On today's episode of The Daily Source Code I heard Adam Curry say something that disturbed me quite a bit. He says something about the Podsafe Music Network being the only safe place to get podsafe music. What he says exactly is, "You pretty much want to stay away from everything else."

Here's my question for Adam. Why should people stay away from everything else? Oh because all you do is shamelessly promote your music database at the exclusion of other folks who members of your "Pod Squad" have used to find some of the best podsafe music in the first place.

Well I may not have a PR machine, a CEO or a deal with Logitech but I do get approval for every song that I place on my Podsafe Music page. These are songs by artists who want their music picked up and shared by others as a promotional tool. And while I have no problem with Adam pimping his property, he shouldn't be so arrogant as to dismiss all of us non-VC funded podsafe music distributors.

I'll see you at the Podcast Expo dude.

It's time to create! Odeo has finally launched their browser based recording studio. I plan on checking it out over the next couple of days. The first look is promising. There are three options present, Phone Recording, Browser Based Recording and File Upload. The functions are very similar to those already offered by AudioBlog but I think they're on the right track.

Thanks to Hilary for pointing this out.

Rob Coslow, a highly talented pianist, is selling one of his pianos on eBay. If Rob's used the thing it's got to be good. According to Rob himself:

"I am selling one of my pianos on eBay. This truly is my authentic piano and being sold by eBay professionals on my behalf. This just went up for sale minutes ago. There are a few nice perks aside from the piano that I’ll mention in a moment. This is a week long eBay auction which will end on October 20 at 11:37 PDT. A “one of a kind” purchase. The eBay auction page lists other information and documents. If you're not interested, please let someone know who needs a piano or enjoys one of kind items."

You can find the eBay page for the piano here as well as more details over at http://newartistpodcast.blogspot.com.

I'm proud to officially announce Episode #1 of the Brother Love Notes podcast. This is a joint production of Podcast NYC and Brother Love. Recording the first one was a hell of a lot of fun so I'm looking forward to future 'casts as much as everyone else.

The previously mentioned geek dinner went off without a hitch last Sunday night. We had an excellent crowd, filling up the back room at the dinner location with a nice mix of social media types. We had bloggers, podcasters and social media professionals alike, mixed in with a few VC and marketing type folks. The room was hot with conversation and folks making connections.

Cameron Reilly was interviewing Michael Geoghegan over in the corner. Mike Dunn was taking plenty of photos with his new camera. NYC Podcasters Adam, Jason and Mark were plotting something over at the table by the entry to our room. David Parmet was definitely enjoying the wine and appetizers. I found out that Mary Jo Foley is from the neigborhood down there in the West Village so I gushed about my favorite sandwich place. Dusty Wright filled me in on the happenings at his new online culture podcast/vidcast magazine Culture Catch.

Some folks on the biz side of things included Lee Wilkens, John Federico, Renee Blodgett, Greg Snyder and many more. Check out the Wiki for a more complete list.

It was good to see and hear folks from different places and disciplines expressing their excitement about where we are going with blogs, podcasting, video podcasting and associated technologies. As someone a lot smarter than me once said, "These are interesting times we're living in."

Perhaps I've been a little hard on Ron Bloom in the past. He comes across to me as someone who takes a very clinical approach to the expansion of podcasting. And while he seems to be passionate about the shortcomings of traditional media, his enthusiasm for podcasting itself just doesn't come across in his voice. Perhaps that's just his style but I always seem to feel better when I hear Adam talking about podcasting and PodShow. Decide for yourself by listening to this strategy cast from On The Record Online featuring PodShow CEO Ron Bloom.

Yes, I have cracked the top 100 podcasts on iTunes. I took a look this morning and my New York Minute Show is number 63 with a bullet, way ahead of the world famous Dawn and Drew and just ahead of octogenarian Andy Rooney. Oh lord, please don't let Andy pass me by!

Well it's on now. Yahoo has introduced their very own podcast management service this morning dubbed Yahoo! Podcasts. The service includes tagging functionality. Not sure how the tags are initially set but I'm covered for the tag NYC. More on this development to follow.

