July 09, 2005
Supreme Court Nominations
Doc Searls wants supreme court nomination recommendations from blawgers [via Denise] ... why not record a podcast arguing for your favorite choice or even have a special Blawg Review that rounds em up.
Posted by Kevin J. Heller at 10:01 PM
April 22, 2005
Lawyers: Dust Off Those Unpublished Legal Thrillers . . .
. . . And put them out as podcasts. Sound crazy? Maybe so. But Scott Sigler's audiobook podcast of his thriller Earthcore has some pretty strong numbers, as reporting by Podcasting News:
EarthCore currently has 1,400 subscribers to the RSS feed, with another manually 4,500 downloading each chapter. Sigler's goal is to reach 10,000 subscribers, and use that momentum to land a publishing deal for a print version of EarthCore.
According to Podcasting News, EarthCore will be published in 30 episodes and is only available as a podcast. Sigler claims to be thrilled about the reception his book has received. We'll have to follow the story to find out if he realizes his dream of print publication.
Posted by Evan Schaeffer at 07:20 AM | Comments (1)
April 20, 2005
Another Way for Lawyers to Podcast
Don't want your own podcast? Then be a guest on someone else's. PodcastGuests.com is a new service designed to link up the two--podcasters and their guests. (Link from Corante's weblog Podcasting.)
Posted by Evan Schaeffer at 07:15 AM | Comments (0)
April 12, 2005
Professor Smith Eyes Podcasting
In our post announcing podcasting, we wrote, "Why can't the occasional law-school lecture be a podcast?" Now Professor Gordon Smith takes the ideas a step further:
A step beyond recording lectures or class discussions for later use is to record something supplemental, something that otherwise would not be available to students. Like commentary on current events relating to the class. Or an interview with a judge or litigant or another professor. Or a discussion of scholarly literature in a certain area. Again, I am not sure this addresses a current need and students may wonder why they are doing "extra" work (using the status quo as a baseline). The jury is out on this idea.The full post is worth a read. Check it out and tell Professor Smith what you think.
Posted by Evan Schaeffer at 09:13 AM | Comments (1)
April 07, 2005
Unsure About Your Podcasting Topic?
One solution is to ask the audience, as I did today in a post at Notes from the (Legal) Underground: "Would You Listen to this Podcast?"
Posted by Evan Schaeffer at 07:54 AM | Comments (0)
April 06, 2005
Podcasts on Law-Firm Websites
Jim Calloway's vision:
While narrating a regular weekly podcast radio show may be an impossible drain on a lawyer's time, we will soon see podcasts placed on law firm websites. I would suggest that these be timeless and useful for potential clients. Here are some podcast titles people might like to download: What Everyone Should Know about Buying a New Home, Myths about Family Law Court Proceedings, or Small Claims Proceedings in Oklahoma. These could be produced and then left on your firm's website for anyone to download for months.Good idea. I'll definitely have it in mind the next time I revamp Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.
Posted by Evan Schaeffer at 10:34 AM | Comments (0)
March 31, 2005
What should be Blawgcast?
Evan,
This provided Professor Althouse with a perfect opportunity to provide us with a blawgcast.
Just a reminder to urge her to get 'casting.
Posted by Kevin J. Heller at 09:19 PM | Comments (0)