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I recently got to speak at a conference in Silicon Valley about mobile applications and trends. It was an amazing experience and I got to meet some great people. However, it got me thinking about how we as Catholics communicate with the world and whether a Catholic can embrace social networking in order to make an impact on other people’s lives.
In this podcast, I talk about how the whole reason that I was invited to speak in front of 150+ people who included representatives from Microsoft, HP, Mozilla, and others is because of social networking. I believe that this resource is amazingly untapped by Catholics and that needs to change right away. However, it’s not just about getting on these social networks but about engaging and meeting people in real-life that you meet through these channels.
Authentic Catholicism is very hard to turn down – and only authenticity thrives on these social networking platforms. That being said, when we start talking to people in the manner that they prefer and add value to their lives, we will see that utilizing these tools and meeting new people could potentially change the face of the entire world.
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Great show Dean. My key take away. Social networking needs to lead to face to face relationships.
On rerecording the episode. Mono is not a problem in podcasting. Your show is just your voice and you only have one mic on your iphone, so it is mono by definition. If the software records it on two stereo tracks, it merely copies the one signal on to the other track so both signals are identical. (This is known as joint-stereo). What is important for podcasting is that people can hear you in both ears. So mono or joint stereo is fine. However if you record only to one stereo channel, ie) signal on left, nothing on right, then listeners with headphones will only hear in one ear. The solution for such a file is to convert it into mono.
I would only be particular about producing a stereo podcast file if I was doing a live stereo recording (which I do with my zoom h4), or if I was featuring music.
Hey Sean,
Thanks! You are the best! I am used to my Edirol recording in stereo that I never really noticed it. So when I tried iTalk with my iPhone I figured that I was out of luck when Blubrry didn't like the audio. Anyway, figured out how to convert everything in Audition to Joint Stereo.
Yup, that's the #1 takeaway – to build authentic face-to-face relationships. Funny, a day after the podcast I got invited to speak in San Francisco for a Food social networking group all because of a face-to-face social media friend. It's super powerful and underused by us Catholic.
I love your Catholic Roundup! Great stuf. Would you consider coming on my podcast and talking about it?
Dean
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