Podcasting
Here, you will see that I am literally telling everyone about Post Crossing, as it is the topic of my audio project. This short recording encompasses my actual experience with the program, so think of it like an elevator pitch, but the elevator keeps moving for two full minutes.
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Ever since I was younger, I’ve been an enjoyer of collecting stationery, so everything from stickers to pens to paper, stuff like that.
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And naturally that kind of evolved into me having pen pals, but I kind of fell out of it over the years just because it was a larger commitment and sometimes I didn’t feel like responding to a letter that I got sent over a month ago.
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And so recently I found a program called Postcrossing, which kind of crosses
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those bridges in a beautiful way.
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It’s a program where you can sign up and send and receive postcards from people across the world.
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And originally it began in 2005 by a man named Paulo who had the intention to connect people across the world despite their differences in like a small meaningful way through mail.
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So it works by you just create an account, you request your first address, you write a registration code on the postcard so it can be logged when it’s received, and then after that one is logged your address is put into
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to a pool to be a recipient for others.
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So then that cycle continues and you can continuously have a rotation of sending and receiving cards.
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And in my experience, I’ve gotten all kinds of different cards and it’s a lot of fun to be able to look at all the data on the cards that you’ve sent and received.
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Personally, I’ve gotten a lot from Germany, but I’ve sent a lot to like Asia and South Asian countries and the style is always different and everyone has a little profile that you can fill out
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so you know kind of what they like to receive and you can kind of tailor it to that, but ultimately it doesn’t really matter.
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You’re just supposed to be sending a card and having that small little connection.
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And then you can choose to send like a thank you note at the very end.
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But Postcrossing is a really neat project that anyone can be a part of.
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I’ve been recommending it to everybody because mail can be fun for everyone and I’m really enjoying it.
How’d I do it?
Quite simply, actually. I created this podcast by recording myself with my phone, and plugged everything into Sound Trap studio to cut and edit the audio together. The intro and ending tune came from Freesound.org. I pieced it together by clipping and cutting the audio files together, and adding in some fade between the clips, which resulted in a more punchy and complete recording, anyways.
Credits and More Information
For more information about Post Crossing, please visit the following resources:
How it works: Post Crossing’s “About” page
More in depth history on the project: Post Crossing’s “History” page
To hear the entire song used in my podcast: “my very cool music track” by Printer_Not_Found on Freesound
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