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Gnomedex 2007 podcasts: these are my people

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:19:05 -0500

This morning I put a new post over at my seldomly active kristophersmith.com blog about the podcasts that I recorded at Gnomedex this year.

No need to rehash the post here but I wanted to point out that if you are interested in new media, emerging media that this set of 14 podcasts is a great starting point.

And for good measure, Greg Cangialosi shot some great video of about 4 of the podcasts. You can watch my not so secret show intro laugh that I usually cut from every show.

Here's a sample (if you can't see the video click here):

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Greg Cangialosi, TechCocktail 6

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:30:33 -0500

Greg making happy at TechCocktail Chicago 6.

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Other things I do, more podcasts

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:28:09 -0400

At Gnomedex last weekend I recorded a ton of conversations with friends and fellow nerds.

I released them as podcasts over on my work blog. For the nerds that get this feed some of this stuff might be of interest to you.

Podcasts from Gnomedex 2007:

Adam Metz - LaunchSquad.com
Hans Chung - PostReach.com
Steve Fisher - StartupSpark.com pt. 1
Steve Fisher - StartupSpark.com pt. 2
Greg Cangialosi - BlueSkyFactory.com
Doug Kaye - Gigavox.com
Chris Brogan - ChrisBrogan.com
Mark Chernesky - CNN.com
Jeremy Wright - b5media.com
Aaron Brazell - b5media.com
Stan James - Lijit.com
Josh Hallett - hyku.com
Chris Heuer - ChrisHeuer.com

Also, good friend Greg Cangialosi shot some video of those interviews. The first of the set you can see me puffy cuffed and the other you can see me done up in a feedburner (r.i.p) t-shirt.

Download video

Tags: Gnomedex 2007 Aaron Brazell Greg Cangialosi Chris Brogan Chris Heuer Stan James Doug Kaye

Blue Sky Factory picks up RSSFWD

Thu, 17 May 2007 15:03:54 -0400

Congratulations to Choon Keat and Blue Sky Factory. In the deal Blue Sky Factory acquires RSSFWD, an RSS to email application with a healthy user base that will augment it's large email offerings to clients.

Greg, owner and founder of Blue Sky Factory has been excited about this for weeks . . . I think he should be, as his company is taking a major step in a new direction that will help to grow his business.

It's good to see friends pumped about their work!

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Holding it down on ROI Radio with Greg

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:45:00 -0400

You can hear me get my nerd groove on with friend Greg Cangialosi, President & CEO of Blue Sky Factory, Inc. on the most recent ROI Radio.

Greg asks me, "What's next?", and I roll on from there. I hit the biggies on my radar, moderated media feeds (the burden of the publisher) and Apple TV.

Thanks for having me on!

Tags: ROI Radio Greg Cangialosi Moderated Media RSS mmRSS Apple TV

Podcast Academy 5 Presentations

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:33:56 -0400

Thanks to Steve Fisher tipping me to the release of the Podcast Academy 5 presentations, mine included. Get them here(mine's toward the bottom): Podcast Academy 5 Schedule
iTunes

The Duke folks have links to our presentations in audio and video. Woot! You can see me in all my glory and gesticulations.BTW, in the very beginning of my presentation . . . you might think I am crazy but the voice that I am talking to is nearly inaudible.

I'll hip you non-nerds to something that might save you some time. I get way nerdy about authenticated and personalized RSS feeds for 38 minutes. So you might want to pass.

Thanks to the Duke team and to GigaVox Media for making this event happen and letting me be a part of it.

Check out the sessions from these other guys too.

Tim Bourquin, Greg Cangialosi, Noah Bonnett and Michael Geoghegan at Podcast Academy 5

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Podcast Academy 5 posse photos

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:37:23 -0500

Yes, I'm back from the warm south and meeting a lot of nice folks interested in podcasting. Podcast Academy 5 was a fun event not just for sharing the nerdly dealings of RSS but for the meals and other good times that our host Gigavox Media put on.

Thanks to Michael, Doug and the entire Duke team for putting together this event and inviting me to particiapte!

Michael got some shots of us at dinner. Here's one with most of the crew at the brewpub. Can you find the bald guy with the big goatee?

Tags: GigaVox Media Kris Smith Tim Bourquin Greg Cangialosi Noah Bonnett Michael Geoghegan Ryan Irelan

Podcast Academy 5 - February 14th and 15th

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:34:22 -0500

I'll be speaking with a cast of great characters including Tim Bourquin, Greg Cangialosi, Noah Bonnett and Michael Geoghegan at Podcast Academy 5 Feb 14-15, 2007 sponsored by GigaVox Media.

This time it is being held at Duke University . . . so any east coasters interested in academic podcasting, podcasting production or the technical side of podcasting should come out to the event. So don't think that if you haven't defended a thesis you're not welcome. Like I said, I'll be there.

Feel free to read the schedule for more information.

