Know How... 88

In this episode of Know How, Patrick Delahanty fills in for Bryan, who is currently high in the Himalayas, looking for a secret cache of Dogecoins. While he's gone, we learn some basic Soldering with Mark "Smitty" Smith, take a sneak peek at the new HD Drone from DJI, then show you how to properly publish your new podcast.

Waka Waka Water

Get your water basket on

• 768 Million people around the world don't have access to SAFE water
• In many countries, water is gathered by women in children in large clay pots... often drawn from water sources of suspect quality.
• With many small communities living MILES from water, much of the day is spent just getting enough water to live... This ENSURES that they'll stay in poverty.
• Ever day, 1,400 children under the age of 5 die because of water-borne illness
• Designer Auturo Vitorri wants to solve that problem with 30ft high water towers that look too beautiful to be functional
• The towers, called "WarkaWater" pull atmospheric moisture out of the air and collect in in basins at the bottom of each tower.
• They are made of two sections - a rigid structure, and an internal bladder, akin to a plastic bag
• Each tower costs $550 and can be built in under a week with a 4-person team and locally available materials
• They estimate that in a place like Ethiopia, each of these baskets could collect 25 gallons of clean water a day.

Publish Your Podcast!

Refer to episode #23, "Podcast 101", for how to get started with an audio podcast.

Compress your video

• Need iOS-compatible since Android can play that too.
  • MP4 or M4V is best format. H.264 compression.
• If you're on a Mac, Compressor is $49.99 - easy to use!
• Could also save from iMovie, but may not get the best compression.
• On Windows, Adobe Media Encoder or VideoLAN client
• Cross-platform, FFmpeg is free, but has a learning curve.

Hosting your video

• Episode 23 mentioned archive.org, but it's slow.
• Libsyn (libsyn.com) - free bandwidth, but pay for storage.
  • $5/mo for 50Mb, $15 for 250, $20 for 400, $75 for 1.5G
  • Check the terms of service for wording on monetizing your podcast
• Blubrry (blubrry.com) - free bandwidth, pay for storage
  • $12/mo for 100Mb, $20 for 250, $80 for 1G
  • Integrates with WordPress easier with PowerPress plug-in
• Host your own!
  • Look for hosting provider with "unlimited" disk and bandwidth.
  • Squarespace has a plan for this, but 120mb limit per file.
  • DreamHost, BlueHost, HostGator, 1and1
  • WordPress with plug-ins

RSS feed generation options

• Feedburner...but Google owns it and is ignoring it. Is there a future?
• Libsyn and Blubrry will do it for you.
• Podcast Generator
• WordPress with plug-ins (PowerPress is one of the most popular)

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