Podonomics

How many variations of the word mesh can I use between now and when Mesh begins on May 30th? As many times as I like, baby!

By way of Mathew, registration for Mesh is now open. The event sold out last year and it was wicked mint (thanks for the phrase Chris), so don’t miss your opportunity to attend one of the hypest (did I just use that word?), coolest (I’m stuck in the 80s), and most synergistic event to hit Toronto.

Here’s a quick line-up of the keynotes:

Michael Arrington, founder/editor of TechCrunch.com, Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist.org, Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman Co., Tom Williams, founder of GiveMeaning.com, and Austin Hill, founder of Gifter.org.

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Just wanted to bring your attention to a fabulous event called Gear Media Tech.

If you want to learn everything there is to learn about video & audio production, there’s no better team to learn from than those who host and produce TWIT.

Leo Laporte, host of TWIT, along with Scott Bourne, Alex Lindsay and the rest of the TWIT team will take you step-by-step through their process so you can replicate their success for your own podcast.

Although I get nothing for the referral, let them know that Leesa from Toronto sent you if you decide to attend.

Tags: leo laporte, scott bourne, alex lindsay, twit

Podonomics explores business podcasting tactics. In Episode 008, Leesa Barnes - in a very groggy voice - talks about Podcamp Toronto and why organizing an unconference is important to building a community. This recording is unedited, unabridged and uncensored. Enjoy at your own risk.

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By way of Jason Van Orden’s podcast, I was reminded about the different coloured feed buttons that are now available.

Most of us are familiar with the orange feed button as you see to the left. And some of us will tell others to look for that button if they want to subscribe to a feed.

Well, I have to burst your bubble as the feed button is now available in several select colours. I saw a blue one on this site. You can grab the entire package of lollipop colours from this site.

So, if you’re telling your client, colleague or friend to look for the orange button, you’ll have to change your tune. It can now be pink, blue or green.

The guys over at Ryerson outdid themselves. Not only did they provide live streaming of every session live over the Internet, but the recordings from every session is available for download.

Visit this page to access the recordings from Podcamp Toronto.

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Thanks to the wonderful team at Ryerson University, we’re going to be streaming every session from Podcamp Toronto live over the Internet. So, if you couldn’t make it out to Toronto, now you can watch from the comforts of home.

As Jay Moonah put it, we can’t guarantee that it will be up all the time. There’s really no one on standby to take care of any technical support issues. Despite this, you’ll still be able to participate virtually in the various sessions that are taking place.

To access the live streaming, visit the Podcamp Toronto Schedule.

Just read that Scott McNealy totally skipped over the blogging thing and launched a podcast instead.

I’m not surprised. I don’t think his strength is in writing. In the 5-years I worked at Sun Microsystems, I sent 2 emails to Scott. He always replied, usually the same day, however, I can count on my 2 hands the number of words he typed up in his email responses to me.

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Just wrapping up a few loose ends for Podcamp Toronto, a meetup happening this weekend at Ryerson University that will connect newbies and experienced podcasters.

I organized this event along with Jay Moonah, Mitch Joel, Brent Morris and Julien Smith. I’m anxious to see the fruits of our labour. There are so many people who are coming out and to name whom I want to meet will turn this post into a mini-novel.

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I have been without Internet access since very early Tuesday morning. Turns out that they need to visit my premises and the earliest they can arrive is Thursday afternoon. At this rate, I have no idea when I’ll be back up and running in my home office, so if you need me, you’ll have to call or just wait until I can respond to your email.

The company that provides my Internet access is not important as I’ve been a happy customer of theirs since 1999. I’ve had problems with them only twice. Once about 5-years ago when the Internet went down for days (culprit - outdated modem) and now.

I didn’t realize how dependent I am on the Internet. Everything I do is online. My contact lists are online. My calendar is online. My friends are online. My community is online. I get my news online. I do my banking online. In fact, my entire life is online.

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Quick question as I take a break from writing about podcasting just for a moment. When you see this avatar, do you think Leesa Barnes?

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