http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog Sciential communication, digital entomology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:09:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en InsectaPod Cast is featured in the Spring 2009 volume of American Entomologist. Our article outlines the process we used to determine the style and focus of these podcasts, as well as how we do the production. We also discuss the potential for more networking of this podcast into science topical ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=60 I'm frequently asked if we intend to make InsectaPod Cast a video podcast. Video Ipods are pretty popular now and digital video cameras more prevalent, so it seems like a reasonable action to take, but I'm hesitant myself for two reasons: Our podcast is too long. We always envisioned InsectaPod Cast ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=57 This blog isn't super buggy, but its accompanying podcast sure is. As a result I'm always interested in finding other people who are discussing entomology online, especially through blogs. I'be been reading Bug Girl's blog regularly for over a year now, and I was disappointed yesterday when she posted that ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=56 We've been thinking a lot lately about ways to measure site usage. Last month we wrote an article about InsectaPod Cast for an entomology publication and found ourselves wanting to make very specific claims about who has been listening to the podcast. this same info will be valuable as we ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=55 A few weeks ago I was talking with a few friends and subject of You Tube video came up, along with the fact that I watch a LOT of them. In this discussion I referenced specifically that a thirty minute documentary of the Stanford Prison experiment, conducted and filmed in ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=54 In preparation for a paper I'm thinking about writing I've been reading lately about media use and preferences among farmers and agricultural extension educators. The impetus for the paper was a recent survey of Michigan farmers my office administered and the widely accepted belief among many of the extension educators ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=53 As a general rule I try to keep this page focused on the process of making the insect cast, although, truth be told, my interests aren't as strongly embraced by entomology as Anna's. But today, based on the fact that I committed to being a more frequent blogger and just ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=52 We ran into some trouble recording episode 7 and had to re-record Anna's narration. The problem stemmed from my attempts to even out the sound levels by using compression. Uneven sound levels is a pretty big concern with this podcast because an audio track can't be any louder than it's ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=51 When I was young, snow days were terribly exciting. Now that I work,  they're pretty much non-existent, but today the five inches or so that we've gotten today have caused some disappointment. An upcoming episode of InsectaPod Cast will focus on invasive species. We interviewed MSU prof. Anthony Cognato a few ... http://www.insectapodcast.com/blog/?p=50