Scratch

Interesting

gosox5555: I think it would be great to have a podcast!! Would you be interested in being the first Scratch podcaster?  You could post it on http://odeo.com/ or( some other site like that) If it gets good attention we could feature it on the front page to encourage others to work with you to create more.  I particularly like the interviews but I am not sure what is the best way of organizing that in terms of logistics.

Let us know if there is anything we can do to help.

I made a podcast email:

scratchpodcast@gmail.com

password: something

please, only use if you are the person who is making the podcast.

An Odeo account with the same info exists.

Now comes a few questions:

What is the timeframe?

Who else wants to host?

I assume we are going ahead with this.

I have recorded a pilot, to be online soon.

Last edited by gosox5555 (2007-12-26 08:59:53)

Putting passwords on a public message board is a very bad practice.  That account is now probably useless.

Sorry, I didn't know Odeo is not accepting uploads anymore. Maybe you could even use Scratch to host your podcasts.

It's now on scratch, as well.

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/gosox5555/73032

FYI

The Scratch Podcast seems to work well when downloaded, but not in the java applet, which has limited memory.

Does the scratch player decompress all sounds at once or just as needed?  If it just does it as needed, then breaking up the sound into several one-minute sounds (sequenced with a series of "play sound and wait" blocks) could bypass the problem.

Personally, I prefer the forums to a podcast, because I can read about 5 times faster than people usually talk.  I can see how a podcast might be attractive for someone who was a slower reader or whose eyes were busy with some other task.

I think podcasts are popular because people can listen to them while not being able to read. For example while driving, walking, running, etc. I often listen to them on my phone while walking.