Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Corncasting

Ran across Talk of Iowa Focus on Finance podcasts. Since I tend to organize my inner world geographically (viewed from above, literally), these sit alongside Tony Steidler-Denison's outstanding Roadhouse blues podcasts. The best blues you've never heard. These are, easily, my favorite podcasts for driving. Great bang-the-steering-wheel roadhouse blues numbers, one after another. I never thought I'd get back into music listening in the car, but Tony did it for me. A high-four (wheels) to the dude.

Nice interview here.

Press hacking exposed

Paul Graham: A surprisingly large fraction of what you read in newspapers and magazines consists of such press hits: stories that, though not false, are there because someone paid for them to be.

Thanks to Kevin for the pointer.

By the way, the BBC's late moves into the podosphere follows Kevin's long campaign calling for exactly that, and more. Next step: If we can have an auto-assembled morning commute playlist of brief items from lots of people, rather than a 45-minute 'experience' from one, that is a great improvement for both listeners and creators.

Wish he'd moved from Santa Barbara instead

I dig Jim Thompson's offer to equip businesses in Spokane with free Wi-Fi for customers.

Least of all with network television

Jeff Jarvis: It's one matter to give witness and learn lessons, another to exploit. I'm not sure we can find the line yet.

Hear it there first

Sure I'm far from the first to say Scott Sigler has launched (what he says, and I'm sure is) the world's first podcast novel: Earthcore.

Here's the prologue, in text.

Thanks to Jim Thompson for the pointer.