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chilipod episode 6: Web 2.0 Shifts April 25th, 2007
In this episode of chilipod, we take a look at the following topics:
- Web 2.0 Reality Bytes: Now that the honeymoon is over, is Web 2.0 a fad or here to stay?
- The shift away from email to instant messaging
References:
Email to IM
As always, this episode is available in two formats:
- Enhanced chilipod (AAC/iTunes format); and
- Normal chilipod (mp3 format).
The music we have used in this episode (and which we may use in future episodes) is a track called YFM Late Remix by a crowd known as Deep Fried. The track has been published on the ccMixter:sa site under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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chilipod episode 5: DRM-free music April 3rd, 2007
In this episode of chilipod, we take a look at the following topics:
- The announcement that EMI will start selling DRM-free music at 256kbps, initially through the iTunes Store
- In our Semantic Web segment we chat about Content Labels (have a look at Segala’s Content Label category page for more information, especially this introduction); and
- a chat about Twitter which we recorded a little while ago from a privacy perspective.
If you are looking for the Firefox extension that enables Content Label views then you will find Search Thresher here.
As always, this episode is available in two formats:
- Enhanced chilipod (AAC/iTunes format); and
- Normal chilipod (mp3 format).
The music we have used in this episode (and which we may use in future episodes) is a track called YFM Late Remix by a crowd known as Deep Fried. The track has been published on the ccMixter:sa site under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Technorati Tags:
meaning on the web, web 3.0, content labels, segala, sematic web, emi, drm-free, drm, music, apple, itunes
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Episode 4 of chilipod: The Semantic Web March 18th, 2007
In this episode of chilipod Victoire talks about the Semantic Web which is the next stage in the Web’s evolution. Although it is still early days for the Semantic Web, we are going to be talking about it on an ongoing basis because it really represents the next phase for the Web and Web applications and services. chilibean is about new media and this means we are about developments like the Semantic Web as much as we are about social media. It is really all about taking available technologies and using them to address challenges companies and people like you and me face on a daily basis. Stii has also been publishing some good stuff so take a look at his posts as well.
This episode comes in at around 10 minutes and I’d like to get some feedback from our listeners about your preferred duration of the podcast? We sometimes have enough material to record episodes that could easily run to 30 minutes or more (the last episode was a good example) and I’d like to know if you would prefer we keep the episodes shorter or can we let our hair down (figuratively in my care cause I don’t have much to let down)?
As always, this episode is available in two formats:
- Enhanced chilipod (AAC/iTunes format); and
- Normal chilipod (mp3 format).
The music we have used in this episode (and which we may use in future episodes) is a track called YFM Late Remix by a crowd known as Deep Fried. The track has been published on the ccMixter:sa site under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Tags: semantic web, knuru, semantic search, meaning on the web, web 3.0
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ipodcast competition is not for me March 16th, 2007
I was invited to enter the ipodcast competition (we’re highly sought after you know 
) along with a bunch of local podcasters and I initially supported the competition 110%. I was going to edit past and new episodes of chilipod and my own Legally Content podcast for submission this weekend until I read Mike’s post and Peter’s comment querying the rules of the competition on the site.
They literally have fine print and if you are considering entering the competition then you need to seriously pay attention to what all the jargon says. While there is a lot of complicated legalese (it is English, really), these clauses in particular are problematic:
(C) Any Entry Materials which Sponsor, in its sole opinion, deems to be inappropriate for publication will not be considered and the individual submitting those materials will be disqualified. By entering, each individual warrants and represents that all of the Entry Materials (i) is/will be the sole and original creation of the individual (or group in the case of a band) and has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work; (ii) does not/will not violate or infringe any intellectual property right, such as but not limited to, copyright, trademark/trade name, or contract rights, or other proprietary right of any person (including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity and are not defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or portray in a false light), or entity; (iii) is/will be the sole and exclusive property of the individual (or group in the case of a band); (iv) is not licensed or otherwise encumbered in any manner whatsoever; and (v) complies with (and does not violate) any law, rule or regulation. Entry Materials cannot name, describe, or depict any person or character, living or dead or fictional, except only the band members, and cannot contain any material subject to copyright of any third party or contain the trademark, trade name or logo of any third party (other than that which is displayed on an instrument and applied to that instrument by its manufacturer and then only as it had been applied by the manufacturer). By entering, the individual grants permission for the use of the Entry Materials, and/or name of the band (and the name of each individual member of the band), in connection with the advertising, promotion, and publicity of the Competition and otherwise as stated in these Official Rules (as solely determined by Sponsor).
