PodCamp Hawaii is coming, October 24-25, 2008. Whether you are new to blogging and podcasting or an expert, you will discover a rich world of warm, friendly, smart people and will be able to network with some of the internet’s most forward thinkers.

Remember though, this is an UnConference! That means the sessions are all free and anyone can speak. There is no top-down style, and there is just as much going on “in the hallways” as in the sessions. Be prepared for incredible learning, dialog, and networking as hobbyists, professionals, educators, musicians, ad execs, gov’t agencies and nonprofits all come together to learn, share, show, and tell.

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The first annual Vloggie Awards Sponsored by Pod Tech were held in San Francisco on November 4th and Hawaii’s very own Beach Walks With Rox took home 3 awards.

Beach Walks received a Judge’s Choice for Best Inspirational/Spiritual videoblog. The general public was also able to vote via the Vloggies website and awarded a People’s Choice award also for Best Inspirational/Spiritual as well as Best Entertainment (Non Fiction) award.

Roxanne of Beach Walks With Rox was on hand at the ceremony to receive the awards and in keeping with the videoblogging lifestyle shot one of her daily shows before and after the show.

A full list of the Judge’s Choice and People’s Choice award winners are also available.

“Since I am approaching my one year anniversary of podcasting I decided to add an extra cut for my listeners and do a little video podcasting,” Vernon writes. “I’m no pro, but many of my listeners have been asking if I was going to morph to the video side so I guess the pressure got to me and I put together a little something to give a glimpse of what I want to do.”

He says 808TalkTV will “show my favorite places in and around Hawaii and take a visit with some great and wonderful people and the things I love.”

Be sure to check out other Hawaii-based video podcasters.

Writes fellow panelist and HAP co-founder Larry Geller: “Produced in a studio any podcaster would kill for, a bunch of us will see what happens when ‘traditional’ and ‘new’ media are thrown into a room and the door locked behind them.”

Larry and Gail will sit with Jerry Burris, editorial editor for the Honolulu Advertiser, Ian Lind, investigative reporter and blogger, and Town Square host Beth-Ann Kozlovich.

Tune in, and call in! The number is 941-3689 or (877) 941-3681 from outside Honolulu.

• Maleko & Flash — Room 301
  Maleko does the afternoon drive radio show on Clear Channel’s Star 101.9FM in Honolulu. Flash is with Wave Waikiki Promotions and Pussycat Projects. “Provocative, funny, innovative and entertaining content. Hear exclusive music from local and unsigned acts.”
  
• Tom Gaupp — Hawaii Surf Session Report Vodcast
  Daily surfing video podcast from Hawaii. Watersports action from all around Hawaii mixed with good music and packaged like a surf video.
  
• Aloha2Go
  “Bringing Island to you with real Hawaiian island style of kine of music.” Based in Las Vegas, and webcasting for over seven years.
  

I got a link to a piece of video from the Hawaii Association of Podcasters who just had a meeting the other day up in… I don’t know where in Hawaii. And it’s really cool because in the video, some of the people are talking… they met at this great restaurant, great food, and they had that all in video. But really what was cool is they were talking about how they… what it felt to me like is that the podcasters in Hawaii, finally they’re able to free themselves and spread some of their culture, which is… There is a definite culture going on in Hawaii. Local news, local music, and they’re able to spread that around now, because really there wasn’t an economic model, particularly on the cost side, to get that stuff out. And it’s really nice to see that, and I think we’re going to see more of these, really, locations that just because the economic models of installing broadcasting infrastructure would never allow that culture to flow out. Now it’s starting to happen. I can’t wait to see that happen, for example, in Jamaica, that’s going to be fricken’ awesome.