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PodcampPerth07

By Nick Hodge | October 27, 2007

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The Perth posse have it down. They know how to organ­ise com­munity meetups, get the people along and exchange information.

Some months ago, the Perth con­tin­gent cared enough about hav­ing Pod­camp in their city, they out­voted other lar­ger cit­ies. And the res­ult was another well run, well atten­ded and though pro­vok­ing event.

Apart from the per­sonal name brands such as Cameron Reilly, Stilgher­rian, Duncan Riley, Leslie Nas­sar, Bron­wen Clune, Richard Giles, Myles Eftos, Gary Barber, Nick Cowie… the con­ver­sa­tions and dis­cus­sions made me think.

Attend­ing con­fer­ences is import­ant. It’s the talk­ing within, before and after the events where you get to know your peers in this industry. Pass on advice and listen to hon­est feed­back. Ques­tion them and be ques­tioned. Rethink your strategy. Move with the industry.

It seems that pod­cast­ing is now the term that is used for both audio and video cast­ing over the inter­net. We are in early days, and have yet to fully exploit the iPods, iPhones and PCs. Just watch­ing or listen­ing pass­ively runs counter to the web 2.0 read/write-ness of this media. We need off­line write (iPod). More innov­a­tion is required. Com­pet­i­tion will help.

There are a stream of videos and pho­tos appear­ing. tag: podcampperth07

Uncon­fer­ences are the right style. More dis­cus­sion and less formal sales and mar­ket­ing. In ret­ro­spect and over beer dis­cus­sion, an un-panel (thanks Sue Waters for this. excel­lent idea!) at the end would have made more feed­back and greater exchange of learnt ideas. Too formal one-way, ques­tions only at the end ses­sions are a mode of the past.

Cameron Reilly has really moved my think­ing on some points. A part of me work­ing for Microsoft is about being a part of being a Geek for Good. Movem­ber is just a small example of this. His think­ing on our future in rela­tion to a vir­tual worlds and lives, atten­tion and inten­tion is really start­ing to gel. And more than gel in his head.

Listen­ing to Duncan Riley also cleared up my think­ing on the per­sonal brand­ing side of blog­ging. I doubt that this is a major stra­tegic change for this blog, but I have yet to think the feed­back through.

The Always Awesome Leslie Nassar

Leslie Nas­sar, full of robot awe­some, presen­ted ID3v2.3 tags and what that means spe­cific­ally to mp3s; and as always edu­cated me. I miss Leslie in Sydney. Come back, dude.

Stilgher­rian, a geek and now journ­al­ist for crikey.com.au dis­cussed the inter­net and the impact on the cur­rent elec­tion in Aus­tralia. Who are the 30%? What impacts them when they vote? I am going to enjoy read­ing his next art­icle, and I’m wait­ing for his cat pic­ture so I can lolcat it. Yes, I am using it as a adjective.

Other places to read people’s feed­back and thoughts:

Topics: podcamp, podcampperth, podcampperth07 | 24 Comments »

24 Responses to “PodcampPerth07”

  1. Matt Vapor Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 1:52 am

    Great read :)

  2. grum Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 2:03 am

    Good read!

    Yah, we WAers know how to rock.…

    BTW, I’m still at the after­party, milk­ing the bartab ;)

  3. Podcamp Perth 2007 - Day 1 at Simone van Hattem Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 6:08 am

    […] Nick Hodge […]

  4. Sue Waters Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 8:32 am

    Actu­ally the part of like the most about uncon­fer­ences is the fact they encour­age shar­ing and exchan­ging of ideas.

    Would love to see all con­fer­ences change to this type of format because shar­ing and know­ledge gain is greater when you actu­ally allow (encour­age) the audi­ence to par­ti­cip­ate. When you think about it that is what Web 2.0 is all about and yet in many con­fer­ences we expect people to sit quietly in the audi­ence and soak up all the know­ledge — no won­der I go crazy!

    Wish I had been able to attend Cameron’s and Duncan’s ses­sions :( for­tu­nately they are being podcasts.

  5. Luke Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    Make that Pod­camp Perth ;)

    Cheers for the link. Your chat yes­ter­day has given me some more hope for Microsoft. GO MICROSOFT!

  6. Stilgherrian · PodCamp Perth 2007: first comments Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    […] Hodge has pos­ted a much bet­ter lead photo for Pod­Camp Perth, show­ing Cameron Reilly’s pas­sion­ate open­ing key­note, replete with a vast image of Che […]

  7. Stilgherrian Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    Nick, great write-up. And thanks for your thought­ful com­ments dur­ing my ses­sion (and others!).

