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One week from today, on April 11, we will start an auction on eBay for the sponsorship of the podcast edition of Tech Nation, featuring Dr. Moira Gunn. It’s a cool idea. The bidding will start at $12,000 when the auction opens at 1 PM PDT on April 11. The auction will run for 10 days, closing on April 21. Check here for details.
After running IT Conversations for nearly three years, it’s time for me to hand it over to a new Executive Producer as I focus my attention on growing The Conversations Network. Having worked with him on a variety of project, I knew who the best candidate for the EP role would be, and I’m thrilled to announce that he accepted my offer.
Effective today, Phil Windley is the new Executive Producer of IT Conversations. You probably know Phil through his blog, his program on IT Conversations (Technometria) and his articles for InfoWorld. Welcome to the team, Phil. It’s an honor to be working with you.
Phil will be publishing the IT Conversations Newsletter, and I will be starting a new one for The Conversations Network. The content of my weekly podcast (MP3) will focus more on the network and less on topics unique to The Conversations Network.
As presentations become increasingly visual, and as presenters learn to get away from just reading their bullet-point PowerPoint slides, The Conversations Network will be experimenting with video in addition to audio. We’ve just released our first such experiment: a video version of Michael Geohegan’s Podcast Academy class: Making Money Beyond Podcasting. The MPEG-4 video has been formatted for iPods and also plays well on desktops using the QuickTime player. We’re looking for any and all feedback. Just leave a comment here. (Special thanks go to Paul Figgiani for all the post-production video work that went into this one.)