This is fun.
I start out this morning at TechMeme, see that Nick Denton is telling the New York Times that there’s a media bubble, which leads me to the Blogging Times, which then leads me to Ask the Ninja who answers “what is podcasting.”
I love being told that I’ll be a failure in the New York Times by people who are far smarter and richer than me.
It puts me into a creative mood. 🙂
So, since I haven’t started my job yet, I’ve been thinking about what I want to do when I start.
The podcasting business is pretty simple, really. You need two things:
1) A distribution channel.
2) Content.
Distribution channel means “get on iTunes.” Well, there’s a lot more that you need to do too. Get on Google. Make it easy for people to get your content onto a PlayStation, an iPod, a computer, whether Mac/Linux/Windows.
Remove friction from the distribution channel and you’ll add value. Translation: make it easier for normal people to find, try, download, subscribe to audio and video content and you’ll get more audience. That’s what Google Video, YouTube, PodZinger, among many others are trying to do.
Content? That’s what I’ll be focusing on. Here you have two choices. Develop your own content ala Rocketboom or “Ask a Ninja.” Or, convince other people who’ve already developed such content brands to join your network.
I am interested in talking with you all about the network part of things, but that’ll be hard work of building relationships, understanding dreams, demonstrating that the network will bring them value beyond just staying independent, etc. I don’t have the answers yet, that’s my most important task after I start my new job.
So, what I can think about right now are the shows I’d like to do. What I’m passionate about.
Now, tipping my hand in public might seem like a not good thing to do. After all, my competitors might see this and might come out with something before I do.
I’ve learned over and over again that fear is bullshit. And, that by doing things in the public eye they not only get improved a lot more but also build networks of people who are interested in helping out (not to mention the Google juice). This particularly happened on our book project. It’s 10x better than if we tried to do it alone (and, the Google juice is so strong from people linking to it during its development that we’re #10 on the list for “naked” — how many people can say they out SEO’d the porn industry?)
So, here’s a few ideas that I’m noodling on. What do you think?
1) I’d like to do a show called “Don’t Tell Anyone Until Tuesday.” That’s what I told people when I told them I was about to quit working at Microsoft and it became an international story faster than I ever expected. This show would encourage entrepreneurs to come on the show and tell us about new stuff coming out. For instance, at a party at Gnomedex, one of the executives at Red Swoosh told me they are going to announce something pretty interesting on Thursday. So, why not get him on video, get him to demo it for our cameras, get an interview with the development team, get an interview with analysts and customers about how good or crappy the new service is.
2) Interviewing interesting people is one of the things that makes me excited about getting up in the morning. When I was heading toward PodTech’s offices on Sand Hill Road I noticed the Dish on top of Stanford University. John Furrier told me that some of his most interesting experiences in life were during walks up to that dish with interesting people. So, why not turn that into a show? “The Dish.” Invite interesting people to go on a walk to the Dish, record the conversation and put that up.
3) I love TechMeme. But I noticed something. Things really get blown up fast. For instance, last week Google’s Checkout was all over TechMeme. But I sense we need something that comes in after TechMeme and really discusses “what did we learn?” Jeff Sandquist has this little idea that he loves talking about: “does a new piece of software get used after one week?” If it does, he buys it. So, why not turn that into a show. Something titled “A Week Later.” We’ll look for stories that get overhyped on TechMeme, particularly products or services (Google Checkout would be one I’d work on this week if I were working right now). We’ll go and see the team that developed it, ask them for a demo on video, then go and visit people who wrote about it on TechMeme and interview them maybe five days later and ask “now that we are over the hype about Checkout, what else have you learned?” Maybe do a panel discussion of subject-area experts, sort of like a Sunday-morning news show where we tear Checkout apart. On the package on the Web site we link to our favorite five blogs and other podcasts/videoblogs about Checkout (Technorati reports that 2,312 posts contain “Google Checkout” so that alone would add some value).
Anyway, those are three ideas I’m noodling on. Some others? How about a show called “Outside the Valley” about innovations and new companies and new interesting people who live outside Silicon Valley?
Maryam has been talking about a show titled “Digital Diva’s.” That idea might be fun to talk about at BlogHer later this month.
Would love to know your ideas. Keep in mind that these are just things I’m thinking about, we’re a long way from doing any of these, they are just brainstorms from my brain to yours. PodTech is going to be doing a lot of things outside the tech/geek world too — we’ll talk about that soon after I start.
If I could do only one of these five ideas, which one is most interesting to you and why?
A Week Later would be nice until it becomes popular. Then someone would have to come up with a week laterer. So if you have a 2nd phase to that, its a great program and something I would probably start on.
Pros: 1. It would get you instant popularity (I think)
2. There is an opportunity for speculation (from you, an expert and the audience)
3. It can be a source of information (if you have intelligent analyses instead of plain reporting)
A week later video provider B shutdown because they didn’t follow Youtube’s model of…
It doesn’t have to be all negative and only about products/services. You could show Scoble a year later, too. How people changed in a year, for good or worse.
You could have prizes/polls for – what happens to Google Checkout “@ w33k l8r”.
Have audience send in a short – I will shave off my hair if MS doesn’t announced MS checkout in a week.
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A Week Later would be nice until it becomes popular. Then someone would have to come up with a week laterer. So if you have a 2nd phase to that, its a great program and something I would probably start on.
Pros: 1. It would get you instant popularity (I think)
2. There is an opportunity for speculation (from you, an expert and the audience)
3. It can be a source of information (if you have intelligent analyses instead of plain reporting)
A week later video provider B shutdown because they didn’t follow Youtube’s model of…
It doesn’t have to be all negative and only about products/services. You could show Scoble a year later, too. How people changed in a year, for good or worse.
