My first local media moment since 1985
FeedBurner got a mention on a "Special Segment" piece in the 10pm news on Chicago's ABC Channel 7. "The Power of Podcasting" provided a pretty decent look at a few podcasters in and around Illinois who podcast for personal and professional reasons, and they gave yours truly just enough camera time so as not to frighten children or marsupials. FeedBurner came off reasonably well, although I think they overplayed the advertising bit (we aren't doing any in-podcast advertising yet) and underplayed our role in helping people quickly get a podcast-ready RSS feed put together from just about any ordinary blog. Well, it's on me (and the rest of us at FB) to simplify our message.
It's also got me thinking FanBlogs should have a featured podcast or two, or consider having a conference's major authors try a weekly wrap-up show. I already spend most of Saturday night blabbing on the phone with a regular group of distant friends about the days' scores and results anyway, so why not record the doggone diatribe? What this Internet desperately needs is more content, I tell you.
(Oh, as for the 1985 part: I was featured in the Midland Daily News as a local student who got product review published in Antic, an Atari computer users' magazine. That's as far back in geek time as I'd care to go for a while.)