I started podcasting in 2004 after learning about it from Adam Curry’s show Daily Source Code. I also read David Winer’s blog (10/26/2005) at the time.
It began with Ruby Sinreich giving me an early iPod for my birthday. I thought, “What can I MAKE to put on this thing?”
The answer to my own question was the Audio Activism podcast in 2004. Here is an old version of the Audio Activism website (October 4, 2004). This is my very first podcast from October 3, 2004. The show was called “3 URLs” and it was my take on important and fun website content. Part review and part “Check this cool stuff out!”. HUGE thanks to ibiblio.org for hosting lots of my work over the years!
In 2005 I began organizing the world’s first self organized conference focused on teaching people how to podcast. It was called PodcasterCon and was held on Saturday, January 7, 2006, at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Over 200 people attended. Half came to Chapel Hill from outside of the state of North Carolina. Big thanks to Paul Jones for his help. Many others assisted. Here are some photos from PodcasterCon 2006. This is a movie someone else made that includes me opening up the event to a crowd of people.
Here are a few newspaper articles that describe my work at the time.
Podcasting takes off – News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) – March 22, 2005
Radio cast in a new light – News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) – January 8, 2006
This is one newspaper article I wrote that was published in print.
DIY radio – Or how I learned to stop worrying about the media and start podcasting, (Wayback Machine archive link), December 18, 2005
When time allows I’ll add more info about my work and all the fun I had then.
Brian C. Russell 