Podcasting Expos
I was just considering making a post and my vox page shows that I joined on Oct. 3, 2006. Today being Oct. 3, I decided I should post... something.
In the last year learned a ton more about audio and video production. That was mostly with the help of the people of This Week in Tech and the Pixel Corps. They put together a crash course for would-be podcasters this Spring in San Francisco called Gear Media Tech. The Pixel Corps people have a podcast of the same name here. It was very cool getting to talk to Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Scott Bourne, John Foster, Craig Syverson, and everyone else -- especially since I was already listening to them on their podcasts (specifically: This Week in Tech (TWiT) and This Week in Media (TWiM)).
That event gave me a ton of inspiration and a bit of technical know-how to start podcasting. I now have a show with my friend and co-host, Tim Fisher, called "What's Up With Tech?". We cover technology trends for the non-technical audience.
I have aspirations to create many more shows (audio and video). Eventually, Tim and I plan to add the shows to what we're currently calling the Grab Bag Network. We have plans for some how-to shows, a show about beer, and others.
This past weekend I went out to the Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, CA (near Los Angeles). I'd say about 90% of the key people in the podcasting industry were there. And I was able to personally talk to a ton of them. Leo wasn't there, but a bunch of Pixel Corps members were. Steve Gibson of GRC.com and the host of "Security Now!" (one of Leo's shows on twit.tv) was there. Actually, Security Now is the first podcast I listened to. Steve won an award for best tech podcast and I was able to congratulate him in person. He's a great guy and I highly recommend his show -- I still listen to every episode.
I don't want to ramble much more, but I had a great time at the Expo and PodCamp SoCal, which was the day before the Expo. The parties were great, too. I met and/or hung out with the people from Podango, LibSyn, Steve of PodRunner, the guys of ExtremePods, various Pixel Corps people, John Foster of Beer School (and TWiM), Tim Street of French Maid TV, the guys from Ask a Ninja, Alex Albrecht from DiggNation, Shooby (everyone's favorite high school Junior), iJustine, Ewan Spence of The Podcast Network, and many, many others.
Thanks everybody from the expo. I learned a lot, did some great networking and had a ton of fun!
Damn, this post is chock full o' links!
