tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36032775610694056712024-03-13T11:29:15.510+00:00LittleSmasherMr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-16786723341218739032015-01-03T17:40:00.002+00:002015-01-06T01:09:05.091+00:00Serial: Different To Other Podcasts?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Serial listeners will understand.<br />
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Not cereal listeners.<br />
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Serial. <br />
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It's a podcast. With twelve episodes. <br />
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It's not a podcast designed to give you the luxury of 'Listening Again' in a catchup kind of way. And it doesn't rely on a big comedy personality to draw a crowd. No. <br />
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Serial is presented by journalist Sarah Koenig</blockquote>
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It's a podcast in its own right. It stands alone. On its own merit. Letting the content drive its appeal. And that's what, perhaps, makes it different from the general offerings we've been used to in the past.<br />
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Over the last eleven years there have been plenty of examples of Podcasts standing alone without needing to be complementary to a more established conduit of entertainment, information or personality. Certainly in the early days you couldn't move for podcasts of varying quality - from low in production and high in passion to those podcasts lifted almost directly from an established radio channel. <br />
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Serial is a well presented real-life tale of love, anger, betrayal, innocence, mystery and suspense. The potential injustice is too tempting to speculate upon.</blockquote>
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So why is Serial different?<br />
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Well, in so many ways it isn't different. It uses an RSS feed to deliver an mp3 file to subscribers interested in the episodes. It has a web site where episodes and show notes are hosted. It's free and is easy to download. What DOES make it different and helps it stand out from the crowd is that it has a parent podcast with its own already-established following and radio play - I'm referring to <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/" target="_blank">This American Life</a>. But that's not all.<br />
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If you like the sort of radio documentary that, say, Jon Ronson is famous for on BBC Radio 4 then you're going to like This American Life.</blockquote>
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Yes there's immediate audience potential with those listeners but what really makes it special? Content, of course is king.<br />
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It's an engaging and addictive whodunnit delivered via the real voices of court witnesses, the accused [now the convicted via telephone from Prison], the police, the lawyers and the family members. And not just through interviews after the events, no, <span style="font-size: large;">Serial uses original recordings from Police interviews and court sessions.</span> And of course it's well written and well paced, delivered in a very personable style that seems to hear-easy with all English-speaking cultures.<br />
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In short: it has an audience, addictive well-delivered content and it is easily obtainable.<br />
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A blend of qualities that makes it stand out from most other podcasts, yes. Maybe that's why it feels different.<br />
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Find out for yourself here:<br />
<a href="http://serialpodcast.org/">http://serialpodcast.org/</a>Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612035430542532577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-45401646447343031672014-09-10T09:37:00.001+01:002014-09-10T09:41:33.489+01:00LittleSmasher Studios: MagicMusic production from <a href="http://studio.littlesmasher.com/2014/08/magic.html">LittleSmasher Studios: Magic</a><br />
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LittleSmasher can produce professional grade music recordings for you or your band - if you can't get to a studio then we'll come to you. Magic is the first song written by eleven-year-old Louis who needed to record it for his Summer school project. Hear the results <a href="http://studio.littlesmasher.com/2014/08/magic.html">here</a>.Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612035430542532577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-70664549191739532932013-07-10T14:03:00.002+01:002015-01-13T14:26:34.371+00:00Know Your Audience And The Message You Want Them To Hear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://live.surveyshack.com/Portals/16480/images/target-market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://live.surveyshack.com/Portals/16480/images/target-market.jpg" height="253" width="320" /></a></div><br />
When planning your podcast strategy always keep your target audience in mind. Think of the type of message you want to push to that audience. Each episode thereafter, or tweet or image or Facebook/Google+ post, makes up the content of that broader message you want them to hear or see.<br />
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</div><div>When LittleSmasher gets involved with a client, the first thing we do is sit down and listen. We want to know who they are, what they do and who it is they do it for.</div><div><br />
</div><div><h2>Focus</h2>It may seem obvious on the face of it but when you think about it and try to articulate it, it becomes a fascinating focussing function. Let me faff on further.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In coming to understand what your podcast output needs to be, we need to understand your audience and your desired message for that audience.</div><div><br />
</div><div><h2>Bazillion ... Spewing Forth</h2>For us, it's a bit like letting the sheep out of the pen and then gradually herding them back in. A bazillion things that you do comes spewing forth and as we understand each and every one of them we get closer to knowing exactly how your podcast episodes should run. In fact, it serves as a great 'team building' process. </div><div><br />
