Random Articles

• The Problems with Podcast Directories I had a great lunch with Paul Cantrell today at Sushi Tango. Oh, and if you need an idea for lunch, ask Paul. He listed off a half-dozen other places that sounded just as fantastic. One of the many things we discussed was the problem of podcast ratings and categorization - i.e. the problem of finding
• Business Podcast Sighting: Cisco Had another conversation yesterday about how podcasting can help business communicate and connect both internally and externally. One thing coming out of these conversations - there’s probably audio or video somewhere in your organization that is collecting dust and could be more used and more useful in an RSS feed. Aside from the convenience, there’s
• Now You Know I’m Listening To Your Podcast I’m in the early stages of a couple podcast listener measurement methods. Methods that put the control in the hands of the listener - not the podcaster or a third-party - and the metrics in the hand of the podcaster, not a third-party. I’m trying one of the methods out with a small handful of my
• What Podcast Really Stands for Aside from sounding cool, “podcasting” is a combination of ‘ipod’ and ‘broadcast’ To deflect the impression that ‘podcasting’ requires an iPod (it doesn’t). Doc Searls has recommended the name stands for; “Personal Option Digital ‘casting” Others have suggested “Personal On-Demand ‘Casting” Both are fine backronyms, though I prefer CyborgName’s response:
• Save for Later Because I think albums of music and podcasts are very similar and I see both them very different from radio. Unlike Dave, I don’t want my podcasts automatically deleted, I would like the ‘Save’ or ‘Delete’ option just as I do on Tivo. The iPod/iTunes assumes everything is precious (it’s not), automatically deleting assumes nothing