You could have prizes/polls for – what happens to Google Checkout “@ w33k l8r”.
Have audience send in a short – I will shave off my hair if MS doesn’t announced MS checkout in a week.
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A Week Later would be nice until it becomes popular. Then someone would have to come up with a week laterer. So if you have a 2nd phase to that, its a great program and something I would probably start on.
Pros: 1. It would get you instant popularity (I think)
2. There is an opportunity for speculation (from you, an expert and the audience)
3. It can be a source of information (if you have intelligent analyses instead of plain reporting)
A week later video provider B shutdown because they didn’t follow Youtube’s model of…
It doesn’t have to be all negative and only about products/services. You could show Scoble a year later, too. How people changed in a year, for good or worse.
You could have prizes/polls for – what happens to Google Checkout “@ w33k l8r”.
Have audience send in a short – I will shave off my hair if MS doesn’t announced MS checkout in a week.
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Number 1 with an Outside the Valley on the side gets my vote. Everybody and their dog can/does interview the existing crowd. The emerging layer is always going to be far more interesting/entertaining. You could have an “EdgeCase” show 🙂
Speaking of getting on iTunes… Did you see the email from them outlining how to refine your RSS feeds for maximum distro at the iTMS? If not, lemme know and I’ll forward it to you.
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Number 1 with an Outside the Valley on the side gets my vote. Everybody and their dog can/does interview the existing crowd. The emerging layer is always going to be far more interesting/entertaining. You could have an “EdgeCase” show 🙂
Speaking of getting on iTunes… Did you see the email from them outlining how to refine your RSS feeds for maximum distro at the iTMS? If not, lemme know and I’ll forward it to you.
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Number 1 with an Outside the Valley on the side gets my vote. Everybody and their dog can/does interview the existing crowd. The emerging layer is always going to be far more interesting/entertaining. You could have an “EdgeCase” show 🙂
Speaking of getting on iTunes… Did you see the email from them outlining how to refine your RSS feeds for maximum distro at the iTMS? If not, lemme know and I’ll forward it to you.
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met: great idea about the polls and prizes. See, I would never have come up with that idea on my own.
gwhiz: hmm, I don’t remember seeing that email. Can you send it to robertscoble@hotmail.com ?
I LOVE the “EdgeCase Show.”
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met: great idea about the polls and prizes. See, I would never have come up with that idea on my own.
gwhiz: hmm, I don’t remember seeing that email. Can you send it to robertscoble@hotmail.com ?
I LOVE the “EdgeCase Show.”
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met: great idea about the polls and prizes. See, I would never have come up with that idea on my own.
gwhiz: hmm, I don’t remember seeing that email. Can you send it to robertscoble@hotmail.com ?
I LOVE the “EdgeCase Show.”
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“A Week Later” sounds great, and may very well spark more reflective and thoughtful discussion in certain corners of the web. Discussion which, ironically or not, should surface again at Techmeme! (Giving rise to “A Week Laterer”? Good call “met”!)
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“A Week Later” sounds great, and may very well spark more reflective and thoughtful discussion in certain corners of the web. Discussion which, ironically or not, should surface again at Techmeme! (Giving rise to “A Week Laterer”? Good call “met”!)
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“A Week Later” sounds great, and may very well spark more reflective and thoughtful discussion in certain corners of the web. Discussion which, ironically or not, should surface again at Techmeme! (Giving rise to “A Week Laterer”? Good call “met”!)
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“Don’t Tell Anyone Until Tuesday” seems like it could be a promising show. I do love to hear about exciting new products and services that are coming out. However, I think all of them could be really good shows.
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“Don’t Tell Anyone Until Tuesday” seems like it could be a promising show. I do love to hear about exciting new products and services that are coming out. However, I think all of them could be really good shows.
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Scoble, I think you should travel around the valley teaching people how to blog and podcast. You’d learn a huge amount, and as you learn, of course you would share with everyone. Then take the Scoble show on the road, and in 2012 you run for President of the US. What do you think??
I’m going to post something like that on Scripting in a few minutes.
And thanks for the BBQ yesterday, I had a great time!!!
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Scoble, I think you should travel around the valley teaching people how to blog and podcast. You’d learn a huge amount, and as you learn, of course you would share with everyone. Then take the Scoble show on the road, and in 2012 you run for President of the US. What do you think??
I’m going to post something like that on Scripting in a few minutes.
And thanks for the BBQ yesterday, I had a great time!!!
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Scoble, I think you should travel around the valley teaching people how to blog and podcast. You’d learn a huge amount, and as you learn, of course you would share with everyone. Then take the Scoble show on the road, and in 2012 you run for President of the US. What do you think??
I’m going to post something like that on Scripting in a few minutes.
And thanks for the BBQ yesterday, I had a great time!!!
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Another vote for Edgecase/Outside the Valley. In fact, I could see that expanding beyond tech – what’s happening fashion outside of NYC/Paris/London? What’s happening in music outside of the hot city of the moment?
Expand this beyond the US – we’re not the whole world. For example, we know what’s popular in music here – but what about Brazil? Look at Tony Bourdain’s show No Reservations on the Travel Channel – every week he’s in a new country and all he basically does is eat and drink. Yet, because he goes beyond the normal touristy stuff and into the slightly wierd, it’s usually compelling TV and you learn a bit about the country he’s in beyond what we get out of normal travel shows and magazine articles.
And this goes beyond the style/music/arts axis… I’m probably not the only one who was surprised to hear that Brazil claims to be energy independent due to local ethanol production. What else is happening on the environent front that we don’t hear about? Or with women around the world? Or…
Yeah, there’s a lot out there. Have fun!