</div><div><h2>Team Building Exercise</h2><a href="http://www.mkbergman.com/wp-content/themes/ai3v2/images/2011Posts/110214_target.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.mkbergman.com/wp-content/themes/ai3v2/images/2011Posts/110214_target.jpg" height="199" width="200" /></a>One particular client in the Education world wanted a podcast to focus on one of their internal departments that provided their students with career-focussed services. It involved three people. None of them truly knew what each other did nor how they all fitted into the bigger picture of their department. By the end of the process they knew exactly what they and their colleagues were all about and they had a new, much improved and clearer way of articulating what it was they all did for their clients. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Recording the podcast was like a perfect little team building exercise for them.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
</div><div>And it started with understanding their audience. Not what their bosses wanted to hear. Nor what they thought was the safest way of promoting themselves was.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The result was a very clear and concise, and very useful, podcast episode.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So, first and foremost, who is your target audience? Is there a peripheral audience you would like to be sensitive towards? And what do you want to tell your Target Audience?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Sounds simpler than it actually is. Which is why everyone feels so much better after the initial podcast series consultation with us.<br />
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Honest.</div>Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612035430542532577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-3507404950431393642012-01-16T18:49:00.001+00:002015-01-13T14:26:34.342+00:00Podcasting for law firmsHaving recently been asked to discuss the podcasting potential for a local law firm we've found that there's a definite market out there for it in the legal service... an example from our forward thinking Canadian cousins can be read on <a href="http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?section=article&articleid=1279">www.lawyersweekly.ca</a> just search for ..."Podcasts: way for law firms, lawyers to develop ‘strong bonds’ with listeners" by Luigi Benetton.<br />
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In spite of "appropriate attribution" LittleSmasher wasn't allowed to show you any of it here but it was all about how great podcasting is as a tool reach out and form strong bonds with clients and partners.<br />
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Worth a read, I'd say.<br />
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As long as you read it from the appropriate digital space of course.<br />
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<br />Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612035430542532577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-65585300049347172852011-07-13T18:13:00.001+01:002015-01-13T14:23:38.959+00:00A 'Live' Podcast? No such thing.There really is no such thing as a 'live podcast' no matter what people might offer. It's a marketing term trying to repackage a live stream. Internet Radio, if you like. Or an event that's been recorded 'live' and added to an already established Podcast feed.<br />
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But it's still not a live podcast, is it?<br />
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Firstly, a podcast is a podcast if it has an RSS feed that uses 'enclosures' to push the mp3 files to the listener. Too technical already? Maybe. That's OK.<br />
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I'll bluster on for just one more paragraph about RSS if you do't mind... a user subscribes to the RSS feed and downloads/catches the audio when it becomes available - using iTunes, <a href="http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/">Juice</a>, your browser's feedreader or maybe Android's <a href="http://listen.googlelabs.com/">Google Listen</a> for example. <br />
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So a user, 'a member of your audience', can use their computer or their mobile phone to 'catch' the audio as and when it becomes available - without you having to drag them to your webpage or 'mail list' them.<br />
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You provide the content and the listener can decide when to listen to it. Not the other way around. And it's designed, thanks to the RSS feed, so that listeners don't have to keep returning to a web page to check if there's a new episode available. That's the beauty of podcasting.<br />
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So, if it's you providing the podcast series, it's a chance to put your messages, the key points of your business or website maybe, into the ears of your target audience. The art of creating an effective podcast is therefore making it engaging and encouraging for the listener to then spin off back into the website past your front page. Or to push a telephone number to call, or an email address to message.<br />
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Yes, yes, I suppose video can also be 'podcasted'. It's sometimes referred to as 'vodcasting' but it's nowhere near as flexibly engaging as audio [and was never part of the original definition, so there *rasp*]. It still requires an RSS feed of course - the user needs to download the media and take it away with them without having to visit a webpage, don't forget. But I won't go into RSS feeds again.<br />
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And if the self-proclaimed social media gurus are to be believed then the average length of video watched via YouTube is around 2 minutes. Not really much time to push your point, inform or educate. And it's a bugger to get a format right for a whole range of mobile devices. And where are they going to watch it?<br />
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People do not watch their 'automatically downloaded' video whilst driving. <br />
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What do you mean why? <br />
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It's generally harder to watch video while moving about in the outside world overall, wouldn't you say? That's just asking for a raft of Darwin Award nominations.<br />
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So, yes, Audio is, by far, the superior medium for podcasting. With the mp3. An audio compression format that may have been superseded by other compression formats but never in ubiquity.<br />
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Every personal entertainment device can play an mp3 file.<br />
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When asking someone if they use podcasting I often get the response that they've moved on to video. Which almost invariably means that they have a YouTube clip embedded in a web page somewhere.<br />
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It's certainly not podcasting. And it's certainly not 'moving on'. If anything it's a step back. And it's understandable, too, that people should do this to themselves. It's a comfort zone thing. People limiting themselves to what they understand. And that's OK.<br />
