Daily Podcast News

Start podcasting your radio shows please. The demand is there according to my referers list.

Three people arrived today looking for an “Irish Learning Podcast”. This may actually be beneficial for people to re-embrace the Irish language through this means. Maybe people in their thirties or forties who want to gain a grasp of the Irish language so they can pass it onto their children and help them with school work.

BizTart is a two minute podcast from Justine Troy featuring the latest US Business and Finance news.

It’s a perfect length for this sort of podcast content.
RSS Feed is http://www.biztart.com/rss

“More than this you need not know.”

Tom Raftery has caught the podcasting bug. Last night he posted a blog item explaining how to podcast using wordpress, in the blog post he linked to a podcast of the blog item explaining podcasting and also linked to the podcasting feed.

Firstly Tom’s podcast is a great idea for the blind people not only around Ireland but around the world. They get to listen to Tom’s blog without needing assistance. All they need to do is get someone to subscribe to the items that interest them (from tagged items or categories) and they can conneted their iPod each day and get the latest updates.

Secondly it’s great to see the Irish grabbing a hold of podcasting and getting their voice out on the Internet. We now have 6 Irish podcasters who have gone through the whole experience and for podcatchers in Ireland it’s great to hear some homemade talent.

Tom’s podcast feed is: http://www.tomrafteryit.net/category/podcast/feed/

There is already 70 mentions of Ireland in the podcast feeds which have been included in Odeo. Adding your podcast feed is a very easy process and you can tag it with any amount of keywords.

Susan Smith Nash and David Penrose have launched Podutainment (portable educational entertainment).

Implied in the term is exciting, refreshing, and “mind feeding” material being presented by a host of scholars devoted to helping others learn using the latest technologies.

Garageband has just added Podcast support. The area is called GarageBand Podcast Studio which is now the world’s largest selection of podcast ready music.

This is a very useful tool as every artist on the site now has a free podcast, where listeners can receive new songs (and other audio messages), gig listings, and news posted by the artists.

Jenna Drey is one such artist who is now playing on my iPod after I easily downloaded her songs all at once.

Support the Irish grab the feeds and listen to them on your mobile device.

I have numerous ideas floating around the web at the minute. One which I am set on is the idea of iPodcast (Irish Podcast), getting Irish bloggers/people to submit content each week for inclusion in a group podcast, I have just done up a quick mock-up of the process and have set up the page from where iPodcast #1 will be discussed.

http://irishpodcast.backpackit.com/

I am waiting on confirmation from ourproject.org to use their website as a place where we can have a group discussion. But for the time being we can use this location.

Username - irishpodcast Password - ipodder

Before you head starts spinning this is not about people podasting on buses or in their car. Although this does happen an awful lot with people wanting to try something different to brake up their monotonous journey to work. They are actually podcasting from podbus and podlot. Although I have talked about podlot before podbus has arrived on the scene and wants to be podhost for people’s podcasts.

Podbus is a new service allowing people to sign-up and receive 300MB of storage and an automated RSS feed (much like what dircaster achieves) for $4 a month. This basically means you can upload 15 shows with a length of 20 minutes. For an extra $2 you can host a website with php enabled.

I’ll recap on podlots service to be fair - They offer 150MB with unlimited bandwidth for $5 month, or if you are a podcast addict you can get 1000MB of storage costing $15 a month, this allows you to host up to 15 domains and have unlimited e-mail addresses. They also offer php support if you want to create a website with added features like cgi, perl and python.

My advice would be to sign up for the basic package and host your site/blog on blogsome for free and link to the podcasts from there.

I’m just back from the German Circus, which was very amusing!!! I decided to bring along my mini disc to see what it would sound like. So I placed the microphone beside me and hit record. It actually sounds really good (I’ll post some tomorrow), the music was great and matched the preformances excellently.

Anywho I got around 18 minutes of the show, but at this stage I began to worry because the clown was looking for people from the audience to come on stage. So I quickly untangled the microphone from the miniisc and placed it firmly back in my pocket, so yes you guessed it I was picked out as my parents picked a ring-side seat. He gabbed three other males and a female, he enacted playing an instrument which we had to step into the spotlight and copy. So it comes to my turn and he starts playing the air guitar. So yep I had to stand in the arena jumping up and down playing with an invisible quitar. The others had to play the sax, the drums, one guy prending to preform in a microphone and the female got the chance to dance.

So once we all had our minute in the spotlight he gave us all a blow up instrument and gave the lead singer a funny outfit, so there I was going through the motions when he comes over and pushes me over so I was lying flat wiggling me legs in the air while playing the guitar. It was great fun actually playing along.

Paris set to podcast:

Podcasting is hot. But it just got hotter. Paris Hilton invites you to join her on “The Paris Hilton Podcast — Countdown to House of Wax,” beginning on April 29. Join Paris and friends as she shops, parties, poses and publicizes in the days leading up to the May 6 opening of House of Wax.

Just in case anyone is confused at this stage it’s a podcast not a porncast. View the details here.

After finding out about PodLot two nights ago I decided to give it a test run. It offers unlimited bandwidth at $4.00 a month and domain hosting is only an additional $2.00. This is dead handy for people who have a large following.