You co
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Another vote for Edgecase/Outside the Valley. In fact, I could see that expanding beyond tech – what’s happening fashion outside of NYC/Paris/London? What’s happening in music outside of the hot city of the moment?
Expand this beyond the US – we’re not the whole world. For example, we know what’s popular in music here – but what about Brazil? Look at Tony Bourdain’s show No Reservations on the Travel Channel – every week he’s in a new country and all he basically does is eat and drink. Yet, because he goes beyond the normal touristy stuff and into the slightly wierd, it’s usually compelling TV and you learn a bit about the country he’s in beyond what we get out of normal travel shows and magazine articles.
And this goes beyond the style/music/arts axis… I’m probably not the only one who was surprised to hear that Brazil claims to be energy independent due to local ethanol production. What else is happening on the environent front that we don’t hear about? Or with women around the world? Or…
Yeah, there’s a lot out there. Have fun!
You co
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Another vote for Edgecase/Outside the Valley. In fact, I could see that expanding beyond tech – what’s happening fashion outside of NYC/Paris/London? What’s happening in music outside of the hot city of the moment?
Expand this beyond the US – we’re not the whole world. For example, we know what’s popular in music here – but what about Brazil? Look at Tony Bourdain’s show No Reservations on the Travel Channel – every week he’s in a new country and all he basically does is eat and drink. Yet, because he goes beyond the normal touristy stuff and into the slightly wierd, it’s usually compelling TV and you learn a bit about the country he’s in beyond what we get out of normal travel shows and magazine articles.
And this goes beyond the style/music/arts axis… I’m probably not the only one who was surprised to hear that Brazil claims to be energy independent due to local ethanol production. What else is happening on the environent front that we don’t hear about? Or with women around the world? Or…
Yeah, there’s a lot out there. Have fun!
You co
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Robert,
I like all of these and would listen to each… probably the one that interests me in the least is the “week later” thing – It’s typically a few weeks until I’ve found what I really don’t like about new offerings.
Another thought: outside of the Valley, a lot of us work at getting traditional businesses to embrace new technology – I’d like to see content developed about technology reaching traditionally non-technical industries.
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Robert,
I like all of these and would listen to each… probably the one that interests me in the least is the “week later” thing – It’s typically a few weeks until I’ve found what I really don’t like about new offerings.
Another thought: outside of the Valley, a lot of us work at getting traditional businesses to embrace new technology – I’d like to see content developed about technology reaching traditionally non-technical industries.
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Robert,
I like all of these and would listen to each… probably the one that interests me in the least is the “week later” thing – It’s typically a few weeks until I’ve found what I really don’t like about new offerings.
Another thought: outside of the Valley, a lot of us work at getting traditional businesses to embrace new technology – I’d like to see content developed about technology reaching traditionally non-technical industries.
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I’m giving a vote for “Outside the Valley”. At Gnomedex this weekend, everybody I met was from the west coast. I live in Arkansas for example, and loved meeting the few people and hearing about what they did that lived semi-close to me. Can’t wait to see what you produce, I’m sure it’ll be good whatever it is.
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I’m giving a vote for “Outside the Valley”. At Gnomedex this weekend, everybody I met was from the west coast. I live in Arkansas for example, and loved meeting the few people and hearing about what they did that lived semi-close to me. Can’t wait to see what you produce, I’m sure it’ll be good whatever it is.
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I’m giving a vote for “Outside the Valley”. At Gnomedex this weekend, everybody I met was from the west coast. I live in Arkansas for example, and loved meeting the few people and hearing about what they did that lived semi-close to me. Can’t wait to see what you produce, I’m sure it’ll be good whatever it is.
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I’m all for the Outside the Valley show. I’m in Texas, and I can tell you that there is a heck of alot going on in this area, but no-one ever hears about it because we don’t exist in “The Valley”. Small shops are coming up with the next big thing everywhere, I’d totally like to be inspired by that type of garage industry information.
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I’m all for the Outside the Valley show. I’m in Texas, and I can tell you that there is a heck of alot going on in this area, but no-one ever hears about it because we don’t exist in “The Valley”. Small shops are coming up with the next big thing everywhere, I’d totally like to be inspired by that type of garage industry information.
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I’m all for the Outside the Valley show. I’m in Texas, and I can tell you that there is a heck of alot going on in this area, but no-one ever hears about it because we don’t exist in “The Valley”. Small shops are coming up with the next big thing everywhere, I’d totally like to be inspired by that type of garage industry information.
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I think the “a week later” would be good, only I’d call it “where are they now”. 🙂 And I’d make it more general both in time and breadth of topic.
If you only talk about the new new thing from last week, you’ll still only interest the super geeks. In order to get business people to listen, you need more general, overview discussions of technology or online business.
Here are a few example topics:
– So, this AJAX thing we’ve been hearing a lot about, what (business) difference has it made so far?
E.g. did it make or kill any companies? Were the “old” companies able to update their “old” websites to this new technology and thereby save themselves?
– So, I hear some people got fired for blogging, what was that about, and where are they now?
(Note: I’m not really asking you right now, I know your take on this, but it would be a good topic for an overview show to this audience).
– When is it a good idea for companies to open up for customer feedback and customer-to-customer discussions on the company website… and when is it not a good idea?
(May want to tone down the evangelism on this one and keep it a “sober” discussion :-))
– A couple of years ago it looked like Amazon.com would become the platform for ALL online sales. Did that happen? Why / why not? And what should I choose if I’m facing that decision right now?
(Include inputs from a company whose online sales are hosted on Amazon.com and one whose sales are on their own site)
Cheers from Vancouver,
Jan Karlsbjerg
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I think the “a week later” would be good, only I’d call it “where are they now”. 🙂 And I’d make it more general both in time and breadth of topic.
