{"id":657,"date":"2008-10-28T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblog.hawaiifiles.com\/?p=657"},"modified":"2008-10-28T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T05:15:00","slug":"podcamp-hawaii-a-brief-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/?p=657","title":{"rendered":"PodCamp Hawaii: A Brief Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/macprohawaii\/2970273905\/\" title=\"Laptop Brigade by macprohawaii, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3221\/2970273905_a0644128e5.jpg\" alt=\"Laptop Brigade\" border=\"0\" height=\"375\" vspace=\"6\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spent two days this past weekend at <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.podcamphawaii.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">PodCamp Hawaii<\/span><\/a>, an &#8220;unconference&#8221; that gathered geeks, computer users and mere mortals together for a number of concurrent workshops that focused on podcast production, podcast advertising, marketing, blogging, WordPress software and its use, and how social media platforms can impact life and business.<\/p>\n<p>The two day conference was held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiiconvention.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Hawaii Convention Center<\/span><\/a> on October 24 and 25 and attracted more than 330 attendees. I learned several things at PodCamp. In a short nutshell they included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use of <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">WordPress<\/span><\/a> software as a good content management system for general blogging and podcasting front ends.<\/li>\n<li>How to customize and get the most out of WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>It is difficult to install WordPress on your own hosted server. It may be best to go with a host that truly supports WordPress or hire a true geek who can install and possibly maintain WordPress and its associated files and database.<\/li>\n<li>A good hosting company is better than a bargain basement host.<\/li>\n<li>Most people who start podcasts burn out after 7 episodes.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t invest too heavily in hardware on your podcast until you pass 10, 20 maybe even 50 episodes.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a tight podcast format, know and be passionate about your subject matter, and stick to a regular podcasting schedule.<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to market your podcast and put it in all the right places (like iTunes, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was a whole lot more including the introduction to a new version of WordPress that is supposedly easier to install and maintain.<\/p>\n<p>PodCamp is also a good place to meet fellow geeks, business people and network with them. I don&#8217;t do very well in active networking, but if I am invited to join in with an individual or a small group, I warm up to the situation in time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/2008.podcamphawaii.com\/\">PodCamp Hawaii 2008 Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/pch08\/\">PodCamp Hawaii Tagged Photos @ flickr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6ajtp4\">My PodCamp Hawaii Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,255,0);font-size:85%;\">Photo caption: The laptop brigade soaking up information at PodCamp Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent two days this past weekend at PodCamp Hawaii, an &#8220;unconference&#8221; that gathered geeks, computer users and mere mortals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,41,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-internet","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}