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• Opportunitize, Not Monetize 30,000 feet up, on my way to a 3-day client meeting I took a tip from Doc Searls and stared at the landscape. That altitude provides a pretty good view of the roadway branding our country like a waffle iron. While I speculate most of these stretches of pavement are unused most of the time, without
• Pageviews Dead: Killed by RSS, AJAX, Widgets I’ve stopped tracking my web stats. I’ve only got one site left on the useless Google Analytics and haven’t visited the reporting page in forever. Incoming links and comments are the useful measures to me. Those tools are nowhere as mature as they need to be. Then again, I’m not looking for investors, advertisers, or the
• NPR off Audible Was Easy, NPR Off NPR Is the Hard Part As broken by Tristan Louisthe Mac Observer (corrected by Doc), NPR is not renewing their contract with Audible. This is a good thing. Podcasting and public radio are peas and carrots. They belong together. By not renewing the Audible contract, NPR removed the easiest obstacle preventing them from offering more podcasts. After some conversations
• Fast Forwarding Through the Funny Parts “What’s the value of that laugh to someone selling something associated with that laugh?” - Ron Bloom I’m all for commercial messages in podcasts. I’m all for companies using podcasts as part of their ongoing marketing efforts. Done right - along the lines of what Whirlpool is doing - it’s a great way to reach customers
• ID3 - The Podcast Magazine Site Launches Kris Smith and Todd Andrlik launched ID3 - Podcast Magazine website yesterday. Yes, that’s right - they’re working on a bimonthly print publication covering podcasting. It’s an interesting project, one I’ll be tracking and talking about more. Especially considering I’m on the ID3 Podcast Magazine Editorial Board. To me, the most interesting bit is to answer