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Podcast Guide Reviews 07.07

DailySplice — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:01:09 +0000

The Podcast Guide helps you find cool podcasts every week. On Monday’s (today) we review a blast through a whole bunch of podcasts we love or love to hate… or are impartial but we wanted to review it anyway to fill space. We’ve got a highly scientific system for rating, and of course very in depth reviews. Be sure to go to DailySplice.com and check out the tools we have there for your favorite podcasts. Here are the links to the shows we talked about today:

the Friday Show 07.04

DailySplice — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:00:37 +0000

Welcome to the first edition of the Friday Show on the Podcast Guide. We’ve been switching around our Friday format, checking out what you like and like even better… and we think you’ll like this Friday format best of all! I’m Rian and I’m with Lewis from DailySplice.com. On DailySplice you can put all your favorite podcasts together, so head over to DailySplice.com and see how much you love our directory and tools we’ve been building tirelessly for the past year.

Tip of the Week:

If you’re looking to get into podcasting, but don’t know what kind of services you need to host your files, listen up. Try libsyn (liberated syndication) (libsyn.com) , which provides all the tools you need to manage your podcast and upload your media files. You won’t have to worry about hosting or content delivery. Just upload your media files, and you’re ready to go. The downside is you don’t get your own domain name (e.g. dailysplice.com). If you’re comfortable enough to create your own web page as a front-end to your podcast, try dreamhost.com. They have really cheap plans and a large community.

Survey Question of the Week:

The album art is important for attracting new listeners. When I’m looking at a bunch of podcasts on a directory, I judge the quality of a podcast partially on the album art. If there is no album art, or it’s not very catchy, I’m conclude that that podcast is not particularly well-made. It’s like movies at the store: people are more likely to rent a movie that has an interesting-looking cover. So, which podcast do you think has the best album art?

A: Indiefeed Dance

B: Ask Blackie

C: CBC Radio 3 New Music Canada Track of the Day

D. 100 Word Stories

E. Podington Bear

Genre of the Week: Tech News

Last Wednesday we released an interview with the great people from Just One More Book. Some other book podcasts you may want to check out are:

NPR Books (site) - 25-30 min twice per week
New York Times Book Reviews (site) - 15 minutes on wednesdays
Meet the Author (site) - 1-3 minutes on weekdays
CBC Betweek the Covers (site) - 17 min three times per week

Just One More Book Interview

DailySplice — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:01:44 +0000

Today on the Podcast Guide we have an interview with Mark and Andrea, the hosts of the popular children’s book podcast Just One More Book. Just One More Book has reviews of books that are done in a coffee shop in Ontario as well as interviews with children’s book authors and illustrators. You wont be able to find a better childrens book podcast than this anywhere, and probably wont be able to find better children’s book reviews and interviews anywhere outside of podcasting either. Mark is also a passionate podcast enthusiast and co-host of the Canadian Podcast Buffet. If you’ve got kids, or you are a kid, or at least you feel like one, be sure to add this podcast to your list of favorites.

Other podcasts mentioned in this interview were Fuse #8 (site), CLIP Podcast (site) and the LD Podcast.

Podcast Guide Reviews 06.30

DailySplice — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:01:31 +0000

It’s time again for another review day on the Podcast Guide!! Wow, it’s been so long since we saw you last, and we know you are dieing to learn about another batch of interesting podcasts. Well, perhaps that sentence was just a filler sentence, but we’ve got another batch here anyway. We’ve also got an interview coming up on Wednesday with Just One More Book, which will be a great one to listen for any parents or podcasters. Here are the links to the shows we talked about today:

Podcast Guide Stories 06.27

DailySplice — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:01:21 +0000

This Friday June 27th, Lewis and Rian are chatting once again about some of their top stories of the week out in the podosphere. It’s an interesting week with everything from peeing into golf clubs to cleaning ancient art with bacteria. We hope you enjoy! Here are the links to the stories we talked about today:

Teacher 2.0 Interview

DailySplice — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:01:04 +0000

Rodd Lucier from Teacher 2.0 is someone who is passionate about many things, 2 of them being podcasting and teaching. If you are interested in either, or both you will enjoy this interview. His podcast is the best you’ll find in terms of best practices in teaching and especially cutting edge tech and tequniques in the classroom. If you are passionate about education, be sure to add Teacher 2.0 to your splice. And enjoy today’s interview!

Podcast Guide Reviews 06.23

DailySplice — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:01:57 +0000

Another week, another batch of reviews from the podcast guide. Today we’ve got ratings based on all sorts of scales from the Andy Worhol’s rating, to the Sweet Piggy scale. We hope you enjoy the show, and find some new shows to listen to.

