Posted on September 21, 2005 10:29 am by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
What started as a bit of verbal repartee in Lee Hopkins’ report on the “For Immediate Release” podcast has turned into a hilarious post on Lee’s blog. In one of the shows, Lee mentioned that he was suffering from Podcast Solipsism,” which is defined thusly:
Sufferers of this ravaging disease can often be found with earbuds in place during shopping trips, errand running and even…
Posted on September 9, 2005 6:37 am by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
As part of our discussion about Hurricane Katrina in show #66 yesterday of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, Neville and I discussed an initiative by Podshow that enables podcasters to promote and offer appeal messages for supporting disaster relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina.
If you visit the Podshow Cares page, you’ll find close to 60 (as I write this) recorded…
Posted on September 7, 2005 9:20 pm by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
In this first offering of Speakers and Speeches, “For Immediate Release” is pleased to offer a 1:34 speech—including Q&A—by Mary Hodder, delivered on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at a meeting of the bloggers and RSS special interest group of the East Bay (California) IT Group (EBIG).
Download the conversation here (MP3, 38MB). (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need software such as the
Posted on September 7, 2005 7:54 pm by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
Which podcasts are in the top 10? That depends on whose list you’re looking at. In fact, among the services that keep track of such things (using whatever hinky methodology they may apply), there’s little in common. I know because I can look at all of the major top 10 lists in one place at a new service called Popcasts.
Popcasts is in beta…
Posted on September 5, 2005 3:11 pm by Shel Holtz | General | Podcasting
Funny that I spent part of my morning, while recording The Hobson & Holtz Report, trying to articulate why audio is a worthy supplement to text. The comments responded to posts by Darren Barefoot who insists that online text is just plain better in every way.
Funny because, shortly after wrapping up post-production, I heard the special edition of PJ Fenton’s Digital Flotsam…
Posted on August 26, 2005 4:30 pm by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
Steve Rubel posted an item last week applauding the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) for podcasting. I visited the site and couldn’t find an RSS feed, so I left Steve a comment asserting that it’s not a podcast; it’s just downloadable audio. Steve replied, “Shel, not so. I can subscribe via iTunes.”
So I went back to the MOMA site and scoured it for any reference to the…
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