IT Conversations: The Gillmor Gang - January 28, 2005

Link: IT Conversations: The Gillmor Gang - January 28, 2005.

hoping to beat dave slusher to the rant here ;)

if you want to listen to a frustrating podcast that tries to discuss podcasting, suck down and load-up this gillmor gang episode...

steve and doc are truly evangelical about podcasting, and while i'm a friend of mike vizard, i can definately see why his approach to discussing the "exercise" irritates folks like dave...

to many generalities and statements that show that some of them (especially dana) just don't understand what their talking about when it comes to podcasting - because they obviously aren't actively involved in it, either as a producer, listener or developer...

podcasing requires a do it yourself mentality - and it's because of this that podcasting has seen the huge momentum swell over the last few months that it has - simply because someone wants to create one, and they just do it...

and they come in just about every flavor and size desired - and it's not just hour long "shows" that can be listened to in the gym...

there are tons of good, short daily podcasts that can be added together to make whatever type of playlist you desire...

todays podcast and the daily idiom are both short and informative podcasts, which i personally categorize as sft (safe for teens) -  they are the generation that will truly help to adopt, extend and monitize podcasting, and they will do it because they will not be stuck inside the traditional media industry has only one model box...

for future gillmor gang podcasts that are aimed at discussing podcasting - it sure would be nice to have someone who actually both creates and listens to podcasts, plus understands the infrastructure and developmental aspects join the show...

come to think of it - why not add dave slusher himself, i personally would pay a subscription fee to hear dave, mike, john, dana, steve and doc ping-pong the podcasting ball around, wouldn't you?

there's one for your model doug...

Comments

[Pat]

The moment someone talks about how podcasts need to get more professional sounding you know that they don't get the point. Podcasts aren't born out of the radio world; they are born out of the blog world. Look how big the blog world got on the backs of amateurs or any kind of monetization model.

Why bother trying to figure out how Podcasts can be profitable. They are conversations. They will take on many forms and provide many ways that make them worthwhile for the creators.

[mike dunn]

concur pat - while very popular podcasts that start to scale will benefit from some form of monitization, the majority of podcasts can and will exist as self-funded "bundles of passion" (slusher-ism)...

now, providing the tools and infrastructure to support the podcasting movement, that should be an interesting business model for someone(s)...