I recorded many of the sessions I attended at the conference. You can download the audio files in Ogg Vorbis format here. These files will not stay up forever — I will probably remove them after a few weeks.
My recorder only records in mp3 format, so I was forced to crank the bitrate down pretty far to avoid ending up with gigabytes of data. Too bad it doesn’t record directly to Ogg Vorbis format; if it did, I could get natural-sounding voice-quality at something like 8 kB/sec. Anyway, it is what it is.
Some of the files begin with a little silence, or begin partway into the talk. If you don’t hear anything, try skipping forward a few minutes.
UPDATE Kevin Burton kindly hosted an iPod-compatible podcast of these files in mp3 format (more than twice the size, but… I think he has lots of disk space and bandwidth).
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Do you have the original .mp3 files? Just send me an email…
I love .ogg too but I’d like to create a podcast RSS feed so that people can add these to their ipod. I personally like to listen to this stuff on the fly while I’m walking around the city.
Thanks.
Wow! Thanks! I forgot to get these records from you when we’ve been in hotel ;-)
That’s a great material for those who missed the conference. Those like me. ;) Thanks!
Thanks for the audio from the conference. As was said, for those of us who couldn’t make it - its a great way to “be there” in a sense. Wish all the sessions were made available - would even be willing to pay money for them.
keith
If you need some more hosting bandwidth for a while, let me know.
Ronald
Thanks Ronald. I think bandwidth is OK for now, but if I get close to the usage limits, I might take you up on the offer :-)
I knew you were carrying around that huge iPod wanna-be for a reason. :-)
Yep :-) it’s an iRiver H340. It’s actually only slightly thicker than an iPod if you take it out of the case. The case makes it enormous. It’s a 40GB hard drive with a hard-to-use interface, basically. The technology is great, but the interface is a disaster.
If iPod supported Ogg Vorbis, I’d buy one just for the elegant interface. Why don’t they? It’s a) royalty-free b) it’s better quality audio in a smaller file c) it’s patent-free d) I’m sure there are other reasons too.
I’m sure everyone reading this blog knows of my stubborn insistence on free as in freedom, so I bet my attitude about this is no surprise :-)