Archive for Podcasting

Podcasting: Its not just for geeks anymore

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Podcasting: Its not just for geeks anymore

Meanwhile, the number of podcasts has increased exponentially. In November 2004, Podcast Alley, an online portal for all things related to the phenomenon, listed fewer than 1,000 podcasts. Today, that number is 26,627, with almost 2,000 pending approval.Walch attributes the boom to the release of a new version of Apples iTunes software in June 2005 that made it easier for nongeeks to connect with podcasters without downloading additional software.

Pretty amazing really. What a couple of years and adoption by one product can do.

27 November, 2006 | No comments

Techno kids hang up on the real world

Techno kids hang up on the real world - 11/02/05

Across America, a symphony of unanswered house phones reminds us that there has been a sea change within families. More than half of all teens now conduct their lives on their own cell phones, or in a zillion online “instant” conversations parents never see, according to studies by MindShare Online Research and Consumer Electronics Association.

Children today have been labeled “the connected generation,” with iPods in their ears, text messages at their fingertips and laptop screens at eye level.

But their technology-focused lifestyle can leave them disconnected from the wider world, especially from their parents.

For all the good these technolgies bring there are some serious problems when digital stakeholders replace traditional stakeholders. We have already posted a CNN article which addressed declining social skills. Can it get worse?

2 November, 2005 | No comments

TV in Your Pocket Is the Next Small Thing

TV in Your Pocket Is the Next Small Thing - Los Angeles Times

Welcome to the age of fast-food TV: nuggets of news and entertainment that can be consumed on cellphones, video game consoles and digital music players. Whether the programming is downloaded via iTunes software or over a cellular network, the trend is changing where — and how — TV watchers are tuning in.

1 November, 2005 | No comments

Turn on, tune in, drop out — today’s motto

Turn on, tune in, drop out — today’s motto

With one powerful iPod after another popping out of the computer company’s pipeline, portable entertainment has turned from a curiosity to a collective compulsion. Who knew, until word of the new video iPod broke last week, that the public was dying to pay $1.99 a pop to squint at next-day reruns of “Desperate Housewives,” “Night Stalker” or “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” on a 2.5-inch video screen on the bus or BART ride home? Apple knew. Apple always knows.

Great article about how digital stakeholder relationships are being changed by the iPod. I have seen several articles lately about declining social skills of individuals due to technology. One headline screamed “American’s Becoming More Rude.” Now you didn’t have to do a study, the rest of the world already knew it, but what was really interesting is that we are more rude, even by our standards. So while these technologies have the ability to reinforce relationships they also have the ability to errode them.

20 October, 2005 | No comments

2006 The Year of Vidcasting and Advercasting

2006 The Year of Vidcasting and Advercasting

Both citizens and corporations (in the form of advercasts) are going to going to start creating or repurposing their existing content for the small screen.

My initial reaction as a marketer is that we’re going to need a whole slew of new tools to mine all this data - and fast. Thankfully, there are already a few companies rushing to fill this void. One is vodcasts.tv - a Podcast Alley for vidcasts. However, SearchForVideo is an even better example. SearchforVideo does a good job searching for videos and then delivering these results via RSS. They also offer a solid base of general video RSS feeds.

At the turn of the century it was adding “e-” to everything. It seems to new fad is “casting.” We will watch as these technolgies develop, but the key to success remains the same. Those that succeed will have a strategy that properly addresses their digital stakeholders.

17 October, 2005 | No comments

Podcasters prepare to launch video era - Oct 14, 2005

CNN.com - Podcasters prepare to launch video era - Oct 14, 2005

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Podcasting is on the verge of setting off a video revolution and users of Apple’s new video iPod can expect a deluge of outspoken commentary, religious sermons and pornography.

A video podcast, I am not so sure about that, but I think there are some industries that will be able to take advantage of this technology.

16 October, 2005 | No comments

The Internet: What lies ahead?

The Internet: What lies ahead?

Blogs (online journals) and podcasts (personalized audio Web casts) are apparently just the beginning of a grassroots movement. Most people in the Pew study also see improved access to online entertainment when it comes to music, movies and more. And the home computer or digital hub will become the centerpiece of a living room, streaming in content from over the Internet.

Great article about the future of the internet. Cerf believes that 90% of the applications have yet to be invented. There’s a lot of impact on digital stakeholders still to be discovered!

