It was a nice surprise last week to hear podcasting event pioneer Brian Russell being interviewed on American Public Media’s Marketplace program. As you may remember, Russell organized one of the first “open space” podcasting conferences, PodcasterCon, back in January 2006 (about 8 months before the first of dozens of PodCamps debuted). He was also [...]

PodCamp Toronto 2008, a two-day conference exploring the world of “new media community tools,” is coming up this weekend, February 23-24, 2008 at the Rogers Communication Centre at Ryerson University in Toronto. PodCamp Toronto 2008 will bring together professionals and hobbyists from across North America. Over 330 participants are expected at the weekend gathering. Like [...]

Just a quick reminder to our midwestern friends that PodCamp Midwest is tomorrow, Saturday, February 16, from 9am – 5 pm at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Road, in Overland Park. Elisabeth from Podcasting News is planning to attend. If you are coming to PodCamp, please track her down and say hello. [...]

Last year’s inaugural PodCamp Boston was a wildly successful experiment in un-conferencing, a self-organizing kind of convention in which the participants themselves set the agenda and lead the breakout sessions. Not knowing whether to expect any attendees from outside Massachusetts, PodCamp co-founders Christopher Penn and Chris Brogan (and their friends and co-organizers) were happily surprised [...]

The podcasting unconference PodCamp Boston 2 begins this evening with a pre-conference meet and greet at Tequila Rain in Boston, followed by a concert downtown at the Bullfinch Yacht Club, featuring podsafe artists Munk and Matthew Ebel (who was great last month at the Podcast and New Media Expo). The conference-y part of the weekend [...]

As previously mentioned, the first PodCamp West (un)conference will be held this weekend in San Francisco: November 18-19, 2006, at the historic Swedish American Hall. The PodCamp Pre-Party will be held at The Mint (1942 Market Street, ph. 415.626.4726) in San Franciso on the eve of Podcamp West (Friday, Nov. 17) starting at 6:30 pm. [...]

PodCampWest.org is being organized by Vic Podcaster, Founder & CEO of Silicon Valley Podcasting Network, a new media startup. The event will take place at 2174 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, from 12 noon-6 pm on Saturday, November 18th, and Sunday, November 19th. PodCamp West attendees are encouraged to attend an ‘after party’ on Saturday, [...]

The first PodCamp on the West coast will be held in San Francisco on November 18-19, 2006 at the historic Swedish American Hall. PodCampWest is free to attend for the community and is inspired by PodCamp Boston. Event organizer Vic Podcaster reports that PodCampWest aims to “bring together the movers and shakers of New Media, [...]