A podcast channel? Imagine that!
If you listened to thursday's geeknights. Did anyone else notice that I am not the only one that has suggested that the geeknights podcast get syndicated on a live channel? I found it funny that the guys basically tippie-toed up to the point of saying that they need a live streaming broadcast, and then Rym smote it to pieces in a handful of words.
Whatever, you'll realize the truth in time. There are more pressing issues. WHAT IF 6th street radio wanted to be this mythical podcast channel? It would be simple to create an automated process on the radio machine to pull the latest submission from a handful of good podcasts and play them at specific times of the day. There would be a small lag because the mp3's would have to be converted to open formats, but that's just digital heavy lifting. Leave that to the machines.
That's what I think a podcast channel is.
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Seriously. For most things, time-dependent media is stupid in my opinion. It's not in davek's opinion.
Can we please just let this die, now?
I also agree with them that streaming is a step backward. When you think about it, everything is time shifted, there is no such thing as live. It takes time from the moment an image or a sound is recorded to transmit that to your eyes and/or ears and then more time for the mush in your head to analyze and digest the perception. It's just a question as to how soon you want the information. iPods and TiVos let you take more control over that process.