- Sex and Podcasting -
Mike O'Connor's reflections on community podcasting
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Farewell ??? the end of Sex and Podcasting
Yup. Ive decided to wrap up Sex and Podcasting and move on. I should have done this about a month ago, but hey, whos perfect? As I said back then, Ive run out of things to say about community podcasting. Ive decided to do a new podcast rather than dilute the [...]
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Katrina ??? multi-language podcasts
Patrick contributed a great how podcasts can help with a recovery effort idea which is to equip recovery workers with MP3 players filled with basic-info podcasts in different languages. That way, when they are out in the field, they can communicate with people even if they dont speak the language. …
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Podshow??? Does that deal make sense?
I listened to Adam and Rons roadshow pitches for the Podshow deal. Heres my summary of their story. I think some of its right and some of its wrong this podcast is about my take on the story theyre telling, and the deal they made. Im not sure that Internet-users and [...]
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More on ATTENTION, and trust ??? AttentionTrust.org
With the growing awareness and focus on attention, what about our rights when we GIVE our attention to somebody? The folks at Attention Trust (www.attentiontrust.org) are thinking hard about this one. An especially important topic for us community podcasters. Download this podcast
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Bandwidth ??? Be careful what you wish for???
Podcasting isnt a mass medium it is really expensive to reach a large audience. In this show well run through the basic math of what it costs to reach people, and explore why podcasting is much better suited to the long tail all of us narrowcasters. Becoming a super-popular mass media [...]
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Where do we take this? I could use your help???
This podcast asks a huge favor of you. I need your help in determining where to go with this Sex and Podcasting gizmo. There are enough of you in the gang now, so lets figure this out together. I whomped out another on the couch special-edition podcast in which I describe the [...]
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Welcome iTunes folks ??? this week is a watershed
Wow. iTunes added podcasting yesterday and Sex and Podcasting is rockin! So this is a special mid-week version of the podcast to say boy howdy and summarize what this nothing-about-sex podcast is all about. SP went from a couple hundred downloads a day to more like 5,000 a day. Whew! [...]
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Money! Podcasting! Podcasting and Money???
Of course people are all excited about making a fortune in podcasting. Listen to this podcast to hear where I think the money will be made, why it wont materially influence the bulk of what happens in podcasting, and why money isnt going to matter for most of us. Download this podcast
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CPB funding cut - a lesson to us all???
Yep, well this is kindof a repeat. Probably a theme that will show up over and over. A sub-committee of congress-critters cut CPBs funding this week. See? If you want to be free in your speech, pay attention to where the money is coming from and dont be surprised if [...]
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You can tell who the pioneers are ??? they have the arrows in their backs
Dave Winer did a couple of great podcasts this week the first a very personal revelation of his side of the business difficulties between him and Adam Curry and the second, which inspired this podcast, in which he does a lot of reflecting and shares a bunch of ideas that I found compelling. [...]
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NPR vs CPB ??? he who pays the piper calls the tune
A week full of news thats interesting if youre a community podcaster. CPB slaps NPR, NPR slaps back, Cox and Clear Channel are dropping rock-format stations cause theyre not seeing the rate of return they want, and iTunes looks like theyre going to support podcasts. Community podcasters take note …
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Podcasting ??? free of internal politics
Internal politics is an inevitable part of any community radio station. There are all sorts of reasons why and podcasting neatly avoids most of them. Of course, sometimes politics is a creative force that drives the content to new places, but for the most part its just something that gets in the …
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Community access ??? access for whom, the listener or the story teller?
Podcasting solves a big problem that plagues community radio stations the eternal balancing act between providing access to the airwaves for all while at the same time providing an audience. A little controversial on the music selection for this one Bruce Hornsby. 9.3 mBytes Download the podca …
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Podcasts as an organizing tool ??? in your community or your company
Audio is a great way to communicate. Very rich, all kinds of subtle things happen that dont in the written word, and are Too Hard in video. Here are some thoughts on how podcasting is a great way to reach a community, even inside your own company. Very subversive too kinda [...]
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Voice style ??? Why you don't need to talk like a radio DJ
Community podcasting is about real people telling their own stories, in their own voices. A little about the history of why radio people talk the way they do, and why you dont need to. Download the podcast, or Listen to it as a stream (starts playing immediately, doesnt stay on your machine when …
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All the words you CAN say in a podcast, even if you can't on the radio???
Radio is a shared space, like a city park, and there are rules governing your behavior there. Podcasting space is also shared, but its an interactive place that you choose to enter so the rules are different. Download the podcast, or Listen to it as a stream (starts playing immediately, doesnt …
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Remotes ??? Taking it to the streets
Podcasting, especially community podcasting, is all about letting people tell their own stories. In order to do that, you gotta go to them. This will undoubtedly be a recurring theme. In this one, listen to a few general thoughts about remotes, plus a little bit about digital gear that makes produc …
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Rant and a record ??? the format of these podcasts
Im thinking that the format of podcasts can take many forms. Listen to this one to learn about my views on format, why I like the 10-minute rant and a record idea, plus the obligatory tweaking of the broadcast industry 8.3 mBytes Download the podcast, or Listen to it as a stream (starts playing im …
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Podcast about podcasts as comments in podcasts (pretty recursive, huh?)
Adam Currys got a new "Strategy cast" out, and it triggered an idea. Why not build podcasting sites so that the comments to podcasts are podcasts? Buncha interesting software widgets would have to get built, and theres some etiquette to figure out. But some neat things could happen. Podcasting c …
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Podcasting free of internal politics
Internal politics is an inevitable part of any community radio station. There are all sorts of reasons why -- and podcasting neatly avoids most of them. Of course, sometimes politics is a creative force that drives the content to new places, but for the most part its just something that gets in th …
- Sex and Podcasting -
