podCALGARY

At the end of September, myself and Ajay will be traveling south to the Portable Media Expo in Ontario California. The who’s who of the podcasting world will be there. podCALGARY is hoping to put together a “Calgary Sampler CD”.  A collection of what Calgary has to offer the world of online media. Ajay and I will hand them out potential listeners, media representatives and anyone else interested.

We are still working out the format, but we would love to hear from anyone interested in getting involved.  You can leave a comment here, or better yet, it one of the contact links in the sidebar to be connected to a podCALGARY podFOUNDER.

Daryl Cognito

The guys over at the RShow.ca made this quick ad for podCALGARY

 The podCALGARY Ad

Have you been thinking about joining the podcast revolution? As Doug’s post stated earlier, Calgary is an “online” community, that means the 77% of Calgary’s 1 million residents are your potential audience. Author, musician, or someone with something to say, record it and they will listen. Okay, not quite that simple, but it is easier than you think and Chinook Learning Services in Calgary has just made it even easier.

October 21 and November 04 2006 they will be offering “Podcasting Made Easy” A class designed to get you in to the “podosphere”. It will focus on; planning your show, recording and editing, choosing a host for your files, building your feed and getting listed in a varity of directories. By the end of the 5 hour class you will be able to put together your own podcast and “feed” it to the world.

Now, if that was not enough, podCALGARY founding member, Daryl Cognito, is teaching the class. Daryl is the producer and host of The Poddog Show and Feed the Need, so you know you will not only learn, but also be entertained.

Okay, so the last part was a bit self serving, but I still think the class is worth checking out. If you have any questions, contact Chinook Learning Services, or hit my contact button in the side bar.

Chinook is also offering a class in blogging. I personally think that blogging and podcasting go hand in hand, so I think it is worth considering both of theses classes.

“Calgarians are among this country’s most web savvy,” is the finding of Calgary Sun reporter Bill Laye after reviewing the latest Stats Canada numbers on the subject. 

Bill notes, “in its annual survey of online use, StatsCan said 77% of adult Calgarians surfed the ’Net for personal reasons. That figure tied Ottawa for the highest level of Internet use in a Canadian city in 2005.”

Read the full article: calsun.canoe.ca