The iPod frenzy has moved to a new level with the big fuss about podcasting - which I admit does seem convenient. My hope is that subscribing podcasts of, say, my favorite radio station will get me to use my iPod more, in much the same way I started using the cameraphone once people I liked joined Flickr.
Which would be great. If not lifechanging the way Flickr has been. Podcasting is a new spin on time shifted radio - similar to the way I once recorded my favorite radio shows onto cassette tapes and listened to them over and over again. Only automatic and managed from an RSS feed on a desktop.
The only problem is, I don't much care for automation.
Podcasting is a great new broadcasting medium. But it's still broadcasting. By any standards, it's less conversational than AM talk radio. IPods are great for listening. But they don't contain any means to respond to what you hear. So I can't get that excited about yet another medium that in which I have to listen to long speeches without any easy way to answer back.
The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.