If you only talk about the new new thing from last week, you’ll still only interest the super geeks. In order to get business people to listen, you need more general, overview discussions of technology or online business.
Here are a few example topics:
– So, this AJAX thing we’ve been hearing a lot about, what (business) difference has it made so far?
E.g. did it make or kill any companies? Were the “old” companies able to update their “old” websites to this new technology and thereby save themselves?
– So, I hear some people got fired for blogging, what was that about, and where are they now?
(Note: I’m not really asking you right now, I know your take on this, but it would be a good topic for an overview show to this audience).
– When is it a good idea for companies to open up for customer feedback and customer-to-customer discussions on the company website… and when is it not a good idea?
(May want to tone down the evangelism on this one and keep it a “sober” discussion :-))
– A couple of years ago it looked like Amazon.com would become the platform for ALL online sales. Did that happen? Why / why not? And what should I choose if I’m facing that decision right now?
(Include inputs from a company whose online sales are hosted on Amazon.com and one whose sales are on their own site)
Cheers from Vancouver,
Jan Karlsbjerg
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I think the “a week later” would be good, only I’d call it “where are they now”. 🙂 And I’d make it more general both in time and breadth of topic.
If you only talk about the new new thing from last week, you’ll still only interest the super geeks. In order to get business people to listen, you need more general, overview discussions of technology or online business.
Here are a few example topics:
– So, this AJAX thing we’ve been hearing a lot about, what (business) difference has it made so far?
E.g. did it make or kill any companies? Were the “old” companies able to update their “old” websites to this new technology and thereby save themselves?
– So, I hear some people got fired for blogging, what was that about, and where are they now?
(Note: I’m not really asking you right now, I know your take on this, but it would be a good topic for an overview show to this audience).
– When is it a good idea for companies to open up for customer feedback and customer-to-customer discussions on the company website… and when is it not a good idea?
(May want to tone down the evangelism on this one and keep it a “sober” discussion :-))
– A couple of years ago it looked like Amazon.com would become the platform for ALL online sales. Did that happen? Why / why not? And what should I choose if I’m facing that decision right now?
(Include inputs from a company whose online sales are hosted on Amazon.com and one whose sales are on their own site)
Cheers from Vancouver,
Jan Karlsbjerg
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Being that you’ve written a book with “conversations” in the title, you might be just assuming, but let’s not. Conversations are truly the fruit of great podcasts. The reason Diggnation is so infectuous is that you (the listener/viewer) feel like the “third guy on the couch.” That’s POWERFUL.
At Podcast Academy 2, Tony Kahn of public radio fame and producer of WGBH Morning Stories showed how developing good, intimate-feeling conversations was an evergreen model for building audience.
When it’s all said and done, we’re just cavemen at the fire.
–Chris (come to Podcamp.org) Brogan…
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Being that you’ve written a book with “conversations” in the title, you might be just assuming, but let’s not. Conversations are truly the fruit of great podcasts. The reason Diggnation is so infectuous is that you (the listener/viewer) feel like the “third guy on the couch.” That’s POWERFUL.
At Podcast Academy 2, Tony Kahn of public radio fame and producer of WGBH Morning Stories showed how developing good, intimate-feeling conversations was an evergreen model for building audience.
When it’s all said and done, we’re just cavemen at the fire.
–Chris (come to Podcamp.org) Brogan…
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I just realized that I don’t specifically know what people mean when they refer to Silicon Valley or “The Valley”. Sure, I know the purist definition as exemplified by the authoritative Wikipedia, but that doesn’t tell me what you mean by inside or outside “The Valley”.
Would you consider “The Bay Area” as synonymous with your intention for the scope of “The Valley”? Specifically, would downtown San Francisco, Sausalito, Santa Cruz, or even Half Moon Bay be inside or outside “Silicon Valley”? And how about Sacramento?
One could consider “Silicon Valley” as anywhere within an “easy” commute of San Jose/Santa Clara/Mountain View/Stanford. What about Marin County or Santa Rosa?
Or, is “Outside Northern California” roughly synonymous with your intended meaning for “Outside the Valley”?
Any of this delineations can work, but the question is what your intention is.
— Jack Krupansky
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I just realized that I don’t specifically know what people mean when they refer to Silicon Valley or “The Valley”. Sure, I know the purist definition as exemplified by the authoritative Wikipedia, but that doesn’t tell me what you mean by inside or outside “The Valley”.
Would you consider “The Bay Area” as synonymous with your intention for the scope of “The Valley”? Specifically, would downtown San Francisco, Sausalito, Santa Cruz, or even Half Moon Bay be inside or outside “Silicon Valley”? And how about Sacramento?
One could consider “Silicon Valley” as anywhere within an “easy” commute of San Jose/Santa Clara/Mountain View/Stanford. What about Marin County or Santa Rosa?
Or, is “Outside Northern California” roughly synonymous with your intended meaning for “Outside the Valley”?
Any of this delineations can work, but the question is what your intention is.
— Jack Krupansky
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I just realized that I don’t specifically know what people mean when they refer to Silicon Valley or “The Valley”. Sure, I know the purist definition as exemplified by the authoritative Wikipedia, but that doesn’t tell me what you mean by inside or outside “The Valley”.
Would you consider “The Bay Area” as synonymous with your intention for the scope of “The Valley”? Specifically, would downtown San Francisco, Sausalito, Santa Cruz, or even Half Moon Bay be inside or outside “Silicon Valley”? And how about Sacramento?
One could consider “Silicon Valley” as anywhere within an “easy” commute of San Jose/Santa Clara/Mountain View/Stanford. What about Marin County or Santa Rosa?
