed to hit eight of the eleven. I'm still not quite used to this concept of getting up and walking out of a session while it's still going on, but the Law of Two Feet is one of the basic tenets of the PodCamp experience. I think perhaps I've taken it to the extreme, but as a volunteer I'm supposed to be out in the hallway looking for lost folks anyway, so session-hopping seemed appropriate.
It's amazing how much content is being delivered concurrently here.
The first group of sessions just kicked off. There are eleven concurrent sessions and no single one of them was calling to me above the others, so I decided to take the PodCamp concept to the extreme by trying to attend all eleven of them for a few minutes each. I think I managed to hit eight of the eleven. I'm still not quite used to this concept of getting up and walking out of a session while it's still going on, but the Law of Two Feet is one of the basic tenets of the PodCamp experience. I think perhaps I've taken it to the extreme, but as a volunteer I'm supposed to be out in the hallway looking for lost folks anyway, so session-hopping seemed appropriate.
It's amazing how much content is being delivered concurrently here.
Filling up fast
CC Chapman and I just looked at each other in disbelief over how many people are already here and how crazy this thing is going to be. Lots of people here that I first met at PodCamp Boston, some of whom I haven't seen in person since.
CC Chapman and I just looked at each other in disbelief over how many people are already here and how crazy this thing is going to be. Lots of people here that I first met at PodCamp Boston, some of whom I haven't seen in person since.
Hey, where's my top hat?
Chris Brogan, co-founder of PodCamp, said that all he wanted out of PodCamp NYC was a top hat (I believe that's a reference to Second Life), and now he's walking around wearing an actual top hat. While I'm filming him he's giving me tips on how to use the camcorder more effectively, which is good because I'm still trying to figure out what I'm doing with it. Hey, this is PodCamp, isn't it? Come to think of it, Brogan's the one who told me I had to get into video in the first place.
Chris Brogan, co-founder of PodCamp, said that all he wanted out of PodCamp NYC was a top hat (I believe that's a reference to Second Life), and now he's walking around wearing an actual top hat. While I'm filming him he's giving me tips on how to use the camcorder more effectively, which is good because I'm still trying to figure out what I'm doing with it. Hey, this is PodCamp, isn't it? Come to think of it, Brogan's the one who told me I had to get into video in the first place.
Let the PodCamp begin
It's just a tad after seven in the morning and PodCamp NYC setup is already in full force. Tables are being set up, volunteers are filing in, and people are walking around offering donuts. This event doesn't kick off for an hour and a half, and yet there's something alive about this place already. Got to meet John C. Havens in person (finally, after several emails and a remote interview on iProng Radio). Amber and Rusty, the organizers of PodCamp Atlanta, just walked in. There are a lot of new faces I don't recognize, but this being PodCamp, it doesn't take much to learn their names.
It's just a tad after seven in the morning and PodCamp NYC setup is already in full force. Tables are being set up, volunteers are filing in, and people are walking around offering donuts. This event doesn't kick off for an hour and a half, and yet there's something alive about this place already. Got to meet John C. Havens in person (finally, after several emails and a remote interview on iProng Radio). Amber and Rusty, the organizers of PodCamp Atlanta, just walked in. There are a lot of new faces I don't recognize, but this being PodCamp, it doesn't take much to learn their names.
Friday, April 06, 2007
I'm here! I'm here!
Finally made it out of Pittsburgh in one piece. Just arrived at the hotel. All kinds of silliness with the shuttle bus, the reservation, the internet connection, but nothing worth sharing. I'm here. I'm happy. I'm tired. I have to be up at five in the morning. Hope to see many of you tomorrow at PodCamp NYC. Pleasant dreams, kids.
If I weren't propping up my head, it would be laying on the desk. I look like I've been traveling for weeks. Hope I remember to shave in the morning.
Finally made it out of Pittsburgh in one piece. Just arrived at the hotel. All kinds of silliness with the shuttle bus, the reservation, the internet connection, but nothing worth sharing. I'm here. I'm happy. I'm tired. I have to be up at five in the morning. Hope to see many of you tomorrow at PodCamp NYC. Pleasant dreams, kids.
If I weren't propping up my head, it would be laying on the desk. I look like I've been traveling for weeks. Hope I remember to shave in the morning.
Trapped in Pittsburgh, send help! :-)
So I'm here in Pittsburgh and not only is there no snow, there's no plane. All they can tell us at this point is that we'll be taking off late; they can't tell us when. The screen still says we're leaving at 4:00, but that's three minutes from now so I'm guessing that's a no. Good thing I don't technically have to be in NYC until 7:00 tomorrow morning ;-)
Stuck in the Pittsburgh airport, let me out!
I wish they'd just go ahead and make an announcement so I can either get on the plane or go get dinner. This is what I get for traveling on Easter weekend.
