Cory Doctorow is the real deal - smart, funny, rebellious, talented. Hear him speak at the Google-plex and file him in the hero dossier and subscribe to Cory Doctorow’s Craphound podcast for spoken word sci-fi and informed punditry on myriad cultural conundrums and nuances.
See also: Cory Doctorow: The Totalitarian Urge on Now Public
Lecture by me (Dave Olson) to Robert Scales‘ class at Vancouver Film School on March 29 2007. My occasionally witty, yet sometimes convoluted banter, is laden with anecdotes on publishing, planning, development, outreach, promotion and collaboration, particularly about HempenRoad film project.
Using Social Media for Art Endeavors - Dave O Lecture at VFS
This is a great spiel on the big picture of culture, criticism and community and openly dialouging to figure out if we are doing something worthy. And, if so, finding means (including vocabulary) to express what really is driving the paradigm shifts in publishing, creation and communicating by Wired’s futurist Bruce Sterling. I don’t attend SxSW but want to go just to hear his annual state of the statelessness.
Parts remind me a bit of the book by Jane Jacobs (Systems of Survival?) about the 2 syndromes of civilization (commercial and guardian) and how the two pollute each other when mixed.
Bruce Sterling’s SXSW Rant (.mp3)
Close your SXSW Interactive panel experience with the traditional Tuesday-afternoon talk from the outspoken author and leader of the Veridian Design Movement.
Moderator: Bruce Sterling Visionary In Residence, wired.com
south by southwest festivals + conferences
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via Open Culture “Enlightened Ideas and Media - Served up Fresh”
Not long ago, we wrote a popular piece about UC-Berkeley’s iTunes initiative which, to sum it up, allows anyone, anywhere, to download complete university courses to their iPods for free. Amazing. Today, we want to point out that Berkeley also makes available full-fledged courses via video/webcast. You can find the complete list of courses here, but below we have listed below 25 courses that figure into a “core” undergraduate curriculum. In short, this list includes many good nuts and bolts courses, which will teach you a lot and, even better, cost you nothing. Each of these courses, coming straight from the classroom, can be accessed with Real Player, and some can also be accessed as MP3s.UC Berkeley Courses:
Open Culture’s Podcast Library
100s of cultural and educational podcasts.
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Yup, been meaning to scribble something about Northern Voice but wanted to take the time to do it right, … since magical time expansion is unlikely, here it goes …
First off, massive thank yous to all the folks who rolled into my presentation: Three “P’s” of podcasting - Plan, Produce, Promote [note the intentional misspellings and grammatical errors - keepin' it real ;-)].
The Podcast Spot guys recorded and posted a podcast of the podcasting show … but here is an alternate version recorded on my beloved M-Audio Microtrack and remixed by Bread the Producer. Might as well make a podcast feed for this eh.
Listen up! Three 3 Ps of Podcasting - Plan, Produce, Promote (and Party) - (.mp3, 59:00, 40MB)
T’was really a treat to have so many amigo y amiga grinning back at me plus cool that a lot of other “veteran” podcasters were along for the ride plus folks making podcast software, podcast networks, consulting about podcasts etc. While the inclinations are different for various casters the process for making shows is really the same.
I advocate taking the time to work on your presentation style and “embracing your internal dialouge” in order to deliver a compelling conversation on on cue in order to make consice and listenable shows. Planning the idea and then busting out the production with Macgyver skill using the vast array of kiss-a$$ software apps and thrifty hardware out there.
photo by Chris Heuer
The visual aid of my schtick was a series of 75(?) pieces of 100% hemp cardstock (no trees harmed) - each painted with one or maybe two words each in black acyrlic. A few cards had lists or phrases written with oil pastels and even a couple of doodles to deliver the feeli.
I filled the time for 59 minutes from Planning to Producing to Promoting and Partying and tossed the cards in the air and to the floor as the routine rolled on. Yes certainly inspired by Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues. In the spirit of non-commercialism, i stayed away from personal or professional plugs or even listing all my fave podcasters (many makers in the audience even) so i didn’t leave anyone out.
