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Todd Cochrane is the CEO of Raw Voice, a longtime podcaster at Geek News Central and helps connect podcasters with advertisers via his Blubrry podcast network.

He’s also known for having strong opinions, on topics ranging from the PodShow/Mevio name change to the quality of podcasters’ RSS feeds.

I asked Todd about his perspective on user-generated content and the state of podcasting:

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NatTV & TNT Garage Party on April 5th that we’re doing LIVE all evening. Keep your calendars open because this is going to be a GREAT time! Tuesday Night Tech and Natasha are working with an Internet media company called GotWebMojo.com who you’ll start hearing more and more about in the coming weeks. The Garage Party is going to be a lot of fun and gives everyone a chance to win a ton of free stuff like iPod Shuffles, t-shirts, Skype equipment, and even a brand-new PC! We’re going to have a lot going on that night so don’t miss it. The show starts at 8pm EST so you want to be on here when it starts (and even before if you can!). Make sure you send an e-mail to Natasha for instructions on how to get signed up to win the prizes. Her e-mail is nat@gotwebmojo.com. We are expecting a huge turnout, probably the biggest turnout in TNT history, so, get there early…Even more, it’s Mark’s and MY birthday weekend as well!

(Via The Tuesday Night Tech Show.)

Tuesday Night Tech once again returns and that means it’s time for the best LIVE party on the internet! Your TNT hosts Bill ‘Dr. Soos’ Soucy and Mark H. Delfs comb through their mostly-disturbing Google Newsreader Tech Stories and bring you the best (and usually comical) stories of the week. Fire up your browser and head to our live video page and help us craft the Tuesday Night Tech Show at 9:00PM (EST).As always, here is the weekly schedule:

9:00PM (EST): The TNT Preshow
10:00PM (EST): The Recording of the Weekly Podcast
11:00PM (EST): The TNT Postshow

As usual, join the official TNT chatroom (which are a bunch of drunk and rowdy fans!) hosted by Ustream.tv. Bring your favorite cocktail and join us each and every Tuesday!

Show Links:

• The Official TNT Website
• The Live Video Feed (with chatroom)
• The Show Notes Page
• Leave TNT Voicemail: 214-473-4TNT (4868)
• Subscribe to the Weekly Podcast
• E-Mail The TNT Hosts
• AOL Instant Messenger: ‘tuesdaynighttech’ (Via The Tuesday Night Tech Show.)

Whether you’ve known it as Tybee Island or Savannah Beach, whether you love its history, beautiful beaches, dolphins and turtles, or salt water marshes, whether you come to sit in the sun, swim in the surf, or indulge in some great seafood, it’s TYBEE TIME come October 20th and 21st of 2007.

Tybee Island will celebrate its 120th anniversary with a two-day event starting on October 20.

“Everyone knows about the beach, but what we’re trying to do is highlight the other things Tybee has to offer,” explained Vernon. The celebration will center around Tybee’s history and cultural heritage, with period costumes, music and games from 1887.

“The whole celebration came about from a grant from the Georgia Council for the Arts and the goal of that grant, which was also matched by the City of Tybee Island [was]…to have more cultural-heritage-type events,” Vernon told us. “And the timing worked out perfectly too, being that we liked the sound of, ‘a dozen decades’ of cultural heritage.”

But that’s not all this anniversary has to offer. Food will be a main event next weekend with the Georgia Shrimpers Association providing locally caught shrimp for everyone to enjoy. The Marine Rescue Squadron will be having a Low Country boil and many local restaurants will be featuring special dishes.

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Tybee’s Mayor has taken to the cyber airways in his fight to gain federal funding for replenishing the roughly 2.5 miles of beachfront on the island.

The town has posted a 10-minute video on YouTube.com, the enormously popular video-sharing site, starring Mayor Jason Buelterman.

"I’ve been surprised at the amount of response, particularly from the media," Buelterman said.

This YouTube lobbying effort was recently featured in the Washington, D.C. publication, The Hill, who’s readership consists of primarily political insiders.

Buelterman said he was inspired to try this approach by 1st District Republican Congressman Jack Kingston’s use of the Internet to get his message out.

Buelterman said that the YouTube spot was primarily an educational tool. "Unlike states with more extensive coastlines, there’s a learning curve about this issue," he said.

Currently, Tybee must request funding from the federal and state government for beach re-nourishment. The video features the top five reasons to fund this project.

To view the video, go to http://youtube.com/watch?v=5MTydJVT5mM.

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