So I'm here in Pittsburgh and not only is there no snow, there's no plane. All they can tell us at this point is that we'll be taking off late; they can't tell us when. The screen still says we're leaving at 4:00, but that's three minutes from now so I'm guessing that's a no. Good thing I don't technically have to be in NYC until 7:00 tomorrow morning ;-)
Stuck in the Pittsburgh airport, let me out!
I wish they'd just go ahead and make an announcement so I can either get on the plane or go get dinner. This is what I get for traveling on Easter weekend.
Plane ride + good music = easy
I don't mind a three hour north-south flight. No time zone changes to worry about, and just enough airtime to spend some quality time with "I Trust You To Kill Me" from Rocco Deluca and The Burden. Remind me to thank their label for introducing me to them. I suppose you could say it's somewhere between Jack Johnson, John Mayer, and Led Zeppelin III, but such a description wouldn't quite do it justice. I'd heard the single "Colorful" awhile back and it just killed me, but I'd never gotten the chance to follow up to find out who it was. Now I wish I'd done my homework way back then. Where has this band been all my life?
Officially addicted to Photo Booth on my MacBook. Only took me nine months.
It's my second flight, the one from Pittsburgh to Newark, that'll annoy me. These puddle jumpers are so short that the elapsed time between when they announce you can start using electronic devices and when they tell you to turn then off is just enough time to get the cables untangled on my noise-canceling headphones and then put them away again.
Oh well. As it is, I'll be getting into Newark so late into the afternoon that I doubt I'll be able to make it over to Manhattan for the PodCamp NYC networking reception this evening at Slate. Perhaps it's for the best anyway, as my gig as Ambassador means I'll probably need to be up by about 5:00 tomorrow morning in order to get over to the venue in time. There'll be plenty of time for socializing tomorrow night at the after-party, which is also at Slate.
The captain's saying it's snowing in Pittsburgh. If so it'll be worth the plane change just to see it snowing out the airport window. I haven't seen snow falling in about thirteen years. Come to think of it, I think it might have been thirteen years ago to the day. The nice part about this time is that I can watch it while wearing a T-shirt and standing in the 72 degree airport terminal.
I don't mind a three hour north-south flight. No time zone changes to worry about, and just enough airtime to spend some quality time with "I Trust You To Kill Me" from Rocco Deluca and The Burden. Remind me to thank their label for introducing me to them. I suppose you could say it's somewhere between Jack Johnson, John Mayer, and Led Zeppelin III, but such a description wouldn't quite do it justice. I'd heard the single "Colorful" awhile back and it just killed me, but I'd never gotten the chance to follow up to find out who it was. Now I wish I'd done my homework way back then. Where has this band been all my life?
Officially addicted to Photo Booth on my MacBook. Only took me nine months.
It's my second flight, the one from Pittsburgh to Newark, that'll annoy me. These puddle jumpers are so short that the elapsed time between when they announce you can start using electronic devices and when they tell you to turn then off is just enough time to get the cables untangled on my noise-canceling headphones and then put them away again.
Oh well. As it is, I'll be getting into Newark so late into the afternoon that I doubt I'll be able to make it over to Manhattan for the PodCamp NYC networking reception this evening at Slate. Perhaps it's for the best anyway, as my gig as Ambassador means I'll probably need to be up by about 5:00 tomorrow morning in order to get over to the venue in time. There'll be plenty of time for socializing tomorrow night at the after-party, which is also at Slate.
The captain's saying it's snowing in Pittsburgh. If so it'll be worth the plane change just to see it snowing out the airport window. I haven't seen snow falling in about thirteen years. Come to think of it, I think it might have been thirteen years ago to the day. The nice part about this time is that I can watch it while wearing a T-shirt and standing in the 72 degree airport terminal.
Anatomy of setting up an interview with a famous musician
If there's one thing I've learned from the New Media types, it's to not be afraid to put the process out there for others to see. Sure, there are going to be those who will attempt to copycat it, but something I've learned from Apple is that it doesn't hurt to let the copycatters chase after you. The idea of putting it all out there is so that others can take a look at what you're doing, perhaps learn from it, perhaps help you learn something from it. At PodCamp Atlanta I offered a session on how to score and survive interviews with the people you want to talk to (at the request of another attendee), and I had a number of people tell me that it was helpful to them, so perhaps my five-day process this week of requesting, scheduling, prepping, and conducting an interview with the band Augustana will be of use to others:
Sunday night: see Augustana in concert, based on hearing and liking their hit single Boston. Decide the band is good stuff. Go home and download the rest of the album.
Augustana in concert at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale
Monday afternoon: mention on-air that I saw the concert the night before. Catch flack from my co-host, who's also a fan of the band.
