PownceCast 11: Pownce Speaks Up Written on July 6, 2008, by Producer Tim.

This week on the PownceCast Carolyn and Kevin are joined again by Libby Walters and from Pownce, Lead Developer Leah Culver to discuss the topics brought up on last week’s roundtable discussion and to visit a few new topics in regards to Pownce, its performance issues and its future. Leah also announces an awesome new item for Pro users in a PownceCast exclusive.

Again, it’s another long show - but one you can’t miss.

PownceCast 10: The Roundtable Written on June 29, 2008, by Producer Tim.

This week brings you an extra long episode of the PownceCast as we have our own “State of the Union” roundtable discussion about the current state of Pownce.  Joining Carolyn and Kevin this week is 2nd time PownceCast veteran Nick D. [a.k.a. "Mr. Bacon Man"], and PownceCast first timers Erin and Libby.  We discuss the current state of Pownce and they provide their own opinions about what can be fixed along with their frustrations of the current state of things on our most favorite site.

Links after the jump.

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PownceCast 9: The Flickr Fury and Eyeball Mountain Written on June 15, 2008, by Producer Tim.

This time, Carolyn vents a bit at a person who left her a rather mean note about “stealing” her photo when she posted it to Pownce… even though she never claimed it was her photo, and as we all know, Pownce places the “photo by…” at the bottom of the image that credits the photographer.  Go figure.  Also, Daniel Burka wins for grossiest gross-out ever with his picture of eyeball mountain.  Yum.  And a GIANT thank you to everyone who donated to the Breast Cancer Ride 2008!  Thanks to the tremendous outpouring of support, Carolyn was able to SMASH her donation goal to pieces.  Again, thank you to everyone that donated to this extremely important cause.

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PownceCast 8: Technical Difficulties Written on June 8, 2008, by Producer Tim.

The internets ate our show! This week our internet connection holds out, so we’re able to bring you the full power of the PownceCast. On this episode, Carolyn and Kevin discuss the recent downtime troubles on Pownce, the new Pownce Newsletter featuring all kinds of great community info (but no mention of PownceCast *sniff*), and the Pownce Photo Contest as suggested by our Powncer of the Week, Oliver Cross. Oh, and are you bummed that you can’t make it to the Pownce One Year Anniversary party in San Fransisco? Well, if you’re in the Minneapolis area or in Kevin’s neck of the woods in North Carolina, we’re going to be holding satellite parties (because we can’t make it to SF either).

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PownceCast 7: Spacebass and Pork Written on May 26, 2008, by Producer Tim.

Powncers unite!  This episode, Carolyn and Kevin are joined by the creator of the Pownce Pork Project, Nick Dawson a.k.a Spacebass.  They talk about the fantastic success that was the first Pownce Pork Project, and the outpouring of donations to various charities that people made to participate in the auctioning off the final delicious product.  Also, the three answer the question “How do you use Pownce?”, and shockingly enough, it’s not to make waffles.  The featured powncer this week is… me, oddly enough.  I had no idea until RIGHT before the show, but they picked me for my posts and Flickr documentation of The Commander Tim Retro Game Love Fest.  So thanks to Carolyn and Kevin for that one!

Oh, and BIG shout outs to Heather B. and our best wishes for a speedy recovery!

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PownceCast 6: Tasty Pownce Hotdish Written on May 18, 2008, by Producer Tim.

Hey you Pownce peoples! In this week’s episode of the PownceCast, Carolyn and Kevin talk about Pownce user Mike Lewis and his idea to have people do Google image searches for their name/blog name and some of the best ones they’ve seen. The “Tip of the Week” is directed to you, the listeners, as we want you to answer the question “I’m on Pownce, now what do I do?” We’d like to get your answer to what you use Pownce for our show next week. They also discuss the legality of the new file sharing limits and public vs. private file sharing. Our “Ask a Developer” question this week is from our listener Amber A. and we get the response from Daniel Burka.

The “Best of” Mike Lewis’ Google Image Search:
- Our own Kevin Belton and the girl in the “wife-beater”
- “Mr. Bacon Man” and his Dance Fever

PownceCast 5: Bacon Developers Written on May 11, 2008, by Producer Tim.

Hey gang! This episode, Carolyn and Kevin are joined by Pownce developer and co-founder Leah Culver and Pownce developer Mike Malone. The group talks about the new features that were added to Pownce this week, and Leah and Mike answer an ‘Ask a Developer’ question from our listener Arik F, and everyone participates in a rousing conversation about bacon thanks to the ‘Pownce Pork Project‘ from the featured Powncer of the week Nick Dawson. Web 2.0 meets bacon… how cool is that?

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PownceCast 4: Fan Tools & Projects Written on April 27, 2008, by Producer Tim.

Hello everyone out there in Pownce land! Join us in welcoming back our host Kevin, who was out last week due to a bout with scurvy. This week, our special guest is Jon Rohan, author of the great desktop application Pownce Monkey. The group talks about Jon’s application and some of the other fantastic apps you can find on Pownce, that were developed using the Pownce API. Jon is also our featured Powncer of the week! Look for the link to his Pownce page after the jump, where you’ll also find links to other great applications talked about on the show.

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PownceCast 3: Under the Weather Written on April 20, 2008, by Producer Tim.

Hey everyone! Kevin has been struck with a bit of the flu, so filling in this week with Carolyn is Producer Tim. They give an update on the mysterious “disappearing friends” epidemic that has struck Pownce during the last week, and let you all know that this particular software bug is in the process of being squashed. Kevin chimes in with his tip, or rather, gripe of the week. Also, the featured Powncer this episode is Heather B, and last but not least, they also discuss an article on Tech Crunch outlining what to expect for Web 3.0.

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PownceCast 2: Organic Development and Donuts Written on April 13, 2008, by Producer Tim.

This week on the PownceCast, Carolyn and Kevin are joined by Pownce designer extraordinaire, Daniel Burka, who helps answer the weekly “Ask a Developer” question, this week from user Steven G. - and yes, he does ask about the edit feature! Also, we used Daniel as this week’s Featured Powncer with his post about the uproar on Flickr over the inclusion of video…and the demand for donuts. All joking aside, we have a great discussion about the development of social services and the organic processes involved in such development. We also get the inside scoop of how our beloved Pownce was named. We could’ve been called “BarkleCast” instead!

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