I am still recovering from the 24hr Podcast as I type this. Being online 24hr and talking to over 30 guest during the period is enough to drain you. But I am very proud to say that we had according to ustream over 15,800 people check out the stream.

We raised well over $1500.00 for Disabled American Veteran once donations are totaled I will be sending money to www.dav.org.

We had no fewer than 100 people on the stream even at the latest hour. The video stream on ustream was solid from the tricaster to ustream for the full 24hrs. We had a few hiccups with Talkshoe but overall the event went well.

I have a pile of media to work over in the next couple of weeks and hope you will be patient as I push it out. All of the videos and media files will be put on the 24hrPodcast.com website in the order sequential order.

Big thanks to all the guest and special shoutout to Carey Holzman of ComputerAmerica.com that really helped in a big way for about 3 hours of the show as I hit the wall a couple of times.

All told I consumed 1/2 gallon of water, 1/2 gallon of iced tea and two red bulls. Needless to say I have probably drank another 1/2 gallon of water today to rehydrate.

Over 300gigs of video was recorded, 6 gigs of raw audio files. 400 new people are following me on twitter and over 1000 emails were sent in for participation in the HPMagic Giveaway over the 24hrs.

5 hardcore fans stayed with me the full 24 hours and countless others only missed by a few hours. I will cover more in Tuesdays podcast. But their is a treasure trove of material in the content.

 The 24hr Podcast is a wrap. We will start posting Audio and Video segments starting sometime next week.

Event was huge success with over 15,847 views of live video stream over 24 hours and over $1300 raised for disabled Vets at www.dav.org.

Huge thanks to all the podcasters, bloggers and listeners that came out to support the event.

We are having a small technically issue with this site displaing some of the advanced features we are using in the 2nd Annual 24 hr Podcast. So we would like to direct you to visit our home site at

GeekNewsCentral.com

You will find the full details for todays event at Geek News Central

This years 24hr Podcast will largely be run the same way it was last year. There will be a live video stream from the studio here in Hawaii, and a way to Dial/Skype/Voip in and participate live.

We welcome anyone that wants to put the Streaming Video embed on their home page. Download the attached text file with the embed codes and add it to your website on Saturday Morning.

This is a Live and Interactive event so if you want to participate in the conversations taking place, and I encourage you to do so you will need to dial into the Talkshoe. The process is simple Signup for a Talkshoe.com account once you have done so. Dial the following number 724–444–7444 Call ID is 10832 followed by the Pin you were issued. A short instructional video is here.

The best way to experience this event is the video stream on one part of your screen and the live chat and discussion on another. I will have the audio from Talkshoe patched into the Ustream Video feed.  

I will at times be moderating the audience. Here is the quickest way to get permanently muted during the event.

1. Call in from a party or public place, and have noise on your call.
2. Speakers on PC turned way up and causing a feedback loop.
3. Talking while you phone or mic is not muted to someone not on show!
4. Being a troll and self promoting every 2 minutes

Ways to never be muted

1. Use a headset

If you are a guest please be on the line 10 minutes early. Generally it takes me 2–3 minutes to switch over from segment to segment. If you do not show up we keep on moving.

Their are two sites that will have the stream by default here and at 24hrpodcast.com.

See you on Saturday!

The 24hr Podcast is only 4 short days away. I kick off the event at 6am HST / 8am PST / 11am EST and go for 24 hours straight. We will be talking with some very cool people during the event.

This event will be streamed live on Ustream and everyone patched in via Talkshoe. I hope that you will join me. If you are guest on the 24hr Podcast an you have a time conflict email me immediately and we will get you scheduled in a new slot.

Also there is always room to double people up. If you want to be on the show drop me a line to geeknews@gmail.com with the subject 24hr Podcast

Tentative Very Rough Schedule Subject to Change anytime

See Active Google Calendar Here!

All Times HST
PST +2
EST +5

Sat Dec 20
5:30am  – 6:00am  24hr Podcast Pre-Show
6:00am  – 6:30am  Kick Off 24hr Podcast
6:30am  – 7:00am  Grammar Girl
7:00am  – 8:00am  Elisabeth Lewin Publisher Podcasting News
8:00am  – 8:30am  Robert Allen - Wedding Podcast Network
8:30am  – 9:00am  Open Chat
9:00am  – 9:30am  Jeremiah Pena - 13 Old Podcaster
9:30am  – 10:00am Michael Auzenne - Manager Tools
10:00am – 10:30am Rick Savoia - The Force Field
10:30am – 11:00am Rob GreenLee Zune Podcast Manager
11:00am – 12:00pm Christmas Tech Podcast Round Table
12:00pm – 12:30pm Open Chat
12:30pm – 1:15pm  Jeff Hinz Podcast Advertising and Marketing
1:15pm  – 1:45pm  Brian Yuhnke - Podcast Branding and Mktg Podcast
1:45pm  – 2:15pm  Angelo Mandato Power Press and Podcast Statistics
2:15pm  - 3:00pm  Open
3:00pm  – 4:00pm  Andy McCaskey SDRnews.com
4:00pm  – 4:30pm  Jaime Davis - Medical Podcast
4:30pm  – 5:30pm  Ohana Hour
5:30pm  – 6:00pm  Norbert Davis - Totally Cool Tech
6:00pm  – 7:00pm  Lets Talk Twitter and Social Media
7:00pm  – 8:00pm  Not Child Safe Controversial Comedy Hour
8:00pm  – 8:30pm  Neenz - Social Media - Podcasting in Hawaii
8:30pm  - 9:00pm  Open
9:00pm  – 10:00pm Carey Holzman Co-host: Computer America Show
10:00pm – 11:00pm Special Recording of Geek News Central
11:00pm - 12:00pm Open
Sun Dec 21        
12:00am – 12:30am Derek Richardson - Live Across the Isle of Man
12:30am – 1:30am  Anna Farmery UK - Podcast Use Internally and How she Built a Podcast Busienss
1:30am  – 2:00am  Nir Ben-Dov Israel hi-tech
2:00am  - 3:00am  Open
3:00am  - 4:00am  Open
4:00am  – 5:00am  Cherie Cochrane Special Recording of Cherie Cast
5:00am  – 5:30am  Roxanne Darling -Beach Walks with Rox
5:30am  – 6:00am  Closing Thoughts and Giveaway

Live Stream will be here and on the 24HrPodcast.com website. Live Interactive Discussion will be on TalkShoe

The resceduled 24hr Podcast is scheduled to start on Saturday Dec 20th at 12pm EST and run through the 21st. I have started firming up the schedule and hope to have it finalized here in the next couple of days.

This is going to be a great event and I look forward to kicking this off next Saturday. The event will be streamed live so you will not want to miss this. More details in the next several days.