For some time, something has been going on with me I’ve been struggling to explain. My motivation to share things via social media has been waning. When podcasting came along in 2004, and social media was still in its infancy, my motivation to share was strong. For several years, I was creating and posting new content at a furious rate.
Some exciting news came down the tube earlier this week when the Academy of Podcasters, a new group created by the founders of the Podcast Movement conference, announced that the man who puts "Geek" into Geek News Central, our very own Todd Cochrane, will be inducted into the Podcasters Hall of Fame. Todd will officially be honored along with five
Wordpress version 3.9 introduced playlist. The implementation was not well thought out for podcasters. So Angelo has tweaked the code and when we release PowerPress version 6.0 in a few weeks podcasters are going to have dynamic playlist like the one below.. Not only that but it will support podcasters who use category, channel, taxonomy podcasting and host of other
If you have been reading this site for any given amount of time, you may remember that the first site my team launched in the podcasting space was PodcasterNews.com. It was a site that had at it's peak over 100 podcasters covering the news of the day on a variety of topics. While the site never scaled to where it
Stitcher has made enhancements to its Provider Portal. Details were explained in a recent email that Stitcher sent out to people who are currently providing content through Stitcher. At the time I am writing this, it appears that Stitcher has not yet added this information to their blog. What's new? The Stitcher Provider Portal will now offer content providers page
While some people have suggested that podcasting is a dying art, the data indicates an entirely different reality. Apple announced on Monday, July 22, 2013, that there have been more than 1 billion podcast subscriptions through the iTunes store. Thats a big number! If you visit the iTunes store today, and visit the part about podcasts, you will see the
In 2004 when I started podcasting my very first microphone was from MXL that paticular microphone I still have in my arsenal and pull it out when I have a guest in the studio. Over the years I have owned a variety of Microphones, and have found by and large that condenser based microphones have always been better for me