Here's the current run-down...

6:05: Doc Searls on Radio, RSS, and The Next Big Thing

6:20 Bil Yeager, Director of the SDSU Jazz Ensemble, and their New disc "Where's My Hasenpfeffer?"

7:20 Buddy Blue, with his new disc "Sordid Lives".

And lots of other New in between.
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The Jazz 88 stream is done a bit differently, using a technology from our host, Abacast, that they call Distributed Streaming. It essentially connects you to another listener (unless you are the first) who then sends the stream to you while you they are listening. We are able to offer the stream to lots more folks this way on our public radio jazz budget.

Right now, the Jazz 88 stream supports Windows and Macintosh users that can listen to a Windows Media format. We need to support other, more open (another story) formats, like MP3 streaming, on additional platforms like Linux (comparable to Windows / Mac). That's about as untechnical as I can make it right now. Jump on the train!!

Oh, you can grab the Jazz 88 stream at http://KSDS-FM.org!!
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Here's what Mark Pilgrim said in a December, 2002 article entitled "What is RSS?",

"RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it's not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS..."

"RSS-aware programs called news aggregators are popular in the weblogging community. Many weblogs make content available in RSS. A news aggregator can help you keep up with all your favorite weblogs by checking their RSS feeds and displaying new items from each of them."

Think of the playlist of tunes, public service announcements, interviews, etc. as being able to be represented (and presented) to you as an RSS feed. Think of each element in that ticker of stock quotes your see floating across your screen as individual elements in an RSS feed. Think of links (and descriptions) of all the stories you read from the Union Tribune as individual elements in an RSS feed.

How do you look at these individual elements in an RSS feed? In an RSS Aggregator, sometimes called a News Aggregator or News Reader. It's a software program that reads the RSS feeds (because they are machine readable) and displays them to you, letting you link to full articles, post the articles to your weblog (website), or many other interesting things. Here's just one list of RSS Aggregators. I'd recommend that all computer users install one. I use Radio UserLand. I see the future being one where RSS Aggregators are built into every imaginable device, a couple that tie-in nicely to radio listeners would be cell phones or portable radios (either traditional or Internet-ready-playing-streams).

Where do you get RSS Feeds? For lots of websites, look for a the words RSS or maybe a little icon like this ...they usually are a link to a RSS Feed...like the TNJT feed...and the underused Jazz 88 News feed. Or scan the lists of feeds at NewsIsFree or Syndic8...you'll find every subject imaginable (except Jazz 88) has a feed from somewhere.

Here's the Jazz 88 tie-in. We need to get the Jazz 88 playlist in front of listeners via the website. That's a total known thing. What we really need to do is make that list available in an RSS format. Then all of you listeners will be able to subscribe to the Jazz 88 Playlist and see, on any device that capable, what's playing, or what that phone number was for that Public Service Announcement you just heard, or who's being interviewed right now. And the big 'bling bling' for me would be to have all of you folks that are weblog-enabled, being able to link to an entry in the playlist, add your comment about the tune (or the sorry-ass but sincere DJ playing it), and I'd be able to comment on your comment and read it on the air...in real time (because your weblog, like mine, would produce your comments in RSS).

Whew. That's a lot to comprehend for a Jazz Radio Listener. But I know you folks out there are smart and empowered and opinionated. Everything you need to get into RSS!
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"I expect all information to be available on the Web. We will need micropayments and other forms of payment solutions, but once we have that, you should be able to find anything you want on the Web. Currently, much of the best information is still locked up because it doesn't pay to just give it away."

Here's the rest of the Jakob interview at Publish.
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"Information without education is the old way of communication. Blind faith in the acceptance of news by organizations whose principles are being bent by ratings, marketshare, and advertising, are being examined and pointed out with increasing regularity by simple folks whose eyes are being opened to the potential of communication and discourse in near real time.

Doc's announcement of Allen's new enterprise, Globe Alive, points to the next stage in this revolution in communication. Globe Alive is the next big thing.

Real time communication with folks who have information to share, expertise to offer, and are willing to do so on a one to one basis is going to revolutionize the way folks can use information to improve their lives, their business, and their society. Globe Alive is the next big thing."

May I add that the new re-streaming of the Jazz 88 public radio jazz broadcast, in real time, adds music, arts, and other New things to the discourse. Flawed in that it currently only supports some users (WinMedia players on Win/Mac platforms), but a start in the right direction.

And maybe we'll ask Doc on the show tonight (around 6:05-ish) to give us his take on why this Big Thing (see, another Thing that fits right into the TNJT lifestyle) is so radically different from getting information from Google or other currently available INet resources. He gives us a Live clue here,

"I'm intrigued by the idea that the Web, or the Net, is missing a live element, in spite of all the efforts going on with VoIP, instant messaging and other stuff."

With my plans to follow blogs, especially those writing about Jazz, Arts, Music, and Radio, in realtime during my show, maybe we can be part of this Next New Big Thing. Or at least provide the soundtrack!!
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