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I have agreed to participate as a speaker at the Corporate Podcasting Summit on June 20-21. Here is a release they put out with a little more information.

Here is the updated speaking schedule for 2006: (past and present)
March 27-30th: Digital Hollywood, Santa Monica, CA
April 3-5th: Media Canada Marketplace 2006, Beverly Hills, CA
April 22-23: NAB Podcasting Summit, Las Vegas, NV
April 28-29th: The Podcast Academy #2 at Boston University, Boston, MA
June 15-16th: The Podcast Academy #3 at Yahoo, Sunnyvale, CA
June 20-21st: Corporate Podcasting Summit, San Francisco, CA
August 9-10: Tentative – to be confirmed.
September 29-30th: Podcast and Portable Media Expo, Ontario, CA

If you would like to discuss having my speak at your event or conference please feel free to contact me.

After today’s NAB sessions a few podcasters met up for drinks. From left to right: Tim Bourquin: Podcast Brothers, myself, David Brady: Walt Disney World Podcast and Tim Street: French Maid TV. We had a great conversation. There is lot of good stuff happening in podcast land.

Wow, podcasting has a lot of buzz around NAB this year. I am participating on a panel tomorrow at the NAB Podcasting Summit (they have me listed as Michael Gregory – links to the correct bio though). When I came here last year with Tim Bourquin we had to explain podcasting to 98% of the industry people we met – not anymore. I’m taking a quick break, but the summit has a packed room of 300-400 paid attendeees here to learn all about podcasting. We’ve come a long way.

One of the podcasts I helped create, Grape Radio, has just been ranked as the number 7th most popular wine blog. As far as I can tell it is the top rated site in the list that is a podcast. My partners in Grape Radio are doing a terrific job and this is a well-deserved honor.

The Podcast & Portable Media Expo has been named as the 2006 Award winner for Expo Magazine’s Best New Show in the Trade and Consumer Show category. Congratulations to Tim Bourquin and the entire team at TNC New Media. It is quite an honor.

I had an interesting conversation today about the relative value of quotes from literature vs. film. Most know I am a film fanatic, but I am curious what others think. Is the written word more valuable than the written word spoken by an actor? Some examples from both literature and film.

1. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
2. Rosebud.
3. To be or not to be, that is the question…
4. Fredo, you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a brother, you’re not a friend.
5. You’re gonna need a bigger boat.
6. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
7. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!
8. You talkin’ to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin’ to?
9. In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,
10. …Bond. James Bond.

A couple of quick quotes, but thoughts? Are some more important than others?

Podcast Academy 3 has just been announced. It takes place June 15-16th in Sunnyvale, California. As usual, expect a great lineup of speakers including a live TWiT podcast featuring Leo Laporte and the TWiTs. I’m just glad they keep asking me back. If you are interested, I suggest you sign up soon. Podcast Academy 2, which takes place later this month at Boston University has completely sold out.