Author: Christopher S Penn

  • PodCamp NYC – How to Find Me

    Chris Brogan started the meme, CC Chapman continued it, so here’s my contribution – how to find me at PodCamp NYC. I’ll be arriving late Friday afternoon, probably an hour or two before the party at SLATE. I’ll be at the party at SLATE both nights, as well as supporting podsafe musicians with Natalie Gelman‘s…

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  • PodCamp Europe

    Chris Brogan and I extend to you an invitation to hang out in Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-13, 2007 for PodCamp Europe. Jeff Pulver‘s organization, VON, is donating an enormous big room (or two) and we’re going to fill it with fun stuff and people – including you, ideally. As with all PodCamps, it’s free to…

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  • From mass to grass and back

    Chris Brogan and I have been watching and participating in the dynamo that is PodCamp NYC, and he recently pondered how to keep a sense of community in a large crowd? On ko chi shin – let’s look outside conferences. Remember the Dunbar number? It’s a sociology theory that says the maximum group size of…

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  • The History of PodCamp: Early Days

    A few people have asked me about how PodCamp got started, the history behind it, etc. so I thought I’d take some time to recollect my perspective of how this grand adventure got started.PodCamp more or less got started on a Yahoo Group called New England Podcasting (since moved to Google) on February 6, 2006,…

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  • UnOfficial Guide to PodCamp NYC 1.8

    Lots of updates. This sucker is now 35 pages, 3.9 MB, but hopefully worth it. Crossposting here for those who read CSP.com and not FAP.com

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  • Bum Rushing spreads

    I love how the term is now synonymous with gaming charts – YesButNoButYes is asking for help Bum Rushing Technorati. Bum Rush is yet another meme in the new media world that has redefined an archaic piece of language into a brand, and that’s pretty darned cool.

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  • TwitterPitch

    Laura Allen, one of the organizers for PodCamp NYC, is famous for her 15-second pitch consultancy, in which she helps refine people’s personal branding statement to 15 seconds or less. Here’s a challenge for Laura and everyone else: Can you fit your personal pitch, grammatically correct, inside one Twitter, 140 characters? Should you be able…

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  • The PodCamp NYC Top 20 People You Must Meet

    After reading my partner and friend Chris Brogan’s latest post, I’ve put together a list of the Top 20 People You MUST Meet at PodCamp NYC. All of them have something in common, and all of them should be on your “networking list”. More in a minute. First, the list: Andrew Gallagher. Technology Coach,NYC Department…

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  • Twitter Updates for 2007-03-29

    Doing a little stumping on LinkedIn for PodCamp NYC. They’re still short about $5K despite massive campaigning. # Going to go hunting for venues for JobCamp now. # Planning out tomorrow’s episode. It’s Financial Aid Podcast #500. Got something to say? 206-350-1208 # In Second Life at Matthew Ebel concert. https://www.MatthewEbel.com/treehouse/ # Matthew Ebel concert…

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  • Scott Bourne says to avoid PPA – but he may be wrong

    Scott Bourne, author of the PodcastingTricks.com blog, had this to say about PPA recently: This allows advertisers to define an expected result such as a user downloading a demo version of software or buying a book. When that action takes place (and only when that action takes place) the publisher of the ad gets paid.…

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