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Podcast Guide Stories 06.20

DailySplice — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:01:48 +0000

Today on the Podcast Guide we are doing our stories of the week. We’ve got a bunch of interesting tech stories today, surprise surprise, that we found on some of our favorite porcasts like InfoWorld, MediaBytes, and CNet. Have a quick scan of the show notes… or you could even listen to the show if you wanted!! It’s only 7 and a half minutes… come on…

Big Boys by The 99th Floor (GarageBand.com Alternative Pop Tracks)

Toshiba’s the new Lightweight (InfoWorld) weekdays 6min

portege is a half pound lighter than the air
3/4 inches thick at thinnest point
228 G solid state hard drive
no moving parts in the hard drive, so longer battery life
bonus feature: downgradeable to windows xp!

YouTube may begin offering long-form videos (CNet Tech Podcast)

Trying to appeal to the big dogs?
They’ll have to pay tons more for bandwidth.
The whisperings suggest that they will try to attract big networks to distribute TV show episodes on their site.
Will they be able to monetize it? Apparently Google has admitted that they still haven’t been able to figure out a way to make money off of YouTube. “We paid over a billion for this, but we still can’t generate revenue from it. Oh well. C’est la vie..”

iPhone Could Drive 1/3 of Revenue at Apple (MediaBytes) weekdays 2-3 min

iphone will be priced at 199$
expects to sell 27 million next year
released on July 11
will be in canada the same day
70 countries over the coming months

Traveler’s Journal Interview

DailySplice — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:01:23 +0000

The Traveler’s Journal is one of the highest quality travel podcasts on the Internet with probably the most episodes than any other travel podcast. It’s only a minute and a half long, so it’s a perfect show to add to your splice. If you’re a podcaster, or you’re interested in podcast, you will find this interview especially intrequing. The producer, David Bear, has been doing these kinds of recordings since before there was even such a term as podcast. He originally started the Traveler’s Journal for the radio, which was broadcast internationally. Now he produces a number of great shows including the Tai Chi Power Hour and a whole porfolio of podcasts over at the Pittsburg Post-Gazette called the Pittsburg Hear and Now podcasts. He’s got some tips for podcasters and some educated opinions about the medium. Enjoy the interview!

Podcast Guide Reviews 06.16

DailySplice — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:01:48 +0000

Welcome to today’s podcast guide from DailySplice.com! On Mondays we review as many podcasts as we can in 5 minutes. We tell you the genre, the publishing schedule, a description, and give it a fabulous rating! This week we’ve got an interview with David Bear from the Traveler’s Journal podcast, so be sure to tune in for that on Wednesday. Here are some links to the shows we talked about today:

History According to Bob Spotlight

DailySplice — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:01:30 +0000

Welcome to the Podcast Guide’s History According to Bob Spotlight! We did an interview with Professor Bob on Wednesday, and today we are chatting a bit more about this fantastic show. Be sure to add this one your favorites, and also check out Bob’s other website World War 1 According to Bob, which has a lot of great original resources from Bob’s personal library.

History According to Bob Interview

DailySplice — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:01:41 +0000

On the Podcast Guide today we have an interview from Bob Packett from History According to Bob. Bob has been been recording short history lessons for years and now has recorded 1000 podcasts. This is a guy who is truly passionate about history, and really knows his stuff. Be sure to add History According to Bob to your favorites on DailySplice!

Podcast Guide Reviews 06.09

DailySplice — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:01:23 +0000

Hi, and thanks for checking out today’s podcast guide! On Mondays we review as many podcasts as we can in 5 minutes, so hopefully you’ll find one or two new shows to check out. This week we are going to try something new… to not record so many podcasts! We love doing shows every day, and we know you love listening, but we’ve decided to cut 2 of our days. We’ll still be releasing our popular interviews on Wednesday, and following up with a spotlight on Friday. Let us know what you think of the new plan! This week we’ve got an interview with History According to Bob, so be sure to check in again on Wednesday for that. Here are some links to the shows we talked about today:

Kenneth’s Podcast (site)
The Wildebeat (site)
PRI’s the World Geo Quiz (site)
Fashion Television Daily (site)
NPR Pop culture (site)The Monkey Box (site)
BBC Documentaries (DocArchive) (site)
The Economist (site)
Teacher 2.0 (site)
CNN Daily (site)
Diggnation (site)

Geek Podcasts

DailySplice — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:01:36 +0000

There are thousands of geek podcasts out there, but sadly we only have time to cover three on today’s theme Thursday podcast for “Geek.” Be sure to check all these out if you haven’t already, and leave a comment if you want to tell the world about your other favorites!!

Diggnation (site)

Geek Brief (site)

Galacticast (site)