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As far as I'm concerned I'd rather that situation than one in which the internet is flooded with really badly written and produced podcasts. All those seminars you see advertised on how "You too can podcast" ...? Bit like telling you that you too can create your own promotional video. On your own. Using free software. Your own script and that HD Camera you got for Christmas.<br />
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Have you tried making your own video?<br />
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One that other people would watch? One that wouldn't embarrass you and your business? One that adds value to your website?<br />
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*Shiver*<br />
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Talk it over with a professional first. You'll feel really pleased you did when you get your first podcast series up and engaging your target audience in the interesting things about your business.Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612035430542532577noreply@blogger.comSouthbourne, Emsworth, West Sussex, UK50.847068251518849 -0.9263213486633503650.831056751518851 -0.95943384866335035 50.863079751518846 -0.89320884866335037tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-91003641622787951562011-07-06T22:39:00.001+01:002015-01-13T14:26:34.387+00:00Event Podcasting: a great way of promoting & remembering your event. "It'll be like having our own radio station"<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap">
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A series of audio podcasts - sponsored by Wadworth brewery - will look at the annual festival's four-decade history through the eyes of the members of Fairport Convention, as well as previewing this summer's event with profiles of each of the bands and artists set to appear, including Seasick Steve, UB40 and The Coral.</div>
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@LittleSmasher we are currently editing the raw audio from a recording session with Chris Brown, a LinkedIn account manager. A marvellously nice chap to interview he was too, with some interesting tips on how to optimise one's LinkedIn profile and the sorts of apps that are out there to help one keep, literally, linked in.<br />
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Still, it'll be good for the scripting process, I'm sure. That's later.Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612035430542532577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-53356484219522435402011-04-19T10:52:00.002+01:002015-01-04T10:20:29.326+00:00Vintage Books understands podcasting<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap">
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Been cobbled together by the lovely brother of a lovely lady from Leicester. He lives in Japan and is 'Our Man in Abiko'. He managed to put this together within days of the event with the help of people from all over the world. Yoko Ono contributes. Nice one.<br />
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Register your interest for a hard copy. Or just buy the soft copy.<br /><br />"The Quakebook - A Twitter-sourced charity book about how the Japanese Earthquake at 2:46 on March 11, 2011 affected us all"<br />
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In just over a week, a group of unpaid professional and citizen journalists who met on Twitter created a book to raise money for Japanese Red Cross earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. In addition to essays, artwork and photographs submitted by people around the world, including people who endured the disaster and journalists who covered it, 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake contains a piece by Yoko Ono, and work created specifically for the book by authors William Gibson, Barry Eisler and Jake Adelstein. <br />
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“The primary goal,” says the book's editor, a British resident of Japan, “is to record the moment, and in doing so raise money for the Japanese Red Cross Society to help the thousands of homeless, hungry and cold survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. The biggest frustration for many of us was being unable to help these victims. I don’t have any medical skills, and I’m not a helicopter pilot, but I can edit. A few tweets pulled together nearly everything – all the participants, all the expertise – and in just over a week we had created a book including stories from an 80-year-old grandfather in Sendai, a couple in Canada waiting to hear if their relatives were okay, and a Japanese family who left their home, telling their young son they might never be able to return." <br />
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<b>100% of the price of this book goes to the Japan Red Cross Society!</b>, <nobr>12 April 2011</nobr></div>
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First things first, 100% of the price of this book goes to the Japan Red Cross Society, so please buy it. </div>
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The book itself is comprised of lots (about 100) of short stories that focus on many different aspects of the earthquake and subsequent events. Some accounts focus on the role of the media and social networking, some on the earthquake and how it affected them or people they know and others still, on the people of Japan who have shown indefatigable resiliance and unity in the face of, what can only be described as, truly catastrophic events!<br />
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If you've seen footage of the tsunami and its devastation, you'll understand why there are few first-hand accounts of it included in the book. In fact, most stories are from people who experienced the earthquake from the relative safety of Tokyo or other modernised parts of Japan. There are also some international contributions from people concerned about the people of Japan - sometimes particular people.<br />
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At a press conference, the book's editor 'Our man in Abiko' said that if the book is ever revised to include additional content, those who purchased it beforehand won't have to pay again to access it. Instead, it will be available as an update to download and augment the original book.<br />
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<br />Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-54982876978738197292011-03-23T19:21:00.002+00:002015-01-13T14:26:34.346+00:00Podcasting's coming of age?<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text">Indeed, the hobbyists and enthusiasts who first enjoyed and created podcasts in 2004/2005, just for the mere sake of it, all seem to have disappeared.<br />
