Podcast Alley News Archives

BlogWorld & New Media Expo: October 15-17, 2009

What was the leading podcasting event for the last 4 years, the New Media Expo, has now become part of the premier expo on blogging… the BlogWorld & New Media Expo. This year the event will be hosted at the Las Vegas convention center from October 15th to the 17th and will features all the heavy hitters from the worlds of blogging, podcasting and social media. For as little as $75 (and up to $1200) you can start to be a part of the event that is sure to be a smash hit. Why Should You Attend? If you are

A New Chapter in the Life of Podcast Alley – 5 Years in the Making

Many of you may have noticed an increase in content coming out of Podcast Alley recently. More podcaster interviews, more featured podcasts, more forum moderation and posting, more blog posts and more general activity. This is not a fluke… I am back! I started Podcast Alley in 2004 and helped build many of the early concepts that made podcasting what it is today. I partnered with iTunes when they were first learning what podcasting was and provided them with their initial directory of shows to launch their podcast section of iTunes. I helped Todd Cochrane, a podcasting pioneer, with the

Top News Site Alltop Adds Podcast Alley to Podcast News Category!

A BIG thanks to the team at Alltop.com for including the Podcast Alley Blog in the podcasting news section of the Alltop site. For those of you who do not know, Alltop.com is an online news service that describes themselves as “…an online magazine rack of popular topics” where you can “Pick a topic by searching, news category, or name, and we’ll deliver it to you 24 x 7.” This site was created by a trio of friends (including Guy Kawasaki), and the site aggregates the top news feeds from across the net and categorizes everything for you. They show

Shout Out to CNET News – Podcast Alley Featured Video Directory

Just wanted to send a quick shout out to the CNET News team for their recent recommendation of the Podcast Alley directory in their post titled “Find new video podcasts with these directories” as one of the top places to find video podcasts. After the recent news that TiVo was going to start allowing subscriptions to, and watching of, any video podcast via RSS feed… information and directories to find video podcasts becomes more important. If you are looking for a quick description on how to add RSS feeds to your TiVo box, checkout this post on PodcastingNews.com to see

Did I Forget to Mention – Podcast Alley is on Twitter

I may have forgot to mention to all of you, but Podcast Alley is indeed on Twitter. You can find me at @podcastnews on twitter (a squatter has the real podcast alley name, so this one will have to do for now). You may be asking, what the heck is twitter? There new tag line explains it all saying they help you “Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world”. Visit www.twitter.com to find out more, and follow me to stay up to date on the latest happenings at Podcast Alley. There is a good chance you

Podcast Alley: Sex Sells (Top Sex Podcasts)

They say sex sells, and this featured list of sex related podcasts from Podcast Alley are proof! Consisting of both audio and video shows, you will find a program to tickle your fancy. Enjoy! As always, you can find the featured shows in the right hand navigation of the Podcast Alley site, or use the links below to subscribe to the PCA Featured Shows channel through your RSS aggregator or through your collection on the PodShow website. Featured Now on Podcast Alley: Open Source Sex Lets Get Naughty Whispered Pearls Doctor Cockney Sex is Fun Links: PCA Featured Sex Channel

PCA 3 Year Anniversary Coming : Custom Stout Being Brewed

Well I can hardly believe it has been almost 3 years since I started Podcast Alley (in November of 2004). To commensurate this historic event, I decided to have the Elizabeth Street Brewery concoct and brew a custom Podcast Alley Oatmeal Stout to celebrate! Click on the image above to see some pictures of the first steps of the brewing process. I will be having a get together at the PodShow office to celebrate (with the beer of course) around November 2, 2007. Send me an email to [email protected] if you are going to be around San Francisco at that

Podcast Alley Referenced in PC Magazines 2007 Top Web Sites Listing

I almost forgot to blog about this one, but it would have been a major mistake on my behalf! Podcast Alley was referenced in PC Magazines 2007 Top Websites List, published a few weeks ago. It can be found in the Reading & Listening Category. Other companies you will find listed in the list include: Wikipedia, Urban Dictionary, Flickr, Google Docs, Google Maps, Last.fm, YouTube and many more… so it is exciting to be listed. From the Listing: “Here is our list of the Top 100 Classic Web Sites in 2007. You’ll see a lot of familiar URLs on this

Blog Back Up and Running

After a not-so-short downtime, the Podcast Alley Blog is now up and running again. Sorry to those of you who were not getting your Podcast Alley fix during the outage. As a side note, I have also started contributing to the PodShow Developer blog at http://developer.podshow.com. We are working on releasing some new APIs to interact with the PodShow website and content. Check it out and leave us some feedback!

Podcast Alley Server Maintenance Complete

Well, it took a lot less time than I anticipated.. less than 10 minutes as a matter of fact. So unless you are a hardcore PCA junky, you probably did not even notice it was down. We encountered a few minor issues that we are still working but the site is almost 100% functional! If you find any issues with the site, please do not hesitate to email me at [email protected] to report the problems. Further, if you notice how much faster and responsive the site is, just sit back and smile (you can email if you like as well:D