Add That Bad Boy To Your Shuffle!

Community Board 3 in Queens began podcasting their meetings last week:

Community Board 3 Technology Advisory Committee Chair Thomas Lowenhaupt finished uploading audio software onto his laptop and reached across the conference table, grabbing a brand new tabletop microphone last week during the committee’s monthly meeting in Jackson Heights.

Lowenhaupt pulled the plastic from the package and began plugging in to what could be the latest advancement in the communication between our local government and the public.

“Right now we are hoping to record this meeting or at least a portion of it and then make it available on the board’s Web site so anyone can download it and listen to it at one’s convenience with their head phones on their little iPod. Or in today’s times, even on their cell phones,” Lowenhaupt said as he tested the microphone. “Ultimately we plan to put every meeting from each committee on the Web site.”

Even though CB3’s Technology Advisory Committee managed to record only the tail end of the meeting and are still dabbling with the software, determining exactly how to upload the document, they are convinced that “Podcasting” will be the next essential tool in building a more informed community.