PodCamp DC

I'm happy to say we're getting a great group amassing across the river in Arlington, VA for the upcoming PodCamp DC. It will be April 18-20 at the Art Institute of Washington in the Spectrum Theater. Just judging by the list of attendees, this should be a good show if you live or work near the DC area. PodCamps have been really great resources for new and experienced podcasters... check it out here. Oh, and it's totally free!

Podcast host sees profits increasing

Podcasting News reports good news for podcasting host Wizzard Media:

Wizzard Software, the parent company of Liberated Syndication and several podcast hosting services, announced today that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 were $1,540,992, a 108% increase over revenues of $739,551 in the fourth quarter of 2006.

Podshow on layoffs: no comment

Adam Curry talks about "the focused strategy and direction PodShow has embarked on" for Daily Source Code 733 but nothing about layoffs. Mark Hopkins at Mashable called around and got this:

I tried contacting three different PodShow offices in search of someone for comment, but the only one that picked up was their San Francisco office. They were aware of the news, and sounded rather irritated that I’d be calling to check up on the rumors, but offered no comment, confirmation or denial on the matter.

We'll likely hear more next week.

Podshow layoffs?

Valleywag is reporting that Podshow's venture capital is apparently not enough to save about 30% of their workforce. Take this one with a few grains of salt... a lot of their reporting (particularly on Yahoo) is way off or overstated. If true, however, this strikes me as a serious indictment of Podshow's growth strategy.

Housecleaning: server transfer/downtime

We'll be having some downtime here at Nineball Media as we shift servers on March 20th (next Thursday as I type this). You might experience some delays in getting in touch with us during that process, but everything should be operational in short order. Thanks!

You don't need a million downloads to be successful

I thought this piece by Kevin Kelly was really interesting... he suggests you can find a great deal of success if you have 1000 "true fans" rather than striving for a million downloads. Good stuff if you are trying to find ways to make a living off of your new media.

MacBook Air: A downside to the ever-shrinking technology

From the latest Newsweek... Gone, Without a Trace

On Sundays in my apartment, the coffee table where the Air sat becomes the final resting place for the bulky New York Times. It is not unusual for other magazines, and newspapers from previous days, to accumulate there as well. My wife, whose clutter tolerance is well below my own, sometimes will swoop in and hastily gather the pulp in a huge stack, going directly to the trash-compactor room just down the hall from our apartment, dumping the pile into a plastic recycling bin.
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As humiliating as it sounds, let me repeat: the MacBook Air is so thin that it got tossed out with the newspapers.

Yikes. For the record, my girlfriend has a MacBook Air, and I can totally see something like this happening...