Category: Podcasting

  • PodCamp Boston 5: Prepared for the future

    PodCamp Boston 5 has come and gone, celebrating 5 years of what started as a goofy little experiment and turned into a worldwide movement. Chris Brogan and I have you to thank for taking our idea and running with it, and we hope you continue to do so. I’ll let Chris expound on his takeaways from…

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  • Podcasting as intent

    Following someone or something on Twitter indicates a small amount of intent. It takes literally less than a second to follow someone. Replying and conversing does show more intent. Becoming a Fan on Facebook is the same. Liking something on Facebook indicates a small amount of intent. Subscribing to someone’s newsletter takes slightly more intent.…

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  • What content are you sitting on?

    I was going through my archives the other day, sifting out stuff that I didn’t need to hold onto any more, and found some pretty amazing content collecting dust. I have hours and hours of video, text, and all kinds of media, some of which has never seen the light of day but is incredibly…

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  • Doing More With Less

    Here’s a special holiday gift for you, complete with complex instructions. This is a recording of the session I did at the Web 2.0 conference earlier this year. It’s about 30 minutes long. Download the MP3 here. You will need to do the exercises in this session with a training partner. It can be a…

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  • The most amazing moment of PodCamp Philly 3

    You know what the most amazing moment of PodCamp Philly 3 was? At the opening, I asked the crowd – 200+ folks – how many people had never been to a PodCamp before. About 80% of the room raised their hands. That’s huge. That’s amazing. I have to give huge props to the Philly organizing…

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  • One pixel away…

    … is the Marketing Over Coffee extra interview with Mitch Joel and his new book, Six Pixels of Separation. Go give it a listen and buy Mitch’s book. Disclosure: goes to Amazon, affiliate fee paid to Marketing Over Coffee. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Enjoyed it? Please share…

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  • I was on a boat called PAB09

    Podcasters Across Borders 2009 has wrapped up and the team of Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche threw yet another impressive event. This year’s PAB theme was ostensibly bringing outside knowledge into the podcasting world, but the general subject of many of the presentations was on story more than anything – ways to more effectively communicate…

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  • My presidential address on the economy

    I figured I’d have some fun and provide a different perspective on the economy. Here’s a link to today’s special from the Financial Aid Podcast – my wishful presidential address. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at www.ChristopherSPenn.com

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  • What is the future of podcasting?

    Chris Brogan asks: But now, think about podcasting. Where is THAT going? If you can guess that one correctly, get back to us all. It’s been a crazy ride so far. Podcasting is going exactly where it should be going, which is away from “shiny object of the day, one solution will solve your problems”…

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  • Current Blogola

    Image by lemoncat1 via Flickr A post by Chris Brogan inspired me to put a widget on my blog here describing what blogola I’ve received lately, as a way of disclosing potential conflicts of interest. You’ll see it on the side, under the photos. Blogola is a portmanteau of blog and payola, the practice of…

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