Saturday, February 12, 2005

"IPod, I don't need no stinking IPod!!" Podcasts are really just mp3 files that are accessible through the web.  I been watching this whole podcasting thing shake out and I'm asking why are we going through hoops to listen to these small files on our broadband connections?  Why are we not just listening to podcasts right in a web browser?  The process of moving mp3 files to a flash or hard drive player is not for everyone and is a task (podcasting) that a large group of users will never do (especially if they have no intention of ever buying a mp3 player).  For that large, no huge group of potential podcast listeners why aren't we working on other ways to get them to listen.  Over the last couple of weeks I been producing lists of new podcast daily.   First I embedded a flash player in my blog posts and left it to the user to start the playlist.  Then somewhere in the middle of this week I flipped the autoplay switch of the mp3 player and instantly my blog transformed from a text based blog  to a blog that started to talk to you automatically (blogcasting??) without the need for you to do anything.  When I first forced the embedded flash mp3 player in my posts to autoplay I really didn't think much about it.  Then I started to notice that more and more users were coming in just to listen to the podcasts selections like a radio station.  I also found it to be a great podcast radio at home as I got ready for work and at work as I listened to my morning picks through the day on another computer as I worked though the day. Since I'm not pulling down complete mp3 files to storage (flash or hard drive) with a podcast aggregator for later listening, this is not really technically the famous podcasting/podcatching we all know about.   I'm starting to think podcasting has it place but on the other hand it does make it more complicated for groups of potential listeners without detachable storage based mp3 players then it really needs to be.  The idea is to expand the podcast listener community by exploring alternate efficient ways to listen to podcasts.  Maybe as the podcast play matures that podcasting techie stuff we do today will move away from some end users to the back office of the professional podcasting production studio.  Making it easier for listeners adds value.  Time will tell. It will probably be easier for me to podcast my thoughts and what I am doing here on the blog, so look for that podcast later today. 8:43:44 AM  comment []    trackback []     Saturday morning podcast picks   The audio player above is simple to use.  Just click the play arrow in the player to start a podcast or use the double arrows on the right to move to the next podcast.  All podcasts decribed in player have show numbers and titles.  All show numbers in player match up with the show numbers described in the show list below. This morning's featured Podcast "WebTalk Radio" This mornings' first and featured podcast comes from WebTalk Radio.  Rob Greenlee is the Founder and Co-Host of WebTalk Radio. 1) Audio & Video Search Gets Hot Online, Web News & Trends (10.43MB; download) -- 45 min. from Feb 5, 2005 Show - Audio Video Search Gets Hot Online; joining us is Suranga Chandratillake, Co-Founder CTO of Blinkx.com Blinkx.tv. also discussed is the impact that Microsoft Notepad has had online, Online shopper pick up in-store and Skype takes Voice mail.   Source: WebTalk Radio episodes I wonder what Rob Greenlee thinks about the blogcasting I'm doing right here in the blog. 2) The Keener Podcast - 2/13/05 (27.62MB; download) -- We received an email recently from a faithful Keener Podcast listener asking to hear un-edited air check material, to get a feel for what Keener really sounded like. So on this week's show, that's just what you'll hear. All Keener Music and all Keener DJs, including J. Michael Wilson, Swingin Sweeney, Dick Purtan, Jerry Goodwin, Bill Phillips, Mac Owens and Bob Green. It's 30 straight minutes of uninterrupted Keener excellence. Enjoy! ... Source: The Keener13.com Podcast episodes 3) Blogging Alone Daily Audio Browse Febuary 9th 2005 (2.80MB; download) -- No opml or html show notes just the text below in the previous post. mp3 ... Source: Blogging Alone episodes 4) in over your head radio #30, feb 10th (17.67MB; download) -- Stuff. ... Source: In Over Your Head Radio episodes 5) In the Trenches - 02-10-2005 (8.54MB; download) -- Been playing with voice overs and sweepers... I'm looking for your help too. I need people to call in a bogus help desk call to the listener line. The goofier or more outlandish, the better. 206-888-4488, or via Skype at Skype ID: inthetrenches. I'm also ... Source: In the Trenches episodes 6) The Phantomfeed 007 for 02-11-05 (9.99MB; download) -- Download The Phantomfeed 007 Show length: 21:49 File size: 10 MB 00:01-03:04 ~ Show opening 03:05-15:07 ~ Current events roundup: Accidental evacuation, Trump gets spired, Pfizer and Microsoft fight Viagra spam 15:08-16:15 ~ Break 16:16-19:35 ~ Tech TV pop-up blooper 19:36-21:49 ~ Show closing Contact: e-mail: phantomfeed@gmail.com voice mail: 206-203-3334 ... Source: The Phantomfeed episodes 7) 016 Mostly Trivial (0.60MB; download) -- 016 Mostly Trivial ... Source: Mostly Trivial episodes 8) Friday Night In Dixie (7.75MB; download) -- Episode 48. Today is an important day in the history of the Podcast About Nothing... it is Bob's debut as my new producer/engineer. Bob is here so that when anything goes wrong, I can blame him. All the regular features are here and a few news articles ...  Source: Jimmy Jett episodes 9) Miller Report - Weekend Edition (17.72MB; download) -- I think we are going to start something new. Get you a Miller Report for the weekend that is just music. I hope you like the selections. .. Source: The Miller Report with Dave Miller episodes 10) Future Tense Podcast for February 11, 2005 (1.35MB; download) -- Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, Ray -- these are a few of the Oscar-nominated films that have found their way to the Internet, by way of Academy members and others who are given preview copies known as "screeners." A year ago, the Motion Picture Association of America and Hollywood studios attempted to clamp down, but the problem is worse this year, according to a story in the Los Angeles Times. ... Source: Future Tense episodes 11) XMPP, part three (6.74MB; download) -- Joe Hildebrand, Chief Architect of Jabber, Inc., has been doing instant messaging for nearly a decade. In this podcast, the final of three, we discuss XMPP and the stringprep hack, the relationship between the JSF and the IETF, and "cool" XMPP clients. Click to listen directly. Running time: 14'22" To subscribe, drag this to your client. .. Source: Radio-free RFC podcast episodes 12) Traders Nation (tm) (24.34MB; download) -- Traders Nation (tm) - The Largest Syndicated 'LIVE' Radio Talk Show For Smallcap Stocks. TradersNation.com hosts a network of nationally syndicated financial radio talk shows. Web site visitors, listeners, affiliates and financial content distribution companies access daily the freshest market news, alerts, overall market commentary and more through various means of broadcast distribution methods from TradersNation.com. Traders Nation is the only financial talk show listed under the radio selection as a pre-select in Apple's iTunes software. ... Source: TradersNation.com (tm) episodes 13) Dave Sifry: Web 2.0 (7.13MB; download) -- Want to grok the blogosphere? Dave Sifry, founder and CEO of Technorati has the inside look at this explosive new medium. (IT Conversations audio from the Web 2.0 Conference) ... Source: IT Conversations episodes 5:32:43 AM  comment []    trackback []

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