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speaking just as hobbyist (only 25 episodes at groggyjava.tv) and enthusiast i am of the mind that there never really was a podcast 1.0 bubble.
the mechanics are still too clunky and haven't really become seamless yet
i know what you're thinking -- "but subscribing to podcasts is sooooo easy", but if you can work a DOS prompt your opinion on the word "easy" doesn't count --hell if you know what the phrase "rss feed" means you're disqualified from any ease-of-use conversation, period.
easy means my mom can do it, and brother, it ain't there yet.
more people i talk to than not have no idea what podcasting is, or have an ill-conceived notion of what it's about -- and as a web developer/software programmer, i run in pretty geeky circles
i think it's still got a year or so to go before newbies and luddites can actually work the technology
my sister teaches media at a community college in england and it's not even in their textbooks yet
so before we start wearing black arm bands and telling dot-bomb-style war stories, let's remember that technology takes a long time to become commonplace.
just think of how long before average person even knew what e-mail was
//ken
On 2/23/07, Gene from Hometown Tales <gene@...> wrote:
I probably agree that the Podcasting bubble has burst.
But I think it's what's expected. Its not that it's dying but just transforming.Basically, online on-demand content is what is still alive. I know we've been getting away from the word "podcast" because I think it's a little limiting.Essentially every site now has downloadable audio, video etc.... sometimes with an RSS feed sometimes not.I do think you'll find someone who will buy odeo and transform it into a massive platform for the same content just less "podcasty" and more about a variety of mediums (video, games, audio, etc..)just my thoughtOn Feb 23, 2007, at 11:05 AM, Harold Gilchrist wrote:Thought for the day: "Is the bubble bursting for Podcasting 1.0?" http://www.podcastbrowser.com/blog/?p=300Anyone out there looking to pick up a Podcasting 1.0 company cheap? I hear ODEO is for sale.So is podcasting over or is it just Podcasting 1.0 coming to an end.Looking through my glasses I see these kind of events as cycles and parts of a bigger evolution. So I am hoping that there is more half full that half empty to this cycle as I am not surprise at all to see some of these 1.0 trees beginning to fall. Stay tuned because more changes/bigger trees of Podcasting 1.0 are still to fall.To simplify, new media on the web was just to big for what these Podcasting 1.0 companies were selling and trying to be.I know it's Friday, but I'm interested in knowing and how you see the changes happening in Podcasting right now?Harold Gilchrist__________________________Gene FitzpatrickCreator/ProducerHometown Tales
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