I did specifically mention:
Flickr is resplendant with great pics of me in action from the increasing famous Megan Cole, Clubside Breakfast Time host Cosmo was taking shots (there with Blarney Nat and the irrepresible Dingo), photog-deluxe (and Vancouver fashion photographer) KK, the energetic Chris Heuer, international man of mad skills - Rob Scales, gracious Miss 604 and podcaster-in-arms Radio Zoom John (both part of the Crazy Canucks), blogaholic Adrienna, Vancouver Duane, Mutually Inclusive PR and possibly more (flickr tag uncleweed) …
photo Megan Cole
More giant funtimes in the auditorium with Podcast hotel and Splashcast Alex Williams, mediadude John Anthony Hartman, Bruce Sharpe - audio-guru and Levelator-maker, Jordan Telling Ten Friends, Shirley (of the North) Beyond Robson.
More shout outs to the Podcastspot guys who chronicled chronicled Northern Voice with podcasts galore and ahhh … a fellow from InsidePodcasting or something about podcasting (sorry, i wanted to chat with you further, but) and ya, Ian King from 24 Hours and my buddy the Moose …
Also, thanks to Roland for steering the ship and trusting in me to get r’ dun. I was a late substitution and managed to cobble together my “Paper Point” moments before the gig but managed to keep the folks enjoying my edu-tainment, .. but don’t take my word for it, plenty of comments abounding, so, if you’ll indulge me in a moment of repose, i’ll post a round up below.
photo of me promoting Promonet by Robert Scales
Derek K. Miller’s Fakeout was gonna be the official theme music but Roland racked up a different one (Clouds or Smoke IIRC) and though i stumbled my good vibes message a wee bit, the thought is what counts eh. DKM was following along via backchannel and mediacasting too adding in his humour and opinions. Gouranga & Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
By not plugging my shows, folks had a reason to come up to chat and ask for my addys to check it out (yeah that was the plan). Since you good people wanna know, here’s the list - each show series is entirely unique and each are handcrafted with care and attention.
I note that, like younglings, each podcast series has a unique personality and i love each equally (sniff, sniff). However unlike children they are basically free and require no diapers nor nutritional sustinence (just occasional cables and doo-dads and frequent enthusiasm) to sustain.
Since it is probably a good idea to have any list anyhow, here’s the “DaveO Podcast Round Up” (which should maybe be feed of it own ;-)) …
Choogle on with Uncleweed - Feed - iTunes - wild soundseeing rumpus from tokes on the porch to emerging rock bands plus art, transportation, economics and more ganja hi-jinks - but make no mistake - this is no lightweight drivel, serious stuff included on public policy and growing killer buds
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - Feed - iTunes - my original show of spoken word literature mixing my original creative writing (often culled from my Mountain Highway notebook) with classics from Kerouac to Tolstoy to emerging writers, backed by an eclectic assortment of music, sometimes spontaneous, sometimes from a dusty shoebox
Canucks Outsider - Feed - iTunes - hockey mayhem with a buzz, sometimes in game, sometimes on the porch with a beverage, often both, always irreverent and solid, serious hockey talk - not recaps per se, but sweeping observations and overviews and analysis of the team, game and culture
Urban Vancouver - Feed - sorta like the mellower side of Choogle on - out and about at Vancouver festivals, meeting entreprenuers, activists and characters around Vancouver diverse neighborhoods and cultural groups (also available on the Choogle on itunes
Olympic Outsider - iTunes - Feed - interviews with Winter Olympic athletes, updates on Vancouver Whistler 2010, featured frequent analysis during Torino 2006 and interviews with Gold Medalists Ross Rebagliati and Duff Gibson and Olympian (and big Nucks fan, Crispin Libscomb coming soon)
+ Bonus casts
Clubside Breakfast Time - Feed - this is Cosmo G. Spacely’s show which i am a frequent guest on and this was my first podcast appearance (thanks Jay), Olympia music, peace politics, local eccentrics and rock and roll anecdotes and other fine guests (Dingo, Damien, Old Timey Dave)
The Crazy Canucks - Feed - iTunes - produced by John of RadioZoom, this is a roundtable discussion via Skype about the Canucks with the aforementioned Rebecca - Miss604.com, Alanah - Canucks and Beyond, and J.J. - Canucks Hockey Blog
Ephemeral Feasthouse - you are here … for all the stuff which doesn’t fit elsewhere to keep it handy so i can find it again … i.e., the outtakes, blurbs, random clips, promos and miscellania, grab a podcast feed for your convenience
(secret day-job identity) Get Elastic - this will blow my cover as a edgy hipster ;-), … but here i am riffing on about ecommerce with pundits, memes, shameless promotion and fascinating discourse on online bidness
Comment bonanza follows for posterity (pardon the self-indulgence):
Current Thinking from Brad Gibson -Northern Voice 2007 Take Aways
Dave Olson is a relentlessly cool podcaster and makes the rest of us look like dorks.
