Daily Podcast News

Over the past three days I have been in contact with James Corbett via email to discuss his blog post regarding PodDating.

With so many Irish people now turning to the web in search of a partner, there is now a way to include podcasting in this process.

How you may well ask, the answer is simple by the use of their mobile phone. People can attach their voice clips in an MMS/Email message and send it to podato@gmail.com, it is then manually converted to MP3 (the problem with mobile phones is that they record in .amr) but while converting it gives us the chance to check the content, change the ID tags, and begin the blog entry where the MP3 file will be placed (add optional advert e.g. visit poddate website at the end).

The website is currently at podato.com, users can subscribe to three different feeds, one for each sex or if they want they can listen to both sexes. If people don’t have MP Players they can just listen to the content on the website. Now the blog comes in handy at this stage, it allows people to give feedback on the voice (podclip) they have just heard: either asking for more information or wanting to get in contact with the person via email etc. a listener may even send a podclip aimed at the person they have just heard.

Unlike many dating websites there are no profiles so everyone starts on an even playing field, the problem with dating sites is that viewers look at the content and judge in fives seconds that this person is out of the question or if they have a picture this can have the same effect.

With these podclips people can feel secure and sell themselves at the same time. They needn’t feel embarrassed as no one will know them (they can make up a nickname when they start).

Also subscribe to the feed on the site so your can listen to single guys/girls on your way to work!

Yesterday I travelled alongside Bernie Goldbach with Mike Kiely at the wheel to help out at the Schoolworks at Tipperary Institute programme. On arrival we travelled around the campus looking for an ideal location for recording, luckily we had a choice of many rooms because of reading week. We found a rectangular room which became my home for the day. I set up my recording equipment and positioned them in the following layout:

The students sat down along the left hand side with Bernie asking questions from the right, the microphone stayed closer to the students because they had a quieter voice and Bernie is used to lecturing and his voice carries well. I used my iPod ear buds to listen in during the recordings, I would advise people to use larger headphones but the location was so quiet I felt the need not to.

The students had already designed images to coincide with what food they ate for St. Patrick’s Day. Only 3 out of the 14 have typical Irish Meals. But while recording them speak about the food they ate I learned that most people eat out for St. Patrick’s Day which is unheard of in this household.

The students also read a chapter of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell so during the recording session they were asked by Bernie about their thoughts on the book.

The first student to enter was Siobhan Scarlett who made some great images in Adobe Photoshop. She talked about her ideas and how she documented items for her portfolio work, along with her thoughts on the week long programme and why she choose her Patrick’s Day food.

The next two students to arrive in were Ronan and Christina. They had read an item relating to Kenna and how people judged him on first appearance and didn’t give him much chance even on the radio. They also talked about the food they most enjoyed to eat on St. Patrick’s Day.

Finally Paddy Murphy and Amy were next in the hot seat. They talked also about first impressions relating to the college. They also talked about and why they eat pizza and SuperMacs for lunch.