Podcasting Dinner — Tuesday, April 19th

From Wikipedia:

Podcasting is a new term for the online publishing of files in a way that allows for the subscription-like syndication

and distribution of files as they become available. Most podcasts are audio in MP3 format, syndicated through the RSS

protocol. Other formats and other types of files, such as video, can also be podcasted,

though these are limited by common bandwidth

constraints.

While the term “podcasting” is a portmanteau of Apple’s popular “iPod” and “broadcasting,” podcasting does not require an iPod. Any digital audio player or computer can run an appropriate aggregator to convert

podcasts for playback.

My boss Ross “Spank me hard and call me Julie” Rader is organizing a Toronto-and-surrounding areas podcasting dinner for next Tuesday night, April 19th, 8:00 p.m. at the Lone Star Grill down on Front Street. Among those present will be:

• Leo Laporte, from G4TechTV Canada’s Call for Help

• Eric Rice, podcaster extraordinaire, founder and chief evangelist of Audioblog.com and executive producer at the new media company Slackstreet Entertainment
• David Janes, creator of BlogMatrix Sparks
• Ray Slakinski, one of the people behind iPodderX

There’ll be good Tex-Mex, good company, and if you’re really lucky, maybe an accordion performance.

You don’t need to be a podcaster to come! Just RSVP in the comments of this entry at Ross’ blog!

“Son of Jor-El, kneel before my blog.” Really, we should’ve called it “Zodcasting”.