http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress thoughts, links and happenings in the world of podcasts Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:55:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Some days you just stumble on something you have been looking for for ages, but haven't known what it is called or how to look for it. Today was one of those days for me. Although I have some microphone preamps, they are all built in to other equipment, and not ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2006/02/16/213/ Compression is one of those audio effects that all the pros use but can be baffling if you haven't spent a lot of time with expensive audio gear. It's one of the things that seems to really count in getting that "professional" sound in a podcast. With that in mind, I ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2006/02/09/212/ The radio in my car is pretty much rubbish. A bulk-standard AM/FM/Cassette head unit. No CD, No MP3. Nothing useful for podcasts unless I go to the considerable trouble of recording them onto cassette tape (yikes, does anyone do that?) So, just like so many others, I resort to litening ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/12/17/211/ "MixCast Live" is still one of my favourite podcasting applications, so I was pleased to read that it has finally reached a "1.0" release. If you have used on of the "0.*" versions there are a whole bunch of new features including sweet-looking "analog" vu meters and "auto ducking". Definately worth checking ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/07/05/210/ I've been a bit quiet here recently, but I just had to blog this. Just minutes ago I was idly watching "newsround", the good old voice of news for young people from the BBC, and up came a report about a Scottish school embracing podcasting as a teaching tool. They tried ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/23/209/ I've been thinking a lot recently about the problems of "barriers to entry". In particular the huge and tangled mass of practical and psychological reasons that we can all find not to do something. It's a source of continual embarassment to me that I have mumbled out over 200 blog ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/05/208/ Here's a cautionary tale for anyone with a podcast that gets too popular too fast. One of my favourites, "Slashdot Review" blew the bandwidth allocation from its hosting provider and was summarily shut down. Andy is apparently in thre process of trying to get his old content back to move ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/04/29/207/ It's a bit of a conundrum, but many outdoor activites are exactly the kind of thing where you wouldn't drag along a pile of magazines or a TV, and yet that's how information about them is traditionally spread. So along strolls "trailcast", an audio magazine about walking (well, "hiking"), which ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/04/28/206/ An interesting article which compares synchronous and asynchronous internet usage to getting water. Do you "go to the well", or do you rely on the tap? Do you take your media home in a MP3-player bucket, or sit by a gushing stream? Read more at: Feeling Kinda Asynchronous http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/04/28/205/ Another really interesting way to try and make money from podcasting. Not selling podcasts, not even selling podcasting tools, but selling customization of podcasting tools. If you want to stump up the cash you can go online and create a "customized" version of the iPodder "lemon" client preloaded with a selection ... http://www.podcastplayer.org/wordpress/archives/2005/04/28/204/