So I signed up for the trial run (5 days) to compare it to Slapcast and LibSyn. At the sign up page you are greeted with the contact details which is always a good sign, especially when you can get in contact via mobile, IM and Skype, so if you have any problems they are ready to assist you. (more…)

Thought Out has designed a pedestal for your iPod family. This allows you to keep your desktop tidy and also keep your iPod out of danger of falling or having drink spill on it (perish the thought).

Thought Out has teamed up with MacCast (A show for Mac geeks by a Mac geek) to offer the iPed at just $19.99 a piece. This is the first step of co-operation between podcasting and companies, teaming together and giving special deals, in return for being heard on the show.

Thought Out offers exclusive iPed Discount for MacCast listeners.

It’s a very sleek design comes in Gloss Bright White, Off White or Grey and usually retails for $25.99.

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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.

Thanks to James Corbett over at Eirepreneur for mentioning podhost and for sending a podclip from his Nokia 6600. He also had the following news:

I think I’ve finally convinced a friend of mine to start his own podcast, one which I believe will offer a very valuable service to a specific subsection of the community. Stay tuned….

Login into gmail and have a listen for yourself.

login: podhost password: ipodder

I’m sure many Irish people have heard about podcasting and want to get involved in the process. Many wouldn’t want to pay hosting site to upload their MP3 files and maybe that’s why they haven’t started, well to make it super simple and free just email your MP3 file to podhost@gmail.com and maybe add the show notes in the body of the email. Now all people have to do is login to the gmail account > click and listen on their computer. Now anyone with a voice can start a podcast, It will be very interesting over the next few months to listen to a wide range of Irish people share their views/experiences.

Just send your MP3 file to podhost@gmail.com, people can listen to the shows by logging in with podhost and password: ipodder.

I remember back to when I was in 6th year in school wondering which college to go to. All I heard on the radio were adverts for Dublin, Waterford and Cork and I like most students was too lazy to visit the websites one by one and look at what they had on offer. In the end I choose TippInst for a number of reasons, it was in an ideal location, the course offered a great range of items (that I was already interested in) and the campus was nice and cosy.

But if TI is to get more students each year it needs to attack the right market just like other colleges. Each evening back then I would usually tune into 2FM and stick with it throughout the night. Then along came Beat FM and I soon switched (to a more local show, bigger chance of being heard).

The only radio I hear now is when the radio is on in the background while I’m having my daily meals.

I choose not to listen to radio, even when I am sitting in front on my computer (the room has no TV), I never turn on the radio, not even to hear the chart run down. Podcasting covers all these topics for me, although it’s not yet localised to my situation, it soon will be (give or take a few months). So if Podcasting really does catch on and I’m positive it will (thanks to the amount of MP3 Players that people now have). So wouldn’t it be worth placing little adverts in podcasts to extend your reach. You never know who may be listening.

While looking through my previous webspace I found a few useful items, one in particular brought a lot of memories back. I remembered back to November when I explaining to my mother what my project was about and I tried to explain podcasting to her so she could realise what I was doing. To do so I got out my DVR and ask her to speak for a minute or so, my mother and technology don’t really mix. Have a listen for yourself, you won’t find it difficult to understand why I didn’t get to show her the whole process.

After 7 hours of production time (editing down the large files, learning how to use Pro Tools on Mac, pulling intros and outros down from xdrive, deciding in what order to place them and finally converting them to MP3 for your portable pleasure). Here is Irish Podcast 0506 in all its glory 7.11MB. View shownotes in : opml or html and subscribe to your favourite Irish Podcaster.

My first use of the Sound Recorder which comes with Windows XP, with a little help from my Sony Microphone. It’s just below a minute. Should it be a daily/weekly podcast or a non-starter?

On a Saturday my girlfriend (Suzanna) always looks forward to buying The Sun so she can preview all the major soaps to see what’s happening for the week ahead. Once she has a quick glance she quickly grapes the newspaper and flicks through until she finds the Dear Deirdre section. When she finds it she’s in her element, there’s no stopping her, it’s like she just switches off completely. She looks towards the main heading: “I slept with my boyfriend and his dad and now I’m pregnant” and gets sucked in. Most of it is sensationalised rubbish in my opinion but you can’t let her know that. What she needs is a podcast which includes people’s problems and helps them through it. Step forward The Hotline hosted by Suzy. Anyone is able to email her their problems and she will advise you in the best possible way. So if you want to know which colour to paint your kitchen or know how to get a date, just email your questions to her. I know Suzanna will definitely be a subscriber.

With my first chat on Skype with my girlfriend I decided to try recording it for test purposes. I was using the Sony Stereo Microphone with my iPod ear buds, Sue was just using an ordinary computer microphone. All I did was open SoundForge and hit the record button and chat away. The quality is usable but background noise features heavily throughout.

Our Podmedia Podcast will soon be under way will the following themes. But we have already recorded two mini podcasts which are about two minutes in length (to listen to one of these click the logo to the left). These were great for testing and finding problems and overall user testing is what makes improvements in sound quality and sound production. Stay tuned for the Podmedia Podast launch date.

