FIRSTcast Live NOW!!! 1/3/2010

[Greg Needel]

Come join us for the start of Season 5 of FIRSTcast. You can listen live http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/31701

[ATannahill]

Glad to see your back. I am looking forward to it being posted on itunes.

[rsisk]

Yeah, it was fun to participate in the chat.

Greg, if you have a schedule for future FirstCasts, can you post it here?

[Peter Matteson]

When will this be up on iTunes for download?

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

When will this be up on iTunes for download?

we are having some problems with our rss feeds at the moment and I haven't finished editing it yet. I hope to get it done tonight and you can download it from our site but it might be a few days till the itunes stuff gets sorted out.

[Carol]

For the newbies, can you give a description of FIRSTcast and why should we listen?

[EricH]

FIRSTcast is kind of like the ESPN analysts, discussing various facets of the game, the rules, and the events. That's the best way I can think of to describe it.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by EricH

FIRSTcast is kind of like the ESPN analysts, discussing various facets of the game, the rules, and the events. That's the best way I can think of to describe it.

It's pretty much CD, in conference-call format. Experienced mentors/students/teachers discuss key points regarding the manual/updates, robots, award submissions, and the competitions. It's really informative and fun to listen to, because there are a lot of things that are easier to explain while talking rather than in a post, and you get all sorts of different views from different geographical regions.

[Greg Needel]

The show is now up on itunes. You can also download and listen to the show at www.firstcast.org