Weatherbrains!

After James Spann appeared on this week's TWiG, I was delighted to have learned about Weatherbrains, “The official netcast for people who love weather.” I'm subscribing to the audio podcast and the quality is quite good. Recommended!

Note:  Here's the RSS link for subscribing to the podcast, which I only found by a Google search.

James Spann

Images credit:  From weatherbrains.com

Game On!

The beta episode of a new show on gaming at Twit.tv.

TWIT Moves to the New Studio

[VIDEO] Leo Laporte shuts down the old cottage and walks down the street to the new brick house studio.  Jason Cartwright posts about the move on TechAU.

Talking Tech and Building an Empire From Podcasts

Jon Kalish in the New York Times writes about Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv network.  

I listen to four or five shows per week, and sometimes more but I don't always have time.  I usually listen to the podcasts (via Listen for Android) in the car and sometimes watch the videos, e.g., on Youtube, or now on the Roku.

Balancing on a giant rubber ball in a broadcast studio and control room carved out of a cottage in Petaluma, Calif., Leo Laporte is an unlikely media mogul.

From that little town in California wine country, he runs his empire, a podcasting network, TWIT. For 30 hours each week, he and the other hosts on his network talk about technology — topics like the best e-book reader or how to get rid of a computer virus — for shows that he gives away online.

Mark McCrery, chief executive of Podtrac, which is based in Washington, and measures podcast audiences and sells advertising, said TWIT’s advertising revenue doubled in each of the last two years and was expected to total $4 million to $5 million for 2010.

Starting at $40 per thousand listeners, TWIT’s ad rates are among the highest in American podcasting and are considerably higher than commercial broadcasting rates, which are typically $5 to $15 per thousand listeners.

The shows I listen to are:

• This Week in Google (the first I started with)
• This Week in Tech
• MacBreak Weekly
• Security Now
• The Tech Guy

And, as time and circumstances allow.

• Tech News Today
• Live Specials
• Home Theatre Geeks
• Net@Night
• Four Cast

TWIG

I've become completely addicted to This Week in Google (Twig) on Twit.tv.  The show is hosted by Leo Laporte and usually features regulars Gina Trapani and Jeff Jarvis.  Recommended!  I actually learn new things from this show every week.

You can listen to the podcast and/or download the MP3 and even burn it to CDs like I do, to play in my car.

The show is recorded on Saturday evening at 17:15 ET, roughly, so you can watch the live video stream on the web page.

Pournelle on TWIT

I may not even have posted here how I've gotten addicted to Twit.tv.  This week, one of my favorite authors, Jerry Pournelle, appears on TWIT. (This Week in Technology, a web-based radio program hosted by Leo Laporte).   I've only listened to the first bit of it, but I recommend listening to the podcast (which is also a downloadable MP3).