My First Podcast
by Zef Hemel- Published:October 10th, 2004
- Comments:18 Comments
- Category:General
Yeah, I took the leap and decided to actually give it a go. A podcast is a radio-like show that’s put on a website, syndicated using an RSS feed with enclosures and aggregated by software like iPodder.
I recorded my first show this morning. It’s in English, which is harder than it seemed. I had heard many podcasts before, all by native speakers of the English language. I thought, ok, I can do that. But 1) Speaking English is harder than writing it and 2) With a radio show you have to keep talking all the time, and I’m not that much of a talker. But anyway, here’s my first ever podcasting show:
ZefHemel.com Podcast Episode 1 (10mb, length: 28:37)
You can either just download it and play it, or you can download “iPodder”:http://ipodder.sf.net and subscribe to my “RSS2 feed”:http://www.zefhemel.com/feed/rss2 to get it. I hacked the WP script to add support for MP3 enclosures. Anyway, enjoy and let me know what you think.
*Links from the show:*
* “Statcounter”:http://www.statcounter.com
* “Innovative Forum View”:http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2004/10/03/innovative-forum-view
* “iPodder”:http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2004/10/07/ipodder
* “.NET Rocks!”:http://www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks
* “On Java Generics and Dynamic Typing”:http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2004/10/06/on-java-generics-and-dynamic-typing
* “Gmail drive shell extention”:http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
18 Commenti
AAARGH.. stupid background music… (the rest is nice though).
What’s wrong with the background music?
It distracts
Guess why a news bulletin hasnt got fancy background music
“ZefHemel.com Podcast Episode 1 (10mb mp3 file)”
I think also putting the time length of the cast would be handy.
There ya go.
Sorry Zef, now that I’ve listened to about half of it I have to agree with Bas, the background music is distracting. At least it’s level needs cutting back but doing away with it during most of the talking time would be best.
Listen to the latest Your Mac Life stream (somebody needs to tell them they need to setup a podCast RSS feed) have been doing casts over the web for awhile and they’ve gotten good at. What I’m suggesting is look at the way they use music. They do talk over the music at times but not for the bulk of the show.
That’s pretty cool. Your English wasn’t bad. It’s a hell of a lot better than my Dutch.
I’ll leave out the background music in the next one
Nice show Zef, especially the music from Diane. What’s her full name?
Diana Krall, it’s from her Live in Paris album.
I liked it Zef. I think you should at least try it a few more times.
A few points:
- Your english is good, just a little accent.
- Background music down a bit.
- Add some discussions to your show, I think that would be cool. Instead of hearing information rather then reading it I think a discussion would be cool. Need to find someone to discuss with first but might be cool.
Would be nice, just try to find volunteers
And find someone eager to do it who doesn’t agree with zef :p
I know a good discussion :D:
- Background music sux
Is there an opinion on background music you want to share Bas?
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Fantastic podcast, and I personally loved the background music ! Cracking tutorial on how to set up the feed too.
What was the track that you used as the background music ? I know it’s in Bam Magera’s Haggard, but can’t find it listed. Could you share ?
Great show once again !
It’s from Faithless and it’s called “The Garden”.
Fantastic ! Cheers !