Podcamp Thoughts

This morning I was watching some of the video from this years Podcamp, and felt as though I needed to write something for all the people who didn’t get a chance to attend. I have attended Podcamp 3 and 4. Both were GREAT experiences.

The question that I get asked is “What makes Podcamp such a big deal?” The answer is simple… Nowhere else can you get 500 people interested in social media in the same place. Yes, there are online forums and so forth, but this gives “geeks” the ability to meet 3-dimensional people.

Being there I met bloggers, podcasters, video-podcasters, social media folks. The thing I appreciate more than anything is some of the friends I have made, and the coolest thing to me was when someone came up to me and said, “I listen to you all the time, I am a big fan.” A fan… WOW… I have been involved in Podcasting in one form or another for four years and it was the first time I had met someone that listens to my stuff, and that was awesome. There were also people that wanted to get my picture, that was really odd, but very cool. Also I met people that invited me onto thier shows, and I invited them to mine.

I met lots of great people, and made some friends to be on my shows as well as appear on theirs. Podcamp 5 can’t get here soon enough!

Hope to meet you there!

Inauguration 2009

With Inauguration day 2009 upon us, I felt as though it was time to think about the future of our troops and their families. Michelle Obama has stated that her first priority will be the military families, and I hope that is true. However history has shown us that whenever there was a president that was a democrat the first casualty was the military. Democrats tend to try to save move by depriving our military of funds and equipment. Once again I truly hope that the Obamas prove me wrong.

Additionally, I hope the future president does not pull the troops out of Iraq without a declaration of victory. Our troops performed flawlessly in the face of tremendous adversity and they deserve a “win” as much as their fallen comrades who gave their lives for our freedom and the freedom of the Iraqi people.

While you are sitting around, enjoying the freedom afforded to you by the constitution, take a moment and say a quiet prayer for those who are right now living in a desert to protect that freedom.