Cephalopodcast

You know, my bias is towards the aquatic end of things, but there are zoos out there too that are podcasting. Check it out.

Zoo Podcasts

• The San Diego Zoo
  

  Now you can create your own customized self-guided iZoofari Audio Tours of the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park.

• The San Francisco Zoo [video]
  

  The historic San Francisco Zoo, Northern California’s largest zoological park, is connecting viewers to wildlife, putting us at the forefront of zoos worldwide. This gives you an opportunity to learn more about what’s happening here at the Zoo, including our exciting animals and exhibits, our growing education and conservation efforts, latest developments, and upcoming events.

• The Oregon Zoo
  

  If you’re interested in catching up with your favorite zoo animals while at home or on the go, the Oregon Zoo has joined the podcast revolution!

• The Minnesota Zoo
  

  Hear our zookeepers talk about the amazing animals in this exhibit by subscribing to our series of free audio tours. Mix and match them to create your own personalized guide to the exhibit! Subscribe to our podcasts, or simply listen to the individual audio files online.

If you know of any other podcasting zoos, let me know.

The Creative Commons have released an online legal guide for podcasters. From the forward by Lawrence Lessing:

This Guide is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to figure out how best to follow the law…my hope for this Guide (which in addition to copyright addresses publicity rights and trademark law) is that it will begin to make obvious what digital creators have been saying for some time - that it is time we update copyright law to the digital age. Something fantastic has changed: technology now invites the widest range of citizens to become speakers and creators. It is time that the law remove the unnecessary burdens that it imposes on this creativity.

“Copyright law” is essential in a digital age. But it ought to be a copyright law made for a digital age. Ours is not. And this fantastic Guide for those wanting to obey the rules should be evidence enough to convince anyone of that fact.

• Podcasting Legal Guide

Getting a rough start to the blog and podcast. Hope to have more postings soon. One of the problems is with the microphone I chose. It’s a Snowball USB microphone from Blue. So far it seems to do a decent job. But one of the problems I found is with its portability. Like its name implies, it’s round like a snowball and awkward to carry. So I have been looking for some kind of case to stow it in along with the accessories. I think I may have found the solution in Canon’s Gadget Bag 100EG. The bag is just the right size to hold the mic and headphones.