Million-dollar weblog!

Look ma, seven figures and no salespeople!.

Congrats to Jason Calacanis for getting to the million-dollar-a-year level with his weblog business.

9:55:55 PM    

Is podcasting the "killer app for corporate communications and training?"

Well, that's what this article claims. I am still skeptical. The podcasting model, applied to training, so far is just another way to deliver a lecture. (Still waiting to see how the latest development of iPod delivery -- including video -- works out.)  However, the writer does offer an interesting example that somewhat gets away from the lecture model (it's still non-interactive, however):

"Thousands of sales reps and business partners around the world can zap the audio files straight to their MP3 players, burn them to an audio CD, or just listen from their laptops. In this five-part audio series, employees meet the host and follow sales leaders from their company and a competitor as they try to sell solutions to a fictitious client. Company executives interject commentaries and respond to call-in questions."

from [GRONSTEDT GROUP]

Please note that this link does not come from an RSS feed and the site is not a weblog. The article title, in case you have to look for it, is "Podcasting: Killer app' for training and corporate communications?"

6:55:39 PM    

The future of RSS.

It's not just weblogs any more.

From Video RSS Feeds to a New Browser With Integrated RSS.

In a mix of interesting RSS news, a new multimedia search engine provides customizable RSS feeds with the latest video content, a friend discusses the future of RSS beyond blogs, Tom Forenski questions whether confusion over RSS audience metrics is holding back online media and most importantly, AOL launches an IE-based browser with RSS capabilities.

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2:16:52 PM