Something really different this week.  Like last week, this one comes from my recent trip to Australia and the conference I attended in Brisbane.  David Timothy Duval (University of Otago, New Zealand) and I skipped out of a session of papers to sit down and talk about how we use technology in our tourism classes, and in everyday life.  I cut a few things out of our over and hour discussion, but I also inserted a few clarifications.  We cover a lot of territory, from podcasting to blogging to wikis to RSS aggregators to social bookmarking, and more. The result is my longest podcast yet, at 1 hr, 5 min, 44 sec.

I recorded this using my binaural microphones, with one mic set on one side of the coffee table and the other on the other side.  The result is mildly stereophonic, though the telephone ringing at the end is very directional -- it sounds like it is on the table across my office everytime I hear it!

Hopefully you will find it of interest, as David and I are planning to do this again, via Skype, and probably with a more narrowly defined focus.

Blogpage: http://travelgeography.info

Something new!  I recorded the paper I presented at the conference I just got back from in Brisbane, Australia.  This was at a meeting sponsored by the Tourism Commission of the International Geographical Union.  The title of my paper was: "Travel 2.0: The Emerging Virtual Travelscape."

Interestingly, when I asked how many people had heard of the concept of "Web 2.0," only two people in the 30 or so who were in attendance raised their hands.  As a regularly listeners of ITConversations.com, this was a shock to me.  This major (in my opinion) social trend is apparently not getting much play beyond the blog/podosphere!

Here are some links related to my talk:

- Web 2.0 Travel Tools (this is one my blogs)
- IGU Tourism Commission Website (I am the webmaster for this group)
- My Australia Trip travel blog (at MyLifeofTravel.com)