Podcasting
by Josh Staiger
I first discovered Podcasting about a month back after seeing a link to the iPodder website in an ITConversations RSS feed. There has been a lot of noise about this in the blogging world as of late and for very good reason I think. In my opinion this is going to be *huge*.
I think that one of the most interesting things about Podcasting at the moment is that it *is* such uncharted territory and such rapid leap forward. It's awesome to listen the pioneers experimenting with what they can do with this new medium - both artistically and technologically to make that artistic expression possible. There is a feeling of genuine surprise and excitement that one rarely has the opportunity to witness in life. Just listen to an episode of Adam Curry's Daily Sourcecode or Dave Slusher's Evil Genius Chronicles to see what I mean.
I didn't get online until 1996. I was fourteen and, unfortunately, oblivious enough to the world around me to think that learning HTML was more important than learning how to pickup women...but I imagine that this had to be something like what the web felt like when it was still new.
There is just something about the material that is so refreshing and so down to earth. Where else can one listen to a show where the host gets interrupted by his daughter coming home from school momentarily and doesn't skip a beat, or another by a guy who is recording by speaking into his laptop while waiting for a plane at the airport? or pure hilarity like this?
No commercial pressures to produce content that appeals to the lowest common denominator, no FCC...
Ever since I got my Griffin iTrip, I've barely touched the actual radio. I almost wish I had a longer commute...