Now here’s an extremely interesting idea from Rex Hammock, speaking about a concept called ‘podcasting’ which involves an audio recording that’s posted to a website (not necessarily a blog) that you then listen to online or download and listen to it on your iPod or other such device: I can see a much quicker adoption […]
Category: Podcasting
Familiarize yourself with podcasting
Last week, I posted a brief comment about podcasting as an interesting potential channel for internal communication uses such as the CEO of a company recording a message for employees. This is a good example of how it could be used in an organizational communication context. But that’s just a scratch on the surface of […]
Podcasting defined
Scoble’s linkblog points to a good definition of podcasting from Wikipedia: Podcasting is the creation and aggregation of discrete, downloadable media files. Typically, audio files are created on a computer and then uploaded to a web server on the Internet. An RSS 2.0 feed with enclosure tags is then amended each time a new media […]
Podcast your voice brand
Music and sound can be an integral part of a business’s brand, say Fast Company and Strategize. Many leaders listen to music to inspire creativity and innovation. And it’s been found that corporate voicemail welcome messages can make an impact on your business and bottom line. The Top 100 Voice Brands project collects recordings of […]
iPod your Saab
Engadget: Word is out that Saab is going to be the next automaker to offer a factory-installed iPod adapter as an option on some of its models, including the 9-3 saloon. Engadget quotes a Mac Network News report that the setup will allow drivers to control their music using steering-wheel-mounted controls, similar to the system […]
Podcasts for communicators to launch in January
Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, the new podcast weblog by Shel Holtz and I: Starting in January, Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz – two communicators who think they have something to say that you might find worth listening to – start their weekly podcasts. Shel’s in Concord, California, and Neville’s in Amsterdam in The Netherlands. […]
Podcasting and vlogging: It’s all about the distribution
Media reports on two rapidly-emerging communication tools – (audio) podcasting and video logging, or vlogging or vblogging: BBC News on podcasting, featuring pioneer Adam Curry: An Apple iPod or other digital music players can hold anything up to 10,000 songs, which is a lot of space to fill. But more and more iPod owners are […]
Three success measures for podcasting
Wired News: In October, a Google search would have returned fewer than 6,000 results for “podcasting.” Today, that number is 744,000*, and it seems nearly that many podcasts are available. But as with blogs, a sharp divide exists between the relatively small number of good podcasts and the vast number of bad ones, or at […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #1: January 3, 2005
Show notes for January 3, 2005 Welcome to our first podcast, a 43–minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands! Download the file here (MP3, 19.85Mb), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need an ipodder, software that lets […]
Marqui could re-define marketing and PR
I spent a very interesting 30 minutes last night listening to a Geek News Central podcast recorded on Tuesday – an interview with Stephen King, the CEO of Marqui, the company who’s paying $800 a month to certain bloggers to write about their product. When I first wrote about Marqui’s pay-the-bloggers programme last month, I […]
Fishing for podcasts
I’ve been listening to quite a few podcasts during the past week, especially since Shel Holtz and I started our weekly podcast a week ago. You do know what podcasts are, right? If not, check this definition at Wikipedia. Much of my listening has been to gain some further knowledge in how different people do […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #2: January 10, 2005
Show notes for January 10, 2005. Welcome to our second weekly podcast, a 49:54-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 22.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets […]
Searls and Curry: iPod Shuffle not for podcasting
The talk about the iPod Shuffle, launched this week, just goes on. Here’s a different dimension – a focus on podcasting and why the Shuffle may not measure up for that use. Internetnews.com carries a story today, saying: […] But while a 40GB iPod or even a 20GB iPod mini is great for holding an […]
Yes, use your iPod Shuffle for podcasts
The iPod Shuffle is not for podcasting, according to Doc Searls and Adam Curry. Yes it is, according to Eric Rice: The iPod Shuffle gives us the chance to be more creative. It gives people the chance to experience the idea of podcasts by virtually a zero-dollar investment. To me, the Shuffle’s a neat toy […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #3: January 17, 2005
Show notes for January 17, 2005. Welcome to our third weekly podcast, a 54:28-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 24.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets […]
Podcasting described simply
When explaining podcasting to people who don’t know what it is, how do you describe it? I’ve tended to rely on the relatively complex Wikipedia definition or this one on Webopedia: Podcasting is similar in nature to RSS, which allows subscribers to subscribe to a set of feeds to view syndicated website content. With podcasting […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #4: January 24, 2005
Show notes for January 24, 2005. Welcome to our weekly podcast, a 57:25-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 24.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets you […]
The Hobson & Holtz Report – RSS Special Edition – January 26, 2005
Welcome to a the RSS Special Edition of the Hobson & Holtz Report, a 23-minute conversation recorded live at the New Communications Forum 2005 in Napa, California, USA, on January 26, 2005. In this show, we interview Fergus Burns, CEO of Hookable Media Ltd, the creator of Nooked, the RSS service for corporate communications. Listen […]
The Hobson & Holtz Report – Jeremy Wright Interview – January 27, 2005
Welcome to a the second Special Edition of the Hobson & Holtz Report, a 30-minute conversation with Jeremy Wright recorded live at the New Communications Forum 2005 in Napa, California, USA, on January 27, 2005. A high-profile business blogger, Jeremy authors the Ensight blog and is now focused on building his new venture, Inside Blogging. […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #5: January 31, 2005
Show notes for January 31, 2005. Welcome to our weekly podcast, a 71:55-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 33.7MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets you […]