Or, is “Outside Northern California” roughly synonymous with your intended meaning for “Outside the Valley”?
Any of this delineations can work, but the question is what your intention is.
— Jack Krupansky
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I think “Outside the Valley” is the best idea – it’ll stop you from falling back on an easy these-guys-are-just-round-the-corner approach. But I’m biased, I’m outside the Valley so would be able to star in it 😉
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I think “Outside the Valley” is the best idea – it’ll stop you from falling back on an easy these-guys-are-just-round-the-corner approach. But I’m biased, I’m outside the Valley so would be able to star in it 😉
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I think “Outside the Valley” is the best idea – it’ll stop you from falling back on an easy these-guys-are-just-round-the-corner approach. But I’m biased, I’m outside the Valley so would be able to star in it 😉
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How about “Geek Eye for the Biz Guy” where Robert Scoble helps tech-wary business owners figure out how to make use of emerging technologies?
Some of the tech-businesses launching right now seem like solutions looking for a problem – so it would be good for you to go hunt down some business problems and then show how these technologies can help.
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How about “Geek Eye for the Biz Guy” where Robert Scoble helps tech-wary business owners figure out how to make use of emerging technologies?
Some of the tech-businesses launching right now seem like solutions looking for a problem – so it would be good for you to go hunt down some business problems and then show how these technologies can help.
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How about “Geek Eye for the Biz Guy” where Robert Scoble helps tech-wary business owners figure out how to make use of emerging technologies?
Some of the tech-businesses launching right now seem like solutions looking for a problem – so it would be good for you to go hunt down some business problems and then show how these technologies can help.
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Robert,
Idea: a show called “Cover Your Assets.” A podcast helping people protect themeselves from identity theft, fraud & scams. It won’t be about scaring people (that’s no fun). We could make it useful and maybe a little fun. A combination of useful tips, some topical news, and an interview with someone interesting in the space.
Do you think PodTech.net would want to produce it (is that what you folks do)? I know you could get loads of sponsors (i.e., security software/hardware companies).
If you’re interested, my blog has all my contact info (I’m fully scobleized).
Thanks,
Tom
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Robert,
Idea: a show called “Cover Your Assets.” A podcast helping people protect themeselves from identity theft, fraud & scams. It won’t be about scaring people (that’s no fun). We could make it useful and maybe a little fun. A combination of useful tips, some topical news, and an interview with someone interesting in the space.
Do you think PodTech.net would want to produce it (is that what you folks do)? I know you could get loads of sponsors (i.e., security software/hardware companies).
If you’re interested, my blog has all my contact info (I’m fully scobleized).
Thanks,
Tom
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Robert,
Idea: a show called “Cover Your Assets.” A podcast helping people protect themeselves from identity theft, fraud & scams. It won’t be about scaring people (that’s no fun). We could make it useful and maybe a little fun. A combination of useful tips, some topical news, and an interview with someone interesting in the space.
Do you think PodTech.net would want to produce it (is that what you folks do)? I know you could get loads of sponsors (i.e., security software/hardware companies).
If you’re interested, my blog has all my contact info (I’m fully scobleized).
Thanks,
Tom
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I think you and I should interview one interesting person each week. We’d call the program Naked Conversations. What do you think?
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I think you and I should interview one interesting person each week. We’d call the program Naked Conversations. What do you think?
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I think you and I should interview one interesting person each week. We’d call the program Naked Conversations. What do you think?
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I really like the “Outside the Valley” idea. For me, someone who lives in Australia, I feel somewhat removed from the whole Web 2.0 scene. It’d be great seeing some emerging companies from across Europe, Asia and Australia as well!
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I really like the “Outside the Valley” idea. For me, someone who lives in Australia, I feel somewhat removed from the whole Web 2.0 scene. It’d be great seeing some emerging companies from across Europe, Asia and Australia as well!
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I really like the “Outside the Valley” idea. For me, someone who lives in Australia, I feel somewhat removed from the whole Web 2.0 scene. It’d be great seeing some emerging companies from across Europe, Asia and Australia as well!
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Shel, I like that idea.
Outside the Valley has tapped a nerve! I’ll work more on that.
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Shel, I like that idea.
Outside the Valley has tapped a nerve! I’ll work more on that.
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Shel, I like that idea.
Outside the Valley has tapped a nerve! I’ll work more on that.
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You know what I like about rocketboom? It was a success by accident. They didn’t over-think the show structure, they just got on there and pretended to report goofy shit. I think you’ve forgotten what having a vblog is all about. Being yourself, making mistakes, being spontaneous and having a structure without structure. Please don’t waste peoples download time with predictability and gibberish. Shake shit up and be yourself about it. No need to reinvent the wheel with what people want to see. Good luck
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You know what I like about rocketboom? It was a success by accident. They didn’t over-think the show structure, they just got on there and pretended to report goofy shit. I think you’ve forgotten what having a vblog is all about. Being yourself, making mistakes, being spontaneous and having a structure without structure. Please don’t waste peoples download time with predictability and gibberish. Shake shit up and be yourself about it. No need to reinvent the wheel with what people want to see. Good luck
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You know what I like about rocketboom? It was a success by accident. They didn’t over-think the show structure, they just got on there and pretended to report goofy shit. I think you’ve forgotten what having a vblog is all about. Being yourself, making mistakes, being spontaneous and having a structure without structure. Please don’t waste peoples download time with predictability and gibberish. Shake shit up and be yourself about it. No need to reinvent the wheel with what people want to see. Good luck
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+1 for “A Week Later.”
Many times I wanted to know what happened to these products after the hype dies down. I even considered opening a blog like that…
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+1 for “A Week Later.”
