Tag: Podcast

  • Podcasting search engines reviewed.

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    In my recent podcast with Robert Scoble, one of the issues I raised with him was how much easier text blogs are to index for a search engine, than are podcasts or videoblogs. Robert agreed that this was the case but he made the point that search engines are using link text and the text…

  • Any questions for Shel Israel?

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    Shel Israel describes himself as “a recovering publicist“. Shel used to own a PR agency specialising in tech startups and Shel was involved in the initial launches of Sun Microsystems, PowerPoint, Filemaker, SoundBlaster, Napster, MapInfo, Virtual Vineyards and quite a few others More recently Shel co-authored the authoritative business blogging book Naked Conversations with Robert…

  • Irish podcasting representative body created

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    Brian Greene of Doop design has created a mailing list for those interested in being involved in podcasting in Ireland. This is the first step in the creation of a representative body for Irish podcasters. According to Brian: The function of the list is to discuss the setting up of a representative body for Podcasters…

  • Riya being bought by Microsoft?

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    Riya is a company I have mentioned previously – they have an incredible application which combines text and facial recognition with photo uploading, so that once you tell Riya who is who in your photo albums, it will recognise those people from then on out in any photos it sees! Riya also has tagging built…

  • Digital dictaphone and mp3 recorder in one

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    Bernie wrote up a review of a new toy he bought for 260 Euro – the Sony ICD-MX20 and it sounds nice; albeit a tad expensive, and a Sony product – two good reasons not to buy it (you never know what virus enabling software Sony might have installed on it!). Over the weekend I…

  • New Audible podcasting format – why bother?

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    I have recently started to take an interest podcasting again – I produced a few podcasts during the summer to dip my toes into podcasting but I had to stop when the soundcard on my PowerBook blew. Recently, I have recorded a couple of my talks and podcast them with generous help from FrankP and…

  • WordPress Podcasts not showing up – fixed!

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    WordPress is a joy to Podcast with – you simply upload your mp3 file, link to it in your post and WordPress takes care of all the other stuff (enclosures, etc.). I have been using WordPress to publish Podcasts since June of this year without any problems, until recently. The most recent Podcast I published…

  • Podcasting problems!

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    One of the biggest problems with podcasting is the space and bandwidth podcasts consume. There are a number of ways around this, but none are perfect. In my how-to post about podcasting, I mentioned that it was possible to use the Internet Archive to host your podcast and video blog files free. The problem with…