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Or at the very least, they have turned to other forms of internet social communication to expose their technological know-how alongside their personal vulnerabilities. <br />
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Whichever dark, damp corner of the internet that has absorbed them we, at LittleSmasher, hope they're able to download and enjoy the current crop of downloadable episodic audio in the knowledge that without their early compulsions to pursue poorly performed and pitiably produced podcasts none of the current quality might be here at all.<br />
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Chris Salmon, from the Guardian, suggests a few podcasts you might like try from this obvious legacy.</div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First">Amplify’d from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/9984258" rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/9984258">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/9984258" class="Amp_Content_Item"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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<tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="AutoGeneratedID-3">Happily, there are still some great music-related podcasts which you can subscribe to, for free, via iTunes. One of the best is the Live Music podcast from Australian radio station Triple J. At least once a week, the station uploads live recordings from one of two regular strands. The first, Live at the Wireless, features around 20 minutes of highlights from a concert, recently including performances by the Rapture, Interpol and the National (all of which are well worth hearing). Meanwhile, the other strand, Like a Version, sees acts playing studio sessions that culminate with a cover version. The best features Plan B, who unleashes a cracking reworking of Kanye West's Runaway. Subscribe to forthcoming episodes and download any of the previous 24 from <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/triple-j-live-music/id364978669" rel="nofollow" title="triple j: Live Music - Download free podcast episodes by triple j on iTunes."><strong>bit.ly/jjjpodcast</strong></a>.</div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="AutoGeneratedID-5">With Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling driving a renewed interest in folk, Jon Boden chose a good time to launch his A Folk Song a Day podcast. In June last year, the violinist, singer and Bellowhead member, committed to podcasting a traditional folk song every day for an entire year via iTunes at <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-folk-song-a-day/id377002664" rel="nofollow" title="A Folk Song A Day - Download free podcast episodes by Jon Boden on iTunes."><strong>bit.ly/jbpodcast</strong></a>. And that's exactly what he's done, with Tuesday's a cappella take on Billy Don't You Weep For Me leaving him just 100 days from completing the project.</div></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/9984258" rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/9984258">Read more at www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"></div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/gDzrjI">http://bit.ly/gDzrjI</a></div>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-79027034972326124612011-02-13T12:52:00.001+00:002011-02-13T12:52:52.922+00:00Learning about the Makuleke People of Pafuri through the editing of another South African Podcast<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>Kruger2Canyons.com have commissioned LittleSmasher to make another podcast for their website. It features the model of South African land restitution that is the Makuleke concession in the Kruger National Park, now benefiting the people from whom it was taken in 1969.<br /><br /><br /><br />Interesting stuff.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_1_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php" href="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_1_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php">www.kruger2canyons.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_1_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><UL style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:outside;list-style-image:none;"><li id="AutoGeneratedID-0"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_interviews.php">Interviews</a><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_1_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php">Podcast 1</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_2_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php">Podcast 2</a></li></ul></li></UL></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_1_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h2>K2C PODCAST #1 | Kruger's SINGITA LEBOMBO</h2><br /> <h3>"24 hours at a luxury safari lodge"</h3><br /> <table><br /> <tbody><tr><td><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td><br /> <td><br /> <p>Kruger2Canyons.com spent a fabulous day exploring and documenting Singita's Private Reserve, deep inside (but still part of) the Kruger National Park on the border with Mozambique.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_1_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php" href="http://www.kruger2canyons.com/funstuff/kruger_podcast_episode_1_24_hours_at_a_luxury_safari_lodge_singita.php">Read more at www.kruger2canyons.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/gob1LA">http://bit.ly/gob1LA</a></div><br/>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-68844719306084682222011-01-12T16:25:00.001+00:002015-01-13T14:26:34.366+00:00LittleSmasher was there first!<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>After six years of podcasting professionally, LittleSmasher proclaims that the medium is still being 'discovered' by those who have an audience to reach.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html">www.independent.co.uk</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-0"><br />The podcast has a weekly audience of 35,000 and is an important marketing tool <br /> for his live work. "It's nothing like a TV or radio show in terms of <br /> the numbers of people listening but they have chosen to download it and it's <br /> a more intimate experience. This is the thing most responsible for my <br /> audience doubling in size on tour."<br /></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-1"><br />Being independently produced, As It Occurs to Me offers Herring artistic <br /> licence. "It's so hard to get on radio and TV and the whole Sachsgate <br /> thing has made it harder to do interesting and challenging stuff," he <br /> says. "The nice thing about podcasts is that if people don't like them <br /> they don't download them. There are no compliance issues."