Many times I wanted to know what happened to these products after the hype dies down. I even considered opening a blog like that…
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+1 for “A Week Later.”
Many times I wanted to know what happened to these products after the hype dies down. I even considered opening a blog like that…
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I always wanted to do a programme called ‘Round the Ashtray’, as, before the Internet, this was where the social, word of mouth activity, including breaking news and hot gossip, was spread and, even though it was a dirty habit, people who didn’t smoke always felt that the people who knew everything found out around the ashtray.
Obviously, now we live in a regulated environment, the Internet becomes the ashtray for those people still wanting to be in the know – especially in a working environment where surfing the web and reading blogs is still seen as a dirty habit!
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I always wanted to do a programme called ‘Round the Ashtray’, as, before the Internet, this was where the social, word of mouth activity, including breaking news and hot gossip, was spread and, even though it was a dirty habit, people who didn’t smoke always felt that the people who knew everything found out around the ashtray.
Obviously, now we live in a regulated environment, the Internet becomes the ashtray for those people still wanting to be in the know – especially in a working environment where surfing the web and reading blogs is still seen as a dirty habit!
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I always wanted to do a programme called ‘Round the Ashtray’, as, before the Internet, this was where the social, word of mouth activity, including breaking news and hot gossip, was spread and, even though it was a dirty habit, people who didn’t smoke always felt that the people who knew everything found out around the ashtray.
Obviously, now we live in a regulated environment, the Internet becomes the ashtray for those people still wanting to be in the know – especially in a working environment where surfing the web and reading blogs is still seen as a dirty habit!
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“Outside the Valley” sounds great to me. You could easily have a show or two dedicated to the companies of Technology Triangle (the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) in southern Ontario. Hey, I work for one of said companies [shameless plug] 🙂 But please, don’t make it all about Research In Motion 😉
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“Outside the Valley” sounds great to me. You could easily have a show or two dedicated to the companies of Technology Triangle (the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) in southern Ontario. Hey, I work for one of said companies [shameless plug] 🙂 But please, don’t make it all about Research In Motion 😉
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“Outside the Valley” sounds great to me. You could easily have a show or two dedicated to the companies of Technology Triangle (the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) in southern Ontario. Hey, I work for one of said companies [shameless plug] 🙂 But please, don’t make it all about Research In Motion 😉
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Outside the Valley struck a chord with me too but it also triggered an idea assuming your new company would like to appeal beyond the tech crowd. There could be a angle of what the Internet has enabled lifestyle-wise. When I first learned of the web in the early-mid 90’s, the first thought was that I’d found the enabler to let me choose first where I wanted to live and then find a way to make a living from there. Though most of my life was spent in Silicon Valley and Seattle which were areas I enjoyed, the places I loved were in the mountains. The publisher of Forbes wrote a book (Life 2.0) on this phenomena. You see places like Bozeman creating highly successful companies as well as individuals working from a variety of places. These aren’t people just in tech either. The time I used to spend in my car is now spent with my family, recreating, etc. One ironic facet of the tech industry is how we tout the benefits of compressing time/distances on the one hand yet on the other hand say you have to live in a tech hub to be a part of the action. Shouldn’t blogs, IM, podcasts, etc. negate that need to some degree? It does for me.
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Outside the Valley struck a chord with me too but it also triggered an idea assuming your new company would like to appeal beyond the tech crowd. There could be a angle of what the Internet has enabled lifestyle-wise. When I first learned of the web in the early-mid 90’s, the first thought was that I’d found the enabler to let me choose first where I wanted to live and then find a way to make a living from there. Though most of my life was spent in Silicon Valley and Seattle which were areas I enjoyed, the places I loved were in the mountains. The publisher of Forbes wrote a book (Life 2.0) on this phenomena. You see places like Bozeman creating highly successful companies as well as individuals working from a variety of places. These aren’t people just in tech either. The time I used to spend in my car is now spent with my family, recreating, etc. One ironic facet of the tech industry is how we tout the benefits of compressing time/distances on the one hand yet on the other hand say you have to live in a tech hub to be a part of the action. Shouldn’t blogs, IM, podcasts, etc. negate that need to some degree? It does for me.
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Outside the Valley struck a chord with me too but it also triggered an idea assuming your new company would like to appeal beyond the tech crowd. There could be a angle of what the Internet has enabled lifestyle-wise. When I first learned of the web in the early-mid 90’s, the first thought was that I’d found the enabler to let me choose first where I wanted to live and then find a way to make a living from there. Though most of my life was spent in Silicon Valley and Seattle which were areas I enjoyed, the places I loved were in the mountains. The publisher of Forbes wrote a book (Life 2.0) on this phenomena. You see places like Bozeman creating highly successful companies as well as individuals working from a variety of places. These aren’t people just in tech either. The time I used to spend in my car is now spent with my family, recreating, etc. One ironic facet of the tech industry is how we tout the benefits of compressing time/distances on the one hand yet on the other hand say you have to live in a tech hub to be a part of the action. Shouldn’t blogs, IM, podcasts, etc. negate that need to some degree? It does for me.
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“Ideas that failed”. On one hand good ideas that havn’t made it. Perhaps a bad implementation or marketing or the idea was only a pertial soultion. Or a bad idea that was over sold. The goal is to spark interest in something that could be but isn’t.
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“Ideas that failed”. On one hand good ideas that havn’t made it. Perhaps a bad implementation or marketing or the idea was only a pertial soultion. Or a bad idea that was over sold. The goal is to spark interest in something that could be but isn’t.
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“Ideas that failed”. On one hand good ideas that havn’t made it. Perhaps a bad implementation or marketing or the idea was only a pertial soultion. Or a bad idea that was over sold. The goal is to spark interest in something that could be but isn’t.