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4. GENERAL CONDITIONS: By participating, each individual agrees to release, discharge and agree to hold harmless Sponsor, and its respective, parent, subsidiary and related companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective employees, officers and directors, representatives and agents, and judges and against any and all claims, losses or damages of any kind (whether due to negligence or otherwise), including personal injury, death, and/or property damage, and/or breach or failure of any representation or warranty, and/or contract rights, and/or infringement of Intellectual Property rights such as but not limited to, copyright, trademark/trade name, and/or rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, slander, or libel, or portrayal in a false light, arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize or participation in this Competition, or participation in the Competition related activity or travel related activity, and (b) each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grant permission, in perpetuity, for Sponsor and those acting pursuant to Sponsor™s authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, and videos, recordings, prize information, and Entry Materials (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Official Rules license the use of the Entry Materials which may be altered, changed, modified, edited, used alone, together or with other works, and/or used in distorted, illusory or composite form, as solely determined by Sponsor) for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, at any times or time, in all media now known or hereafter discovered world wide and on the Internet without notice or review or approval. All Entry Materials will be deemed a work made for hire under the copyright laws of South Africa, but if it cannot be so deemed, then each individual irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Entry Materials, including but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights, in South Africa and worldwide, therein, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Upon request of Sponsor, for the original music category, each winning band and the individual members of each band shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the Entry Materials and of the copyrights transferred hereunder in favour of Sponsor, that the winning band and the individual members of each band may now or later have; and to record and perfect same. Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor™s rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the transfer and/or assignment, and each such winning band and the individual members of each band agrees to comply with any such request. INFORMATION PROVIDED IS SUBJECT TO THE PRIVACY POLICY ON THE iPODCAST WEB SITE (www.getpodcasting.co.za). TO ACCESS AND READ THE POLICY, GO TO THE WEB SITE AND CLICK THE PRIVACY LINK. Any dispute concerning the Competition will be governed by the laws of South Africa and adjudicated therein.
The first part of these clauses seem ok but it gets worse as you near the end of it. Here is a summary of what these clauses say:
- the content you submit is your own stuff and it doesn’t violate someone else’s rights (including copyright and trademarks);
- your content is not licensed to anyone else;
- you have to play nice so no name calling or saying nasty things about people;
- you can’t talk about anyone except yourself; and (here is the clincher)
- if you accept a prize you give up your content to the Sponsor (Apple IMC Southern Africa, MINI SA, Coca-Cola South Africa (Pty) Ltd or 5FM) forever and they can do whatever they want with it, chew it up and spit it out.
The problem with this is that once your content goes into that competition and if you are fortunate enough to win one of the amazing prizes, you are going to lose big as the content you worked so hard to produce is yanked out of your virtual hands and sold into bondage. I don’t support this. These rules will, if I submit chilipod and Legally Content material, violate the content licenses that govern the use of that content. In the case of chilipod, the episodes are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License. This license enables people to share our content in certain ways that are not possible under copyright (which is pretty much what will be imposed on your content in terms of the rules of the competition) and it is the license which we have chosen to govern use of our content. In fact, going further, the rules provide that you effectively give up any claim of any sort to that content. For this reason my own content will not be entered into the competition (despite the allure of a new MacBook Pro) and I doubt that chilipod will be a part of this either.
Don’t get me wrong, I support initiatives to promote podcasting and other new media elements in South Africa. I support those efforts 110%. What I don’t support is a competition that steamrolls over the rights of those same content creators the competition would seem to promote. That is not on. That being said, I urge you to make up your own mind. This competition could give you fantastic publicity if you do well and that is worth something. Take the time to read the rules (take an afternoon off) and see what you are getting yourself into.
Update: There have been developments here and here!
Tags: getpodcasting, ipodcast, competition, copyright, creative commons, content licensing, fine print, the catch
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Episode 3 of chilipod: webpr+ conference March 6th, 2007
Victoire and I attended the webpr+ conference last Friday at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways. We were there to cover the event and to publish the four sessions in a special edition chilipod a little later this month. This third episode of chilipod includes interviews with Sally Falkow and Rob Stokes who both spoke at the conference. We also got to chat to two people who attended the conference and find out what they found valuable in the sessions. If you would like to read about the event, the Quirk bloggers have a couple great posts from the day (there was a row of them hammering away at their keyboards) and we are going to publish a highlights post in the coming days.
