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• The Buzzword Blacklist Part 2  Content - we can be more specific like; copy, pictures, conversations, talks, music, performances, etc). Doc Searls makes a good case to blacklist this word in this Giant Zero talk Monetize - under a hunch that this was a made-up word…it’s not. It means ‘to express in the form of currency’. So, it’s not a
• The Attention Pyramid 
• Down and Dirty Listener-Centric Podcasts Metrics Thoughts The article I whipped up for ID3 Magazine on a listener-to-podcaster metrics method is up; Trees Falling in the Forest: Lowering the Barriers of Connecting Podcasters and their Listeners. In it, I use Applescript to connect iTunes to Wordpress as a way for listeners to rank and send rankings of individual podcasts to the podcasters.
• The Economics of Podcasting First off, this post defines podcasting is an effective way to deliver highly niche audio to a very enthusiastic audience (the World English Bible translated into Klingon or Tips for Triathletes in the Southwestern US for example). Secondly, the numbers used here are rough and make for easy math. Let’s say you’re making one show a week
• Blurring Identity to Clear It Up “What if there was an agreed upon microformat…that would telegraph to others our capabilities, experience, strengths, knowledge and, especially, our availability to be hired?” - Steve Borsch Must be something in the warm Janurary in MN air. A lunch earlier this week - unfortunately without Steve (need to remedy that) - was all about the need