Now that I’ve relaunched the Women in Podcasting list as an OPML outline (which is much, much easier to maintain), I can finally start catching up on my considerable backlog of suggested shows.
I’ve just added about 40 new shows to the list. These are all currently active podcasts that are hosted or co-hosted by women…
Want to subscribe to all the shows in my Women in Podcasting list all at once? Check out the Women in Podcasting Blogdigger Group — it contains all the feeds in in my list of currently active podcasts that are hosted/co-hosted by women.
Here’s how you can use that group to subscribe to all those podcasts at once…
OK, feast your eyes. I’ve finished a first draft of the Women in Podcasting List, reworked in OPML so it’s easier to maintain (and share maintenance duties).
Check it out now via the free online service OPML Manager
NOTE: This is only a first draft! It’s not completely how I want it yet, but it’s a start. I’ll be working on it more later.
Here are a few important caveats to bear in mind about this first draft…
It’s every podcaster’s nightmare: You create a podcast, produce episodes, build a loyal audience… then suddenly, without warning, your hosting service folds. Not only can your listeners not find you — you can’t even access your own content!
Sadly, it happens. It happened recently to the customers of Purecast. But it doesn’t have to happen to you.
Over at Multidimensional Me today, Koan Bremner has published a thorough, plain-language tutorial every current or would-be podcaster should read. See “Learning the Lessons of Purecast.”
Here’s what she covers…
I dearly love the free Firefox web browser – especially all the cool add-ons people have developed for it (since it’s open source). Lately I’ve been having fun adding new search engines to the search field in the toolbar. Several good search engines are included with the browser – but if you want more, there are plenty of Firefox search plugins to choose from.
For instance, with the right search plugin installed I can search my del.icio.us page of recommended reading links right from my web browser, without having to go to del.icio.us first.
Alas, I can’t yet do that with my Furl archive – where searchability is more important to me, after all. Maybe some dashing developer will make this little wish of mine come true (hint hint).
Here’s what I’d love to see…
Yesterday, McBru Blog (a weblog published by the advertising/PR firm McClenahan Bruer Communications), offered an intriguing and potentially instructive post. In “We Know What Readers Like”, “Jeff H” wrote:
“The thinking, among journalists, is that nobody in readerland gives a care about the fact that you’ve brought on a new vice president of customer-facing solutions. Or so we thought.”
According to Jeff H, that newsletter issue included several types of items. (He didn’t say, but I’m guessing the e-mail newsletter offered teaser or summary items, each with a link to the complete piece on the web.) In this issue were announcements of a white paper, recent media coverage, and “a little news release about a couple people who had joined our client’s advisory board.”
Surprisingly (well, at least to me :-)), the advisory board announcement attracted the highest clickthrough rate for that newsletter.
This is indeed an interesting result. I left the following comment on McBru blog, in order to try to put this result into context…
Lately my Women in Podcasting list has been getting a fair amount of attention. (Thanks, Lisa Stone!) However, I’m a little embarrassed because I haven’t had time to update that list in several months.
However, I have a plan to revive it, update it, and get other people involved. Honestly, I could use some help with this project. I just don’t have enough time to do it all myself.
Here’s what I plan to do. Let me know what you think and if you can help…
Well, it’s for real: Yesterday (Nov. 15) Google launched its much-rumored service, Google Base.
Basically (pun intended ;-)), you can publish virtually any file you want to the web by uploading it to Google’s servers and adding descriptive tags. This makes your file and whatever it contains as findable as anything on a regular web site – except now you don’t have to have a web site in order to publish to the web.
Pretty cool, especially for people who don’t want to mess with servers, hosting, and HTML. Also, for folks in the media business who rely on classified advertising for revenue, it’s pretty scary. As if Craigslist wasn’t enough free competition…
I just signed up for Google Base (it’s free, of course), and I’ll be playing around with it to see what it does. Usually, Google is known for its ease of use. But I must admit, I found myself unable to figure out the most basic task: How do I upload a single file to Google Base?…
Tomorrow at 11:30 AM MST I’ll be giving a short talk at a meeting of the Boulder Press Club. This will be held at the Broker Inn in Boulder, CO. (If you’d like to attend, see the end of this message.)
My topic is: What Writers Really Need to Know About Weblogs. Actually, I’d originally aimed it at journalists, until I learned that most of the BPC’s members are not journalists, but rather writers and editors of various persuasions. I will be recording this talk, and if the audio quality is good enough I’ll podcast it.
I’ll only have about 1/2 hour so I plan to give a very general overview. However, my talk will include the following list of tips for “serious” (professional, corporate, or organizational” weblogs — as opposed to personal or hobby blogs…
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