John Lamansky

It’s finally done! Version 4 of the Disciples with Microphones website has been released. This update to the website of the world’s first Catholic podcast network includes:

• A new layout.
• A categorized Catholic podcast directory.
• The Catholic Podcast Voteomatic, which lets you vote for Catholic podcasts on Podcast Alley, iTunes, and Digg Podcasts. (You can also sign up for monthly Podcast Alley voting reminder emails.)
• The Catholic Podcast Banner Network, which lets you add a rotating banner (at the top of this post) to your blog or website.
• The Start a Podcast Wizard, which takes you step-by-step through, well, starting a podcast.
• Revamped episodes section.
• And a lot more!

There are a still some things to iron out, such as rendering issues under Internet Explorer 6. But for the most part it’s operational.

Please check it out!

Where oh, where oh, is that John?
I wonder, wonder where he’s gone.
The haven’t been many posts lately.
Nope nope, not a single one
(well, except for a post about a rotten potato or something like that…)

The main reason I haven’t been posting much lately is because I haven’t had the time - I was working on version 3 of the Disciples with Microphones website. But now the new version is done, and now I have much more time to devote to my other hobbies and projects, such as blogging! Be sure to check out the site and the great Catholic podcasts there!

Perhaps you’ve noticed the link on the sidebar under the “Sites I Designed” category. Perhaps you’ve visited the site when searching for Catholic podcasts. If you haven’t visited the site, you should check it out. If you’re a Catholic podcaster who’s not already a member, you should definately check it out. Disciples with Microphones is a group consisting of a good majority of the Catholic podcasters out there, plus many other wonderful people who don’t podcast. Here’s a quote from the “About Us” page:

Disciples with Microphones is a loose gathering of Catholics who want to bring NPR-style broadcast standards to Catholic radio. We started in late 2004 after Carlos Briceno wrote a column for the National Catholic Register, articulating the vision for this form of evangelization. He asked interested parties to contact him; some people did, a Yahoo! discussion group was started, and we were off and running.

I have had the pleasure of designing a website for the group at discipleswithmicrophones.org. The site is still a work in progress, although it does contain a podcast episode and series directory plus an RSS parser, a member center, and a forum. Be sure to visit the site’s “Podcast Series” page for a list of podcasts that are part of Disciples with Microphones.

Unfortunately, I still don’t have a podcast to contribute to the site. I’m working on it, though. I have ideas for two podcasts actually, and I have ideas for (what I think are) two awesome podcast names!