FIRST Podcast

[MattK]

I was thinking about possibly getting a FIRST podcast going... any interest out there? Would you listen? Would you want to host?

Let me know,
Matt

[lsmith243]

Sounds like a great idea. I don't know if I'd be any good at hosting, but I'd DEFINELTY listen.

[Ryan M.]

Well... I'd listen. What are you thinking? Something along the lines of TWiT, IE, everyone who hosts Skypes in?

Cool idea.

[MattK]

Yeah I am thinking I would record it, everyone Skypes in... we have around 4-5 people on the show a week and maybe a special guest?

[lsmith243]

It sounds really cool Matt; good luck pulling it all together.

[capnrmorgan]

Matt,

It sounds like a cool idea and you are in the right place to do it. I would definately listen in. As a Head Coach for what will be our Rookie FRC year, I am looking at all the avenues for information, I can get. A podcast would be a great option. I would be willing to give any help on VEX as we were one of the of the FIRST in Atlanta last April. Good luck and keep us informed.

[Conor Ryan]

What about a new topic/subject every week? Count me in for it too, my Mic is ready to go

[nehalita]

It sounds like an awesome idea, I'd definitely listen and spread the word. If you need any contributions, feel free to ask me, I'll help in any way I can.

[Billfred]

I'd be interested in listening or helping to produce (as I have a bit of experience with that).

[phrontist]

I'm up for being on either side of the mic. While I've always entertained fantasies of being a radio host, and a lot of people kindly tell me I have a face for it, I may be of more immediate use on the technical end of things. I've got a fairly high degree of Perl-Fu, and about 4 years expirience in live sound production (which is somewhat different than this sort of thing).

In a week or two, I can offer hosting on a dedicated 5mbps up connection. (I live in a Verizon last mile fiber optic pilot city, which has its advantages )

Once a week, eh? I'm in favor of recording on sunday afternoon/night, so it can be released Monday morning.

So... names....

"FIRST home companion"
"As it happens (autonomously)"

I can picture in now:
"Mothers, hold down your daughters, daughters hold down your mothers, it's your host...
MaaaaatKaaaaay!!!"

[Alex Pelan]

Funny, Greg Marra and myself were just talking about this last night about having a Team 177 podcast for build season '05 and thus be eternally known as "The team with the podcast." I have a moderate amount of experience with podcasting(4 episodes of my own show so far), and with feeds. I'd be willing to help, and feel free to use my template for the feed if you so desire.

I'll definitely listen and definitely host, as I already have a pseudo podcast-studio going on in this room.

[Timothy D. Ginn]

I imagine I'd listen occasionally (like I do for our local campus radio station). I'm curious though; how many FIRST people are already podcasting things and if there's a bunch, would the format basically be stitching together interesting/related podcasts from different sources? As for hosting; well, being a radio host who actually speaks, etc. isn't really something I'd considered; but, it may be a possibility to host the actual podcast on one of the openFIRST servers (ala. FIRST Blogs) especially if someone else were willing to take on maintenance/organisation.

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by Timothy D. Ginn

I imagine I'd listen occasionally (like I do for our local campus radio station). I'm curious though; how many FIRST people are already podcasting things and if there's a bunch, would the format basically be stitching together interesting/related podcasts from different sources? As for hosting; well, being a radio host who actually speaks, etc. isn't really something I'd considered; but, it may be a possibility to host the actual podcast on one of the openFIRST servers (ala. FIRST Blogs) especially if someone else were willing to take on maintenance/organisation.

As far as a distribution system goes, I'd like to avoid using BitTorrent, as it limits your audience to those willing to install it (sad, but true). So the best way to do this would be to have a perl script on each volunteer host, and the script that generates the podcast XML would randomly pick one of the volunteer servers to direct the user's podcast client too. Then it's just a matter of tweaking probabilities to ensure each server is loaded in porportion to what it can handle.

[Brandon Martus]

Sounds like a cool idea Matt.

As far as BitTorrent & PodCasting .. A guy I used to work with (just moved down to TX) runs this site: http://podcasttorrent.com/ and may be helpful if you decide to go that way, and want some exposure.

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by MattK

I was thinking about possibly getting a FIRST podcast going... any interest out there? Would you listen? Would you want to host?

I've never done any podcasting before, though I have done some shoutcast shows before, so I'm willing to give it a go, either as a host or a guest.