I've been creating some cool MP3s for my ride to work.
Every morning I've been recording ZDNet's Anchordesk's Radio show. The show is published on the net using streaming audio. I use a piece of software named Super MP3 Professional to record the show to MP3. I don't listen to the show as I'm recording as I'm spending that time getting ready for work. I listen to the recorded MP3 on my way to work playing it through my car's radio using a cassette tape adapter. A combination of high tech/low tech. I love it!!
David Coursey's Anchordesk show is a great show. I find it very informative as it contains much information that is relevant to my day job and my interests.
I been recording the show for about a month and noticed a few things. For one their website only seems to store about 2 weeks of shows. No archives. Which means if I link to a show from my weblog I get link rot pretty quickly. Also, they don't publich MP3s of the shows. If they did it would make my life and others easier and I believe would open their content to alot more listeners and possibilities.
I'm actually looking forward to my ride to work these days. I like the idea that I can pause the show when I receive a cell call. I also like the idea I can replay the content that seems not to be sinking in.
David's style is very pleasant. So are his guests that are usually top analyst in the IT field. David's exchanges with his guest are colorful as he combines his wit with deep knowledge with everything tech.
Listening to David's show you get a taste of where audioblogs will play well. Listening to conversations. Easy to follow, analyst followup conversation of an event. Narration of an event. Sound familiar?
From listening to David I get the feel that he has a amateur like radio studio in his home. I don't mean to make it sound non-professional because it sounds very good. David hints of this and yesterday we seen evidence of this when his telephone line went dead and was late for the show. He really has mastered all the tools he needs for this venture.
David represents what I believe some audioblogs will sound like in the next year. Maybe not covering the same vertical market as his show but using the same format and tools he uses.
I also wish David's show was more audioblog friendy. What do I mean by this? Well first of all I wish he would break the show into smaller clips. This would make it possible to link to topics or analyst in the show instead of the whole thing. I also would like archived mp3s of the show so we could download it for listening on devices like IPods and archiving for latter listening as well as point to them from our weblogs without having quick link rot.
If shows like David's worked well with audioblogs and weblogs in general, it could take David's show some new places as well as get some new exposure.
Maybe I should email David to see if he would like to do some experimenting.
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