PodCamp Boston 2 - October 26-28, 2007

PodCamp Boston 2 is rapidly approaching. We are into August and October 26-28 feels like it is just around the corner. It was a great event last year and I expect this year to be even more so. There are already 290 registered for this event. Are you in New England? You should consider participating! Even if you are outside the Boston metro area, this should be a good excuse to get here and participate! The PodCamp website with additional info can be found here: Register here: Technorati Tags: podcamp, PodCamp Boston, podcast

Boston Media Makers: Steve Garfield explains

Boston Media Makers: Steve Garfield explains Originally uploaded by shersteve The stars finally alinged my schedule to allow me to participate in the Boston Media Makers monthly meeting today. Steve Garfield, Halley Suitt, Scott Fitchet, Frank Wing, John Herman, Steve Albanese, Brian Alves, and John Coyne joined in a good discussion on new media. There is more to come from this session. Stay tuned.

Wired for Podcast

MemDayWknd_026_WiredPodcast Originally uploaded by shersteve I am ready for a Passionate Runner recording session down at the Franklin High School track.

PodCamp Boston2

Starts October 26, 2007 at 7:00 pm ET Ends October 28, 2007 at 5:00 pm ET Location Boston Convention and Exhibition Center 415 Summer Street Boston, 02210 US Registration Page http://www.eventbrite.com/event/59949310 The first was historic, the second will be better, so I gotta be there. Still a podcasting newbie but having a great time.

Giant Squid Audio Lab Sale Extended

The microphone I use with my iRiver MP3 player is a miniature mic from Giant Squid. A great buy. A great device. I took the opportunity to buy a backup device at the same time and purchased the Omnidirectional with 5 foot cable. Also a great buy and a great device. The sale for these and similar devices has been extended until June 16th. Click on over to Giant Squid and get your mic! PS - both my devices were just delivered.

Microphone makes a difference

Yes, this is simple enough insight. It took a while to arrive at but I got there today, finally. One, the problem I have had with my MP3 player may really have been the microphone all along. It is a small unit from Giant Squid. I had purchased a stereo mic at Radio Shack and had trouble setting it up. If I set it to record mono, I got nothing. If I set it to record stereo it did record. Come to find out: The iRiver recorder requires a mono microphone to have a certain type of mono plug in order to record in the mono mode. If the Iriver detects a stereo plug it will automatically switch to stereo mode. To avoid this the "+" of the mic has to be connected to the the ring of the plug. "Tip" is left open. The Iriver thus detects it as a mono mic. Our iRiver Omni Mono Microphones are wired this way. So that is why! I ordered a new one today.

sherku: What is GEL?

A sherku answering the question: What is GEL? Time: 25 seconds MP3 File What is a sherku? For other writings on GEL 2007, GEL 2006, GEL 2005 The text version of this can be found here

Bum rush the charts!

What's with Hipcast?

What's happening with this service? Does anyone know? Their blog hasn't been updated since January. Their Forums haven't been updated since December 2006.