29 September, 2005 | No comments

Politicos embrace podcasting - Los Angeles Times

Politicos embrace podcasting - Los Angeles Times

It makes perfect sense that politicians and pundits are embracing the new medium, in which audio files are downloaded from the Internet to an iPod, MP3 player or similar device. Podcasting, many politicians say, gives them direct access to their constituents and allows them to talk to voters without a “media filter.” It also allows them to reach an audience that otherwise would not have the time or inclination to sit at a computer for the reports — particularly technology-savvy young voters, a key demographic in nearly all elections.”So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age,” says former Rep. Chris Bell, who is running for governor of Texas as a Democrat. Since April, he has recorded three podcasts.

This article makes me wish that I had invested in an iPod instead of my iRiver MP3 player and XM radio in my car. Even with XM I find myself looking for things, but with podcasting you can choose what you listen to and have it available when you want it. As more alternatives are offered I suspect more people will be tuning in …. but how do you tune an iPod

7 September, 2005 | 1 comment

File-Sharing Continues On Campus Despite Legal Music Services - 08/20/05

File-Sharing Continues On Campus Despite Legal Music Services - 08/20/05

Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated Press

American University Residence Hall Association President Will Mount said he and his student government colleagues ultimately voted to switch to Napster from Ruckus.

By Alex Veiga | AP Business Writer

LOS ANGELES — As a college freshman, Will Mount feasted on the free but mostly illegal music available through online file-sharing software such as Kazaa.

Now a senior, Mount has seen his free music fix become legal, thanks to an initiative by American University in Washington, D.C., to dissuade students from using its computer network to illegally swap music online.

“If you want to get the music in your iPod, you have to go to other places to buy it,” said Mount, 21, an Ohio native. “Or you are going to have to do something illegal to get it.”

20 August, 2005 | No comments

The Seattle Times: Personal Technology: Internet Radio Brings World To Your Ears

The Seattle Times: Personal Technology: Internet Radio Brings World To Your Ears

By Linda Knapp
Special To The Seattle Times

Like her colleague Charles Bermant at the Seattle Times, Linda Knapp has an innate knack for conveying basic information about nascent technologies to readers from all walks of life.

In the case of the following column from the desk of Linda Knapp, the Seattle Times columnist is discussing the advent of Internet radio and streaming media content.

18 August, 2005 | No comments

Some Good Articles from Business Week

You know you have an interesting topic when several articles appear in one issue of Business Week.

First a great article about blogging while the company goes belly up. Needless to say a good blog will not save a company

Blogging as You Go Belly Up

This really is an excellent read not only about blogging, but also about handling other stakeholders. For instance he did not reveal what was really happening to his PR person. So they could not give him the correct advice. Ultimately good business was what this business was lacking

The next article is about big media companies getting into Podcasting. Personally I have always liked how internet technology allows us to expand our horizons. For instance MP3.com offers artists from around the world. Some of which I have never heard of and some of which a pretty good. Why shouldn’t more people listen to them instead of what the media companies want us to listen to?

Podcast: David vs. GoliathYou may need to register for this one.

There are also other interesting articles on both blogs and podcasts in the current issue.

8 August, 2005 | No comments

Globetechnology: In one stroke, podcasting hits mainstream

Globetechnology: In one stroke, podcasting hits mainstream

Ever since Steven P. Jobs returned to Apple Computer in 1997 after a 12-year absence, his company has thrived by executing the same essential formula over and over: Find an exciting new technology whose complexity and cost keep it out of the average person’s life. Streamline it, mainstream it, strip away the geeky options. Take the credit.

6 August, 2005 | No comments

Podcasting: A Work in Progress - Yahoo! News

Podcasting: A Work in Progress - Yahoo! News

Podcasting might best be described as a work in progress. As quickly as the developers of one podcast technology launch an innovative market idea, a competing developer comes along to introduce another concept. Meanwhile, would-be listeners of podcast programming struggle with competing technologies.

29 July, 2005 | No comments

The hottest things on the Net!

The hottest things on the Net!

They are the hottest new things on the Net. And they are catching on like wildfire. The disruptive technology which powers them could dramatically alter the way we read, listen, express ourselves and even do business.

Wiki, Podcasting and Google Earth are things that are challenging the time-tested and established institutions such as newspapers, radio encyclopaedia and the Atlas.

Seems like we might be on to something here at Digital Stakeholders.

28 July, 2005 | No comments

DailyProgress.com | Broadcasting’s next frontier: The Podcast

DailyProgress.com | Broadcasting’s next frontier: The Podcast

A report issued in April by the Pew Internet and American Life Project reported that 6 million Americans had listened to a podcast, and the numbers are no doubt larger now, as Apple recently incorporated podcasting support into its most recent version of iTunes, streamlining the entire process.

Pretty amazing growth!

25 July, 2005 | No comments

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