Creating With Code

I’ve recently become interested in forms of “live” online media such as podcasting. Specifically, I am interested in trying to extract the maximum possible value out of podcasts, such as transcripts, time-based tags and links, excerpts, etc. This interest, along with a recent outpouring of Internet media from my friends over at Snowcap Labs, has convinced me to take a look at creating a “podcasting hub” with tools for letting podcasters and their listeners to easily create, share, and link this information.

As a first step into understanding this problem, my friend Loren and I have decided to try creating our own podcast. Namely, we recorded an episode of an as-yet-unnamed podcast which you can listen to here:

Using the free version of the Pamela Call Recorder for Skype, we recorded 3 15-minute segments to create a 45 minute podcast. During that time we talked about many things, from the ins and outs of getting started with podcasting tools to discussing the opportunities and challenges that come with putting oneself online “live” to the power that technology gives us to make meaningful artifacts from our lives. You can read Loren’s description of the podcast on his blog.

Give it a listen if you have a chance. You can listen via the embedded Flash player above, or you can download the ~10.8MB mp3 file here.

If you do listen, please leave us some feedback! I am interested to know your thoughts on the podcast itself, on what you’d like to see from a “podcast hub” site, on what information we talked about in the podcast you’d like to see made easily accessible (such as links or products that we mention), or parts you’d like to see excerpted (if any). Please remember that this is a rough “one-off” recording. After another episode or two we will want to try and choose a name and a general direction for the podcast before we go syndicating ourselves with RSS feeds, Atom feeds, and iTunes subscriptions.