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Ready Check: Inside World of Warcraft Raiding with Gaming Researcher Ladan Cockshut

Every night, massive teams of battle-worn experts gather, organize, and battle through intense and complex challenges. Often they die. Sometimes they win. World of Warcraft is nothing if not massive and complex. While the world at large has a perception of video games as simplistic pastimes, raiders define an intense pursuit of excellence.

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Although this is a long interview, Ladan has become one of my favorite conversation subjects. She's one of the few true experts on MMOs and communities within virtual, persistent worlds. Audio Enclosure

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Interview with Maciej Ceglowski of Pinboard.in

Maciej Ceglowski is the founder of Pinboard.in, an "anti-social" bookmarking site. As the social web evolves, some trends mature past the initial commodified service value to become strong cottage industries. A for-pay service inspired by the original del.icio.us, Pinboard.in takes a holistic approach to personal data tracking. The service integrates smoothly with the contemporary web of indie apps, and excels at truly frictionless clickstream cacheing.

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A Podcast Interview with Maciej Ceglowski of Pinboard.in

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RSS is dead! Long live RSS!

This interview was recorded the week after Google announced the death of beloved feed parsing app, Google Reader. The headlines regarding Reader's demise have been predictably and wonderfully hyperbolic.

Elena Bulygina and Anton Tolchanov, two of the three co-founders of The Old Reader, help us make sense of a post-Google Reader world.

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A podcast interview with The Old Reader.

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KoPoint podcasts will return Monday, April 29th! I'm excited to release the first non-commercial series KoPoint episodes. Spring shows will focus on simple structured conversations with interesting people.

In the can and ready for a final mix are interviews with a few tech and media innovators:

  • Maciej Ceglowski, Pinboard.in
  • Elena Bulygina and Anton Tolchanov, TheOldReader
  • Andy Bowers, Executive Producer of Podcasting for…

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KoPoint KoPoint podcasts will return Monday, April 29th! I’m excited to release the first non-commercial series KoPoint episodes. Spring shows will focus on simple structured conversations with interesting people. In the can and ready for a final mix are interviews with a few tech and media innovators: These episodes will be released on Mondays and Fridays for the next several weeks. After a short break in late-May, KoPoint will resume show production with The Murdoc Jones ShowBeer DiplomacyWin the Room, and The Comic Book Podcast. We’ll also introduce a new travel show mini-season called The Landing Strip Show. Structured conversations and interviews with interesting characters will be KoPoint’s focus through the summer. Starting in May, I’ll be joined bySumAll‘s Hoyd Breton for discussions with technology and startup innovators. In May, Hoyd and I will interview the smart folks behindFuzzco‘s Defense and Maimery zombie gear, as well as Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. This past March I was hired as a data journalist by SumAll.org, the non-commercial arm of SumAll.com, a New York data science startup and KoPoint’s studio host and sponsor. Working for SumAll.org allows me to to work with the team that initially sponsored KoPoint and focus on great content, rather than business development. Creating podcasts non-commercially removes KoPoint’s commercial constraints and allows us to push our ambitions to reach new and exciting creative goals. On a personal note, I’ve never been more excited than I am now about the potential of KoPoint content. As always, stay tuned! - DHP

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KoPoint makes podcasts about business, politics, comic books, technology, and zombies.

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Our goal is to improve the emotional connection between you and the content you consume. Time spent listening is more important that clicks on a website.

Welcome to KoPoint Season Two. The new KoPoint website is live, and new programs are broadcasting now.

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This company, brand, audio, and site have/has been a complete adventure. After a year on the trail, dozens of episodes, and tons of coding I'm really excited about the new KoPoint site and podcasting experience.

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After a long and dirty trail, the campaign ends here, with KoPoint‘s live election night coverage.

This audio and video podcast summarizes peak moments of election coverage from the KoPoint studio in New York City.

Election night highlights include:

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Happy Halloween!

Editor's note:
This episode was recorded by myself, Dan Patterson, and Dan Andrlik, and lovingly edited by Quentin Lewis and Dan Andrlik. The shownotes were composed by Mr. Andrlik. The three of us have been friends since the early-1990's and we've worked on many personal creative projects together. This episode was another great collaboration between old friends. We recorded this episode a week prior to Halloween.

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This episode was a ton of fun to produce, and the definition of collaboration and teamwork. Dan (Andrlik), Quentin, and I shared show ideas for several weeks, and a lot of time together on Skype developing and crafting this episode. I'm really proud to be able to post this episode, and grateful to my friends and creative conspirators for their work. As Hurricane Sandy crashed in to the East Coast, severing access to power, water, and communication Quentin stepped up to cut the final spooky mix. Dan marked up the notes with precise references. Thanks for listening and happy Halloween!

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Yes, Loyal Listeners, the spectacular KoPoint Comic Book Show podcast attended and reported from this year’s New York Comic Con. The KoPoint comic book team - including Jeff Newelt (in absentia), Jon Lazar, Megan Sass, Michele Reznik, and myself - buzzed the floor at booth 507 with our friends Hazarai http://hazarai.com and recorded a number of stellar interviews with comic book industry creators, publishers, and professionals.

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The Conventions have wrapped. Our team spent a few weeks working our tails off attending the Republican and Democratic political conventions. We've now had a few days to sleep, drink a beer or two, and write eerily-accurate (if not speculative) blog posts about the state of the presidential race. A summary of our convention coverage and podcasts can be found on the…

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Emphasis on sleep and beer ;) [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/2376965" height="200" iframe="true" /]

The Campaign

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This Friday I depart to cover the Republican and Democratic political conventions. On Monday from Tampa, Florida KoPoint will launch our first vertical site, American Conversation.

American Conversation is a political blog and podcast co-hosted by myself, Charles Hope, and Marc Lizoain. We'll use this site to post news, podcasts, photos, and video live from the Republican…

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Really looking forward to contrasting the state of the social web used for campaign reporting, 2008 vs 2012.