My presentation will be on authenticated and personalized RSS feeds. 'Authenticated' meaning password protected feeds and what they are good for and 'personalized' meaning that the content delivered through the feeds is specific to the individual receiver. I'll also dabble a bit in the importance of being able to track individual RSS usage.

And since this is being held at an academic institution a portion of my presentation will come from my work with JCAHO delivering professional development (sort of academic) with RSS as piece of a low-threshold Learning Managment System (LMS).

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Routing synapses: Portable Media Expo thoughts

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:46:55 -0400

It has taken me nearly a week to find some time to sit down and write about this year's Portable Media Expo. My brain takes so long to process situations that when you stack about 200 new situations right on top of one another my synapses begin to flutter a bit like a dancer dropping it likes it's hot. If you missed that analogy just turn on MTV and watch any rap video to see things dropping and gyrating.

So as this stuff has shaken out in my thought process I keep seeing the faces of those I shared some words and grub with . . . Nicole Simon, Garrick Van Buren, Greg Cangialosi, Mark Chernesky, Rick Klau, Eric Olson, Paul Figgiani (Paul got a hug), Tim Bourquin, Scott Fletcher, David Lawrence, Frank Barnako, Holland Cooke, Giovanni Gullacci, John and Erin Paxton and Craig Patchett (he told us not to drive Slowsky).

On the social side there was Evo and Sheila, Dave Slusher for 3 mintues on the way to his seesion (I think the best session of the Expo) . . . damn, that is the end. I should have hung out more!

New train of thought, thinking of my sessions I wanted to thank everyone who attended especially the 40 or so people who showed up for the one on Saturday at the Portable Media Expo. There I met some great people with podcast consulting and production motivations like myself. It was fun to share how you too can loose a client like MTV Networks and how you can gain a client like Alltel and produce for NFL players.

The take aways from the Expo are varied for me. It was a great time to meet and hangout with other podcasters and listeners (Tom Davies you rock). The meet-upability of the Expo is hands down the biggest reason for attending if you have been podcasting for some time. If you are new to the community then I would guess that the Expo was probably extremely overwhelming as the sessions popped off and the social component took hold.

I can't say that I was really disappointed by things but did have some low moments:

1) Pink spandex at the Marriott and the wood inside
2) Being told repeatedly that no one in podcasting is making any money (Ahem, because you're not doesn't mean that others aren't)
3) Rehashing the same discussions that have been going on since the beginning

Now that I have my memories in some semblance of real activity and spared you the personal details of many of those interactions I want to say thank you to Tim, Emile and the PME staff for producing this event and allowing podcasters to be themselves . . . pink spandex shorts and all.

Tags: Portable media Expo PME pink spandex Alltel

Ego searches on Flickr to continue

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:38:40 -0400

I am sure that I am not the only Portable media Expo attendee who has put more energy into ego searches on Flickr for their mug than bathing or shaving. Well, maybe it's just me then but I've found my chicken skinned head a few times. Thankfully no place in vicinity of those painted gals.

"Gal" makes me sound older than I am but man, if you too had seen these women you use the term "gal" also.

Anyway I found this one earlier today with the headline, "Dinner with Visionaries - 2006". Thanks Scott! But my only vision was the one of David cutting his ear while shaving his head. Since I'm in the bald posse it carries extra relevance and terror.

More on this dinner to come.

I ran out of tags for the other folks at the dinner . . . Eric Olson, Giovanni (from Texas) and the two nice people from GoDaddy who's names I can't remember (update: see comment below).

Tags: Podcheck Rick Klau Garrick Van Buren Greg Cangialosi David Lawrence Scott Fletcher

Podcast Academy 4 - I'll be speaking

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:01:05 -0400

Podcast Academy 4, "Podcasting and Video for the Professional at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo" was announced earlier today. It is being held the Thursday before the Podcast and Portable Media Expo begins, September 28, 2006.

I have the great fortune of being one of the instructors for this event. I will be presenting in a morning session on podcasting integration. The title of for my session is "Successful Web Design for Podcasting".

The goal of this session is to have attendees take away an understadning of the essential ingredients that go into a successful podcasting website. We'll discuss different types of podcasting websites, their ease of use or lack thereof, interactive elements, graphic treatments and campaign readiness.

Say what? Site design is often overlooked as many businesses begin the task of communicating with internal departments, external agencies and consultants after they have chosen to produce a podcast. The website is an afterthought, when it should be considered from the very beginning of the initiative.

I would recommend that if you are the individual chosen to become your company's resident expert in all things podcasting that you consider attending this event. There will be plenty to learn about audio podcasting and its sibling video podcasting from experts like:

Michael Geoghegan (Willinick Productions)
Greg Cangialosi (Blue Sky Factory)
Craig Syverson (gruntmedia)
Noah Bonnett and Rachel Smith (88SLIDE)
Tim Street (French Maid TV)
Alex Lindsay ( MacBreak).

Registration is now open.

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