Many thanks to @manton and @cheesemaker for today’s micro.blog extension … anyone else feeling behind?

Just been listening to the latest micro monday podcast with @klandwehr … nicely done. At one point @macgenie was talking about the ‘differalities’ of blogging and podcasting - we seem to be on the same page where I introduced ‘snickelcasts’ and wrote:

“With a blog, you open up your text editor of choice and write, you edit, you write more, you file it in a drafts folder, you come back to it and eventually one day you hit ‘publish’ and without a word suddenly your thoughts are out there in public domain for anybody to read. To some that is a scary proposition, but as I said earlier - if nobody reads it, what do you lose?

and

But a podcast is different. Unless you understand sound files, can edit sound files, can mix and merge different sound files, you are essentially recording your self in a single take. And that is hard. Just try reading prewritten words into a microphone and see what you feel about the result. It isn’t easy. Now imagine talking like that, right off the top of your head … without hesitation, deviation or repetition . as the old BBC radio show, ‘Just a Minute’ would have. That’s difficult.

There is a LOT more … including just what exactly is a Snickelcast.

One of an occasional series of posts commenting on ‘Differalities’ (the ‘commonalities’) that divide the UK and the US.

See them all here, along with other ‘Johnisms’ here.

And there we have it …

• All Snickelcasts are no more than 30 seconds long and are Microcasts.
• All Microcasts are no more than 30 minutes long and are Podcasts
• All Podcasts are … well we still have to define that don’t we?

My thoughts on the how and why of Snickelcasts.

Click on through … it will all become clear.

I’m English, not Welsh … but anyway … for you @derekpeden

Part Three of Episode ZERO : Episode 0.3 in fact.

There will be one more ‘0.x post’ before I launch People First .

In this episode I commit to no more quizzes, highlight an ‘EJIT’, share more great sounds and start to get into the flow. It’s not easy.

Part Two of Episode ZERO : Episode 0.2 in fact.

… where I explore a little more about how to make a podcast out of a fairy liquid bottle, some duct tape and a pair of scissors.

I also refer back to part one - and wonder if anyone can answer the quiz.

Microcasts

Added every valid feed for Microcasts on MicroCast Club to Feedly (since it was going to be a real pain-in-the-ass to add them to Castro).

I shared the Feedly folder here

If you want the OPML file you can download it here

Who am I missing?

About MicroCasts …. did I imagine that there is a hidden page somewhere in Micro Blog - where all your podcasts appear - not talking about the RSS feed - I mean an actual page?