On saturday I attended Podcamp NYC. It was billed as an un-conference...admission was free and there were dozens upon dozens of sessions about podcasting, blogs and social media. Almost 1,000 people showed up.

Here are some of the things I learned;

1. Jason van Orden is the Cheezhead of the podcast community.

2. As of December 1st, 2006 17 million people are listening to podcasts on a regular basis.

3. There are a lot of geeks in podcasting. Many of them are newbies.

4. The most interesting site I discovered was Foneshow.com - they allow podcasters to distribute via cellphones. Way cool.

5. The best session I attended was "60 minutes called: How to attract media and major publishers to your Podcast/blog" by Suzanne Falter-Barnes. She helped propel "Escape from Cubicle Nation" into the mainstream which helped the author get a book deal. She has inspired me to re-design my Secrets blog to a more professional look.

You can check the Podcamp NYC site in the coming weeks as most sessions were recorded on video and people will be posting them.

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