A quick update on the Blog On Conference gathering. The date and time are still on as mentioned in the previous post, but we're moving the venue up one block to a place called Dublin 6. Dublin 6 has a good sized private room in the back that they are reserving for the group. The White Horse could not make a similar accomodation so we decided to go with the sure thing. The room is really nice actually and perfect for what we're doing.

So far some of the notable out of town attendees will include: Cameron Reilly, Jeremy Pepper, Michael Geoghegan, Jason Korman, Shel Israel and more...

Dublin 6, 575 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. Tel: 646-638-2900

Google is slowly but surely moving into podcasting. More specifically, they've recently added a new service that allows you to subscribe and listen to podcasts (and other rss feed enabled content) via your web browser. Surf over to http://reader.google.com and try it out. Subscribe to a feed that includes an audio enclosure and you'll notice that a flash music player appears on each item in the feed that contains an enclosure. Very nice. I wonder what's next?

Okay, so I get pissy about iTunes caching podcasts then they go and do something like this. Sometime in the last couple of days my New York Minute Show podcast was placed in a very visible spot at the top of iTunes along with a couple of other travel podcasts including one from Rick Steves who is a travel info god. Humbled yes. Excited at the opportunity. Yes I am. I've already seen a big jump in subscriptions and downloads. Thank heavens that I'm on LibSyn. Too bad my graphic is weak, but they're obviously not judging just by the graphic. This development has put a little more wind in my sails and given me faith that independent podcasters can get recognized and build an audience without major support.

As a person who's primarily a podcaster I'm not usually in the know about blogging related events. Thanks to my friends Mike and David I now know more about BlogOn 2005, a premier social media event. As I've said before I think that podcasters can learn a lot from bloggers so I always think that it's beneficial to bring these folks together. For that reason I'm assisting Mike and David in organizing a Geek Dinner the night before the event.

This Geek Dinner is an open event and anyone interested in blogging/podcasting/social media is welcome and would surely enjoy meeting some of the folks attending. Cameron Reilly of The Podcast Network will be in from Australia to share a pint and talk podcasting. It's going to be good!

Here are the details:

When - Sunday, October 16th @ 5:00 PM
Where - The White Horse Tavern, at the corner of Hudson and 11th Sts in Greenwich Village
RSVP - If you plan on attending it's appreciated. You can RSVP in the comments of this post, via email or over at David's post here.

We look forward to seeing you there.

I've been watching some of the video streams produced by Duke University as a result of their recent podcast symposium. There are some very interesting presentations available from a collection of high profile podcasting players.

I am a bit perturbed by the marketing approach of the folks from Eat Feed. Eat Feed's Anne Bramley presents as part of the Triangle Podcasters Forum. They currently have a promotion that involves giving away short bread in exchange for signing up for their newsletter. Not everyone gets shortbread but some folks will "win" free shortbread. In exchange you give up personal information that Eat Feed will then "give" to marketers. At least that's what Ms. Bramley states in the symposium. On the subscription page they're a bit more subtle about what they do with your information.

In keeping with the enlightened philosophy that guides everything at Eat Feed, we will never give or sell your contact information to anyone else. We hate getting things we don't need or want that clutter up our inboxes and distract us from the good food we love, and we assume you're the same. Instead, we gather demographic information to create shows that feed your interests and to assist us in choosing sponsors who are clever enough to grow food and create cookware that is exactly the kind you love.

In the symposium, Ms. Bramley clearly states that Eat Feed will be offering the data to marketers. She says "give" but why would they just give the data away when it's plainly obvious that this is part of their business model. To me this is a classic bait and switch. People are encouraged to give up demographic information, including age, gender, income,and their full home addresses full name, city and state with the promise that the "contact information" won't be given away. I feel this leads people to believe that their personal information won't be provided to third party marketers. It's a deceptive business practice and I'm sad to see it being used in conjunction with podcasting.

I also notice that their is no place to opt out of the contest. In order to get the newsletter you must enroll in this contest and provide detailed demographic information. That's bad news and I recommend that you avoid this promotion.

Don't take my word for it though, listen to Ms. Bramley's statement here.