MT31 - a bucketload of podwaffle
Published by on November 18th, 2007
Yes, waffling, out of practise, and potentially rather dull. But don’t complain because I only manage to subject you to this rubbish two or three times a year - so there!
I’m catching up on what has happened (and missing a whole bunch more). There’s the dropping of the ‘pod’ and the changes in podcasting, there’s desertislandgeek.com and the hassle it is to make it happen, there’s tablerappers.com and the joy of spending time with imaginary friends, and there’s how changes to the idea of monetizing indie productions is consuming my every waking hour. Music from Jeff Kornberg (Damn) and Supernal (Colour Fades Away).
Show length: 34 minutes:
8 Responses to “MT31 - a bucketload of podwaffle”
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November 18th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
No complaints here, waffle I love, unedited chatting, unloading thoughts, random tangent blah blah I love.. tis intellectually refreshing and good eargonomics.
And FKN love zero “pod” in semantics, rocks beyond a head bang.
November 18th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
lovely to hear you back again
November 18th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Looking forward to hearing this Neil.
I clicked the iTunes button on the top right though and it seemed to want to subscribe me to some old content instead of this ep. Thought you should know.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Nice use of the word leverage ;o)
November 19th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
How about Creative Digital Media… sounds better than podcasting and encompasses everything.
Creative Digital Artist.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Thank you for your support everyone.
@Emma: ‘leverage’ is better, and more appropriate, than ‘exploit’
@Chris Leydon: OOh, that’s getting there. Though ‘artist’ is a little strong for many
November 30th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
I was listening to your latest podcast the other day (not all that wafflly, BTW), and it struck me that the things you say about state of podcasting were not only spot on, but it brought to my mind an already existing comparison. It sounded all the world like podcasting (which I’m rather new to), was following the direct path already taken by webcomics (which I’m sort of new to). In both, they started out with big innovators blazing the trail and getting things launched, then a sort of grass-roots support community forming that consisted of like-minded people, then wild growth, and then (at least in the case of webcomickry), there came a sort of glut of content with no focus or purpose, a myriad of copycat strips, no standards of quality, and then the originators burning out on something they once loved. The freedom to post what you create without bowing down to “The Man” is wonderful. The down side is, anybody, regardless of talent, or skill, or anything can post a “comic” even if it’s completely naff. So maybe webcomics are a good comparison to use when people ask what may happen to podcasting one day if podcasters aren’t careful. As I listened to your show, it made me realize that there sure seem to be more similarities than differences. Well, just a thought, anyway.
December 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
HI Mark, thank you for your comment.
I had not any real awareness of the webcomic scene, but none of what you describe is particularly surprising.
The key to survival in all of this is for the innovators and early adopters to evolve, move on, discover the next level and not succumb to the temptation of the warm, comfortable, soapy bath of mass mediocrity.