Posts tagged Podcast
Areas I’m Interested In for 2010
22 years ago
by David van Sunder
in Technology
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I have been talking with people a lot lately about the online areas that I’m really interested in following this year, so I decided to share them here, as well. These aren’t necessarily the areas that I think will be the biggest this year. This list is really more about the areas I’m most interested in watching develop. I’ll list the areas in no specific order because it’s hard to say in exactly what order I’m most interested in them. (more…)
What’s a Podcast Anyway?
22 years ago
by David van Sunder
in Technology
What do you mean, what's a podcast?!
With multiple years of podcasting experience behind me, I have often been confronted by the dreaded question: “What’s a podcast?”
This question is difficult to answer for several reasons. The first is that non techies expect that the answer will be too technical for them to understand, so you have to avoid all technical sounding jargon. The second and third are because podcasts mean something a little different to each person and very few people are interested in a long answer. So, I give each person the short answer that I think best tailored to each individual’s particular circumstances. (more…)
New Media: Embracing Mediocrity or Unearthing Excellence?
12 years ago
by David van Sunder
in Business
Even diamonds are hidden amongst tons of rock.
So, is new media embracing mediocrity or unearthing excellence? This is a question that comes up whenever a form of media is opened up to the masses. It has been discussed with desktop publishing, blogging, audio podcasts and now with video. Every time, people weigh in with their opinions on the occurrence. I’m weighing in as well because I think this is an important topic now for several reasons.
The first reason is that many people feel like the media, (old media, the man, whatever you want to call it) is letting us down. The media is controlled by a small group of corporations, which are easily bought up and controlled by people or corporations that don’t necessarily have our best interests at heart.
The second reason is that the media usually shoots for the middle ground, the safe bet, for content that doesn’t offend too many people and isn’t too unique. Otherwise, people could potentially be discouraged from watching. That results in a lot of good content never being produced, some great content being cut short (like Firefly) and some content that people think is no longer up to its previous high quality, continuing long past its prime.
The third reason is that we will soon have a way to sift through the vast amounts of available content to find the content that we are looking to consume. This is important because it doesn’t matter if there are hundreds of amazing blogs, podcasts or videos that we would be overjoyed to consume, if we never find them. (more…)