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• iTunes Podcast Directory Strategy - Divert and Distract Based on the “Promote Your Podcast and Make Money on iTunes” email I just received from the iTunes Podcasting team, Apple’s podcast directory revenue-generation strategy is two-fold: Divert: Apple wants podcasters to point listeners to the iTunes Podcast directory listing of their podcast - rather then the one controlled by the podcaster. From Apple’s perspective, this
• AppleScript: Create M3U file from iTunes Playlist After Peter’s request for a ‘play all’ in the SXSW pick list, I whipped up this Applescript that creates a .m3u, streaming playlist, file using TextMate. The toughest part was translating iTunes’ MM:SS formatted track time into seconds for M3U. MakeM3UFromiTunesPlaylistInTextMate.scpt
• T-75 and Counting PodcastNYC lists out 9 Ways to Kill Podcasting. Articulating some of the ‘this feels wrong’ parts of the iTunes, Yahoo podcast directories. On the other side, thanks to Dave Winer for comparing the river-of-news vs. portal presentations. Personally, I see time-based navigation as a good way to see how a story evolves - though, I
• A Proposal for a TiVo, iTunes, Podcast Ad Formats 30 seconds is way too long. On the TiVo, we’re fast-forwarding through the commercials and other boring bits. We’re still watching as we fast-forward (we get the brand-impression, just more quickly and without sound). Same with podcasts. As I’ve mentioned earlier, we’re not skipping the ads, just getting through them more quickly. I know one
• Introducing the HijackingWP Script One of my biggest problems with podcasting is the production process. Even without editing the audio, the process is far too manual to repeat without inherent discouragement (65 podcasts in year 1 and 20 in year 2 should speak to that). In an effort to publish more and make podcasting as effortless as writing this post,