Pizza, Beer and Podcasters

L to R: Christiana Ellis, Bryan Minogue, Marji Carrino ( Tubecasts.com) and Michael Carrino.

Aaron Quint, who does Venture Voice and RadioTail.com with Greg Galant. They had a looooong drive to get to Chapel Hill, ten hours from New York.

George L. Smyth from Columbia, MD, (EclecticMix) and creator of an amazing photography site, GLSmyth.com, talking with Bryan Minogue.

Raequel Solomon, aka SysTris, took the train down from Philadelphia, where she does the TrisCast. In the background are Christiana Ellis, Marji Carrino, and Bryan Minogue.

Scott Johnson (occasional podcaster of Tech War Stories) flew in from Indianapolis. Johnson is the founder of Feedster, and is now involved in a super-secret Internet start-up (ookles). Johnson was sharing his....well, you can insert your own crass pun here....

Sean Reiser of the InterocitorCast, gazing contentedly at the post- pizza carnage.

A surprisingly calm Brian Russell, creator, organizer and facilitator of PodcasterCon. When he is not getting ready to host hundreds of podcasters, Brian is a tech wonder for the journalism program at the University of North Carolina, and an advocate for citizen journalism at AudioActivism.org.

Here, Russell is joined by OrangePolitics.org founder and editor, Ruby Sinreich.

Greg Galant with Chris Doelle, aka C-Dogg. Chris drove all the way from Houston, where he produces four podcasts: Riding With the Window Down, PMC Top Ten, Lone Star Gridiron, and This Week In Houston.

Here's Angelo with Elisabeth Lewin of Podcasting News. Angelo runs Italian Pizzeria III on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. If you're in Chappel Hill and you're hungry, Angelo will take care of you.

He was a very gracious host, and a very good cook. We had lots of pizza, breadsticks, onion rings, and cold beverages. My only regret was that I did not get to try their very delicious-looking cheesesteaks. Angelo informs me that they go through 140 lbs of meat every week.