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Blog
comment 1:
“Podcast this, podcast that. It’s
just streaming audio for god’s sakes!
It’s not some sexy iPod-related
technology, it’s not new technology
by any stretch of the imagination, and
it’s not a new compression scheme
either. I don’t see what the big
deal is. Why can’t people just say,
hey, I put up this damn MP3 for download.
It certainly speaks a lot more than some
stupid buzzword.” |
Blog comment 2:
“Call it what it really is: Old
wine in a new bottle.”
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(Editor’s
note: 2 days later, the Chennai Moral Police
arrests both these neo-nazi, anti-podcasting
bloggers for using “immoral” language
like “sexy” and “wine”
in a public forum like blogs. Serves ‘em
right!) |
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lot of people have a lot of things to say about
podcasting…and almost all of them are
wrong. They just don’t get it. Here are
the 4 most common, most discussed podcasting
misconceptions I have come across the entire
blogosphere.
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on:
(Editor’s note:
these are REAL comments I found in the blogosphere)
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“Podcasting is something to do with those
cute iPods”
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Geez!
ANY mp3 player (including iPods) will
do. In fact, ANY COMPUTER will do. You
can listen to podcasts from your desktop,
laptop, PDA, mobile phone, mp3 player
and iPods! Anything with a hard disk,
sound card, software and is connected
online can play podcasts. Since the
iPods were indeed cute, some idiot used
the word to associate them with audio
blogging. Yes, that’s what it
boils down to. Audio Blogging. The problem
was accentuated by the fact that every
other article on podcasting seemed intent
in posting an image of an iPod next
to the headline!
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2.
“It’s just streaming audio” |
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Says
who? It’s time-shifted and cached
audio. You can hear a podcast anytime
you want. Streaming audio is like radio
broadcast. You cannot “save- store
–listen later” to streams.
Basically if streaming audio is TV,
then podcasting is something like Video.
Go figure.
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“I just uploaded an MP3 for everyone to
download. What’s the big deal?” |
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Mr.
Einstein here is obviously in 2nd grade.
One needs to “push” the audio
file in machine-readable form into an
RSS feed. On the other side, the podcast
listener has a comp with iTunes (or similar
software) that reads the feed. It basically
downloads automatically after you have
subscribed to that RSS feed and is ready
for you to listen whenever you want to.
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Anyone
who serves up a page with a link to an
MP3 and calls that “podcasting”
should be reported to the Chennai Moral
Police for hurting the sentiments of true
podcasters. They’re just trying
to ride the podcast mania without a clue.
‘Cause its “cool” to
be able to podcast.
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RSS
feed subscription and automated download
is the KEY INGREDIENT of podcasting. Otherwise,
you might as well choose pen and paper
over computers.
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“Podcasting
is a major conspiracy hatched by Steve
Jobs, who is the real Grand Master of
the 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason
cult in disguise, to sell more iPods and
rule the world on behalf of Lucifer.” |
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Seriously. |
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| Have
more questions on the finer mysteries of
podcasting? Email: harminder@mediaturf.com |
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