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The Paradox of Podcasting
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:48:47 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: August 14, 2005 12:28:54 PM EDT To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: The Paradox of Podcasting The Paradox of Podcasting By Robert MacMillan washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Thursday, August 11, 2005; 9:48 AM Podcasting has done what no new technology that I'm aware of has ever accomplished: It's gone mainstream and underground at the same time. I don't know any other word to use besides "mainstream" when I hear from the White House that President Bush's radio addresses will be offered via podcast. And I have no other word at my fingertips than "underground" when I read a recent Los Angeles Times opinion piece that suggests that podcasting is the biggest tech craze that most of us have never heard of. Here's what White House spokesman David Almacy told me: Selected Bush speeches, along with the radio addresses, are available now at the iTunes Web site. A team of about a dozen Web staffers are converting these and selected speeches into MP3 files and making them available too. Not only that, the White House has created RSS feeds for the radio addresses in English and Spanish. That means that anyone who wants to can sign up to receive the information through their RSS readers along with news and other Web site updates that offer this service. ...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/ AR2005081100695.html
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