A quick Photoshop session today after talking with David Allen produced this. See my post on my Student Pilot Cast website for the background. I’m still chuckling a little.
Tag: podcast
Podapalooza 2008 Posted on Student Pilot Cast
I’ve just released part 1 of the 2008 edition of Podapalooza on my aviation podcast, which was recorded in Oshkosh at EAA Airventure. Podapalooza is the gathering of aviation podcasters in Oshkosh each year. As well as being released on the feed for my Student Pilot Cast and several other aviation podcast feeds, this year it was broadcast live on EAA Radio as well as on the Internet. Part 2 is following soon.
Participating in this year's event was, in the order they were sitting, Uncontrolled Airspace, The Student Pilot Cast, The Finer Points, Airspeed, and the Pilotcast (along with CFI cast). Remoted in via skype was Will and Dave of the Pilot's Flight Pod Log. Notably missing this year were new pilot, Greg, from the Student Pilot Journal and student pilot Jerry from VA Student Pilot. I'm probably forgetting others as well, so forgive me.
I also want to note that Airventure Today (the daily Airventure newspaper) did an article on the Podapalooza, so check that out if want to.
I really enjoyed participating this year, and felt honored to be on the stage with so many talented people. It's a great community of people in aviation. I had a great time in Oshkosh in general, and was able, with the help of my friend Kent from the Pilotcast, to experience two approaches into OSH. That was incredible. The show itself is overwhelmingly large and covers everything in aviation, from the smallest of the ultralights to the largest plane I’ve ever seen (the Boeing Dreamlifter), and everything in between. I’m including a few pics from the event.
An AeroShell T6 lines up for takeoff at the daily airshow
The old tower is set to be torn down soon.
Duggy the DC-3.
And for the largest, here is the Boeing DreamLifter, which is used to carry parts of the new 787 DreamLiner halfway across the world.
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My new flight video
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m producing an aviation podcast at www.studentpilotcast.com. I’ve just released a video for the video podcast feed. It’s basically my first video episode, and is kinda cool, so I thought I would post it here as well.
I realize there is a problem with the video when the prop is in the shot (I cover this in the video itself). They’re getting better, though. Stay tuned.
SPC Video #002-On My Own from Bill Williams on Vimeo.
My Student Pilot Cast Audio Cast
I don’t think I’ve mentioned this here yet, but I wanted to make anyone following this blog aware of one of my other endeavors. I’m currently learning to fly (getting a private pilot license), and before starting, I decided to produce an podcast about that endeavor called the Student Pilot Cast. It has been pretty fun producing this, although it can be a bit time consuming. It’s also interesting to put all of my training out there for the world to see, the good and the bad.
I have several reasons for wanting to podcast my training
- I’ve been inspired and entertained by all of the aviation podcasts that I’ve been listening to, and wanted to add to this content by “giving back” some of what I have gained from all of these peoples hard work. I felt like I could do that by podcasting myself (see reason ‘b’ below). Some of these other podcasts that inspired me to do this include:
- The Finer Points
- Uncontrolled Airspace
- The PilotCast
- The Pilot Flight Pod Log and the related Student Pilot Flight Pod Log, both by Will Hawkins
- Airspeed
- And several others.
- As a budding pilot (and a long time wannabe :)) I felt very strongly that it would be interesting to be involved in the chronicle of someone getting their private pilot license. I know this because I would have loved this content (and did with Will Hawkins first podcast, and others), so that helped me understand that for those of us who have the flying bug badly, this content would be interesting.
- Making this content available might just help to inspire a few people to get involved in aviation, finally take the plunge themselves, or just improve the perception of general aviation for someone. I know this sounds a bit self-absorbed, but trust me, it is more about the realization that the content out there helped me, so I realize that every little bit might help someone else…and if that’s true, assisting in the popularity or perception of General Aviation is good for those of us who realize how important it is. I’m actually still amazed that anybody listens…but if I think about how voracious I am with aviation content, I shouldn’t be surprised.
- Keeping a good, rich, record of accomplishing this important thing to me will be something I personally will love having. As I mentioned in episode 0, it is like keeping a media rich scrapbook and the body of content that I have when I’m finished will be priceless to me personally. By having listeners wanting more episodes insures the external motivation necessary to help me to not slack off. J
- It’s fun! And since I’m a technologist professionally, and an amateur audio/video/photography enthusiast…why not combine some of these passions (including aviation) into something that benefits others…and we all win. Believe it or not, I’m a social, but very private person…but I’m in awe of my colleagues and friends (like Tim Heuer , and many others…its very common in my industry) who continually put themselves out there in the public eye for the benefit of everyone. I think the generation after me (I’m 36 years old) has grown up with technology based social networking, and are comfortable wearing their lives on their sleeves (see things like myspace, facebook, twitter, etc.), and so to keep with the times, I need to teach myself to be more open, and what better way than to learn to fly in front of the world? I think there is a societal benefit to sharing experience (there are downsides, too, but that’s another topic), and I am having fun learning to participate in this on a more grandiose scale by leveraging technology. I know this is a bit philosophical, but I hope I’m getting my thoughts across.
Anyway…if you are so inclined, please check out my podcast at www.studentpilotcast.com. I’ve released now something like nine episodes, and its speeding up. Let me know what you think.
Zune 2 + 1 Day
Well…its official. The Sun Devils, even in a tie for the PAC 10 title with USC and a fabulous 10-2 season, were snubbed from the BCS. Oh well…you can’t control it, so you’ve got to roll with the punches. We take on a very respectable Texas team on December 27th in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. I’m trying to get a party bus together to drive down (and when I say party bus, I mean several 30-something dads who have to get permission from their wives to rent an RV an drive to San Diego right after Christmas).
Tickets are available now. ASU and Texas have, believe it or not, never played each other…ever. That’s something like 105 years of football…and they’ve never met. Should be a great game…and a win in this bowl game will be a perfect cap to an unbelievable season for the Devils. Could have gone better…but we’ve gotten used to much worse over the past 5 years. String a couple seasons like this together…and Dennis Erickson will have earned his money and his accolades.
Great job this year, Sun Devils. One more to go. Go Devils!