I can’t thank Donald Nordeng enough for inviting me to speak at the Tokyo Small Business Meetup last night! Very dynamic, thoughtful group of folks - not just because they liked my nascent New Media Toolkit presentation ;-)… Also a shout-out to Sonoe from JapanPort/Terminal Lounge for having the meeting at that lovely old house.

I promised some links and notes for people who are interested in exploring new media, especially podcasting, and here they are.

Apple: Working With Podcasts
Apple: The Podcast Recipe
Windows/General: Create Your Own Podcast
Podcasting with Linux

Today’s a busy day (aren’t they all, in Tokyo?), but later on tonight, I’ll post up a one-sheet with the kinds of questions you can ask yourself to help you open the door to your community using new media tools.

Thanks again!

Busy, busy, busy! Here’s some of what’s going on:

I’ll be presenting on Wednesday to the Tokyo Small Business Meetup. Title: The New Media Toolkit.

Interesting group- I’m looking forward to the presentation. Actually, I’ve been trying to get to these meetups for a while, but had too much on my plate. So now I’m working on a bigger plate!:-)

My next presentation is to the totally rocking ladies at FEW: Foreign Executive Women in Japan That’ll be on April 10 at FEW’s Monthly Meeting

It’s a similar subject, longer and more comprehensive.

And, in another very thrilling event for me, I had my first guest post at the Groups News Blog, on Black Liberation Theology, to help put some context around the media-created furor over Sen. Obama’s pastor’s sermon last year.

Hmmm…I suppose I’m going to mix business and personal life in this blog, and I think, on reflection, that that’s allright.