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“Computer history”. Geeks tend to be focused on the here and future but the past is also rich. What if http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/SRC/technical-notes/SRC-1997-018-html/sqlr95.html
had been recorded and made available as a set of PodCasts? How much of the current DB environment can be traced from this focus? Or the story of WinFS, early browsers, transition from cmd line to GUI with the role of Lisa and the IBM-Microsoft partnership (where IBM got OS2 and MS did Windows NT 1.0)
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“Computer history”. Geeks tend to be focused on the here and future but the past is also rich. What if http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/SRC/technical-notes/SRC-1997-018-html/sqlr95.html
had been recorded and made available as a set of PodCasts? How much of the current DB environment can be traced from this focus? Or the story of WinFS, early browsers, transition from cmd line to GUI with the role of Lisa and the IBM-Microsoft partnership (where IBM got OS2 and MS did Windows NT 1.0)
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“Computer history”. Geeks tend to be focused on the here and future but the past is also rich. What if http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/SRC/technical-notes/SRC-1997-018-html/sqlr95.html
had been recorded and made available as a set of PodCasts? How much of the current DB environment can be traced from this focus? Or the story of WinFS, early browsers, transition from cmd line to GUI with the role of Lisa and the IBM-Microsoft partnership (where IBM got OS2 and MS did Windows NT 1.0)
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Hi Robert,
How about an “Innovation Log”. Focus on little innovations that make a difference. We all hear about “AJAX” and mashups. But I find simple ideas in every product.
Take “wikiness”, for example. It just does not belong to a wiki alone. “The Ten Faces of Innovation” by Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman has many of these innovations in various areas.
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Hi Robert,
How about an “Innovation Log”. Focus on little innovations that make a difference. We all hear about “AJAX” and mashups. But I find simple ideas in every product.
Take “wikiness”, for example. It just does not belong to a wiki alone. “The Ten Faces of Innovation” by Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman has many of these innovations in various areas.
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Hi Robert,
How about an “Innovation Log”. Focus on little innovations that make a difference. We all hear about “AJAX” and mashups. But I find simple ideas in every product.
Take “wikiness”, for example. It just does not belong to a wiki alone. “The Ten Faces of Innovation” by Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman has many of these innovations in various areas.
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Hi Robert,
I vote for ‘Outside The Valley’ as well. It may be interesting to see how people are using new technology – outside the valley.
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Hi Robert,
I vote for ‘Outside The Valley’ as well. It may be interesting to see how people are using new technology – outside the valley.
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Hi Robert,
I vote for ‘Outside The Valley’ as well. It may be interesting to see how people are using new technology – outside the valley.
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Podtech uses MP3 audio which makes it very easy to have a clean Flash-based playback interface for the mp3 audio that is also used for the iTunes podcasts.
Do you plan to use Flash or Quicktime for video on the webpage? Or another?
I am eager to see what video codec choices you make and what platforms you are targeting with these.
Maybe we should vote here … What formats/codecs should Podtech video be distributed with? Why?
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Podtech uses MP3 audio which makes it very easy to have a clean Flash-based playback interface for the mp3 audio that is also used for the iTunes podcasts.
Do you plan to use Flash or Quicktime for video on the webpage? Or another?
I am eager to see what video codec choices you make and what platforms you are targeting with these.
Maybe we should vote here … What formats/codecs should Podtech video be distributed with? Why?
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Podtech uses MP3 audio which makes it very easy to have a clean Flash-based playback interface for the mp3 audio that is also used for the iTunes podcasts.
Do you plan to use Flash or Quicktime for video on the webpage? Or another?
I am eager to see what video codec choices you make and what platforms you are targeting with these.
Maybe we should vote here … What formats/codecs should Podtech video be distributed with? Why?
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PodSlug: The main distribution mechanisms are:
1) Web. Flash for that.
2) Windows. WMV for that.
3) iPod. MPG4 for that.
4) Mac. MPG4 for that.
5) Playstation Portable. MPG4 for that.
6) Cell phone users. WMV for Windows, MPG4 for others.
The real answer is you gotta do all the formats. That’s what http://www.on10.net does.
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PodSlug: The main distribution mechanisms are:
1) Web. Flash for that.
2) Windows. WMV for that.
3) iPod. MPG4 for that.
4) Mac. MPG4 for that.
5) Playstation Portable. MPG4 for that.
6) Cell phone users. WMV for Windows, MPG4 for others.
The real answer is you gotta do all the formats. That’s what http://www.on10.net does.
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PodSlug: The main distribution mechanisms are:
1) Web. Flash for that.
2) Windows. WMV for that.
3) iPod. MPG4 for that.
4) Mac. MPG4 for that.
5) Playstation Portable. MPG4 for that.
6) Cell phone users. WMV for Windows, MPG4 for others.
The real answer is you gotta do all the formats. That’s what http://www.on10.net does.
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One more vote for “Outside the Valley” with “A Week Later” coming in at a close second.
My participation in the PodCast world has been limited at best. I’m really looking forward to seeing what you can teach me about this industry and how best I can use it to simply make my life better.
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One more vote for “Outside the Valley” with “A Week Later” coming in at a close second.
My participation in the PodCast world has been limited at best. I’m really looking forward to seeing what you can teach me about this industry and how best I can use it to simply make my life better.
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One more vote for “Outside the Valley” with “A Week Later” coming in at a close second.
My participation in the PodCast world has been limited at best. I’m really looking forward to seeing what you can teach me about this industry and how best I can use it to simply make my life better.
