Podcamp San Antonio Was Fabulously Geeky

As promised, I attended Podcamp unConference in SanAntonio last Saturday, which was held at the historic Sunset Station District, a revitalized train station Downtown San Antonio that's only minutes from the Riverwalk and beautiful walking areas. My parents said they used to go "clubbing" there back in the day, which I thought was funny.

SO WHAT WAS THE PODCAMP UNCONFERENCE?

The Podcamp Unconference was a laid-back sharing of ideas around the topic of "emerging media" such as blogging, video blogging, web 2.0, podcasting and video podcasting. Instead of having keynote speakers, bloggers sit in roundtable fashion and can volunteer to teach ad-hoc. If you're interested in a topic, you and your five closest allies can go hang out in a separate area to brainstorm and learn.

AND WHAT DID I LEARN?

Wow. I thought I loved all things geek, but came away with even more passion for Web 2.0 and video blogging. I already enjoy blogging, but there were some passionate, knowledgeable geeks in the room who definitely transcended my own skills and abilities.

Here are some very cool tools and resources they recommended:

• Most bloggers use Skype if they do interviews since it's free and easy to use. Remote mics like the Zoom H4 are popular.
• Audio tools such as Garage Band and Soundforge are the tools of choice if you can use Protools.
• Royalty-free music can be used from the Podsafe Music Network.
• Polish your skills and learn more about podcasting at Podcast Academy and Podcast Pickle.

PODCASTS IN REAL ESTATE
Most agents have already caught onto listing podcast tools such as MLpodcast.com or Shackcasting.  I'm going to do some video blogs and Joomla-style communities. I really like Joomla and it's ease of use. Three new Joomla books are available on pre-order on Amazon.com and there's a Joomla conference on June 21st here in Austin, Texas.

Think you missed Podcamp? Don't worry, it was all recorded and will be available online. Also check out other Podcamps.

Read last week's story about the San Antonio Podcamp from our blog.  Also read another blogger's experience at the Podcamp.

Check out the Texas Realty Blog feed on our website using another cool tool, SpringWidgets.

Comments

[Derrich]

Thanks for stopping by Derrich.com! I know we didn't meet, but I'm glad to see that so many people got something out of it.

[Michael]

Dee, Thanks for attending and for posting this. I'm sorry I didn't get to met you, but if you attend next year, I'll look for you. We've already scheduled next year's on May 17, 2008. Thanks again!

[Derrich]

Looking forward to it. I announced the date for next year on my blog as well.