    Apart from the piece I’m writ­ing for Crikey, I’ll also post some longer pieces on the themes raised at Pod­Camp over the next week or so at stilgherrian.com.

    Dunno that I neces­sar­ily want the label “journ­al­ist” — or did I say that?

  8. Mike Minutillo Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    Thanks for com­ing Nick. And thanks to Microsoft for spon­sor­ing. The mes­sage about mak­ing Rational Decisions is one which I didn’t touch on in my post but it is a good mes­sage and one which really needs reinforcing.

    And for the record, there _was_ an alien implant in my big toe but that isn’t _why_ I was hopped up on painkillers.

  9. Mike Minutillo Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    P.S. I guess _text_ isn’t the same as text. Ah Well.

    P.P.S. I love Simones track­back which essen­tially reads:

    blah blah blah Nick Hodge blah blah blah

  10. Richard Giles Says:
    October 28th, 2007 at 11:09 pm

    Thanks very much for com­ing to the event Nick. It was great to see you at the event, and spread the load of Cameron’s wrath on his pod­cast :) .

    Look­ing for­ward to catch­ing up again soon, either your way, or back in Perth.…again :) . (You com­ing for the Byte Me Festival.)

  11. NathanaelB Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Thanks for the write-up Nick!

  12. Podcamp Perth Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 1:32 pm

    […] been fol­low­ing the com­ment­ary on Pod­camp Perth, mostly because my friend Ross went and it always looked like it would be a good event.  Next year […]

  13. blognation Australia » Blog Archive » PodCamp Perth 2007 Roundup Says:
    October 30th, 2007 at 8:04 am

    […] Nick Hodge’s blog: Apart from the per­sonal name brands such as Cameron Reilly, Stilgher­rian, Duncan Riley, Leslie […]

  14. Jared Madden Says:
    October 30th, 2007 at 9:30 pm

    Hey Nick, great see­ing you at Pod­camp! Must thank your­self and Microsoft for spon­sor­ing which made it happen.

  15. The Geek Stories: Six at Podcamp Perth - Noticias externas Says:
    October 31st, 2007 at 12:03 am

    […] Sat­urday, the fam­ous Perth Port80 Posse hos­ted vari­ous luminar­ies, blog­gers, fam­ous pod­casters and lowly cor­por­ate types in an free uncon­fer­ence of inform­a­tion (and beer) interchange.Geek Stor­ies? You betcha. Have a look. […]

  16. Bronwen Says:
    October 31st, 2007 at 2:12 am

    Thanks for join­ing us at Pod­camp Nick. Always a pleas­ure to have you in Perth and look for­ward to the next time.

  17. KerryJ Says:
    October 31st, 2007 at 8:37 am

    It was great finally meet­ing you after all the Flick­ring back and forth. The Perth folk did an amz­ing job — it was well worth the trip!

  18. a different tune » Blog Archive » Perth Podcamp 2007 Says:
    October 31st, 2007 at 10:55 am

    […] to the day from: Bron­wen Clune, Richard Giles, Nick Cowie, Simone van Hat­ten, Tama Leaver, Nick Hodge, Duncan Riley, Stilgher­rian, Cameron Riley. My per­sonal favour­ite is the Boomtown Rap (more here). […]

  19. The Boomtown Rap » Blog Archive » The Boomtown Rap Awards For 2007 Says:
    December 31st, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    […] http://theboomtownrap.perthpunk.com/wordpress/?p=60 http://stewartgreenhill.com/blog/?p=18 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/2375 http://www.bronwenclune.com/2007/10/30/podcamp-perth-putting-our-geek-powers-to-good-use/ […]

  20. a different tune » Blog Archive » Perth Podcamp 2007 Says:
    May 23rd, 2008 at 10:27 am

    […] to the day from: Bron­wen Clune, Richard Giles, Nick Cowie, Simone van Hat­ten, Tama Leaver, Nick Hodge, Duncan Riley, Stilgher­rian, Cameron Reilly. My per­sonal favour­ite is the Boomtown Rap (more here). […]

  21. Australian Defence News Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    So where’s the 2008 Pod­camp? Or have I missed it all ready?

  22. Nick Hodge Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    http://www.edgeoftheweb.org.au/

    Not Pod­camp, but is my next trip to Perth!

  23. grum Says:
    August 24th, 2008 at 1:35 am

    Look­ing for­ward in see­ing you back in Perth Nick!

  24. SEO Training Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    Any excuse to travel to Perth. It’s just like Bris­bane, but 20% more beau­ti­ful and the women are babes !

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