Monday evening: google for contact info for Augustana's publicist, send a fairly brief email requesting the interview, explaining why we want to talk to them, what we'd need from them, and for reference, a short list of other recognizable musicians we've previously interviewed. Write up some preliminary interview questions just in case.
Wednesday evening: receive a reply saying that the request has been approved, and that a phone call will be coming in order to schedule something.
Thursday morning: wake up to a phone call from the label, offering a fifteen minute interview slot later that same day with the band's bass player. Contact my co-host to make sure that that's going to work, confirm with the label that it's a go, put everything else on hold in order to do more research and write/revise better interview questions, as well as remove some questions that were written under the false assumption that we'd be talking to the singer/songwriter.
Thursday afternoon: jump on Skype, make a test call to confirm that my latest remote recording process is actually going to work, merge my questions with my co-host's questions, change the order around a bit, take a deep breath and call the publicist. The bass player is on the line, the interview flies by, we get everything we need from him and more. It's over. Take another deep breath. Since this week's episode hasn't gone out yet, go back and overdub it to include the fact that the Augustana interview will be a part of next week's episode (sorry to ruin the magic, but editing is your friend).
And that's it. In this particular case, that was the entire process from start to finish. It's not always that quick or easy. Sometimes it takes months to come across the proper contact information and then pin down a definite taping date. In fact I've got a few interviews that are tentatively scheduled for "later this year, after the new album finally comes out," and there's just no way of knowing how firm those are until you're actually on the phone with the artist. This particular interview was the first time I've ever been given as little as three hours advance notice on a musician interview, but that kind of thing can happen and it's why it's so important to have some questions to fall back on.
The Augustana interview will be included in the April 11th episode of iProng Radio next week.
If there's one thing I've learned from the New Media types, it's to not be afraid to put the process out there for others to see. Sure, there are going to be those who will attempt to copycat it, but something I've learned from Apple is that it doesn't hurt to let the copycatters chase after you. The idea of putting it all out there is so that others can take a look at what you're doing, perhaps learn from it, perhaps help you learn something from it. At PodCamp Atlanta I offered a session on how to score and survive interviews with the people you want to talk to (at the request of another attendee), and I had a number of people tell me that it was helpful to them, so perhaps my five-day process this week of requesting, scheduling, prepping, and conducting an interview with the band Augustana will be of use to others:
Sunday night: see Augustana in concert, based on hearing and liking their hit single Boston. Decide the band is good stuff. Go home and download the rest of the album.
Augustana in concert at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale
Monday afternoon: mention on-air that I saw the concert the night before. Catch flack from my co-host, who's also a fan of the band.
Monday evening: google for contact info for Augustana's publicist, send a fairly brief email requesting the interview, explaining why we want to talk to them, what we'd need from them, and for reference, a short list of other recognizable musicians we've previously interviewed. Write up some preliminary interview questions just in case.
Wednesday evening: receive a reply saying that the request has been approved, and that a phone call will be coming in order to schedule something.
Thursday morning: wake up to a phone call from the label, offering a fifteen minute interview slot later that same day with the band's bass player. Contact my co-host to make sure that that's going to work, confirm with the label that it's a go, put everything else on hold in order to do more research and write/revise better interview questions, as well as remove some questions that were written under the false assumption that we'd be talking to the singer/songwriter.
Thursday afternoon: jump on Skype, make a test call to confirm that my latest remote recording process is actually going to work, merge my questions with my co-host's questions, change the order around a bit, take a deep breath and call the publicist. The bass player is on the line, the interview flies by, we get everything we need from him and more. It's over. Take another deep breath. Since this week's episode hasn't gone out yet, go back and overdub it to include the fact that the Augustana interview will be a part of next week's episode (sorry to ruin the magic, but editing is your friend).
And that's it. In this particular case, that was the entire process from start to finish. It's not always that quick or easy. Sometimes it takes months to come across the proper contact information and then pin down a definite taping date. In fact I've got a few interviews that are tentatively scheduled for "later this year, after the new album finally comes out," and there's just no way of knowing how firm those are until you're actually on the phone with the artist. This particular interview was the first time I've ever been given as little as three hours advance notice on a musician interview, but that kind of thing can happen and it's why it's so important to have some questions to fall back on.
The Augustana interview will be included in the April 11th episode of iProng Radio next week.
I hear Pittsburgh is lovely this time of year...
Almost awake at Palm Beach Airport
So New York City - South Florida is one of the most-trafficked non-stop flight corridors in the world, and yet for some reason I'm going through Pittsburgh to get to Newark. Nothing like having lunch in Florida, dinner in Pennsylvania, and going to sleep in New Jersey (yes, I'm staying outside of NYC - that's what I get for booking so late). As it stands now I should arrive at the New Yorker for PodCamp NYC at about 7:00 tomorrow morning. I know I can take the train(s) from Newark to Midtown, but do I really want to get up early enough to figure that out? I see an early-morning cab ride in my near future...
