i still don’t get it (podcasting)
I really tried. Honestly. I think I’m just getting old. So I never really got into podcasting, and for some reason never saw this whole super-trend coming. Wait, let me try and understand it. It’s like I make an mp3, right. And then I make an XML file, that actually lists the mp3 and a description, and now, I’ve got a friggin’ podcast!
This one will last as long as the AudioBlog. My Favorite.
I even tried the whole del.icio.us + podcasting. Still don’t get it.
I’d also like to share my disdain for all these wierd new techno-memes that don’t make sense. First, you don’t need an iPod to do podcasting, and lots of AJAX implementations (buzzword of the last few months) don’t even use XML (which is what the X is for).
I am getting old.
July 2nd, 2005 12:36
Imagine a large technical sales force distributed across the entire world. The sales manager wants each of his salesmen completely up-to-date on all things clinical, technical, and businical. He buys each salesman an ipod shuffle, creates a special company briefing podcast and has the tech staff setup each sales laptop to automatically grap his latest rant and put in within easy listening reach. Instant company radio briefing.
Now substitute salesmen with hipsters and sales manager with self-important-douche and the worlds intelligentsia consumes itself in a self-referential orgy.
And I believe all AJAX implementations use the XMLHTTPRequest function even if they are actually passing XML.
July 12th, 2005 12:02
Dude, I still don’t get *blogging*. You set up a web site and you like, update it regularly? And trackbacks/pingbacks? Can’t you just look at the ‘referer’ [sic] logs?
July 12th, 2005 12:55
touche, drench, touche. I’d post the .mp3/.ogg version of me actually saying the word “touche,” but I can’t format the xml rss feed right….
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