"CANADA'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF PODCASTERS ACROSS BORDERS IN KINGSTON"

Page updated June 24, 2006 02:58:55 PM -0600

another shocking update coming this evening!

Quick Links to Shows So Far (MP3 Files)

PAB#1 | PAB#2 | PAB#3 | PAB#4

More to come!

PAB attendees:
If you have something to say or report, call me and leave a message either on Skype or by voice mail: 306-949-9037

Also, stay tuned for a full PAB wrap-up that you can download for the ride home Sunday morning.

More photos via the PAB official site continually uploaded to flickr

PAB blog posts

Oh, and be nice to my reporters, Dave and Isabelle from Broca's Area

More reports coming Saturday afternoon and evening.

Dispatch 4pm ET, Saturday

Hey James!

I am back now to the hotel room and Dave is upstairs.
I met a nice man from Missouri who now lives in Buffalo. He had a neat
little gizmo recorder doo-hickey and he was taking notes with a
beautiful fountain pen in a little cute note book. Jim Milles is the
friendliest person I met at the conference. He gave me a button, his
podcast is called "Chek this Out! Podcast" and the address is:
cto.libsyn.com

The two talks I watched were about how to maximize your
listenership/traffic with Leesa Barnes, a corporate-type podcaster.
She gave a really good corporate-like talk which most people who want
to make money with their podcast would have enjoyed, but because Dave
and I don't really want to make this our "job", I didn't really enjoy
it. But she is great at what she does. I learned a few things though,
especially about "tags", what are they? All I know is that they are
helpful...

Then Mark Blevis talked about how to prepare for an interview, how to
interview, etc. The interesting thing about Mark is that he takes
notes on his hand, he writes his notes on his hand, and I think that
is BRILLIANT! Mark is a really good communicator, he speaks clearly,
and his professionalism is really what made this possible. The only
thing I had doubts about had to do with the constant reference to the
CBC. As if it is something to emulate. Well, it is, of course, if you
want to become a CBC broadcaster who podcasts. BUT, the idea of
podcasting in my view, is that it is for everybody and as such it is
open to all possibilities. If you keep saying..."here are the steps
for a succesful podcast...which I learned from the CBC..."then you are
mirroring...and you're not doing it "your way"...that's my idea...And
also, you are creating a wall between people and their microphone...We
all start somewhere and we all make mistakes. But the end result is a
myriad of styles and results.

Of course, there are certain basics that will never change.
Microphones, interviews, etc...the use of music...telling the
stories...etc...BUT I hope that people come up with their own thing,
that's what I like about podcasting. Everyone is different and should
be different.

Here are my thoughts. I am not a pro, I am not an expert, I have no
other reference but my own opinion...And that is that. However, having
said that, I believe that coming here was  a very informative thing, I
had fun, we learned a lot about the quiet work of great people who are
doing new things and carving a place for their voices to be heard.
Which, in the end, is what we are all doing, whether we make jokes,
educating, or talk about our lives, or interview, or report, or
selling things...we are having our voices heard and exercising our
creativity.

Talk to you later...

Iza

Report #4 - Day 2 - Midday Update
Filed Saturday, June 24, 2006 2:00 pm ET
LISTEN NOW  14 mins, 80bps mono, 8 mb

Isabelle phones in a report from the streets of Kingston, early morning

Dave updates us about the morning's activities and we welcome special guest Maddie, Dave and Iza's daughter.

Shocking revelations about Tod Maffin:

A view of Maffin's 'ride' from our hotel balcony.
 

Drunken swinger looks down from balcony above

Dispatch: Last night, a guy upstairs from us talked to me from our respective
balconies. He saw me taking pictures of Dave while he was watching Jim
Dupree's Laura Pauly Enthusiast. And the guy said, "what are you here
for"...and I said..."we're podcasters"...he replied "oh ya, you're
smoking some pot there?" "...not potcasters, PODcasters..."
"...oh...what's that?"
"Internet radio..."
"ohhh...hey...you wanna come down to the clubs with me? Or maybe you
and your husband want a threesome or something...?"
"No thanks...hahahaha...have fun!"
"Ok, I'll be back around 3 am if you're still interested..."

And he was! He woke me up at 3 am the bastard! Right above us. I could
hear him from our room. He was yelling things out of his room's
balcony and just being an all round jerk...lol

Report #3 - Night 1 Recap
Filed Friday, June 23, 2006 11:55 pm ET
LISTEN NOW  20 mins, 80bps mono, 11mb

Our reporters make it to the convention in Kingston, lose a shoe, and make contact with celebrity podcasters. 

Dirt on Bruce Murray, Bob Goyetche, and the guy from Jim Dupree, Enthusiast

Shelagh Rogers gives her keynote address at PAB (PAB organizers)
 

"Jim Dupree, Enthusiast" (left) and JamesPod correspondent Dave Brodbeck
 

Bruce Murray: 7 feet tall with amazing teeth!

http://www.zedcast.com Bruce Murray's Podcast

http://www.foursevens.com/jimdupree/  "Jim Dupree"

Dicks 'n' Janes Scarborough Dude

Tod Maffin Podcaster/Broadcaster

Kingston Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

PODCASTING NEWS:

Gervais Claims New Podcasting Record; Most Hyped Podcast Ever?

TiVo doesn't really get podcasting

Report #2 -
filed at Noon ET, Friday, June 23/06

Leg 2 of the journey to Kingston

Report #2
LISTEN NOW  on the highway outside Barrie, Ontario, still two hours to Kingston!  Beauty pageant held at their hotel and more!

The Holiday Inn in Sudbury is hosting the
Miss Northern Ontario Pageant

An Inukshuk

FIRST ALMOST LIVE REPORT:

Iza and Dave from the road to Sudbury where they'll overnight at the Holiday Inn before heading to Kingston early Friday.

• Report #1
  LISTEN NOW  8 MINS, 128 BIT STEREO 8 MB
  Filed 6:30 PM ET Thursday, June 22, 2006

CONTINUOUS LIVE-TO-THE-NET MINI-PODCASTS AVAILABLE ON THE iTUNES FEED AND ON DIRECT LINKS RIGHT HERE.

LISTEN TO THE PROMO: MP3

CURRENT LOCATION OF OUR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENTS: Holiday Inn, Sudbury, ON
 

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