Almost awake at Palm Beach Airport
So New York City - South Florida is one of the most-trafficked non-stop flight corridors in the world, and yet for some reason I'm going through Pittsburgh to get to Newark. Nothing like having lunch in Florida, dinner in Pennsylvania, and going to sleep in New Jersey (yes, I'm staying outside of NYC - that's what I get for booking so late). As it stands now I should arrive at the New Yorker for PodCamp NYC at about 7:00 tomorrow morning. I know I can take the train(s) from Newark to Midtown, but do I really want to get up early enough to figure that out? I see an early-morning cab ride in my near future...
Thursday, April 05, 2007
PodCamp is incorporating
As of this morning, PodCamp is now going to be backed by a corporation co-owned by PodCamp's founders. Didn't see that coming, but I trust them on this. The two Chris's started PodCamp for all the right reasons, and itŐs clear to me that they're still doing it for all the right reasons.
As if there weren't already going to be enough to talk about this weekend at PodCamp NYC...
As of this morning, PodCamp is now going to be backed by a corporation co-owned by PodCamp's founders. Didn't see that coming, but I trust them on this. The two Chris's started PodCamp for all the right reasons, and itŐs clear to me that they're still doing it for all the right reasons.
As if there weren't already going to be enough to talk about this weekend at PodCamp NYC...
I'll see you at PodCamp NYC this weekend
This weekend I'll be attending my third PodCamp (my second in the past month) when I make my way to chilly New York City for PodCamp NYC. The powers that be have asked me (and about thirty other people) to serve as an Ambassador, which has a lot to do with keeping the thousand-plus attendees headed in the right direction. The people they've tapped for this role make a rather impressive who's who list in the podcasting universe, and I'm honored to be part of it.
Who thought I'd be using the words "thousand-plus attendees" and "PodCamp" in the same sentence a mere seven months after the concept of PodCamp was first brought into existence? In fact, the registration list has grown to the point that they've moved the event from the New School to the much larger New Yorker Hotel just to accomodate the expected crowd. Despite the eleven hundred (and climbing) registered attendees, there's still room for you. So if you're in the NYC area this weekend and you have any curiosity about podcasting, blogging or new media at all, I hope to see you there. I'll be the guy with the nice South Florida tan who's freezing his tail off. PodCampNYC.org
This weekend I'll be attending my third PodCamp (my second in the past month) when I make my way to chilly New York City for PodCamp NYC. The powers that be have asked me (and about thirty other people) to serve as an Ambassador, which has a lot to do with keeping the thousand-plus attendees headed in the right direction. The people they've tapped for this role make a rather impressive who's who list in the podcasting universe, and I'm honored to be part of it.
Who thought I'd be using the words "thousand-plus attendees" and "PodCamp" in the same sentence a mere seven months after the concept of PodCamp was first brought into existence? In fact, the registration list has grown to the point that they've moved the event from the New School to the much larger New Yorker Hotel just to accomodate the expected crowd. Despite the eleven hundred (and climbing) registered attendees, there's still room for you. So if you're in the NYC area this weekend and you have any curiosity about podcasting, blogging or new media at all, I hope to see you there. I'll be the guy with the nice South Florida tan who's freezing his tail off. PodCampNYC.org
iProng Radio 4.04.07: interview with Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter
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On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the new iTunes Store announcements and interview Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter about how she uses her iPod! This episode is sponsored by mStation, makers of the Orb and Tower for iPod.
iPod and iTunes News this week
- iTunes Complete My Album feature
- DRM-free iTunes Store tracks available in May
- iPhone to ship June 11th
Special Guest: Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter
Music: "Communicate" by Strive Roots
At Hannah's request, we bring you the song "Communicate" by Strive Roots, which Hannah was listening to on her iPod when she won her gold medal.
Listen to this episode now or subscribe for free!
Listen to this episode now or subscribe for free!
On this week's show:
iProng Radio co-hosts Bill Palmer and Dana Sanders discuss the new iTunes Store announcements and interview Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter about how she uses her iPod! This episode is sponsored by mStation, makers of the Orb and Tower for iPod.
iPod and iTunes News this week
- iTunes Complete My Album feature
- DRM-free iTunes Store tracks available in May
- iPhone to ship June 11th
Special Guest: Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter
Hannah Teter won the gold medal in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics while listening to her iPod. We talk to Hannah about how she uses her iPod, how she got started in snowboarding, her charity Hannah's Gold, and what music she's listening to.
Music: "Communicate" by Strive Roots
At Hannah's request, we bring you the song "Communicate" by Strive Roots, which Hannah was listening to on her iPod when she won her gold medal.
Listen to this episode now or subscribe for free!
