Episode 1 – The Balticon 39 Podcasting Panel
Recorded at:
The Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
Balticon 39: May 27 – 30, 2005
Tee Morris and Paul Fischer
Balticon 39 Podcasting Panel Show Notes From May 27, 2005
Touting the iRiver IFP799
Trashing the Griffin iTalk
Tee has a cool tattoo for his iPod
Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword
GalaxyCon and Gigi Edgley from Farscape
Michael and Evo at The Dragon Page
Podiobooks.com
available books:
The Pocket and the Pendant ( Podcast / Book
Story of Tom Corvan ( Podcast / Book unavailable )
Welcome to the Beehive: A beginners guide to conquering the world of business ( Podcast / Book unavailable )
The audience of two. Yeah! We finally have an audience.
Selling Morevi, the book, through the podcast.
If you missed the podcast chapters go to http://teemorris.com/podcast
Lots of hard work goes into making a podcast.
Paul’s Uber mixer, the Numark DM1685
Maccast.com and shop.maccast.com
The mixer Paul should have bought, the Behringer Eurorack UB802 Mixer
The mixer Paul bought is too much mixer for him. Its story.
Never do a panel at a Con at 6pm on a Friday. Pretty much no one has arrived for the Con. And you only get stuck doing 6pm panels if you’re buddies with the head of programming and that person doesn’t know what a phenomenon Podcasting is. 
The first ever Podcasting panel at Balticon.
Paul’s first Podcast went up just before Balticon. You can find it at ADDcast.net
Paul’s “Product Review Without Pity” done for the Maccast.
Tee talks about his novel Morevi as a serial Podcast
Working with Michael and Evo at The Dragon Page Podcast
Writing Podcasting for Dummies
The audience makes it to three! Yeah!
Paul explains Podcasting
You don’t need an iPod
Tee takes over talking
Paul jumps back in talking about downloading from the web vs. the magic of a Podcatching client
Listening to Podcasts is free
Paul’s radio rant
Paul downloads 2-3 hours of audio to listen to a day
Washington DC radio sucks since the death of WHFS WHFS is now, El Zol!
Clear Channel and Infinity control most of the radio stations and computers pick what you listen to
Rev Up Review Podcast ‘Speculative Fiction’
Slacker Astronomy Podcast, Science made cool
Podiobooks.com always starts you at the beginning of the book when you subscribe to the feed
Geek Fu Action Grip Podcast by Mer Lafferty, she is amazingly funny
ConCarolinas – Tee’s next destination for a Podcasting panel
TiVo (Available at Amazon.com
Podcasts Tee listens to:
Area 51 – Splatter humor, “HeirCheck” This episode takes on Paris Hilton
Evil Genius Chronicles – Dave Slusher Rules! (buy something from him)
Useful Sounds – Nicole Simon’s – Nicole has the sexiest voice in the world. Don’t trust us. Tune in.
The Mousepod – Fan Podcast about Disney
Wizard News Roundup – LotR and Harry Potter news
Checking to see if Garageband will whore the recording of this Podcast. It didn’t.
Paul’s Listening List:
The Daily Source Code – Adam Curry, The Pod Father – The smoothest laid back voice in the world
Paul’s imitation of Adam Curry on fire. No offense intended.
Coverville – Brian Ibbet – Plays covers of songs. Exposure to music we’d never heard before. Brian continues to rock the world with tunes we would never have known about and now seek out.
Common People, by William Shatner and Joe Jackson. Off the “Has Been” CD. You can also buy the single at the Apple iTunes Music Store.
The Dawn and Drew Show – The Shocker! – NOT CHILD SAFE – Too funny, too cool
They have the coolest fans in the world and we’re two of them
The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd – Like an old time radio play, only better.
Leo Laporte – Formerly of “The Screen Savers” on the now defunct TechTV
The Laporte Report – with real behind the scenes stuff
TWIT – This Week in Tech – a.k.a. The Revenge of The Screensavers!
Asking for $20/year to fund it. Paul paid his.
TechTV ruled! We miss it.
On The Wing – Bird Watching Podcast
Paul’s love for wildlife photography
The Painted Bunting photo Paul was showing the audience
Too overproduced for Paul
Tee rails against the Sci Fi Channel and NASA
Ronald Moore – Does a Podcast as Executive Producer of the Battlestar Galactica TV show. It is excellent audio commentary of each episode.
It’s like listening to audio commentary on a DVD – It helps to have a TiVo
This they got right
Sci Fi Wire – Sci Fi Channel Podcast – SUCKS ASS
Bad audio processing makes a Podcast suck bad
Ranting on the iTalk continues
Farscape Peacekeeper Wars wins an award and all we hear about is the new X3 movie. ( Available at Amazon.com
Paul thinks it’s marketing payola
Tee thinks it’s a clueless fanboy intern
You are not a Production Assistant! You are nothing!
NASA Podcast – Sucks Too!
NASA TV – So boring they make space flight as exciting as watching paint dry.
“Was Einstein a Space Alien?” – The first Podcast Tee heard
Paul loves the lisp
“Is Dust on the Moon a Problem?”
Slacker Astronomy kicks their ass! Black Holes are sexy.
NPR and other radio stations are re-broadcasting content like WGBH Morning Stories
Microsoft is Podcasting to their developers like this one about MS Mobiles
Canned radio content does not necessarily equal Podcasting
People are turning off the radio. All the content is computer generated in most of the major markets.
Audience finally reaches size of 12. One can only wonder what would have happened if we started at 7pm.
Questions & Comments:
Broadcast Industry of America – Database shows stations with rising market penetration and revenue are typically those who retained radio personalities.
Podcasting offers an alternative to radio.
Radio is the incumbent technology. Entry cost is about $1 for a dollar store FM radio
Paul’s rant on junkmail. Who’s Who is a gateway for junkmail.
Q: How did Tee record Morevi?
Q: What would we recommend for someone starting out in Podcasting?
Libsyn.com one stop shop for Podcaster producers – Good
Podcastpickle – Good
Soccer Girl Podcast – Bad says Tee
Paris Hilton Podcast – You Decide
Booz Allen Hamilton is putting their “Technology Petting Zoo” out as a Podcast internally.
Northrop, SAIC, and Boeing. The family business.
Q: What microphone to use?
The Plantronics USB headset with it’s own DSP
The microphones Paul uses: Shure 8900W Pro Microphone
Q: Places for good audio gear?
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