- a joint biblical studies podcast, maybe of two sorts:
- a virtual common-room, where a few of us chat about some topic
- a more prepared edited 'cast where different people speak briefly and then perhaps respond to what another has said (getting the interactivity but allowing a more considered approach)
- maybe using a Facebook page to encourage wider interaction with our podcasts - we each said that while we appreciated the way voice adds a richness, nuances like tone distinguish sarcasm from more gentle wry humour, we missed the interaction with an audience that other media like live talks or blogs provide
On the technical details:
- we thought of using Talkshoe so participants could phone in and would not need recording gear themselves
- we also thought of getting someone to act as host and ask questions / guide the conversation
- a topic: needs to encourage different points of view, probably to work well needs to allow different personalities to 'come through" (audio rather than text medium) needs to be potentially interesting to a wider audience
- a host: needs to be willing to refrain from expressing their own opinion!
- some speakers
- an editor: to take the recording and cut the fluff (remove the worst ums and errs, or where the participants make asides like "is this too loud?") - I'd be happy to do that.
Dramatis Personae:
Mark (as well as being the biblical studies Blogfather) has started an excellent NT focused podcast series NT Pod and for a couple of years I've been doing an occasional 5 Minute Bible podcast (basically Hebrew Bible focused but occasionally trespassing - nearly 40 'casts so far).
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I think the role of the מוֹכִיח - referee in Job (9:33, 32:12, 40:2) might be an interesting subject - maybe too hard to boil down to a podcast. I have just read Ticciati on this role and have an initial post. The problem has to be framed - that's hard. It requires a lot of information just to frame the discussion. One possible frame is the variation in translation of this term. Not even Young's literal translation gives a clue that this word recurs in these places in exactly this form. I have rendered them all referee to bring out the irony and the serious invitation in the recurrence. Post is here if you hav the time and patience with this youngster.
Anyway - it's nice to think you and Mark have both talked about the technology in this way.
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Bob MacDonald, at
July 22, 2009 9:42 AM
Thanks for the helpful post, Tim. I hope to comment on my blog too in due course, and also to set up the NT Gateway page on podcasts. Given that there are not yet many of us bibliobloggers in the podcasting world, it may take a bit of a push to get something collaborative off the ground, but I think it would be really worthwhile.
By Mark Goodacre, at
July 23, 2009 1:55 AM
I'd love to help however I can. I have recording gear and some editing experience. I also have opinions about biblical studies, but temperamentally I'm more like Leo than Dvorak (if you're familiar with This Week in Tech). Skype-centric podcasts generally sound excellent, and only require a microphone for each person calling in to the central host.
By Bryan, at
July 26, 2009 4:53 AM
The daily chapters will continue to be podcast, but the whole Bible is now available to download chapter-by-chapter. Work has begun on two new delivery projects to develop PodBible further.
First packaging chapters to make 60 minute collections (book by book) so that people can download these "Bible60" collections to put on CDs, tapes or their car radios to listen to longer swathes of Scripture (with no TPDs added).
Then making the daily podcasts available in AMR format (much smaller files than MP3files) for download to mobile phone...
By the way, if providing Bible readings to more than a thousand people a day sounds worthwhile to you maybe you could help by taking a share of the regular tasks needed to run the podcasts, with a little training we can provide, anyone who is moderately computer literate could do what is needed in less than an hour a week... write to Tim to get more details...
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The recording includes the question time from the day. The recording lasts about 30 minutes and is available in two formats:
- MOV (39MB) audio and slides
- AMR (3MB) audio
- MP3 (20MB) audio
- PDF (MB) slides
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Last weekend PB Tech had a great laptop sale, it ran on to Monday. Sarah wanted to buy a laptop to use during her exchange year at the University of Glasgow. Sarah was working hard all weekend and Monday, so we went in early on Tuesday morning. They still had not taken down the sale signs, but would/could not give us the prices. Sadly we resigned ourselves :( to paying the full price. Aparently most of the good deals were because Toshiba had given them a one off reduction, and could not be repeated or even extended to opening time on Tuesday. Then this morning, I was livid, there in the Herald was a big advert for another Three Days Only Laptop Sale! I stormed over to PB Tech, I wouldn't settle for less than them meeting me half way, and dropping $50 on Sarah's laptop. No worries! PB Tech have a if you find a better price within a week we'll match it policy, it even applies to their own prices! We got the full $116 and some cents back (i.e. $100 plus GST).
So, PB Tech is brilliant, lowest prices, good repair service if it is needed, well informed salespeople, and a straightforward and honest price match guarantee :)
Declaration of interest: I own 0 shares in PB Tech, they have paid me nothing and given me no inducement to write this. None of my family or friends have ever worked there. I have no interest except to declare my pleasure at a great deal from an honest and helpful company :)
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I think you're quite gullible. They previously tried to have you buy a laptop at full price (one day after a sales weekend). To top it off, they didn't inform you about the upcoming sales in the following week. I have some experiences in retail and this is Sales 101 stuff, i.e. try your best to get people to buy at full price now and never inform people about upcoming discounts. Honest salesperson would not do this.
I just don't know why you'd still call them "honest"...
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July 12, 2009 8:16 PM
I called the store "honest", I think they were. They gave me back the money as soon as I asked. I call (in private) the salesperson, a greedy little [insert appropriate expletive]!
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July 13, 2009 6:35 AM
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By 煤气发生炉, at
July 11, 2009 12:59 PM
Burmese refugees at Mae La refugee camp are on alert due to a threat of attack by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), according to the vice chairman of the camp.“The DKBA said they will destroy our camp,” said Vice-Chairman Htun Htun, speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday.
Many of the refugees have packed clothing and belongings in preparation for a military assault, sources in nearby Mae Sot said. Camp authorities have imposed a curfew of 9 p.m. On all refugee residents.
The DKBA threatened to attack Mae La camp after one of their influential commanders, San Pyote (aka Soe Myint), the head of Battalion 7, was ambushed and killed by an unknown armed group while traveling by longtail boat on the Moei River on June 26.
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