Podcastday 2006

I've already been talking a lot about my lack of ability to form a reasonable sentence in an interview.

Well, yesterday I was invited to speak at Podcastday 2006. Everything was right. Nice ladies led one into the speakers lounge. (Man, I felt important ;-) ) Then I spotted the Lara Croft of the podcast scene: Annik Rubens and also Timo Hetzel, known from movies and such. Both are as likeable as they come across in their shows. Nevertheless, I don't want to hide the fact that I also felt a little out of place. I'm just not a 'real' podcaster, but rather seen by the established as a guy who wants to promote his own stuff for his base motives (fame and money ... No. Actually only money).

By the way, Annik inspires a lot of respect in me. She has become (probably rather unintentionally) the representative of a whole movement and lives up to this thankless role brilliantly. Before I finally (sort of) get to my (sort of, uhh) gig (sort of), I'd like to mention Norman Osthus from Normcast. As a podcast corner from the beginning, he gave me the first platform and attention. Thanks, Norm!Otherwise, the various panels were very informative and the whole thing extremely well organized. Nicole Simon and all the others from the organizing staff a big thanks for that. So. So now let's move on to the panel 'Podcasting and Audiobooks? - Opportunities for distribution and authors' in which I was allowed to participate. The questions of WDR3 editor Arnd Richter were precise and well formulated ... and my answers were rather choppy and nervous. Well, it is not my business to speak freely in front of about 90 to 100 people. (Otherwise I wouldn't write and stand BEHIND the camera/microphone.) But I had hoped to have gained some interview competence through my film reviews at TV-Emscher Lippe).

Favorite Line:

Leia: It could be worse.
Han: It IS worse.
Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Star Wars (1977)