Subscribe to the feed and view the production notes.

Only hours ago I stumbled across Eirpod, which to my surprise is an Irish Podcaster. He will produce a weekly podcast dealing with his interests. He is gifted with a “radio DJ voice” which is quite rare among people when they are recorded. Even he is shocked that he can podcast with a little help from his friend. This is a perfect example for anyone out there who has got something to say, don’t be scared, give it go. This podcast will be a must have on your MP3 player. So go to Eirpod and listen/subscribe to his podcast right now.

Wondering what the perfect present for your girlfriend will be? Already got her all the rings, chains and ear rings she could ever need? Well listen here to what she really wants.

Subscribe or just listen to it directly.

This podcast features three different segments, with an introduction and outro. The first item is about a change in devices in the year 2020, which items will be artifacts then? We also discussed the perfect ‘tech’ present for a girl this Christmas from their very mouths. Finally we each discussed which sound we think relates to Christmas in Ireland.

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The second year Multimedia and Communication class got a taste of creating podcasts today. They were gathered together to discuss Christmas in Ireland (posted here soon) relating to their Media Writing. Our third year group also discussed certain items relating to Christmas such as “What sight or sound do you associate with Christmas in Ireland?”. Another was in relation to an item we had covered in a recent assignment to do with a found artefact. We voiced our opinions on which item we would consider a digital artefact in the future year.

An upcoming podcast will extends electronic discussion about connected schools from a topic emerging in the lecture “PR in education.”

An Irish flag now appears at potkast along with my podcast! Hopefully more Irish people will embrace podcasting and feature along side me. Special thanks to Edwards Adams and check out his site which has an user interface to compose playlists.

Last Thursday I replied to a comment from Curtis at The Sports Pod by e-mail, where I discussed about me during a report on Hurling for his show. This would be fantastic to be a part of, firstly by keeping Americans up to date with fixtures, news and results but also to be apart of someone else’s podcast which would be brilliant. Who would of thought over 4 months ago that podcasting would take off so quickly and span these great shows. I will get down to podcasting for the show on Friday at the latest. I’m currently too busy to fit it in, what with a presentation tomorrow and a major exam Thursday.

Special thanks to Michael at Reel Reviews who took the time to ring Curtis and leave a voice-mail all about his love for Hurling and how I should come aboard to report. So thank you and check out his totally cool podcast.

Also if you travel to The Sports Pod home page right now you will see a hurling picture of Offaly against Kilkenny (The Cats).

What shows do you listen to? Is it the same ones everyday? Although this was true for me up to last week I have started opening my horizons and trying new content. The usual suspects where Dawn and Drew, Daily Source Code and maybe try others from time to time. But since Monday I have tuned into (subscribed to some) many different podcasts such as The Sports Pod, Coverville, Beercasting and Reel Reviews.

Podcasts are here, but are you listening? Podcasting Technology is growing every day, but if no one is listening, does it even matter?

Some are of excellent quality and could be considered radio standard but podcasting for me is about people sitting around and just chatting as seen with my show, Beercasting (set in a pub) and also the sports pod which can go on for over an hour.

Podcasted Computer Tips for Busy People.

This podcast has very handy tips placed in one minute podcasts such as the one below:

Tip 6: Bargain Basement prices with SMS
Here is a tip that might save you some money. Next time you are out shopping and need to know the lowest price of an item. Whip out that cell phone and send a message to 46645. Enter the ISBN number in the subject line and send the message. In a few minutes, some of the lowest prices found on the web will be returned to you.

He also explains the applications he used, the software and how he makes it available to subscribers.

If you know of any other Irish podcasts please add them to my station below, or just listen to mine for the time being.

The best podcast I have ever heard (so far) is the podcasting session by Adam Curry the session leader at Bloggercon III. The conference lasts about 1 hour and 17 minutes and was recorded on 11/6/2004. Adam first briefly introduces the idea of podcasting and his hopes for it’s future. Also allows questions from participants talking about their experiences with podcasting mainly Dawn and Drew.

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According to Dawn and Drew someone keeps stealing ideas on their shows and not giving them credit. Well to sort this Dawn wanted a podfight with the other pretenders. She went on to explain that she could send a podcast ranting madly to the group and they could reply back with another mp3 file to listen to wherever they may be.

Just listened to the final Daily Source Code from Adam before his move to England. Just over 40 minute long show, done to it’s usual high standards. The show includes “the mini source code” which I had the joy of listening to yeasterday. Go to Nick Starr.com to listen to an edited down version of Curry’s show (for the mini iPod as he says). He goes on the talk about Viktor Von Riesling’s podcast about learning Spainish and the phrases you need. He also features another podcast called the “One Minute Tip” which today is about keyboard shortcuts on the Apple OS X. Check it out here. Hopefully Adam will find a Wifi spot to podcast and upload from tomorrow on his way to his new home in Engand.

Want to listen to a podcast? Don’t know where to go, take a peek at the last 100 podcasts at audio.weblogs.com which has a wide range of topics.