<br /></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/745085F5-3889-4BF4-A55C-2705531646A1/987D8788-0823-4EE4-ADD0-8E05B6B8FB66" alt="One of the most successful exponents is Richard Herring, who produces two weekly podcasts" width="300" height="204"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-3">One of the most successful exponents is Richard Herring, who produces two weekly podcasts</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h1 id="AutoGeneratedID-4">Podcasts: Why the future sounds funny</h1></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-5">Podcasts are bringing stand-up comedy to new audiences. As the BBC gets in on the act, Frank Skinner and Richard Herring give Ian Burrell the lowdown on downloads</p></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/podcasts-why-the-future-sounds-funny-2181973.html">Read more at www.independent.co.uk</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/hDdnJt">http://bit.ly/hDdnJt</a></div><br/>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-39612456913311208462010-12-16T10:46:00.001+00:002010-12-16T10:46:46.053+00:00Free Podcasts for Christmas<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>...just in case you're interested.</p></div></div><div class=" ClipTheme newspaper"><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h1 id="AutoGeneratedID-0">Short stories podcasts: 12 tales for Christmas</h1></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/32B4854D-D4CE-4195-A262-0D71FF6EF8F9/A03318D4-4DD9-4EBE-80D6-146417BE918B" alt="Philip Pullman" width="384" height="230"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><figcaption id="AutoGeneratedID-2">Philip Pullman. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe</figcaption></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-3">Saturday's an exciting day for us in the audio department. We're launching our new series of podcasts, but podcasts with a difference. We've invited some of the country's top authors to read us their favourite short story by another writer. So you'll hear Philip Pullman reading Chekhov, Rose Tremain reading Yiyun and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, and then discuss why they chose those particular stories.</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-4">We're running 12 of these from Saturday every day until Christmas. But it's been a project that we've been working on since the summer, when the Guardian's Review editor Lisa Allardice came up with the idea. She says: "We're familiar with audio books, but with writers choosing their favourite story they bring something of themselves to the reading.</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt">Producer Tim Maby was surprised at how authors are now so used to reading aloud they even move the microphones to where it best suits them: "Anne Enright, for instance, likes to hug it." Tim says Rose Tremain commented that all writers like showing off, while Philip Pullman revealed he loves talking in to a mic.</div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"> these recordings really show why podcasting is so much better than radio: they will remain on our website and on iTunes and be a resource for people forever. You don't have to be sitting next to your wireless at a certain time to catch them.</div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-7"><strong>Saturday 11 December:</strong> Philip Pullman reading The Beauties by Anton Chekhov</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-8"><strong>Sunday 12 December:</strong> William Boyd reading My Dream of Flying to Wake Island by JG Ballard</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-9"><strong>Monday 13 December:</strong> Anne Enright reading Fat by Raymond Carver</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-10"><strong>Tuesday 14 December:</strong> Colm Tóibín reading Music at Annahullion by Eugene McCabe</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-11"><strong>Wednesday 15 December:</strong> Margaret 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cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-14"><strong>Saturday 18 December:</strong> Julian Barnes reading Homage to Switzerland by Ernest Hemingway</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-15"><strong>Sunday 19 December:</strong> Tessa Hadley reading The Jungle by Elizabeth Bowen</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-16"><strong>Monday 20 December:</strong> Helen Dunmore reading My Oedipus Complex by Frank O'Connor</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-17"><strong>Tuesday 21 December:</strong> Ali Smith reading Conversation With My Father by Grace Paley</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-18"><strong>Wednesday 22 December:</strong> Helen Simpson reading The Kitchen Child by Angela Carter</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt">Each podcast will be published at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/short-stories-podcast">guardian.co.uk/books</a></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2010/dec/09/short-stories-podcasts">Read more at www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/eFSm21">http://bit.ly/eFSm21</a></div><br/>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-9980980754256517552010-10-15T12:57:00.002+01:002010-10-15T14:35:07.675+01:00Lights, Solar, ACTION! Even the BBC recognise the influence of this in their History of the World in 100 Objects<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text">Lights For Learning have just returned from installation projects in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Official feedback from their previous trip has shown that in just ONE YEAR a particular school's pass rate increased by 540%. <br />
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Enrolment rates have increased by up to 20% due to the need for children and adults to tend land and take their wares to market during the daylight hours. It really feels like a different world. <br />
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Countries like the UK have developed away from this challenging way of life.<br />
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Quite literally and metaphorically, Lights For Learning are working toward a brighter future. <br />
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Download this if you want to hear from the people talking about the sorts of challenges they face and how LFL are helping... <br />
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<a href="http://j.mp/LFL-MilengeLights" linkindex="25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://j.mp/LFL-MilengeLights</a>.<br />
