A note on Mark Blevis’ blog tipped us off that PodCamp Ottawa is happening this Sunday at the National Arts Centre from 9:45 am to 4 pm. The un-conference theme is “Fresh Thinking and Approaches.” One of the freshest things I noticed on the event main page is the advice to bring a floor pillow […]

The New Tee Vee conference is underway today in San Francisco. Om Malik, one of the conference’s founders, says they started the event “in order to closely track and monitor the growth of online video.” This year’s gathering features panels and presentations from people involved in “old tee vee” (the creator of the CSI: series, […]

PodcampAZ Day 1 from Clintus McGintus on Vimeo. Clintus McGintus offers his take on PodCamp AZ, Day 1.

Founder of the Podcast Awards Todd Cochrane plans to announce the 220 shows that have made the final voting slate for the 2008 event on Sunday, October 19th at 4PM Pacific Time @ PodcastAwards.com. This is the fourth annual Podcasting Awards, which has the goal of recognizing the best podcasters in the world by allowing […]

PodCamp Montreal, an unconference focusing on podcasts, blogs, video and social networks, will be held this weekend at UQAM’s Design Pavillion.  Activities are scheduled Saturday September 20th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday September 21st from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A complete program is available online. Members of the volunteer organising committee include some some of Montreal’s top podcasters and […]

Tim Bourquin, creator of the New Media Expo, is thinking about quitting the tradeshow business. He cites five reasons – reasons that he feels “threaten the very industry itself”: High speed Internet costs. Nearly all convention centers have long-term, exclusive agreements in place with high speed Internet providers and the prices they are charging are […]

Rob Greenlee, Microsoft Zune Podcast Programming Lead, has introduced a new Zune podcast, Zune Insider. It’s an audio and video podcast, co-hosted by Greenlee and Zune blogger Cesar Menendez.

PodCamp Philly, the second annual “unconference” style podcasting event, will be held Sept 6-7. PodCamp Philly topics will include blogging, podcasting, video-blogs, videos and social networking. Also, this year PodCamp Philly has teamed with SearchCamp Philly, a new unconference focused on helping small and medium sized businesses market themselves online. PodCamp Philly/SearchCamp Philly Details: Dates: […]

Podcast creators, podsafe musicians, and friends and families of new media mavens will be gathering this weekend at the third annual Podcasters Across Borders conference in Kingston, Ontario. Participants and presenters are coming from Canada, the United States, and from as far away as Argentina. The conference is organized by members of the Rogic Podcast […]

PodCamps are a great opportunity to learn about podcasting and meet people involved in new media. The events are user-organized conferences for “new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and anyone curious about new media.” The first PodCamp was held September 8-10, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts, but they are now being […]