Meetings

Podcasting: Upfront and Backstage, High Altitude and Low

Mike Andrews

Tuesday May 22nd 2007 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

Podcasting is the newest example of how popular audio and video content created by non-professionals has become a major force in entertainment.

This presentation will be a fun and informative overview from a producer of a popular niche podcast on the technology behind the scenes, some open source and commercial tools for listeners and podcast producers, and more than a few insights for podcast producers from lessons learned the hard way.

Bio

Mike Andrews, as .Pilot Mike from Chicago. with his pilot partners launched The Pilotcast aviation podcast as .The show for Pilots, by Pilots. in July of 2005, which became one of the most popular podcasts in the category. The Pilotcast has included video and audio shows with pilots and some of the leaders in aviation including the .Boss. of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and top aviation writers. The Pilotcast is now producing three aviation podcasts with a fourth planned.

Mike Andrews has been an IT professional in networking and systems in IT since the 1980s, working for US Robotics, several network consulting companies, and several start-ups including a stock trading venture by investor and aviation pioneer Steve Fosset,. He now works as a systems planner for a major telecommunications company.

Mike has presented three previous presentations for Uniforum Chicago and was a speaker in the Uniforum security workshop.

Mike is a private pilot and owner of a Piper Cherokee airplane. He recently bought a house in Grayslake specifically to live nearer to the airport.

Getting to the meeting

The next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in sou th Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the N orth-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Naperville Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.


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