Comments on: PodCamp NYC Report (and Brain Dump)

By: Karin Høgh

Karin Høgh — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:13:14 +0000

I hate myself, I should have gone to New York - weather here in Denmark was no good anyway, but soon we will have PodcampEurope in Stockholm, and I am going :-)

I you guys can pull a stunt like that again in NYC - I´m going.

By: Mack D. Male

Mack D. Male — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:28:17 +0000

Sounds like it went very well Jason - well done!

By: PodCamp NYC: Most Attended PodCamp To Date | Podcast Fresh

PodCamp NYC: Most Attended PodCamp To Date | Podcast Fresh — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:18:34 +0000

[…] For the mean time, you can get some feel of this event with the PodCamp NYC Roundup of David Eckoff. David found great roundup on PodCamp NYC from around the web. Of course, Jason Van Orden also has a great synopsis of the PodCamp NYC. He provided a nice report of what happened at the PodCamp from registration to the people who presented and attended the conference/unconference. And if you are interested to know some cool and humorous instances from the recently concluded PodCamp, read on PodCamp NYC Wows the Masses by Mark Rose. Technorati tags: PodCamp, PodCampNYC, Podcasting Event, Podcasters […]

By: Jason Van Orden

Jason Van Orden — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:56:34 +0000

Scott,

My stance on wikis is that they have their place but people definitely need to realize that there are downsides. I really wish MediaWiki was more user friendly. If I am going to use a read/write web tool, I want maximum participation. Forums are more intuitive and give you threaded & dated discussion.

Wikis can be organized topically (avoiding the same questions over and over) but are not as easy to use and are not threaded when it comes to discussion.

The ideal for this application would have been a form that people fill out and then a script adds their name to the wiki list for us. Then they can edit their info later if they feel inclined.

By: Scott Bourne

Scott Bourne — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:34:19 +0000

Jason from what I hear you folks did a great job. The entire podcasting community should be grateful for your efforts.

I’m lucky enough to have met your wife and I agree she is a superstar.

It seems you’re not quite the WIKI fan that some people in the Podcamp business are and I just want to say that I really don’t care for the WIKI.

I think that there are two lessons to be learned from the points about attendance and sponsorship.

1) If it’s free, there will always be more signups than attendees since they don’t have skin in the game
2) Sponsors are timid about getting involved with unconferences until the very end because they are worried about the legitimacy of the format…that might change given the success of your event.

Good job.