MODM 6 – Come and join us at Federation Wharf for drinks and good company

On October 4th, MODM 6 will again be at Riverland Bar. If you haven’t been to one yet, what are you waiting for?
Free drinks, attendees from all over Melbourne (and a few in town from afar) and a regular topic on Twitter.

If you create digital media or want to create digital media, come along, meet some people and get started.
Add MODM to your list of Events on Facebook.

MODM 6 is sponsored by Simon Chen from Eight Black,

Top 5 – My Five Favourite Podcasts for 2007

So far, my top five podcasts in 2007 are:
G’day World – The Podcast Network
Geek News Central – Tech Podcast Network
The Global Geek Podcast – The Podcast Network
Distributing The Future – O’Reilly Media
U.S. Senator Barack Obama – Barack Obama

Merry (White) Christmas, The Royal Podcast and some thanks for 2006

This morning I was woken by a hailstorm and a semi-white Christmas morning. The hail didn’t sit long on the ground, but it’s the closest to a White Christmas I’ve ever had here in Australia (coldest Australian Christmas day in history today folks).

It’s official, podcasting is mainstream. The Queen is podcasting the Christmas message on The Royal Podcast, and it made the mainstream news.

Last but not least, some thanks for some of my favourite content producers, all of you are Time Magazine’s Person of the Year:

Adrian F – Hey, you’re always asking me where I find stuff, Bonetable, Flickr photostream – Great photos on Flickr, great blog, Bonetable is climbing the charts.
Anousheh Ansari – Space Blog – Thanks for blogging your trip to the space station.
Ben Barren – Gnoos.com.au & RSSing Down Under – Fantastic search engine, great blog.
BJ – BJ’s Show – BJ is Australia’s youngest podcaster. I love the show BJ, thanks for making it.
Cameron Reilly – G’Day World & The Podcast Network – Thanks for all the G’Day Worlds, coffee, chats & inspiration.
Chris Saad – Touchstone Blog – A great tool, a great blog and Unfinished Revolutionary.
Darren Rowse – Problogger.net – A great site and for still being one of the nicest guys on the internet.
Dave Gray – Global Geek Podcast & Rooster’s Rail – Great podcasts and a great blog.
Dave Winer – Scripting News, Share Your OPML – Thanks for the great tools, podcasts and a great blog.
Des Paroz – The Productivity Show – Thanks for all the podcasts, I love the show.
Frank Arrigo – An Aussie Microsoft Blogger – Great blog and an interesting insight into the evolution at Microsoft.
Merlin Mann – 43folders.com – A great site and a great podcast, thanks for introducing me to David Allen’s Getting Things Done, I love it and it’s changed my life.
Richard Giles – The Gadget Show, Scouta.com & Scouta Blog – Thanks for all the G’day Worlds, the Flickr Mastr photos, gadgety goodness and new toy, Scouta!
Shawn Callahan – Anecdote – A hidden gem on the web, thanks for such fascinating posts.
Todd Cochrane – Geek News Central podcast – One of my favourites, a great podcast for your daily commute.
Todd Defran – PR Squared – for the most honest corporate post I have ever seen online.
Wayne Turmel – The Cranky Middle Manager Show – A very funny man, great podcast.

Favourite tools for 2006:
Akismet – has caught 1,097 spam for me since I first installed it.
Moleskine
Netvibes
Scouta
WordPress

The Podcast Network dinner, Australia’s Youngest Podcaster & Kermit the Frog kicks Jon Stewart’s ass on the Daily Show

Cam, Rich, Miriam, MCarlile, Beti, Torsten, Nickhac, Michael, Mathew, Ben, see you at the TPN dinner, details on Upcoming.org. Unfortunately Molly can’t make it.

In other podcast news, is Michael Specht’s son BJ the youngest podcaster in Australia? Check out BJ’s show, he’s 8 years old! Go BJ! That’s going to look awesome on your resume later in life (Podcasting since I was eight years old)…

via Torsten – Funniest YouTube Video ever! Kermit kicking Jon Stewart’s ass on the Daily Show

Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp

It won’t be a podcast, but I’ll attempt to record some video at the Web Directions event tomorrow night, on my Nokia N90.

Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp

When: 6.00pm for 6.30pm Thursday August 10 2006
Where:Bell’s Hotel and Brewery, 157 Moray St, CNR with Coventry, South Melbourne
It’s free, but don’t forget to RSVP: info@webdirections.org

It looks like Cameron Reilly from The Podcast Network is going to be there, I haven’t seen any other posts about attending.

Don’t forget to vote! Ben is currently using a reader poll to determine what he’ll be talking about.
For those not in Melbourne, there are other events coming up.
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