First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren

AJ gave me call today wondering when there was going to be another First Crack podcast. Thanks AJ!

The answer - Soon. I hope. I’ve been working on a new podcast receiver app, which is eating up all my podcast production time.

Then there’s the bit about needing some new inspiration. There’s something new fermenting. I’m excited about it, but more excited about what I’m calling a ‘feed curator’.

Until then, I’ll be posting at garrickvanburen.com and on Twitter.

Joyent ps pipe grep #16 starts out discussing home coffee roasting. Then they dig into the regular übergeek stuff.

If they keep this up, I’ll just do an .htaccess redirect from the First Crack podcast to Joyeur. ;)

Another great quote from the podcast:

“Ruby is Java for people that hate Java.”

I’m working on some upcoming theme shows and I need your help. I’m looking for stories along the lines of Unincorporated series. If you have one or two - hit record and either email the mp3 or point me to it.

Themes include:

1. Cocktail Swords
2. Divorce
3. Mail Order
4. Insatiable Appetites
5. Working on a Farm
6. Bad Camping Trips
7. Unexpected Experiences with Licensed Characters
8. Trust

“One thing I’ve noticed about talking to certain types of press, particularly mainstream, is that they have a pattern in mind before they write about something, and the better you conform to the pattern the more coverage you get.” - Matt Mullenweg, Automattic.com

I did a little writing for my college paper. At the time I was there, the editors had a handful of stories they thought should be covered. The local movie theater using high-fat buttery oil on popcorn, for example. I didn’t. That’s not interesting, it’s annoying. Matt’s comments make it sound like quite a few people haven’t grown out of it.

Often when I too get calls from the press, it feels less like they’re reporting and more like they’re covering their ass on some fiction they just wrote.

Or just plain missing the interesting story.

When I turn the mic on someone for this podcast, I don’t know where the conversation will lead. I trust the conversation will be good, that they’ll share something interesting. Whether or not they do is up to your ears.

With apologies to all the godcasters, the “Nine Wives” episode of Numb3rs uses a religious leader’s podcast to track him down.

I can’t believe how many times I heard the word “podcast” used in bad dialog….and this is after I was baffled why they didn’t have an iPod in the Prius.

Crazy TV.

Friend of the podcast Sam Buchanan reminded me the First Crack Podcast got a mention in George Colombo’s Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting.

Screenshot too. In the section on the benefits of using a weblog engine for handling listener comments and such.

Thanks again George.

A while back, I had this idea for mobile podcasting, along the lines of my ‘podcasting as mass voicemail’ mantra. Even picked up a domain name.

Thing is, I don’t know enough about how the mobile phone industry works to make it a go. No problem, looks like Pinger.com is on it.

If I, as a Pinger account holder could request an RSS feed to be pointed at my mobile phone number - Bingo, common sense mobile podcast receiving.

Yeah, rather than having my home pc download mp3 files, I could receive the podcast as a voicemail. Sure, this puts a time limit on the podcast - not a bad thing.

BTW - Pinger is funded by, Kliner Perkins, the same people funding PodShow, Tellme, Audible, Friendster, and Segway. So, hopefully, they’ll see this “synergy” as well.

Check out Kyle’s Podcasts that you should listen to list.

I’m flattered to have the First Crack podcast mentioned in the same list as Skepticality and Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com.

Rock on.

If you missed it, here’s the KARE 11 - Podcasting, have opinion will share segment.

If you’re wondering about a new First Crack podcast - as you can expect, Cooper threw my recording schedule for a loop. Podcasting to resume after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Until then, peruse the archives and send over your suggestions for interesting conversations.

Sorry for the late notice - if you’re looking for something to do tonight and want to learn about podcasting - specifically with iLife (Garage Band, iTunes, iPhoto) and .Mac - pop up to the Apple Store in Roseville by 6pm tonight (Nov 2nd) and you can get a demo from me.