I want to reach a good mix of blogging and podcasting because there are times when I am unable to podcast (like at work) but I have a bunch of good ideas. I am always jotting down notes but there are a lot of times when my “notes” get very involved and could be blog postings.

On the flip side, there are blog posts that I start writing and it occurs to me that I could just as easily talk about them and in doing so I could also touch on a bunch of other related topics. Plus, I consider myself to be a podcaster first and I feel as though I should save all of the good stuff for the show.

So I was wondering if this would be cheating, I write a blog post and instead of just referring to it, I also read it on the show. It would pretty much be like reading from a script, which I have gotten a lot better at and in some instances, I don’t think that anybody can tell that I am reading from pre-prepared content, but all of the people who regularly visit the site might feel as though they are getting cheated.

Let me know what you think.

Tags: blogging, podcasting

Since the kids are out of school for the Christmas break, I will not be able to record as much as I would like. When it comes to the many music shows that I do, this is no problem because I can just record the voice parts and assemble everything later in Audacity. However when it comes to the talky shows like the comic book and movie shows, then I can’t keep the kids quiet long enough for me to be able to record a complete train of thought (and according to some, I need all the help I can get in that regard).

Therefore, I will probably be doing a lot more blogging until the kids go back to school. I’m not sure how long the individual posts will be or what frequency, but right now, the plan is to post something at least once a day. I also plan on having posts that are at least 200 words each time out, but there might also be some that are short and just contain links to other blogs or news stories.

Right now, that is the plan. Of course, if any of this changes and I am able to record a show (no matter how short or scattershot it is), I will do so.

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I’ve reached the point where I don’t know if I would prefer to make a regular podcast or do regular blog posts. Right now, I don’t do much of either on a regular basis and that has always been a private source of embarrassment to me.

Podcasting is a lot easier simply because it is just talking to friends. Writing is a touch more difficult because you never know who is reading your stuff and a lot of the subtle nuances that can be conveyed in speech is lost.

However, once the recording is done there is a lot more to do before you have a podcast (the listen-thru, the conversion to the proper bitrate and format, completing the ID3 tags, uploading the file, updating the RSS feed, creating show notes and updating the website, verifying that the file transferred completely, checking for any RSS errors and making sure that all of the pertinent information is in the episode notification.) Writing a blog post just requires that you double check your spelling and hit Publish.

Then there is the whole reaching different audiences problem. There are people who listen to the podcast who never go to the website and there are website visitors who will read blog postings but never check out the podcast itself. I need to figure out how to get a bit of convergence there, but I’m not holding out much hope.

Oh well, I figure something out. I always do.

Tags: blogging, podcasting