A 2 minute 12 second conversation with Farley Peters. This is considered “audioblogging.” If we decided to do this regularly, we would create a podcast show so that people could subscribe to it and listen to it using software on their PCs, like iTunes. And if they owned an iPod or similar device, they could do likewise.
I used Skype Out to phone her land line (1/10 of 1 cent/minute). I used a PC application called Total Recorder to record the conversation. I snipped off the extraneous audio at the beginning and the end using a program called Wavepad. (Many people use a program called Audacity for both recording and editing.)
I uploaded the finished audio file (wav) format to my account at audioblog.com ($5/month) and then “blogged it” here. The file plays in the blog entry via Flash, which 99% of the world has built-in to their browsers. This avoids the hassles that people have with players such as Quicktime, Real Audio, Windows Media, etc.
I do a local issues podcast here in Northfield called Locally Grown. Last Sunday’s episode was recorded with two of us in Cambridge UK and three others in Northfield.
I’ve been hired to do a new podcast in the UK for the International Centre of Excellence for Local e-Democracy. Our first show was recorded in London last week.
I’ve been hired to produce a podcast for 1,000 mile fundraising bicycle trip in the UK. I recorded the first episode earlier this week.
I’ve been hired by a the local edemocracy program in the UK’s Office of Deputy Prime Minister to produce podcasts during two edemocracy conferences this summer, one in Budapest and the other in Baltimore.
I’ve got several clients who’ve hired me to help them launch their podcasts. First to launch: Charlie Kyte, Exec. Director of the MN Assoc. of School Administrators. See his blog titled Voice of MN Education.
Of course, I have my own podcast on Leadership Blogging.
So as you can see, in the short span of 3 months, I’m now a podcasting expert!