links for 2006-10-31
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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The machinations behind GooTube are impressive.
links for 2006-10-30
Monday, October 30, 2006
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Phil documents his adventure in hiring. Maybe it’s time to start hirefeed.com where you can use the nifty SF bookmarklet to snipe profiles of interest from around the web…
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news about the public radio fund
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Sorry to have missed the screening here in Boston tonight. Congrats to Geoffrey Kirkman who is a producer of the film, can’t wait to see it.
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a blog evidently devoted to showcasing classic and new public service announcements (PSAs)
Second Life > Infinite Mind > Suzanne Vega
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Susan Vega performed at a public radio industry conference (not the hippest gig) a few years back and was mesmerizing. She also hosted a public radio series called American Mavericks which I confess I never ended up hearing, probably because it wasn’t carried in Boston (perhaps time for PRX long tail revival?).
Anyway, procrastinating on other work and browsing YouTube I came across a composite of a virtual Vega appearance in Second Life on the Infinite Mind public radio program (they evidently were inspired to be the first radio program to set up shop in Second Life after attending the Beyond Broadcast conference we helped organize last year).
Kudos to the Infinite Mind for taking the leap.
Third Coast International Audio Festival 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
(version of this also posted on the PRX blog )
The PRX crew descended upon Chicago en masse, all 7 of us (9 if you include PRX alumns Brendan Greeley and Steve Schultze), exceeded only by the omnipresent Salt Institute Mafia, which numbered something like 29!
For blogging coverage of Third Coast check out Transom.org’s special coverage.
And make sure to drop by Third Coast’s audio library to check out excerpts from this year’s amazing line up of award winners.
The annual PRX Zeitfunk Party was a big hit again, and some incriminating Flickr photos will soon be available…
Congrats to Julie, Johanna, Roman and the whole crew for another spectacularly nourishing event to sustain us for another year.
links for 2006-10-26
Thursday, October 26, 2006
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“The Obvious model goes something like this:
Build things cheaply and rapidly by keeping teams small and self-organized.
Leverage technology, know-how, and infrastructure across products (but brand them separately, so they’re focused and easy to unders
college media in st louis
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Landed in St Louis where I’m presenting at the National College Media Convention (which really needs a website overhaul), and where it’s rainy and cold and nasty enough that they called the game and wet, disappointed Cardinals fans hit the bars.
This is my first time at this event, not really sure what to expect but it was good to meet up with Doug Mitchell from NPR and his crew of mentors and students from Next Generation.
I also stumbled across the College Media Innovation blog which kindly highlighted all the new media sessions including my own (Thursday at noon).
We’ve always wanted to get more college radio stations involved in PRX, both acquiring and offering programs, but it’s a challenge for most of them with the semester-to-semester turnover and the dominance of spinning music instead of more public affairs or documentary programming. Perhaps the social media side of things will bridge the gap and “podcast to broadcast” will connect the dots.
Halloween Scream Stream
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
We’ve been playing around with flash mp3 players, working on some interesting updates to PRX and other projects.
So to put it to the test and take advantage of a good “date peg” and an excellent collection of audio, for one week only here’s the Halloween Scream Stream from PRX: a ghastly collection of audio from the crypt.
Bonus: you can go here to add the player to your own site or blog.
links for 2006-10-24
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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suggestions on how podcasters and other social media makers might handle sponsors
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I’m heading to the College Media conference in St Louis on the way to the annual Third Coast Audio festivities in Chicago. Here’s a helpful list of the new media sessions, including PRX.
