Comments on: mainstream-ification and podcasting

By: Rob Anderson

Rob Anderson — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:04:22 +0000

Sounds like a fascinating speech.
Would you be interested in spreading the word a bit further by participating as a guest speaker at the International Podcasting Expo (a 3-D Virtual Expo)
http://global.co-opworld.com/intlpodcastingexpospeakers.php
are some of the people we have at the moment.

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:22:16 +0000

Adam Curry totally has his ego issues, and lots of other issues (like being an upper class twit), but I think you’re missing some irony on his part here. Podfinder in particular, and really so very much of what he’s doing in the podcasting world (like the Podsafe Music Network and the Podcast Alley) are ALL ABOUT helping listeners discover new podcasts and indy artists. I think he’s making fun of himself with this choice of graphics. I think you’re really missing out if you don’t get to utilize some of the work he’s doing. And Yeast Radio, that’s rad too. That movement really does not need leaders at the expense of other practitioners, but I think Curry is making a good and honest effort to avoid that. Have you listened to Podcast 411? That’s somebody else who I think is trying hard to highlight other podcasters. Of course white, male dominance of the podosphere is a major problem – but those are a couple of guys who I think are trying to do their part to change that.

By: kris olsen

kris olsen — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:09:38 +0000

A couple weeks ago, you asked your readers over at M2M what they’d like to see posted. I think this one, the media/copyright post from 9/29, and the Web 2.0 posts are all relevant M2M topics.

By: Michael Parekh

Michael Parekh — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:33:29 +0000

Great post…thanks for stepping up and being one of the first to take a swing at the podcasting pinata.

We need to continue to remind ourselves that we’re in the early, early stages of all this, and no guru, god, or icon has all the answers, or even some of the right answers.

After all, in the first decade of radio, the technologists and early adopters all felt the big market was in personal broadcasting. This led to building expensive radios that could both send and receive, which led to limited consumer adoption, which led to starting over which led to radio as we know it today: big transmitters that send stuff to little receivers.