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Introducing The Postively 10th Street Podcast
As I've been hinting in this blog for a week or so, we are now podcasting at the Wilson home.
Our show is called Positively 10th Street and was named after the street we live on in NYC and the great Bob Dylan song Positively 4th Street.
The concept is pretty simple. We sit in our kitchen and talk about music, life in NYC, stuff that's happening, and we play five songs. Each family member brings one song to each podcast.
We did our first yesterday and its available here.
You can also subscribe to the podcast via RSS here.
We have a few kinks to work out. The main one is that we are better at mixing the audio in the software instead of manually on our little $49 mixer. That means that the two songs the girls played on their iPods that we manually mixed don't fade in and out very nicely.
There is also a brief hum during one short audio part that I need to figure out.
But all in all, it was a pretty simple thing to do. I recommend it highly to anyone who likes playing around with audio recording on their computer.
We hope to do one show a week. There's no hard and fast schedule so they may come out during the week some weeks and the weekends on others. Everyone enjoyed it and as long as that is the case, we are going to keep doing it.
If you'd like to auto load this podcast to your iPod, here's how to do it:
1 - Get a podcasting client. I suggest iPodder because it's open source, it's cross platform, and it's free. You can download a Windows or Mac version here.
2 - Install iPodder on the computer where you have iTunes and synch your iPod.
3 - Select tools then scheduler to set a time every day when iPodder will go out and check for new Podcasts.
4 - Add Positively 10th Street to your subscriptions by selecting the subscriptions tab and then the + sign to add a feed. Enter the following into the URL - http://feeds.feedburner.com/Positively10thStreet
5 - Then hit one of the two large buttons on the upper left to cause iPodder to go out and download the first Positively 10th Street show.
After you've done all that, you will find Postively 10th Street in your iPod under Playlists and all new versions will be automatically loaded into that location.
We hope you enjoy Positively 10th Street!
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Posted May 15, 2005 in My Music , Venture Capital and TechnologyComments
I can tell there's a fresh wind up ahead for us when I, as an invalid Republican, think your podcast is way cool and will continue to tune in to your blog..:-)
Onward
Posted by: Aragorn21 | May 15, 2005 1:55:38 PM
Mr Wilson --
Congratulations on your first podcast! I enjoyed the format - essentially a family suppertime discussion with music. Thanks again for all your energy and insights.
Posted by: Claiborne Booker | May 15, 2005 4:37:44 PM
Fred,
Congratulations to you and your family on your first podcast! It's something special to open your kitchen and family dining table to listeners (and essentially to the whole world!). The audio adds another dimension to your existing text and photo web presence. I clicked again through your flickr stream while listening to your music choices. A fresh, new experience. Your transparency just got a bit more transparent.
Greg
Posted by: Greg Yut | May 15, 2005 5:38:01 PM
I liked that a lot. It's nice to hear what you all are up to. I especially liked Josh's song.
Posted by: Julia | May 15, 2005 6:00:02 PM
I'll be back next Monday, we can iron out your hum and fades then if you like.
Posted by: jackson | May 15, 2005 8:11:36 PM
Great first PodCast.
Ben Lee rocks and I've been listening to DMB since the early 90's. This is the first time I have been on your web page (I get your feed through Lektora). I like "The 50 Favorite Albums" it's a great idea.
Posted by: Frick | May 15, 2005 9:45:51 PM
I think Jess's song gets my vote this week. You should do a little poll or something to see whose picks are the most popular. Nice job!
Posted by: Charlie O'Donnell | May 16, 2005 1:00:38 AM
Awesome! I love the idea of sitting down as a family and podcasting. Great stuff. I can't wait til my kids are old enough. Charlotte has shied away whenever we've invited her over thus far. Maybe 5 years old is too young. :--)
I'm subscribed. Keep up the good work.
The Ben Lee song is awesome!
Posted by: Paul Anderson | May 16, 2005 11:23:21 AM
Very enjoyable to hear the voices of the people we've read about for the last year. Loved the music too. I'm looking forward to the next installment.
Posted by: Don Ryan | May 16, 2005 10:33:38 PM
Cathy and I just finished listening to the first broadcast and are both very impressed. You did a great job of hosting. Gotham Gal has a good voice for radio. One way to pro it up would be to tag going into each song, "...so this is Josh's pick of the week with Kiss's "R&R All Night & Party Everyday on Positively 10th Street". What a great idea for a family to do together. We'll have to wait until Katie's a little older though. If the Alva's tried this right now it'd be Bruce Springsteen followed by the Wiggles doing "Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy".
Posted by: Tony Alva | May 16, 2005 11:12:05 PM
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