Comments on: The man who's got mainstream radio quaking

Adam Curry is part of a techno-vanguard changing conventional notions about radio. But can he and other podcasters live up to the hype?

[kirk95]

When we look back 10 years from now

11 years ago, I was working in the TV ad business and one of my
managers said to me (I was an early Internet geek back then) in a
very condescending manner "David do you honestly believe that
people are really going to access the Internet in any meaningful
numbers ever?" My reply was, YOU DON'T? It was obvious to me
at least.

There is a similar tone from the Interviewer in this article.... and
it's so obvious to Adam and all in the Podcast community!

So anyway I left that company very shortly after that and helped
start the first Internet Advertising Network - DoubleClick. 12
months later everybody from my old company wanted jobs at
DC....and today I guess there are a few folks using the WWW....

Adam...." do you honestly believe that people are really going to
download little mp3 radio shows to their iPods in any
meaningful numbers ever?"

Answer: YOU DON'T? Here we go again! Go Adam go...

Blogs, Podcasts, Podsafe music, Video Podcasts, Podsafe
videos... The content creation tools are now in the hands of the
viewers, readers and listeners. Media oligopolies beware and
marketers looking for upscale, highly educated, influencers and
early adopters, 18 to 34.... they're ain't watching TV no mo!

The Internet was about communication, community and content
distribution(old media content), the next wave is about personal
content creation, personal content distribution and community
around personal content creation and consumption..... stay
tuned!

all for podcasting

I think podcasting is great, and I wish all involved lots of luck. If I appear skeptical, it's because I think it's more interesting to put an interview subject a bit on the defensive and get them fired up.

Good on ya, Adam

I like it that one of the pioneers of the media that put rock in the box came along to take it back out again. Good on ya, fella.

As an aging markup geek and musician, these are the days I've been waiting for. "Free at last, thank God Almighty!"

len

[Darwin Hall]

Beware The Apocalypse!

Or at least get ready for all the other things we had hoped for and
almost given up on. Remember early Star Trek:TNG, and the first
time you saw the holodeck. Picard commenting how TV and the
passivity of people to 'receive' their entertainment as opposed to
actively claiming and participating in life? Giant leaps begin with
small steps.

[LFlood]

A Start, but to what?

I agree with Darwin, I doubt that the Joe Blow podcasts will entertain us for long. Just as the reality shows aren't entertaining many except the very young who haven't seen much else. But, some high quality content is beginning to move to podcasts - This Week in Amateur Radio, public radio offerings, more to come. Also, there is a staggering amount of very diverse, quality material on some of the netcasts, like Live365. It's not just for Gen. X, Y, etc. There's becoming more and more available for us old farts.
We haven't even really looked much in this country at Digital Radio Mundiale. We really can cancel our subscriptions to the pig (cable tv) and pretty much ditch AM/FM commercial radio.

[taylor71]

Correction on name of podcast coiner

It should be Dannie Gregoire. Not Danny. Thanks.