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Visit <a href="http://www.lightsforlearning.org/" linkindex="26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.LightsForLearning.org</a> if you'd like to donate. All money goes directly to lighting installations.</div></div><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First">Amplify’d from <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/lvsof-uPTpeh-VRmmywHIw" linkindex="27" rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/lvsof-uPTpeh-VRmmywHIw">www.bbc.co.uk</a></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/lvsof-uPTpeh-VRmmywHIw" class="Amp_Content_Item"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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There are around five billion mobile phones in use around the world todayThis lamp is powered by the small solar panel connected to it. As well as providing light, power from this panel can be used to charge mobile phones. This object has been chosen to reflect the ingenuity, and the challenges we face in the twenty-first century. The kit uses a range of new materials and technologies, including silicon-chip technology, which can also be found in computers and mobile phones. Here it is used in the solar photovoltaic cell, which converts sunlight into electricity. Exposing this cell to eight hours of bright sunshine provides up to 100 hours of lamp light. <br />
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How is this technology changing lives?<br />
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There are currently 1.6 billion people across the world without access to an electrical grid. In these areas, objects such as this allow people to study, work and socialise outside daylight hours, vastly improving the quality of many lives. Additionally, households using solar energy rather than kerosene lamps are able to avoid the risk of fire and the damage to health that kerosene can cause. Once purchased, this kit costs very little to run, making it a very efficient option for many people living in the world's poorest countries.<br />
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There are around five billion mobile phones in use around the world today<br />
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<tr><td><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/lvsof-uPTpeh-VRmmywHIw" linkindex="28" rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/lvsof-uPTpeh-VRmmywHIw">Read more at www.bbc.co.uk</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/cEV9tE" linkindex="29">http://bit.ly/cEV9tE</a></div>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-51949686773091319882010-08-23T14:29:00.000+01:002015-01-13T14:18:54.447+00:00Africa bound once moreLittleSmasher is gearing up for yet another podcast expedition into the deepest depths of Africa.<br />
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Yes, we'll be going to places without electricity in order to install solar powered lighting systems into schools for a client called <a href="http://lightsforlearning.org/" linkindex="53">LightsForLearning.org</a>.<br />
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LittleSmasher will be there to witness it and to produce podcasts for this charity to use and distribute to donors and potential donors in order to evince the work that is being done out in the field.<br />
<blockquote>"It's like having our own journalist documenting how people's money is spent and the unbelievable difference in makes on many people's lives out there" said a spokesperson.</blockquote>LittleSmasher will be accompanying LightsForLearning to Zimbabwe and Zambia. To listen to previous work for this client please feel free to download and listen to these episodes:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://j.mp/LFL-MilengeLights" linkindex="54">Milenge Lights</a> [Zambia]</li>
<li><a href="http://j.mp/e7VcH" linkindex="55">The Welcome Home School</a> [Philippines]</li>
</ul>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-83523264917716766352010-07-27T14:22:00.002+01:002015-01-13T14:26:34.379+00:00Worth every penny... 67p/month per household for the website and only a couple of quid a month for radio #bargain<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text">I never knew how the licence fee was split up... but, thanks to some aimless time-waste surfing before lunch, I do now.</div></div><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First">Amplify’d from <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/licencefee/" linkindex="26" rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/licencefee/">www.bbc.co.uk</a></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/licencefee/" class="Amp_Content_Item"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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The annual cost of a colour TV licence is £145.50 (as from 1 April 2010). A black and white TV licence is £49.<br />
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<div id="AutoGeneratedID-2">Between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010 the cost was £142.50 – the equivalent of £11.88 per month or just under 40p per day.</div><br />
<div id="AutoGeneratedID-3">The BBC used its income from the licence fee to pay for its TV, radio and online services, plus other costs, as shown below.</div><h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-9">TV</h3><h4 id="AutoGeneratedID-10">£7.85 per month per household</h4><img alt="Television costs" height="116" id="AutoGeneratedID-8" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/licencefee/assets/images/tv.jpg" width="595" /><br />
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<h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-7">Radio</h3><h4 id="AutoGeneratedID-11">£2.01 per month per household</h4><img alt="Radio costs" height="167" id="AutoGeneratedID-6" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/licencefee/assets/images/radio.jpg" width="595" /> <br />
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<h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-12">Online</h3><h4 id="AutoGeneratedID-13">£0.67 per month per household</h4><img alt="Online costs" height="62" id="AutoGeneratedID-5" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/licencefee/assets/images/online.jpg" width="595" /><br />
<h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-14">Other costs</h3><h4 id="AutoGeneratedID-15">£1.35 per month per household</h4><br />
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<h2 id="AutoGeneratedID-16">About the licence fee</h2><div id="AutoGeneratedID-17">Everyone in the UK who watches or records TV as it is broadcast needs to be covered by a TV licence. This includes TV on computers, mobile phones, DVD/video recorders and other devices.</div><br />
<div id="AutoGeneratedID-18">The Government sets the level of the licence fee. The most recent funding settlement was in January 2007, when the licence fee was agreed for a six-year period, as shown below. The fee has to be approved each year by Parliament. The licence fee for 2012 will be fixed as part of the next funding settlement and the expected maximum is given below.</div><table summary="This table shows the increase in the cost of the licence fee from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2013"><tbody id="AutoGeneratedID-25">
