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Meetup, November 11, 2008: Celebrity UFO Crashes

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

A great time was had by all tonight. Our monthly meetup was back at Pyramid Alehouse, and it was just like old times. Great, wide-ranging discussion; a lot of food for thought, chased down by some smooth Pyramid Porter.

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June ’07 SPN Meetup – Brainstorming & Link Swapping

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Ugh. Could I be any more of a slacker in getting these Meetup notes posted? Mandy even made it easy on me by taking notes.

Well, apologies all ’round to Paolo, Harry, Matt, Pakio, Luke, Leif, James, Mandy, and Omaha Sternberg (hands down the best name in podcasting). Travis and I really appreciate that y’all came out to join us for another fun evening of chatting, consuming, and camaraderie.

As usual, the discussion ranged all over the place. Paolo had some questions for the group about how to promote a new project he’s working on. Suggestions for sites he should check out flew fast and furious, and Mandy did a great job of writing them all down. So, I know this is kind of random, but check out the following list of cool conferences, sites, and services:

Someone also mentioned Elizabeth’s Podcasting News, but I couldn’t find a link. If someone could leave that in the comments section, I’d be much obliged.

Thanks again, and see you in July. (Which is already here! Yikes!)

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April ’07 SPN Meetup – What We Did On Spring Break

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Thanks to all who came out to last night’s Meetup at Pyramid Ale House. We had a very relaxed, low-key discussion. So relaxed and low-key, in fact, that I completely failed to take any kind of attendance. I’ll try to remember everyone who came, but please forgive me if I forget someone. (Or, feel free to leave a comment to remind me.) Let’s see… Regulars who showed up last night included Travis (natch), Leif, Weave, Luke, Andrew, and yours truly. Newbies included Harry, Nick, Sam, and Dan. As always, the talk was as satisfying as the food and beer. Hope to see y’all there in May!

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SPN and Ignite Seattle… a Meetup mashup!

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Bre Pettis at Ignite SeattleOnce again this month, the Seattle Podcasters’ Meetup ventures out of the friendly confines of Pyramid Alehouse and into the friendly confines of the CHAC, the Capitol Hill Arts Center. We’re taking the opportunity to attend one of the coolest new events in Seattle, and we’re giving our members a chance to get hands-on with the podcasting gear, and up close and personal with the local Geekerati.

Ignite Seattle is a series of geek events hosted by O’Reilly Radar‘s Brady Forrest and Make magazine‘s Bre Pettis (a Seattle Podcasting Meetup-er). The premiere Ignite event back in December was a blast. Over 200 people packed into the lower level of CHAC to build popsicle-stick bridges and watch a PowerPoint presentation format called Ask Later. Now, if the idea of watching a PowerPoint slide show doesn’t excite you, consider that each speaker has only 5 minutes to present 20 slides, and the slides are automatically timed to advance every 15 seconds. 24 different speakers will present their ideas over the course of an evening, so you’re sure to find one or two topics that will really catch your attention. (Check out the video archives from the first Ignite Seattle here.)

For those of you who’ve been thinking about trying out podcasting — as well as those of you with established podcasts who want a chance to create a podcast that wouldn’t be appropriate for your regular site — we invite you to come out and help contribute to SPN’s “podcast coverage” of what is sure to be a terrific event. Bring your own audio gear or borrow some of ours and conduct roving interviews onsite — to be edited and posted to the SPN podcast and blog later in the week. There is no experience necessary and this will be a great way to get your feet wet in podcasting.

Click on over to our meetup page and RSVP. Hope to see you there!

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SPN Spends Election Night at Fisher Communications

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Fisher
The Seattle Podcasting Network and Meetup had the opportunity to visit Fisher Communications this week. The event was on November 7th (election night), so the news room was buzzing with activity. Our tour, lead by Don LaCombe and Stuart Hitchner, was very interesting given that we were able to see a lot of the election night coverage from behind the scenes. We spent about twenty minutes in the production control room during the evening news watching the talented KOMO team put together a show packed with election and flood coverage. Then we rolled into the Northwest Afternoon Studio, followed by the insert studios at Fisher Pathways. After that, it was on to the Heleport. The group was able to check out the helicopter and walk around it on the catwalk suspended six stories above the Plaza. On a side note, located in the shadow of the Space Needle, the Fisher Plaza Heleport offers a tremendous view of the city! When we came in off of the roof, we went down and visited the news room; which was buzzing with activity as the election results were coming in. Finally, we ended the tour with a brief stop in the news Studio, where we tried out the anchor desk and took advantage of a photo opportunity with Dan Lewis and Kathy Goertzen. Thanks to the great folks at Fisher for the experience!
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Attendees Included:

