NYT, pg1: Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here

[DeepModem Mom]

Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here
By KATE ZERNIKE

Published: February 19, 2005


....Since August, when Adam Curry, a former MTV video jockey, and David Winer, an early Web log writer, developed the podcasting technology, 3,075 podcasts have sprung up around the world, according to a Web site, Ipodder.org, that offers downloads of podcasting software.

From "Say Yum," a California couple's musings about food and music, to "Lifespring," a Christian show whose creator said he had a vision to podcast, to "Dutch Cheese and American Pie," by a Dutch citizen planning to move to the United States, these shows cover a broad variety of topics.

Podcasts are a little like reality television, a little like "Wayne's World," and are often likened to TiVo, which allows television watchers to download only the programs they want to watch and to skip advertising, for radio or blogs but spoken.

And as bloggers have influenced journalism, podcasters have the potential to transform radio. Already many radio stations, including National Public Radio and Air America, the liberal-oriented radio network, have put shows into a podcast format. And companies are seeing the possibilities for advertising; Heineken, for example, has produced a music podcast.

Inevitably, politicians are taking note, too. Donnie Fowler Jr. put out "FireWire Chats" by podcast in his bid to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee, saying Democrats had to embrace new technology if they wanted to reach a grass-roots audience....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/19/technology/19podcasting.html?oref=login

[Hugin]

1. Hey COOL!... No wonder the pundits are up-at-arms.

They caught wind of this and realized people may start
watching what they want to see.

May they go the way of the dodos.

:spit:

[Renew Deal]

2. Here's a wikipedia link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

[confludemocrat]

3. Hey, this has been a simple matter

for me for months: download Al Franken's or Mike Malloys archived shows, the most podcast-friendly and yet most likely to have been missed because on mid-work day or late at night of Air Americas stuff (commercial free from Air America Place) use iTunes to feed them to your iPod and catch up on a plane flight or while entering data or mowing the lawn. These two shows are the most packed with red meat and no filler and nicely balance each other in tone.

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Good idea, confludemocrat -- welcome to DU!

[livinginphotographs]

4. Internet radio is actually incredibly easy to do.

I have several friends who broadcast music-related radio shows. The only problem is getting people to listen. :D