Next guest, PNC Live and Facebook

David Nightingale joins us on the next show, which by the way will be broadcasted live.

Just a quick update to let you know what is going on behind the scenes here at PhotoNetCast HQ:

David Nightingale joins us on PNC 52

 

Yeap, that’s it. David Nightingale (@chromasia) will joins us for a conversation about his work, photographic career and most recent book on the next PhotoNetCast.

It’s always inspiring to hear what creative and successful people have to say, and I’m sure that with Dave it won’t be any different.

So, if you have any questions or comments for Dave, please make sure you send them our way either through the contact form or the voicemail line +1 (415) 343-5030 (a comment below will also do).

And this brings me to the second topic…

 

PhotoNetCast 52 live

 

PNC 52 will also mark our more serious first attempt at broadcasting the recording live (if the interwebs allow, of course). Some time ago we toyed with the idea of broadcasting the show live to allow our listeners to interact with our guests and participate in the discussion. As I mentioned this will be a complement to the audio version of the show and never meant to replace it.

Since we do not have a very fixed schedule for the recordings, and with all the different people participating I doubt that we’ll have one anytime soon, the recording schedule will be announced over twitter (@PhotoNetCast) a couple of days before. You’ll be able to watch and chat with us at our LIVE page.

 

PhotoNetCast is on Facebook

 

Finally, no? New page for the podcast on facebook. Some show news, some other photography-related news, and the recordings schedule on the events tab. “Like it”?

 

Photo credit: Audience by Stijn Bokhove

PhotoNetCast Live Broadcast – Would you watch?

We’ve been thinking about broadcasting PhotoNetCast live while we record. Would you watch it?

Since we’ve started PhotoNetCast that we know that one of the biggest advantages to our listeners is the on demandnature of the show, and podcasts in general. The audience listens to the show when they want. Of course that this also implies any interaction between the listeners and the show is done post-release.

We, also as media consumers, understand that the one-sided format of media entertainment is long gone. In the new media world real interaction with the listeners needs to happen, and we’ve been implementing some channels to allow for that:

  • Comments are open on the blog;
  • Contact form exists;
  • You can reach us on Twitter;
  • We have a listener voicemail line +1 (415) 343-5030 (how old-school is that)

But one thing that we realize is that the way we approach the conversations, and specially when we have guests, are our own and there is no way (or time) to consider all the possible questions our listeners would like to ask. And this is a flaw in the system…

The idea

We have been toying with the idea of broadcasting the show live while we record (audio and video) and complement it with a real-time chat box. This would allow the audience to participate, ask questions and share their own views during the actual recording. Please note that our main focus is the audio version and this will not change anytime soon. But this would create another layer of possible interaction with our listeners.

Of course that it would only make sense if there’s someone on the other side listening and participating. While this will not mean a significant financial investment (sorry, no HD cams yet) it will mean a significant change in how the show is prepared and produced.

It basically would come down to watching our ugly camera-friendly faces for the duration, laughing at all the stupid insightful nonsense that usually doesn’t make it to the final cut, putting up with Brian’s connection going down all the time all the interruptions, out of context conversation and a great deal of confusion (usually me). And participating, of course…

Do you think this would be an added value to the show? Vote on the poll and please drop us a comment with your thoughts on this.

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