by Lee Gibbons, CEO

My Father used to tell a stories of young people who would come in to his office at the university complaining of the high cost of their tuition. He loved to share the quote with them, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!”

At the end of this month, March 28-30, podcasters and vidcasters will have a unique opportunity to learn from three masters. Leo Laporte, Scott Bourne, and Alex Lindsay are putting on training they have called Gear Media Tech. It will be held at the Zeum Theatre (Moscone Center), San Francisco. It will cost just $299.00 but I assure you that you will be thousands of dollars smarter for having attended and learned from these guys.

Here is something you might not have noticed, and I know you won’t have heard it from them, since they don’t tend to toot their own horn very loudly. Last time I checked, the TWiT network, which was founded by Leo and on which Scott and Alex also have shows, has 20 of the top 100 tech podcasts on iTunes!

In other words, if you miss this training you are missing out on learning from three of the very best joinly offering first hand knowleldge of how to do podcasting and vidcasting right. As a matter of fact, I was so excited when Scott Bourne first talked to me about this training six months ago that I committed on the spot to a sponsorship. Why? I know that the room will be filled with people who are serious about podcasting, and I know they will come away from this event appreciative of the knowledge they get there. I wanted Podango’s name associated with this level of expertise, quality and professionalism.

You can learn more about the event by going to the site, or go and register now. I am very confident it will be the best money you have spent on podcasting and vidcasting this year.

by Lee Gibbons, CEO

Podango is amazingly fortunate to have garnered the trust of Scott Bourne. With the announcement of Leo Laporte’s signing of a major TV deal, the TWiT.tv properties that Leo is not personally appearing on are finding other homes. (For more information (listen to episode 24 and 25 of the iLifeZone to hear Scott’s description of the TWiT situation.) Scott has chosen Podango as the new home for iLifeZone!

So, we welcome Scott, along with his co-hosts and guests, including amazingly smart folks like Chris Breen (Editor in Chief of Macword Magazine), Derrick Story (the Digital Story), Alex Lindsay (PixelCorps) (”permanent special guest”), Coleen Wheeler (O’Reilly) and others. Most importantly, we welcome the people who love the iLifeZone show. Good to have you all with us at Podango.

If you are unfamiliar with the iLifeZone and you are a PC user, don’t feel badly. But, if you are unfamiliar with the iLifeZone and you are a Mac user, you are seriously missing out. Give it a listen. I expect you are going to love the show. The quality of the coverage of all things Mac/Apple/iPod is terrific, and the personalities and chemestry will hook you.

Stay tuned for more announcements like this one! Podango is beginning to roll. For instance, check out the post by Chris Knudsen in this blog regarding how David Lawrence is leveraging the Podango platform to create a new blogging/podcasting service called The Latest At, covering the daily happenings at the web’s most popular websites. Check these out: TheLatest.AT/MySpace, TheLatest.AT/YouTube, TheLatest.AT/Facebook, TheLatest.AT/Perez Hilton, etc.