July 14th, 2008
Back in April when PodShow re-branded to MEVIO, there was a a fair bit of spitting over the CEO’s comments that the company had “…never believed in user-generated content as a business, or even as a sustainable entertainment offering“. This created all manner of waves amongst podcast producers. Here is my personal take on why [...]
June 17th, 2008
Commercial Audiobook distribution is flawed. At one time they were only available on cassette tape (remember those?), now it is CD plus some online distribution using DRM (Digital Rights Management) to prevent piracy. Each of these systems is flawed because they cross the boundaries between books and music.
Readers read books (I know, it’s obvious, but [...]
March 3rd, 2008
2008 is doing a grand job of eliminating noise and embracing substance - I am sensing an optimism on one particular area that I have not seen for the past two years. This year, podcasting (for want of an alternate name) is finally forging onwards and upwards.
Is podcasting truly mainstream? Big media content is perhaps [...]
February 21st, 2008
Tea & Podcasts yesterday announced it is shutting down in a month. This is the last dedicated UK podcasting forum which means the only way to openly connect with other producers now falls into the (cringe) social network space.
The two that currently exist - but knowing social networks, I’ll bet others spring up to dilute [...]
February 9th, 2008
Familiarity most certainly breeds complacency, so in this post I am partially putting things to rights regarding a very familiar place.
I pop into Tea&Podcasts a few times a week to see what’s going on. It’s an open forum for podcast and independent producers, their audiences, or anyone interested in podcasting, which has existed since the [...]
January 17th, 2008
Way back in September of 2006 - that’s like the dark ages in podcasting terms - I wrote a little post about podcast subject niche which were underdeveloped content-wise, but very healthy in the amount of advertisers who are interested in spending some money. I thought it might be right for an update.
It seems to [...]
December 2nd, 2007
Another Minor Technicality lights up your ears on a dull, damp, windy December Sunday Morning.
Some feedback on the last show - it seems my waffly ranting ruffled some feathers here and there and generated a great response.
TableRappers.com - the first prelude episode is finally released after so many hours of hard graft getting it [...]
October 16th, 2007
One island, one geek, and just five of their cannot live without geek items. Natali Del Conte has some ideas on how to cheat around the customs rules, can she get away with it?
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