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Interesting New York Times Article on Podcasting

October 30, 2005 |

From Your Living Room to the World, via Podcast - New York Times

Using a personal digital assistant and a $100 microphone intended to pick up voices of people sitting at a table, he recorded his 50th birthday celebration at a restaurant. And by using a Wi-Fi connection, he sent the recording to his computer server so it could be posted online. He said that the birthday podcast was popular with listeners and that it revealed, among other things, his parents’ strategies for selling on eBay, adding, “I love podcasting because it turns us all into investigative journalists of our own lives.”

Michael W. Geoghegan, co-author of “Podcast Solutions” (Friends of ED, $24.99), also started with minimal equipment. “I did the normal thing,” said Mr. Geoghegan, of Newport Beach, Calif., who podcasts a program of movie reviews (reelreviewsradio.com). “I bought a simple mike and a mixing board for $50 each and recorded straight into my computer.”

Then, he said, “I decided I wanted to see how good I could make everything sound.” So, for about $500, he bought a Mackie Onyx 1220 mixing board, which combines audio from several sources.


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