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Chilipod Hatches

// February 4th, 2007 // 5 Comments » // Podcasting

After much hinting during the 27dinner, Paul and Victoire finally released Episode 1 of Chilibean’s new Chilipod podcast.

I got to listen to it today and I must admit that it looks like we’re going to see some good things from these two. So if you’re into new media with a good dose of tech thrown into the mix, then be sure to grab the feed.

Just some technical observations though.

I think the length was just about right, keeping it just under 20-minutes. A nice byte-size chunk of content, just long enough to get you through a commute or in between meetings.

Mike and Dave got a royal beating regarding sound quality for episode one of Amplitude - In light of this, maybe a public place for a podcast may not be the wisest choice. That being said, the clarity issue was mainly limited to the background noise.

Personally I’d go with the iTunes version (.m4a), since there are still a ton of people on dialup (like me) and it makes it kinda easy to aggregate.

I’m looking forward to the next couple of episodes, because I’m sure that just like a fine red wine, podcasts like Chilipod, Amplitude and other new South African generated content will mature over time. Here’s to the pioneers.

Scott Sigler Rocks

// January 30th, 2007 // 4 Comments » // Celebrities, Podcasting

Man what a blast. Just had a quick chat with the master of sci-fi gore, a damn good novellist, podcaster and celebrity, Scott Sigler.

Some of my friends here in South Africa and pretty much all over the world, will agree with me that Scott is one seriously cool dude. It still baffles that he still makes time for the little people - dude you rock, again.

Okay, with that out the way on to business. If you haven’t listened to The Rookie, Infection, Ancestor or Earthcore you probably should get out more*. Once you get listening, words like earthcrack, junkies, Rocktopi, Krakens, Sklorno, Quyth, triangles and xenotransplantation in cows will become part of your daily vocabulary.

Things are heating up in the latest podcast novel, The Rookie and I can’t wait till this download of Episode 17 finishes - a full 55 minutes of story, which is just enough to get me through my morning commute which took me little over an hour and 15 minutes today.

Take my word for it - it’s all good stuff. So, what I want you to do is pop over to Scott Sigler’s site, subscribe to the podcast, send a vote for him on Podcastalley (or via his site) and join the Yahoo group and go buy all the merchandise you can.

If you don’t, well let’s just say I know people who know people who are connected to some really bad people. You don’t want anything bad to happen now do you?

You still here?

* Or the reason why you haven’t listened is that you don’t have an internet connection, in which case, let me know and I’ll hook you up with the good stuff (Scott’s audio that is).