Delta Park Benefactor Program

So we are trying a little experiment over at Delta Park Project. Would you pay to support your favorite podcast? Would you toss 50 cents per show at content you appreciate and want to foster?

Some Folks think it is a good idea; others have been very successful doing this. What do you think? Are we crazy? Sell-outs? How many listeners do you need to have in order to make this worthwhile?

Check out our Benefactor Program. Whatcha think?

Thanks Beaverton Mac Store!

The Mac Store - Beaverton

For the second month now, the Beaverton Mac Store has graciously provided us with the community room at Cedar Hills Crossing for the Portland Podcasting Meetup.

They're right there in the mall where we're having the meetup, so if you need anything Mac-related, stop in and see them. Hopefully we'll see the guys from the store at the meetup.

I'm a Windows guy by trade, but I'm dying to get my hands on a Mac laptop to play with, especially for podcasting. Doesn't have to be anything fancy - I've got my eye on a 12" iBook, but I just can't justify the $1000 simply because I lust to try a new platform. If anyone wants to hook a brother up in exchange for some evangelism on TinyScreenfuls.com and among my geek crowd, drop me a line. ;-)

May Meetup is Tonight - Be There AND Be Square!

The Portland Podcasting May Meetup - The Portland Podcasting Meetup Group - Meetup.com

Just a friendly reminder - come hang out with us tonight. 7:00 PM, Cedar Hills Crossing Conference Center in Beaverton. Clicky clicky above to get all the details.

Looking forward to seeing lots of you there!

Podcasting Revolution on FOX12 News, Sort Of

I'm sitting here, flipping through the channels, and one of the teasers for FOX12 news (KPTV.com) said "Think your iPod is just for music? Ahead, a look at the podcasting revolution..."

It's really weird to see mainstream media (and it doesn't get more hometown mass market mainstream media than the local nightly news) take notice of podcasting.

I'll be watching to see what they say about podcasting. Was anyone contacted or involved in the story?

EDIT: What a freaking disappointment. It was all the way at the end of the news. It didn't mention anything about automatic downloading via RSS. It didn't mention a single Portland area podcast. The only one it mentioned was from a liquor store, apparently in Dallas. The only URL they kept showing on screen was exit50 dot com (never heard of it).

No mention of iPodder. No metntion of Adam Curry (or Dave Winer), or anyone else I've ever heard of in the podcasting world. I don't claim to know everything, but I listen to a lot of podcasts, and read a lot of podcast-related blogs, and it's almost as if they TRIED to create this story in a vacuum.

Why, KPTV, why? There is a thriving, diverse, and cutting edge podcasting scene right here in Portland. Heck, most of us are on the west side, near the FOX12 studios! We have open meetups once a week month!

*sigh*

I guess it's my fault for getting my hopes up that the mainstream media will bother to actually get the facts and do a real story, rather than just regurgitate what they get from their affiliates (in Dallas) as if it were local news.

Anna, do you know any of these, um, fine individuals? Any local news station reading this, if you want to do a real, interesting, and accurate story, you've got a ton of people doing podcasts (some might even say pioneers) right in your own backyard. Come check out our next meetup, and chat with us. Any one of us would be happy to give you the scoop on what podcasting is REALLY about.

Don't Miss the Portland Podcasting May Meetup

The Portland Podcasting May Meetup - The Portland Podcasting Meetup Group - Meetup.com

The time is yet again upon us. We had a great time last month, and we've got the same venue again - the community room at Cedar Hills Crossing. Tuesday, May 24, at 7:00 PM. Bring your laptop and gear if you want, or just come and socialize with everyone.

Don't forget to visit the Meetup.com link above for more details, directions, and to RSVP. To steal a line from the Portland Nerd Dinner, be there AND be square!

Podcast and Videoblog Roadshow

Eric Rice is doing Podcast and Videoblog Roadshow and he lists Portland as one of the cities. Does anyone have info on the date for this event?

More Podcasting Photos

Here are some more photos about Podcasting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/websage/sets/321332/show/
You will find shots of the Portland Podcast Meet Up from 4-28-05 as
well as some from the technical walk through from the Podcast Hotel
A.K.A the Jupiter Hotel and some gear shots. I am trying to get more of
the data that I gathered at the event sifted through. I have about an
hour of open microphone from the event. I hope you are ready for what
you might have said. I also have an open video feed from the event as
well. I have listened to the full hour of the audio but have not had a
chance to view the video. I will get to that ASAP. Please forgive me
but I have a full time job a consulting gig and am writing for lockergnome.com, my website websage.org and now this one as well. If my postings on any of these sites seem like they were written by the light of the moon, they were. Please forgive any ramblings that may in sue from my midnight postings. I wanted to throw out to this group a question about BMI or other licensing services. Would you have any interest as a group chipping in on purchasing a web based licensing for commercial recordings like "Dream On" ? If you are interested please check out this link.
http://www.bmi.com/licensing/forms/Internet0105A.pdf FYI BMI is planing on doing a podcast of new artists. I would love to disuse this at the next meeting.

Cheers,



Johnny

Portland Podcasting Meetup Photos 4-28-05

Portland Podcasting Meetup - a photoset on Flickr

I snapped a few photos at the Portland Podcasting meetup last week, and finally got them up on Flickr. You can check them out at the link above.

Got a comment or question about one of the photos? Post a comment!

Gang of Four Podcast

Rob Sample, who attended the meetup last week, has started a blog and podcast over at http://whohastimetoblog.blogspot.com.

Just an announcent of my podcast debut and upcoming podcasts with Gang of Four during their Northwest tour.

Tim Germer mentioned the band and the tour today over at Northwest Noise. Check them out if you're interested, and don't miss Rob's podcast from the tour!

iPodder 2.0 Noise Squad Edition

Jason did a really cool thing - got us a customized version of iPodder (one of the best podcast aggregators out there) that comes pre-subscribed to the Noise Squad podcasts (TinyPodcast, the Delta Park Project, Northwest Noise, Chuck and Adam, and the Ken and Squip Show). You can find the download links over in the sidebar - Windows and Mac OSX versions are available.

If you've already got a podcast aggregator, there's not a huge reason to get this one (unless you want to try out iPodder, which is great). But, if you're looking to get started automatically receiving podcasts, this is a great place to start.

If you have any questions or comments about iPodder or subscribing to podcasts, post a comment and let us know, and we'll do whatever we can to help.

Happy listening!

Welcome!

At the Portland Podcasting Meetup last week, we came up with the idea of a group website/blog/wiki/whatever to extend the feeling the community and sharing of technical knowledge that makes the in-person meetups so awesome. So, here it is.

I started the site, because I run several other blogs on Blogger.com, but this site belongs to you, the Portland Podcasting Community. I'm open to any comments, ideas, or suggestions about what to add here.

More importantly, I want you all to be contributors to this blog, and not just readers. To do that, drop me an email (jabancroft@gmail.com), and ask to be added as a contributor. I'll send you and invite, and once you sign in to Blogger.com (you'll create an account if you don't already have one), you can post here. I wish I could automate the process more, so you could just sign up to post from here, but for now, that's how it works.

In the future, we want to add all kinds of cool things to this site, like a wiki for frequently asked questions, calendar for tracking meetups, etc. All in time. For now, though, you can post your questions and comments about podcasting right here on the front page.

Let's get the conversation going!