PodcasterCon 2006

I just finished installing a new wiki for PodcasterCon. All the old information is there from the old one. This wiki uses the MediaWiki software and should be more robust. In case you hadn’t noticed the old wiki was acting up.

Here is the new URL. www.podcastercon.org/share/ Please update your bookmarks, but all the old ones should redirect to the new pages. All the most up-to-date info about PodcasterCon will be posted there. Get ready for more info on how you can add to it before and DURING PodcasterCon2006! (Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.)

Here is a Google Maps link to PodcasterCon 2006 in Chapel Hill, NC.

This Google map doesn’t really help at all! I’ll find some better ones and augment them with good info soon. Here is the MAP page on the wiki.

A neat use of the Google maps API is called Frappr!

Add yourself to the PodcasterCon group map and lets see where ya’ll are coming from.

Blogging isn’t just a faceless virtual activity reserved for geeks. All kinds of bloggers actually meet in person the old fashioned way. These get-togethers known as Blogger Meetups can be a safe and fun way to meet the people who live near you. And no it really isn’t a new dating scene.

Before I went to the Triangle Bloggers Conference last year I only knew a few people in Chapel Hill. But now thanks to Anton Zuiker a.k.a. MisterSugar, the conference organizer, several neighbors meet every other week. These folks have become a very important part of my local community. Their blogs have become an important way for me to stay in touch and learn new things from them. (See blogtogether.com for details.)

On Tuesday, November 15 from 7-9 p.m we’re having a Triangle Blogger’s Bash at Durham’s American Tobacco Historic District. The event will include a walking tour of WUNC’s new studios, a catered reception, talking about podcasting, and drinks at Tyler’s Speakeasy next door. Everyone is invited. Come to learn about blogging, podcasting, and meet your neighbors who have those cool blogs you read all the time.

We just received a donation from C.C. Chapman. Thank you for helping make PodcasterCon happen.

We just received a donation from Dave Winer. Thank you for helping make PodcasterCon happen.

Big thanks to the company Webslingerz. They setup our registration form. Thank you Jeff, Ethan, and Scott.

PodcasterCon registration is now open!

What is PodcasterCon?
PodcasterCon 2006 is a free one day conference open to all participants to discuss and learn about podcasting. It’s being held from 11am to 4pm, Saturday, January 7, 2006 in 116 Murphey Hall at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Its primary focus is on learning. The not for profit event is being organized by a group of volunteers from around the world.

We’ve received a large donation for PodcasterCon from CacheNetworks. Big thanks to Matt Levine, Chief Technology Officer of CacheNetworks for the donation. Also a HUGE thanks to these guys for understanding how we want to conduct PodcasterCon. This event still won’t have swag, hard sell pitches, long boring speeches, or other typical conference fare. We are going to eat really well tho’!

We just received a donation from Joseph Puentes. Thank you for helping make PodcasterCon happen. Joesph just started podcasting and blogging at nuestrosranchos.net. Go listen to his interesting audio about Hispanic/Native American Genealogy and History. Such a wonderful use of podcasting! Please view our list of donors on our budget page. Thanks Joseph!