Given the results of our recent poll on which format/s you prefer, we are going to continue to offer you mp3 and m4a (iTunes version) versions of this podcast. As before, you can download them directly from the links on this post or simply subscribe to chilipod in your feedreader/iTunes.
I apologise for the sound quality. The sound levels were all over the place and I used a great tool called the Levelator which has been published by GigaVox Media and which evens out the sound levels. It seems to have boosted the volume quite a bit so you may want to turn down the volume a tad before you press play.
The music we have used in this episode (and which we may use in future episodes) is a track called YFM Late Remix by a crowd known as Deep Fried. The track has been published on the ccMixter:sa site under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Tags: webpr+, conference, webpr, sally falkow, rob stokes, quirk, levelator
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Episode 2 of chilipod - chilibean media February 19th, 2007
In episode 2 of chilipod we focus on our announcement of chilibean media, the business, and talk a bit more about what chilibean media is all about. We threw around some jargon in the announcement video (the audio from that announcement is in this episode for those who missed the video) so we thought we’d cut through that jargon in this episode and talk a bit more about the three main things we are out to help our clients achieve, virtually jargon free and in plain English.
There are two versions of this episode: mp3 and iTunes format. We would like to standardise on the iTunes format if possible and would appreciate feedback from you as to what you use to listen to chilipod and whether your set-up supports AAC (.m4a) formatted audio files. One reason for this preference is that the iTunes format (aka AAC) supports hyperlinks and graphics which add to the interactivity of the podcast. Ultimately though it is up to you so please let us know what your preference is?
We look forward to your thoughts and comments!
The music we have used in this episode (and which we may use in future episodes) is a track called YFM Late Remix by a crowd known as Deep Fried. The track has been published on the ccMixter:sa site under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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Exciting new content on the way February 9th, 2007
I am probably tipping you off about something I shouldn’t but I just got back from an evening with Victoire and a well known SA blogger where we filmed over an hour of footage (most of which will probably be canned) which includes a really interesting interview with that blogger in both video and audio. The interview was pretty spur of the moment and I think it worked out quite well. It has also given us a nice lead in to the next episode of chilipod.
I received an email from Glen over at the ZAShow with an explanation for the huge size of the mp3 version of chilipod 1.1 so we will try cut the file size down in episode 2 due for release next week (thanks Glen!). Next week’s format will be a little different as it will likely be a special edition show. We are planning to insert a multiple part segment which will run over a couple episodes and we look forward to your feedback when the episode comes out.
Finally, I have an apology. We have both been insanely busy this last week and haven’t posted as often as we would have liked to. I was in an inquiry in Pretoria (lawyer stuff) and barely had a signal on my mobile phone, let alone decent Internet access. Coupled with long days of note taking I didn’t have a chance to keep those posts flowing. The inquiry is over and the posts will resume.
Tags: victoire, video, chilipod, interview, sa blogger, zashow, glen, apology
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Episode 1 of chilipod now available February 4th, 2007
Episode 1 of chilibean’s very own podcast, chilipod, is now available for download and through both the chilibean feed and a specific feed for the chilipod podcast. Chilipod is a companion podcast to chilibean and in this first episode Victoire and I got together at the Leonidas coffee shop/chocolatier in Hyde Park Corner in Johannesburg and chatted about Enterprise 2.0, the power of blogs and RSS and a couple other things.
We are tagging topics of interest to us for the purposes of future chilipod episodes in del.icio.us using the tag “chilipod” and we would love it if you would send us items to read and consider for future episodes. Simply tag the items concerned with the tag “chilipod” and we’ll take it from there.
The mp3 version of the episode is over 21MB. The iTunes version (.m4a), on the other hand, is only about 9MB. Please let us know which version you prefer. If you prefer the iTunes version it will certainly save on download times and bandwidth.
We recorded the podcast using a 60GB iPod and a Belkin TuneTalk. Granted there was background noise because of our location but we are pretty impressed with the audio quality.
The music we have used in this episode (and which we may use in future episodes) is a track called YFM Late Remix by a crowd known as Deep Fried. The track has been published on the ccMixter:sa site under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Tags: chilipod, podcast, enterprise 2.0, blogging, new media, episode 1, del.icio.us, rss, victoire albany, paul jacobson
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