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<tr> <td id="AutoGeneratedID-24">1 April 2007</td> <td id="AutoGeneratedID-23">£135.50</td> <td id="AutoGeneratedID-22">£45.50</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1 April 2008</td> <td>£139.50</td> <td>£47</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1 April 2009</td> <td>£142.50</td> <td>£48</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1 April 2010</td> <td>£145.50</td> <td>£49</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1 April 2011</td> <td>£148.50</td> <td>£50</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1 April 2012</td> <td>£151.50 maximum</td> <td>£51 maximum</td></tr>
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</tbody></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/9qvl6S" linkindex="28">http://bit.ly/9qvl6S</a></div>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-33712702627414395692010-07-22T09:59:00.002+01:002015-01-13T14:26:34.338+00:00Smartphones increasing podcasting opportunities?<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text">It seems more and more people are getting smartphones, and more and more of those people are downloading podcasts to those phones allowing them to listen to those podcasts wherever and whenever they choose. <br />
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<a href="http://littlesmasher.com/" linkindex="150" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://LittleSmasher.com</a> encode their podcasts to optimise smartphone 'downloadability'.</div></div><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><br />
from <a href="http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/26373/survey-reveals-increased--smartphone--radio-listening" linkindex="151" rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/26373/survey-reveals-increased--smartphone--radio-listening">www.allmediascotland.com</a></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote cite="http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/26373/survey-reveals-increased--smartphone--radio-listening" class="Amp_Content_Item"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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<tr><td><div id="AutoGeneratedID-2">Says RAJAR, some 20 per cent of smartphone owners - or 1.4 million people - have downloaded an application that enable them to listen to a radio service via their smartphone. The survey also reveals relatively high levels of people aged 15 and over listening to radio via the internet and also downloading a podcast: 31 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><div id="AutoGeneratedID-4">* 71 per cent of those 'listen again' listeners (and they listen again to an average two programmes per week) say the service has no impact on the amount of live radio they listen to.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><div id="AutoGeneratedID-5">* 15 per cent of the adult 15+ population have downloaded a podcast. Almost half (47 per cent) of podcast users claim to listen to podcasts at least once a week but only 25 per cent of users find the time to listen to all the podcasts they download.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><div id="AutoGeneratedID-6">* The typical podcast user subscribes to just under five podcasts, and spends about an hour per week listening to them. As in previous surveys, comedy and music remain the two favourite genres.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><div id="AutoGeneratedID-7">* 77 per cent of podcast users listen to podcasts at home, and 45 per cent listen in the car or on public transport.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><div id="AutoGeneratedID-8">* Podcasting appears to have a positive effect on radio listening, with 36 per cent of respondents saying that they now listen to radio programmes to which they did not listen previously, up from 32 per in November last year.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><div id="AutoGeneratedID-9">* 20 per cent of smartphone owners have downloaded a radio app and, of those, over half (53 per cent) use their radio apps at least once a week.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td><span id="AutoGeneratedID-11">July 14 2010 11:57 </span><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a href="http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/26373/survey-reveals-increased--smartphone--radio-listening" linkindex="152" rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/26373/survey-reveals-increased--smartphone--radio-listening">Read more at www.allmediascotland.com</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></blockquote></div></div>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-79402366868833238762010-06-10T11:31:00.001+01:002015-01-13T14:21:32.104+00:00Milenge Lights<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LightsForLearning/~5/sRsI3hlSSr4/201005LFL-MilengeLights.mp3" linkindex="114">Download here</a><br />
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Featuring interviews with Bethwell Masumbuko and Mrs HS Kalenge, the Head Teachers of Milenge High & Milenge Basic Schools respectively. They talk to us about the impact the lights will have on their pupils and teachers.<br />
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11 year old Ludia tells us about what she wants to be when she grows up while 15 year old Emmanuel helps string the lights across a classroom.<br />
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Teachers Nuyemba Royd and Kayombo Justine share with us how they think the lights will benefit the school.<br />
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And we hear from the Lights For Learning volunteers Nick Dye, Jan Power, Cathy Russell and Vanessa Sherwood about their experience installing the lights.<br />
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<br />Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-44180852361683862952010-05-07T16:29:00.000+01:002010-05-07T16:29:43.583+01:00LittleSmasher Delves into the World of Social WorkAnother LittleSmasher podcast, this time for an audience who have been given an offer of a place on the Social Work course at Brunel. We hear lecturer, Dr Jean Clarke talk about the course and we hear from first year students Moeed Malik, Tsungai Tawanda and Nicky Blake who also tell us what they think of their experience on the course so far.<br />
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"The podcast message was not only very interesting to hear but also very motivating and encouraging." - Brunel Social Work Candidate<br />
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"It's great to hear the our podcast is making a positive impact. Well done all!" - S.R-R, Brunel Social Work Marketer<br />
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"As others have said this is great stuff. This is the way to go. We are good. We need things like this to make sure people know." - Professor P.B.<br />
