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The Archaeology Of Podcasting

Podcasts are only 5 years old – but podcasting has already gone from being a niche indie tool to being a mainstream communication channel, even for corporations.

Podcast pioneer Dave Winer, who created one of the standards upon which podcasting is based and who helped popularize the technology, has published a torrrent that aggregates podcasts from the early days:

I was doing some research for a blog post and came across this folder of RSS enclosures from late 2004 and early-mid 2005.

These were the months when podcasting was beginning to take root.

I was doing Morning Coffee Notes. Adam Curry was doing Daily Source Code. Together, we were doing the Trade Secrets podcast.

Dave Slusher, Steve Gillmor, IT Conversations, Dawn and Drew, Tony Kahn at WGBH, Engadget.

It occurred to me that this slice of early podcasting might be worth preserving, so turned it into a torrent and have uploaded it.

Podcasting has come a long way in 5 year. But, while podcasting has changed a lot, the key feature of podcasting – that it lets anyone publish audio to the entire world – hasn’t.

Do have any favorites from the early days of podcasting?

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Podcasting Bundle

Record audio files, layer audio files, edit audio files and publish podcast feeds. More on the Podcasting Bundle

Government Accountability Podcast

The Government Accountability Office has started podcasting highlights of its recent investigations -- because who doesn't enjoy listening to some government oversight while riding the subway or using the treadmill?

Adobe Goes To War With Apple’s iPad, Pits “Full Web”Against Open Web

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Adobe is going to war with Apple’s iPad, as this Adobe + HP demo video shows.

Apple has demonstrated that lack of Flash support isn’t going to keep people from buying iPhones by the millions. It’s betting that the same will hold true with the iPad.

The HP Slate demo is pretty slick – and if the Apple iPad had not been introduced, this would probably be wowing people.

I’m not sure if an online Sponge Bob Flash game is going make anyone want to get the HP Slate.

What might, though, is the Slate’s ability to view video at today’s Flash-based video sites.

Do you think we’re heading towards a “full Web” vs “open Web” battle over Internet video?

Abilene Public Library Podcast

Books may not be considered high-tech, but when the Abilene Public Library wants to promote its latest new books or other services, it uses some decidedly high-tech communication tools to get the message out.

The Abilene Public Library is one of a growing number of organizations turning to podcasting and other social media tools for public relations, employee training and the marketing of new products and services.

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YouTube Closed Captioning Fail – All Your Video Are Belong To Us

YouTube has introduced a new feature – automatic Closed Captioning – and it’s starting to look like they may have brought All Your Base Are Belong To Us into a new decade.

Automatic Closed-Captioning uses speech recognition technology to translated audio from videos into text.

It’s a great idea – but it often has unintentionally hilarious results.

Dan Rickmers at Film Fail tried it out on his movie review vlog Trailer Trash.

YouTube’s automatic Closed Captioning turned a harmless review of the new movie Remember Me into a sometimes hilarious, sometimes strangely poetic tale of Robert Hansen, code name Rubber Band, who is plotting some sort of terrorist attack.

“That’s right Barbara, most part because it does whatever the party! Lots of coal.”

Enjoy the goodness below.

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To get the Closed Captions, start the video and then click the popup on the right side, select “CC” and then “Transcribe Audio”.

If you’ve know of other great examples of YouTube Closed Captioning Fail, leave a link below!

Apple iPad Coming April 3rd. But Where Is The PageMaker Of iBooks?

Apple today announced that its “magical and revolutionary” iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models.

In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.

Beginning a week from today, on March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple’s online store or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store.

“iPad is something completely new,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

Where’s The PageMaker Of iBooks?

We get that Apple thinks the iPad is “magical and revolutionary”.

But what’s really magical and revolutionary is giving individuals the power to create content that can be shared instantly with people anywhere in the world.

The Apple iPad has the potential to be an interesting new platform for doing that – but where’s the PageMaker of iBooks?

PageMaker – the most important early desktop publishing program – revolutionized typesetting when it was introduced in 1985.

PageMaker, combined with the Apple LaserWriter printer, created desktop publishing. It turned everyone into print publishers and it also helped establish the Macintosh platform.

Until Apple, Adobe or someone else comes up with an easy-to-use app for creating interactive iBooks, iBook publishing is going to be handicapped, just as iTunes LP has been.

What do you think of publishing content for the iBook? Are you waiting for the PageMaker of iBooks?

Books In The Age Of The iPad – Good Riddance!

Book designer Craig Mod has published a very interesting article looking at books in the age of the iPad.

He argues that print is dying – and that it’s a good thing:

As the publishing industry wobbles and Kindle sales jump, book romanticists cry themselves to sleep. But really, what are we shedding tears over?

We’re losing the throwaway paperback.

The airport paperback.

The beachside paperback.

We’re losing the dredge of the publishing world: disposable books.

These are the first books to go. And I say it again, good riddance.

Mod goes on to look at the future of content, dividing it into:

• Content without well-defined form – content that can be reflowed into any “container” without losing any meaning; and
• Content with well-defined form – content that depends on its “container” for delivering meaning.

It’s not to hard to see that devices like the iPad will make more sense than books for content without well-defined form going forward – things like the latest Grisham novel.

The more interesting question, though, is what is the future for content with well-defined form? Devices like the iPad are going to change books, because they will be able to do so many things that books can’t do.

Mod suggests that we’ll have fewer books, but they will be better.

“The books we make will always remind people that the printed book can be a sculpture for thoughts and ideas.”

What do you think the iPad will do to the world of publishing? Are you ready to say “good riddance” to disposable books?

Podcasters on 24

Two men from Cornwall are set to appear in the hit TV show 24. Tristan Stephenson and Jamie Wallis who started the 24 UK Podcast back in 2006 were invited out to LA for an 'ccess all areas tour of the sets, and while on location with the 24 stunt crew they were invited to play an extra role as New Yorkers on the street during an action scene.

During their 10 days in LA Tristan and Jamie negotiated a deal to take their cameras onto the 24 sets where they were given unprecedented access. They filmed & documented their guided tour through many sets including the new CTU - Counter Terrorism Unit and the remarkable recreation of the UN.

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