Great post over at the Pomo blog, Pardon my removal of the blacklisted buzzwords. 😉 “Because there are far more people creating content than there is time for people to consume it. Therefore, trusted, smart filters… become desirable. Who does the filtering? Sometimes, it’s a person or people, but increasingly we consumers do it ourselves” …
Monthly Archives: October 2006
The Evil Genius Asks About the First Crack Podcast
Dave Slusher turned the mic on me at the recent PodcastExpo 2006. We talked about hyper-local podcasts and the two reasons why I podcast.
Amazing Race Season 10 – Episode 3 & 4
CBS and TiVo have been fighting the past few Sunday nights – CBS has been throwing off the start time of the Amazing Race by 15 to 30 minutes, and TiVo – hasn’t been able to figure it out. Since we only watch AR via TiVo. We’ve been missing the back half of each AR. …
Leo Laporte Gives Up on Podcasting
I’ve subscribed to the Daily Giz Wiz for quite a while now – the combination of goofy banter, unloved gadgets, generally silliness, and it’s brevity makes for great podcasting. It’s the only TWIT-family podcast I was still subscribed. Unfortunately, in today’s – #166 – the new TWIT intro calls it a ‘netcast’. Lame. What’s a …
Rule 1: Be Useful Without an Account
Software as She’s Developed bring reminds us about lazy registration, i.e. a system that’s useful to people just kicking the tires, or just don’t want to set up another name/pass combination. I’ve baked this into the FeedSeeder project (see the 2nd screencast). I’m working on the deployment recipe right now, so I should be able …
The Peacock Problem
Odeo Disconnects
“As of November 1, 2006, Odeo phone posting will no longer accept calls. We will continue to host and serve all MP3s made with the service indefinitely, but you will no longer be able to use it to post new audio.” Until moments ago, I would recommend Odeo and Hipcast (formerly Audioblog.com) as the easiest …
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 …
The ‘With’ Exception that Proves the ‘Because Of’ Rule
“Ahem, because you’re not [making money in podcasting] doesn’t mean that others aren’t.” – Kris Smith, Pale Groove Studios
First Crack 86. Busting the 12-Step Cycle
The first crack at the new, fully-automated publication process. Listen to Busting the 12-Step Cycle [2 min] (This podcast brought to you by HijackingWP)