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Boy, do you sooo need to hire me…
“Don’t Tell Anyone Until Tuesday.” – wheee, Insider Baseball games, and Friends of Scoble. I can just see Time Warner making a bid. FOS Bar Camp Geek Podcast.
“The Dish” – Circular serious. Circle that circled circle. TWIT and IT Conversations redux. My toes are tickling.
“A Week Later” – Discussions about now old news, no one cares much for analysis shows, breaking news is all the rage. Analysis is a paid profession. Tech Week in Review, as just as deathly boring as Washington Week in Review.
But they are ALL the same…just name it the Weekly Tuesday Dish and you will grep all.
“Outside the Valley” – The name itself is wholesale CONDESCENDING — like ‘Outside the Beltway’. We will cover the REST of the country, all those moronic uninteresting peons that somehow have made a choice not to live here, and not be part of the action, like the entire state of Montana.
It’s just geek rot, geeked up all over again.
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Boy, do you sooo need to hire me…
“Don’t Tell Anyone Until Tuesday.” – wheee, Insider Baseball games, and Friends of Scoble. I can just see Time Warner making a bid. FOS Bar Camp Geek Podcast.
“The Dish” – Circular serious. Circle that circled circle. TWIT and IT Conversations redux. My toes are tickling.
“A Week Later” – Discussions about now old news, no one cares much for analysis shows, breaking news is all the rage. Analysis is a paid profession. Tech Week in Review, as just as deathly boring as Washington Week in Review.
But they are ALL the same…just name it the Weekly Tuesday Dish and you will grep all.
“Outside the Valley” – The name itself is wholesale CONDESCENDING — like ‘Outside the Beltway’. We will cover the REST of the country, all those moronic uninteresting peons that somehow have made a choice not to live here, and not be part of the action, like the entire state of Montana.
It’s just geek rot, geeked up all over again.
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Boy, do you sooo need to hire me…
“Don’t Tell Anyone Until Tuesday.” – wheee, Insider Baseball games, and Friends of Scoble. I can just see Time Warner making a bid. FOS Bar Camp Geek Podcast.
“The Dish” – Circular serious. Circle that circled circle. TWIT and IT Conversations redux. My toes are tickling.
“A Week Later” – Discussions about now old news, no one cares much for analysis shows, breaking news is all the rage. Analysis is a paid profession. Tech Week in Review, as just as deathly boring as Washington Week in Review.
But they are ALL the same…just name it the Weekly Tuesday Dish and you will grep all.
“Outside the Valley” – The name itself is wholesale CONDESCENDING — like ‘Outside the Beltway’. We will cover the REST of the country, all those moronic uninteresting peons that somehow have made a choice not to live here, and not be part of the action, like the entire state of Montana.
It’s just geek rot, geeked up all over again.
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Wow … supporting all of those video formats seems like an unreasonable burden. I do see content owners dealing with the “codec silos” problem (http://podslug.com/blog/?p=32) by encoding their content into each silos’ format. I think that this limits market growth for online video in general, however, as it raises the bar of cost and complexity.
This is an opportunity for you to lead the way to bring more interoperability for online video by pushing one format that will reach your primary audience and by building consensus around a single video standard.
The success of audio podcasting is partially explained by its use of open and standard technologies (http, rss, mp3) … video podcasting does not share these open and interoperable attributes.
This can change if the content owners vote with their feet and rally around interoperable standards.
I am interested in the feedback of others on this issue … please comment here: http://podslug.com/blog/?p=33
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Wow … supporting all of those video formats seems like an unreasonable burden. I do see content owners dealing with the “codec silos” problem (http://podslug.com/blog/?p=32) by encoding their content into each silos’ format. I think that this limits market growth for online video in general, however, as it raises the bar of cost and complexity.
This is an opportunity for you to lead the way to bring more interoperability for online video by pushing one format that will reach your primary audience and by building consensus around a single video standard.
The success of audio podcasting is partially explained by its use of open and standard technologies (http, rss, mp3) … video podcasting does not share these open and interoperable attributes.
This can change if the content owners vote with their feet and rally around interoperable standards.
I am interested in the feedback of others on this issue … please comment here: http://podslug.com/blog/?p=33
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Wow … supporting all of those video formats seems like an unreasonable burden. I do see content owners dealing with the “codec silos” problem (http://podslug.com/blog/?p=32) by encoding their content into each silos’ format. I think that this limits market growth for online video in general, however, as it raises the bar of cost and complexity.
This is an opportunity for you to lead the way to bring more interoperability for online video by pushing one format that will reach your primary audience and by building consensus around a single video standard.
The success of audio podcasting is partially explained by its use of open and standard technologies (http, rss, mp3) … video podcasting does not share these open and interoperable attributes.
This can change if the content owners vote with their feet and rally around interoperable standards.
I am interested in the feedback of others on this issue … please comment here: http://podslug.com/blog/?p=33
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My idea for you and John is the “Podtech Hot Seat”, a short (video?) interview espn style. I am a fan of keeping whatever you do short, but issued every day (produce a week at one time). The idea of listening to people walk the Dish doesn’t sound so great to me.
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My idea for you and John is the “Podtech Hot Seat”, a short (video?) interview espn style. I am a fan of keeping whatever you do short, but issued every day (produce a week at one time). The idea of listening to people walk the Dish doesn’t sound so great to me.
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My idea for you and John is the “Podtech Hot Seat”, a short (video?) interview espn style. I am a fan of keeping whatever you do short, but issued every day (produce a week at one time). The idea of listening to people walk the Dish doesn’t sound so great to me.
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Good ideas.
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Good ideas.
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Good ideas.
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*wonders how cold it’s going to get today*
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*wonders how cold it’s going to get today*
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*wonders how cold it’s going to get today*
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