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The October Meetup Feeds the Experience Economy

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Thanks to all who attended the Seattle Podcasting Meetup in October. With many of us freshly back from the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, there was a lot to talk about. Additionally, Buzz and Mike were recently at
“Demo” and had observations to share from that event as well.

Attendees included:

Everyone enjoyed the expo in Ontario, California and seemed to take away different things. Ricardo believes that there is a lot of opportunity right now to offer consultation and education in the podcasting space. Leif really enjoyed the hobbiest track at the expo and was re-energized by Dave Slusher’s session on doing it for love. Would you podcast if your audience was small or non-existent? Don’t get overly caught up in sticking to your show format or building brand and remember why you’re doing it – for the love.
Phillip noted a presentation on podcast demographics concluded that many of the early podcast listeners have dialed into a handful of favorites, and no longer look for new podcasts. I confirmed that my podcast listening habits have followed that trend. However, I also shared a story about how I was recently having trouble with the sync between my aggregator and my device so I clicked on a random podcast for testing purposes. Later, I found the new content on my device and gave it a listen. To my surprise, it was a great show and I am now a regular listener of that podcast (incidentally, that podcast is The Cranky Middle Manager Show). The experience got me back into the experimenting mode. Mike Chimed in that pluggd is definitely looking at content discovery and helping to expose new podcasts to listeners.
After our discussions about the conference, Buzz brought up the notion of the “experience economy.” As our material possessions grow more reliable and have longer life spans, more and more of our income will be spent on experiences. Luke agreed and offered up the fact that the video game industry is in the forefront of catering to the experience economy. Andrew asserted that PRWeb works hard to provide news in ways that the consumer wishes to experience it. According to Andrew, “You have to be narrow in who you want to reach out to, starting with the headline.” Depending on your personality type, you will want to interact with information in different ways. An analytical person may be right at home with data heavy material or downloadable PDF files, while a creative type would often prefer to receive photos or audio interviews.
There was a lot of other stimulating conversation at the meeting, but it wouldn’t be fair to those who attended if I shared it all here :) . I look forward to seeing you at the November meetup; until then, happy Podcasting!

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September ’06 Seattle Podcaster Meetup – Zug Cam

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Bryan ZugThe September Meetup of Seattle Podcasters was held on Tuesday the 5th at the Pyramid Alehouse in Seattle. Our guest speaker was Bryan Zug of eLearningSkinny.com and the Lucille Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Bryan joined us virtually, through the magic of the Sightspeed videoconferencing software.

Despite some technical challenges with our video chat setup, Bryan laid the groundwork for a lively and freewheeling discussion about informal learning, the current state of new media tools, and the challenges of introducing podcasting and blogging into a traditional corporate setting. Bryan’s notes from his talk, including links to a number of screencasting tools are available here.

Thanks to Bryan and everyone who came out on the day after Labor Day to make it a great meetup! In attendance were:

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Seattle Podcasting Network Meetup – August ’06

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

The August Meetup will be held at Pyramid Alehouse on Tuesday, August 1st. Details are still being worked out, so check back soon!

Pyramid Alehouse
1201 First Avenue South
Seattle , WA 98134
206-682-3377

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July ’06 Seattle Podcaster Meetup – We get Pluggd in

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

We welcomed several newcomers and lots of old friends to the July Meetup of Seattle Podcasters at the Pyramid Alehouse in Seattle.

In attendance were:

 
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Seattle Podcasting Network Meetup – July ’06

Monday, July 10th, 2006

The July Meetup will be heald at Pyramid Alehouse on Tuesday, July 11th. The guest speaker will be Pluggd CEO, Alex Castro. Pluggd is a Seattle-based start-up that is set on improving the way you discover, listen to, and share podcasts.

Pyramid Alehouse
1201 First Avenue South
Seattle , WA 98134
206-682-3377

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