Across the Sound Podcast #11
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Please note that our next podcast will run the week of December 5.
Length: 51:34
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Introduction/Podbits (00:32)
* We receive our first promo from the Cubicle Escape podcast on the brain dump trivia competition
* Rob Sample says our audio quality stinks
* Steve mulls a video podcast
* Jeff Caylor's 10 Holiday Spirit Hacks
* More email feedback
What We're Blogging About (19:42)
* Steve: splog solution is economic, Google services for publishers
* Joseph: online sold out, TypePad service
Theme of the Week: MSM Why Can or Why Can't They Get It (29:30)
Winners and Losers (39:53)
Joe: Democrats (winner), six broadcast networks (loser)
Steve: Mark Cuban (winner), Audible (loser)
Significant Mentions: Screencasts Online, Andy Wibbels, John Udell, the silent podcast, Frappr, Die Hard, Shayne Bowman, cinecast, SNL skit on Steve Jobs and the spammies, Mommycast, Email Girl Talk, Dan Gillmor, We the Media, Terry Heaton, Rex Hammock.
Joseph Jaffe is President and Founder of Connecticut-based 
Personally, I never noticed a problem with your audio quality--which might have something to do with my cheap 128 MB MP3 player. When I saw the massive file for Show #11, I immediately imported it into Audacity, reduced the bit rate to 16, and exported it again. And I'm enough of a fan to keep doing that if you decide to carry on with 128-bit MP3s. It's easier to reduce the quality than improve it, after all.
I've noticed that Paul Colligan of the Marketing Online Live podcast thinks that Audible is going to be a big winner with its paid, proprietary podcast model. (As, of course, does Audible.) It will be interesting to see what actually happens, though said cheap MP3 player doesn't play any format but MP3s, so Audible isn't likely to get me as a customer.
Posted by: Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch") | November 30, 2005 at 11:31 AM