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<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/brunel/%7E3/lp3QMBwK8AA/201004brunelPG1.mp3" linkindex="49">Episode 1</a><br />
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Find out more about postgraduate life at Brunel from current Master’s and research students.<br />
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Hear about the career support services on offer, and find out about how the Graduate School can help you to make the most out of your postgraduate experience.<br />
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Dr Steve Mullins talks to us about the financial issues you might face and we learn about the scholarships and funding that are available. <br />
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<ul><li>Dr Kate Hone, Director of the Graduate School; </li>
<li>Dr Steve Mullins, Assistant Registrar for Graduate Studies;</li>
<li>Jane Standley, Director of the Placement and Careers;</li>
<li>Rebecca Main, Job Shop Manager;</li>
<li>Nkechi Izuchukwu, Brunel International Scholar; and </li>
<li>Gaia Di Castro, Isambard Research Scholar.</li>
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LittleSmasher hears how Business Management with Marketing student Trisha Motah's week has been going and talks to final year Product Design Engineering student Tanya Budd who is already an award-winning inventor developing her potential at Brunel. Hear how Tanya has made Seafaring safer with the HypoHoist [<a href="http://hypohoist.co.uk/" linkindex="94">http://hypohoist.co.uk</a>].<br />
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Schools and Colleges Liaison Amanda Hall also pays the podcast a visit to tell us what students coming to Brunel might expect from the University.<br />
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You can visit Brunel University now by navigating to the Virtual Open Day via the website or by visiting <a href="http://brunel.ac.uk/VirtualOpenDay" linkindex="95">http://brunel.ac.uk/VirtualOpenDay</a><br />
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<span id="hwContLayer" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray; font-size: medium ! important; font-style: normal ! important; font-weight: bold ! important; height: 100%; left: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: auto ! important; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 5px; z-index: 10000000;"></span>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-85394008562292741772010-03-21T14:01:00.008+00:002010-03-30T19:18:50.590+01:00Lights for Learning at Rotary International<a href="http://www.lightsforlearning.org/lflimages/logosmall.gif" imageanchor="1" linkindex="66" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.lightsforlearning.org/lflimages/logosmall.gif" /></a>LittleSmasher talks to Lights For Learning's Roger Mugridge at the Rotary International Conference held in Torquay.<br />
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We find out why the charity is manning its stand at the Riviera International Conference Centre and what they hope to achieve.<br />
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Hear <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/LightsForLearning/%7E3/q1gpm-KNWLk/201003LFL-Rotary.mp3" linkindex="67">here</a>.<br />
<span id="hwContLayer" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray; font-size: medium ! important; font-style: normal ! important; font-weight: bold ! important; height: 100%; left: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: auto ! important; position: absolute; top: 3px; width: 5px; z-index: 10000000;"></span>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-65045056928653987112010-02-15T09:01:00.006+00:002010-03-10T00:27:47.578+00:00Podcasting in the Philippines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I9lGOoyvLMk/R36-kG8Ns3I/AAAAAAAABhI/RubdLjB66_A/s1600/philippines%2011%20163.JPG" imageanchor="1" linkindex="16" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I9lGOoyvLMk/R36-kG8Ns3I/AAAAAAAABhI/RubdLjB66_A/s200/philippines%2011%20163.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>LittleSmasher visited Bacolod City on the island of Occidental Negros in the Philippines to shadow a charity called Lights For Learning. Lights For Learning joined forces with the national movement of Gawad Kalinga in helping villages provide facilities for education.<br />
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The resulting podcasts now sit on the Lights For Learning website and are downloaded by donors and potential donors, bringing them a little closer to the actual work which their money funds.<br />
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The first episode can be found <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/LightsForLearning/%7E5/TWOYvKs-XJU/200810LFL-Philippines1.mp3" linkindex="17">here</a>. <br />
<span id="hwContLayer" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% gray; font-size: small; font-style: normal ! important; font-weight: bold ! important; height: 100%; left: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: auto ! important; position: absolute; top: 51px; width: 5px; z-index: 10000000;"></span>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603277561069405671.post-73553934584449484692010-01-25T09:01:00.000+00:002010-01-25T20:24:19.935+00:00Another LittleSmasher release: Business at Brunel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://uk.sitestat.com/brunel/brunel-ext/s?1.BrunelPodcastsEp16&ns_type=pdf&ns_url=www.brunel.ac.uk/pod/201001brunel.mp3"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 178px;" src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs232.snc3/21950_268223087069_7953977069_3203902_2170986_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This podcast episode takes it's regular look at Student Life at Brunel University with Final Year Business Student Busola Sanusi.<br /><br />We talk to Award-winning graduate, Adam Sumar, and we hear what Brunel's Director of External Affairs has to say about an exciting new building to house the Brunel Business School: Andrew Kershaw will be talking to us about the Eastern Gateway.<br /><br />And for this series of podcasts, Brunel University are trying to push their Virtual Open Day via the podcasts. Indeed listeners are informed that they can visit Brunel University now by navigating to the Virtual Open Day via the website or by visiting <a href="http://brunel.ac.uk/VirtualOpenDay"> http://brunel.ac.uk/VirtualOpenDay</a><span style="background: gray none repeat scroll 0% 0%; overflow: auto ! important; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 5px; height: 100%; z-index: 10000000; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; opacity: 0; font-weight: bold ! important; font-size: medium ! important; font-style: normal ! important;" id="hwContLayer"></span>Mr Smashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912831094851743370noreply@blogger.com