Blogging Academy is Intel's First Podcast

Over lunch the other day, I was in a conversation about podcasting at Intel, and how it could be used for training delivery, etc. It was observed that my Blogging Academy podcast is Intel's first official podcast (audio content delivered via RSS enclosure).

That's pretty cool. Are there any other podcasters at Intel? If so, let's hear from you, and get some community started.

Don't Miss Podcast Hotel

Podcast Hotel

Our very own Alex Williams has been working hard on Podcast Hotel - the first podcasting conference in Portland. The dates and details have changed a bit, and there has been some confusion surrounding the event, but head on over to the site to get the final word. Here are the basics:
September 7, 2005 - the Doug Fir. September 8 - Sabala's

$20 pays for both days

"For indie musicians, geeks and anyone interested in the indie media and podcasting phenomena. You will learn about what it costs to make a podcast, what equipment you need and the software required to produce one."In the Portland area? Come check out the Podcast Hotel to see what all the excitement is about.

I'll be presenting on the 7th on podcast recording, distribution, and other basic "how-to" type information. Other PDX podcasters will be presenting, as well.

For all the details, head over to the site, or contact Alex Williams with any questions. Hope to see you there!

It's like that, yo

It's like that, yo
Originally uploaded by JoshB.

Moleskine in hand, Tim Germer tells us all how it is.

Taken at the August Portland Podcasting meetup. Many thanks to Tim for organizing the event!

Jason Explains RSS

Jason Explains RSS
Originally uploaded by JoshB.

Jason Ruby tells us all the juicy secrets that can be learned by looking at the guts of RSS feeds.

Taken at the August Portland Podcasting meetup.

Podcast for August Meetup

I took the audio from tonight's gathering and slapped together a cohesive podcast of sorts. You can get the file from http://wsmf.org/podcast/PP20050819.mp3,
To listen to this or any audio posted on the Portland Podcasting blog please subscribe to our feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/PortlandPodcasting
Enjoy.

August Meetup

August 18th @ 7pm


Come on down to this month's Podcasting Meetup. No experience necessary. Meet local podcasters, learn how to do your own and enjoy the coffee and free wifi.

Urban Grind Coffee
2214 NE Oregon St.
Portland, Oregon 97232

New Project - Blogging Academy

I've started a blog for a new project I'm working on. It's called Blogging Academy. I've found myself more and more frequently evangelizing the usefulness and "that rocks!" factor of blogging and podcasting. I've already prodded and helped friends and family into blogging, with great results. I've started conducting informal Blogging Academy "brown bag" sessions every week at work, which I'm recording and intend to make available as podcasts.

I wanted to have a place I could send people who ask "where do I start?" after I pique their interest with one of my excited, breathless speeches about how cool/useful/powerful blogging is. I want to make www.bloggingacademy.com that place. I make no assumptions about how much or little someone may already know about blogs, blogging, and podcasting, so hopefully I won't scare off anyone who's interested in learning more. I want this to be the place to start, no matter what your knowledge level.

I've posted an introduction and "manifesto", explaining the purpose of the site, and I'm working on getting the audio of today's brown bag session posted as a podcast there. Check it out, and hopefully you'll find it a useful resource.

As always, let me know what you think!

Announcing the PortlandPodcasting Wiki

PortlandPodcasting - TinyScreenfulsWiki

You know how we've been talking about need a good place/way to put documentation, howtos, and demos where we can all find and share it? Wikis are perfect for that, and a few days ago, I finally got around to installing one. You can find the page I created for the Portland Podcasting group at the link above.

If you don't know about wikis, they're basically sites that anyone can edit or add to. Great for collaboration. Go to a page and click Edit to make a change or addition. Want to create a new page? Create a link to it from an existing page, then follow the link, and you'll be prompted to edit/create the new page.

Anyway, this is all new territory, so there may be bumps. The wiki software I'm using is MediaWiki, which is the same wiki that powers the famous Wikipedia. It's very powerful and full featured, but there's a bit of a learning curve. Drop me a line if you need help figuring it out or posting something to it.

Now that we have a wiki, go forth and populate it! Questions, answers, links, howtos, whatever. It's your resource - use it well! :-)

Podcasting Presentation at the Oregonian Newspaper

I got back a little while ago from a presentation I was asked to do on podcasting for The Oregonian - the biggest newspaper in Oregon. Mike Francis, the paper's military/international reporter (did I get that right, Mike?) came to the last Portland Podcasting meetup, where I did a demo of how I record and publish TinyPodcast. He emailed me a few days later, asking if I'd be interested in coming down and delivering the same demo to The Oregonian, and after a millisecond or two of consideration, I agreed. :-)

Mike and the folks at the Oregonian were great - gracious, smart, and interested in podcasting, and how they can dive into this new medium. I talked for about 30 minutes, about the basics of podcasting, and answered the excellent questions that came from the group (there were probably 25-30 people in the conference room). Then, I spent the rest of the time doing the demo - recording and posting a short episode of TinyPodcast. Afterwards, Mike gave me a tour around the newsroom, which I caught on video, and will be posting soon.

I want to thank Mike for a great time and a great opportunity. Let's stay in touch - I'm more than happy to help or answer any questions. I love this stuff! Can't wait to see what kind of podcasts start appearing out of the folks who attended.

Who Says There's No Money in Podcasting?

Podshow raises $8M from KP and Sequoia — wow - The Jason Calacanis Weblog

Cha-ching. Adam Curry and Ron Bloom scored almost $9 million dollars in venture captial funding for PodShow Inc.

Interesting happenings in the podosphere...

Hey, Adam - how about a cut for all of the podcasters, without having to sell our soul to Podshow? ;-)

EDIT: Looks like Odeo just scored some VC, too, though no word on how much. Who's left? Audioblog.com?