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Will podcasting ever play in Peoria?
Well, the Tampa Bay area is very much akin, socially and culturally, to Middle America, and while there’s perceptible activity, podcasting is still a minority pursuit around here. So take that as a barometer for the rest of the U.S.
Aside from some fuzziness about how podcasts get disseminated (the reporter missed a mention of iTunes Music Store as a major distribution channel of free and paid podcasts), I imagine it’s a pretty fair snapshot of who’s recording and who’s listening. The eagerness of media outlets like newspapers and broadcast stations to provide the audio content hints at readier mainstream acceptance of podcasts from traditional sources, instead of individuals.
Of course, none of this changes my original, and continued, opinion of the podcasting phenomenon: Ultimately a waste of time. I say, quit babbling and start typing.
Category: Florida Livin', Internet, iPod
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I agree – podcasting has not hit the masses yet. I still have to explain what the word means to non-techies….’course, I still have to explain what a blog is too…
Comment by Sarah — 01/09/2006 @ 9:01 PM
I tried podcasts briefly, but it takes far too much time and patience to listen to someone babble for 30 minutes to an hour. Even if its content thats important too me, its usually something that covered by a blog or that I can receive in easily digestible portions via an RSS aggregator. With Google Reader I can seamlessly go from checking my gmail accoun to reading the latest feeds. Im not sure podcasts will ever reach the mass appeal of other forms of information technology. RSS is still only utlized by a minority (less than 10% of internet users by most estimates), however I think that this could be adopted much more widely in the future as people realize its utility.
Comment by Jonathan Foley — 01/09/2006 @ 9:50 PM
[...] Along with a story about podcasting in Tampa Bay, the St. Pete Times has also compiled a list of local podcasters. Hat tip to PopStat. [...]
Pingback by Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » — 01/09/2006 @ 10:40 PM
Basically, that’s my beef with podcasts, too. I’d love to see some sort of comparison between the length of an average podcast, and that same podcast’s written transcript. I’d bet that in most cases, a 1-hour podcast would translate to a 3-4 paragraph post (after cleaning up the gaps and rambling). To me, unless there’s a lot of music or other essential sound content, it’s just a lazy form of blogging that wastes the time of both creator and reader/listener.
Comment by CT — 01/10/2006 @ 10:21 AM