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Hey guys, quick heads up to download a PowerPoint to iPod converter for free from Giveaway of the Day here.
There’s only 4 and a half hours left to save the $30 to buy it.
Haven’t tried it yet but it may be a good way for PC users to create enhanced podcasts.

The next Sydney Podcaster meetup will be Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 7PM, at the Bull & Bush Inn in Baulkham Hills.

The event will be recorded for those who can't attend.

Hope to see you all there!

Phil

Topics discussed at meetup #2 (in no order);

Podcasting

Mics - best to have decent mics and a cheaper recorder if you have to cut costs.

• Rode NT1-A
• Rode NTG-2

Recording

• Marantz PMD-670 Portable Recorder

Audio Editing

• Adobe Audition

Business Cards

• www.clickbusinesscards.com - Australian, cheap, quick, good.
  Other
  Yahoo! Podcasters Group (Global)
• G'Day World podcast - Australia's first and still the best

Stats

• Feedburner feed stats app - http://oneminutehowto.com/FeedburnerStats.asp  

Tech

Email Apps

• www.mail2web.com

Browser Homepages

• Google Personalized Homepages
• www.netvibes.com

Other

• Lynda.com - video teaching resources for tech stuff
• www.russellbrown.com - PhotoShop Vidcast

What i've certainly been waiting for looks to have finally arrived…. enhanced podcasts on windows!

Some guys at the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching in the US figured out a way to turn PowerPoint presentations into enhanced podcasts. The link is http://www.celt.sunysb.edu/webpoderator/ and to think I almost bought a Mac just to be able to do this!

You'll also need the PowerPoint Producer plugin here. 

Hey all.

Proposing a meet-up at the usual place (Bull & Bush Inn) next Tuesday 29th August at 7pm. That time's good for Bruce and I but post a comment either way regarding availability.

These things are informal and fun and are usually recorded (because that's what we do) - post a comment if that's an issue though.

Hugo 

You guys probably know it's been done before (see TPN and RocketBoom's efforts), but what do you think of eBay as an ad sales tool. Rocketboom got pretty decent coin when they did it but they had huge exposure for their auction from the start (massive audience and a lot of net talk about it). For those of us wanting to start putting in ads, what can we hope for. In my case, it would seem highly unlikely for a producer of wine related products to; 1. know of podcasts, 2. want to advertise on one, and 3. think to look on eBay. It seems more likely for me to (once i have a few people keen to advertise on my podcast) set up an auction on eBay and let them loose on it.

One of the main advantages of being on a network, is not having the problem of finding advertisers (the other would be the additional exposure it brings). TPN (the podcast network) is doing eBay auctions again and it'll be interesting to see how it goes. Although it's global in content and reach, CEO Cam Reilly is from Melbourne. Anyone wanting to join a network should seriously consider TPN (over podshow) as the business model appears to give podcasters a greater slice of the pie. I'll be putting future podcasts i do on TPN but for now, The Oz Wine Show is a podcast i enjoy doing everything for. For now that is . 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks to google I found you guys!

We have setup Sydney's first independent video podcast network - lumacast.com

Currently we are in our 5th week and have 10+ video podcast shows availabl

Please check us out, subscribe to some shows and make yourself known on the forums!

Bring on more Australian content!

The ABC has been promising an update on its podcast numbers for a little while now. In its last release on the subject (in March), Radio National was enjoying a record 175,000 downloads/week. Now, according to figures given to the Sydney Morning Herald for an interview with Phillip Adams, his show, Late Night Live alone is downloaded 100,000 times/week.