Podcasters Unite! » Posts about podcasting http://www.podcastunite.com This is Not a Monologue. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:30:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Podcasting and Radio, from a blogger’s perspective… http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/podcasting-and-radio-from-a-bloggers-perspective/ http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/podcasting-and-radio-from-a-bloggers-perspective/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:03:52 +0000 avshockeypodcast http://podcastunite.wordpress.com/?p=18 A recent post by an Avalanche blogger explained some huge differences between blogging and radio broadcasting/ podcasting and I thought it would be perfect to share here.

Avs blogger, Shane Giroux, through his blog “Avs Talk” and his post titled, “Radio?  Sure I’ve got the face for it but…” explains why he’s nervous for an upcoming radio interview:

“See, when writing for this blog I can change my mind mid-sentence, re-write the whole post and nobody would be the wiser. I can take my time to gather my thoughts because there’s no dead air to fill. Heck, I can delete something I said and pretend I never said it. I’ve never done it, but I could. But on the radio, it’s real-time, unfiltered, uncut, unedited and boy I hope my brain is focused enough for that!”

While sparing the details, this is the main reason why it’s just a bit simpler to blog than it is to podcast.  Anyone who podcasts knows exactly what I’m talking about too.  Sure there are a few differences between podcasting and radio, but my point is still the same.

Podcasting is a whole new level of putting myself “out there”, and I love it because not just anyone will or can do it.

That’s why us podcasters need to stick together!

]]> http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/podcasting-and-radio-from-a-bloggers-perspective/feed/ 1 Podcasting in Plain English http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/podcasting-in-plain-english/ http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/podcasting-in-plain-english/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:39:39 +0000 avshockeypodcast http://podcastunite.wordpress.com/?p=14 Besides having my own podcast, I work with many teachers in my school district who are interested in podcasts as informational resources and publishing tools for themselves and their students.

One of the most often asked questions I get is, “What’s a podcast?”  There are so many misconceptions about podcasting including (as a recent tweet by my colleague James reminded everyone) that you don’t actually need an iPod or MP3 player to listen to a podcast.  That’s definitely a great “on the go” option though.  And that’s only one of the many misunderstandings that keep podcasts from catching on quicker.

After that question is asked to me or I am facilitating a podcast training I show this video to kick things off.

The video answers a lot of the questions and we move forward from there.  Common Craft’s “In Plain English” series is great for explaining 21st century tools in every day language.  Their channel on YouTube can be found here.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Just wanted to get my end of the conversation started.  Looking forward to where this takes us and looking forward to the conversation as well.

Thanks for setting this up James!

]]> http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/podcasting-in-plain-english/feed/ 2 I know that the “battle” between multi… http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/i-know-that-the-battle-between-multi/ http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/i-know-that-the-battle-between-multi/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:52:12 +0000 James http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/i-know-that-the-battle-between-multi/ I know that the “battle” between multimedia and text is often a losing one for the audio / video side, but it’s still there. The audience for independent text blogs vs. independent podcasts certainly favor the blogs. I have both, and get more visitors to my blog and more links to things I write than to my podcast episodes.

Reading it elsewhere is still a bit of a shock, or at least daunting. I want to grow my podcast audience, but will basically be battling myself as a blogger as well.

http://www.blogherald.com/2009/09/24/blogging-audiovideo-vs-text/

]]> http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/i-know-that-the-battle-between-multi/feed/ 4 A good talk about podcasting. http://os… http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/a-good-talk-about-podcasting-httpos/ http://www.podcastunite.com/2009/09/a-good-talk-about-podcasting-httpos/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:09:28 +0000 James http://podcastunite.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/a-good-talk-about-podcasting-httpos/ A good talk about podcasting.

http://osmosis-online.com/2009/09/17/its-the-new-dial-popular-podcast-proprietors-talk-about-talk/

It doesn’t talk over the heads of listeners, and still speaks to the podcaster themselves.

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