by Lee Gibbons, CEO

Derrick Story and Scott Bourne teamed up to teach Aperture classes at Macworld 2007, and I had a chance to meet Derrick there. He is a super nice guy and a well respected digital photographer. Derrick also appears on the iLifeZone (now hosted on Podango) , but I had never listened to his The Digital Story podcast on digital photography, music, video, etc. As with many podcasts produced by people whose first ability is not broadcasting but expertise in niche markets, Derrick’s delivery is folksy and pragmatic. He really knows his stuff and THAT makes up for any lack of broadcast polish. (I am not suggesting that he is not great to listen to, just that you will notice a difference between a Derrick Storey and a Leo Laporte, who has a rich broadcasting background.)

The thing I like is that he really truly teaches. He gives assignments and has his audience submit work for critique and coaching.
If you are a digital creativity enthusiast like I am you will get your time’s woth from Derrick.
Go to The Digital Story site. Download and listen to the latest edition of his podcast (22 min.).

Learn! Enjoy!

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.