Our weekend was active, how was yours?

On Saturday I went to the first Podcamp Seattle and learned about the service Twemes. A number of Podcamp Seattle attendees were using Twitter messages and the tag #podcampseattle (pictured) through Twitter to create an IRC-like experience.

You can tag any message in twitter with the # in front of the keyword and then follow along on Twemes. There wasn’t an official IRC room for podcamp, at least that I saw, which would have been nice. I attended the introduction to podcasting and Twitter 101 talks in the morning. Brought my HD camera and captured 3 of the 4 sessions I attended from beginning to end. I put the camera on a tripod this time around so no shaky hand syndrome.

Not enough podcasters at Podcamp
Had lunch with Stuart Maxell, Leif Hansen and Rob Greenlee at a local teriyaki restaurant. Stuart said he reads MakeYouGoHmm (thanks!).

I was a little disappointed that there weren’t more actual podcasters at an event called Podcamp.

After the event on the way to our cars I mentioned to Leif and Rob that the event seemed more geared to social networking and marketing. Not that this is bad, but not quite what I expected as far as who would be attending. I realize that the attendees are what make an unconference so I’m partly to blame for not getting more involved.

After lunch I did pipe up during Rob’s session on Advanced Podcasting and say a few words about how I felt my Zune podcast work was more about being a podcast promoter rather than being an ‘editor’ of podcast submissions. Also gave out my Zune email address if any of the podcasters in attendance needed help with their Zune podcast submissions. As of this writing, I’ve had one email thanking me for the offer.

There is a local Seattle podcaster meetup that I need to try and get to in the next few months and introduce myself to podcasters there and let folks now I’d like to help them if I can with their Zune Marketplace podcast submissions.

21 is the magic number
On Sunday my wife and I went to Hoquiam for some prospective business. Afterwards on Sunday we drove 15 minutes to the Quinalt casino and check out the speed limit sign on the driveway to the casino which is right on the beach.

First time I’ve ever seen a 21 MPH sign. Clever casino marketing, eh?

We had a nice lunch with the ocean in the distance and a live pianist in the background. We then proceeded to lose $40 rather quickly in their casino and then came home. The casino was pretty dead for a Sunday at lunch time. Rising gas prices have to be hurting their business.

Due to conflicting events our band wasn’t able to jam on Sunday night, but we’ll be back at it this coming Sunday. I’m planning on taking my HD camera to our next session and trying to catch some footage to bring back to the blog if the group is up to it, anyway.

George Carlin moves along
Sad to see comedian George Carlin has passed away at 71. Feel like I should post those seven dirty words that he was famous for outlining, but will save your eyes and ears in this post.

• Beach blogging
• Beach bound
• Cloudless day, mountain view
• TechCrunch #6 in Seattle tonight
• Daly likes the $5,000 slots a little too much
• Rick Springfield live in town tonight, to go or not