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Dave Olson, really great paper point presentation on podcasting.
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Tell Ten Friends’ My Northern Voice 2007 Roundup
Another great highlight for me was Dave Olsen’s “The 3 P’s of Podcasting,” as much for his presentation style as for the easy-to-absorb content. Using what was later jokingly referred to as an “underhead projecter,” he whizzed through 60 or 70 slides in a manner that was reminiscent of both Bob Dylan and a certain scene from the film Love Actually (one of Mrs. Behan’s favorites). I’ll have to find a video of Dave’s talk, as it has to be seen by all podcasters.
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Northern Voice at Beyond Robson | Vancouver Blog
But on Saturday I met Uncle Weed, aka Dave Olson — a local who semi-regularly puts out SEVEN podcasts!!!!!!! In a mile-a-minute, Dylanesque, low-tech performance of tossing out cards with short messages like “podcast”, “passion”, and “plan”, Uncle Weed made it seem easy. Like all it took to become a podcaster was some time, an idea, a computer, a little enthusiasm, and $20.
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A photo session followed, lead by Kris Krug. In my opinion, he and Dave had the best presentations of the day. They were both laid back, had practical and useful tips, and told it like it is, plain and simple. Things don’t have to be complicated.
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Northern Voice 2007 - Best yet | Bryght
And the expected: Dave Olson, social media rockstar (his 3P’s of Podcasting session was superb; it was my favourite of the few I managed to squeeze in between organizing!),
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Almost like being there. Almost.
good job on the podcast session, by the way, DaveO!
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More Thoughts on Northern Voice
Dave Olson, Great simple use of meeting notes / props, ubercaster, garageband promonet. Expression Engine blogging tool.
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Dave Olsen during his session on podcasting: “I’m bi-platform, and I’m man enough to admit it.”
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Northern Voice 2007 in a Nutshell
Then I moved on to Dave’s podcasting session. I have to admit that the Uncle Weed persona did put me off a bit. I guess I’m a stiff. So the subject matter of his podcasts doesn’t excite me, but the session did. Dave knows his shit. He cares about what he’s doing and it shows. So he had some great pointers and interesting presentation covering everything from getting a concept through recording and producing all the way up to promoting your podcast once you’ve got a few in the can. I only went in to the session with idle curiosity - but when he started in about how to vet an idea to see if it’s worth starting a podcast, I started to get inspired. I’ve done a couple podcasts, well they’re not episodic so some say that’s not a podcast … so I’ve recorded a couple audio file of me speaking which were syndicated in the RSS feed from my blog… But anyway, I’ve done a couple of those and I think I might like to do some more over a limited time, like a short series around a topic I like to talk about. One of the reasons I identified with Dave’s attitude was the focus on getting it out there. Get good audio quality but don’t go overboard buying equipment before you start recording. He recommended starting with a laptop if you already have one and showed the M-Audio device he uses (a Microtrack 24/96). It looks pretty sweet - two channels of audio and a CF slot. A far cry from the crap RCA puts out (which, by the way, doesn’t use any normal formats for files or connectivity).
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Northern Voice Puts Blogging in Focus
I also really enjoyed Dave Olson’s session on podcasting. His whimsical, and sometimes hysterical presentation was void of PowerPoint and instead, supported by single word cue cards ala Bob Dylan. Podcasting is something I’m becoming more fascinated with and how it can be integrated into brand marketing and communication activities.
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Postcards from Gravelly Beach Choogle on w/ Uncleweed Mountain Highway Freeverse
