[podcast]http://audioboo.fm/boos/230352-audioboo-to-wordpress-and-what-happened-to-podcasting.mp3[/podcast]
What do you think? Add a comment below or start a conversation.
[podcast]http://audioboo.fm/boos/230352-audioboo-to-wordpress-and-what-happened-to-podcasting.mp3[/podcast]
What do you think? Add a comment below or start a conversation.
7 comments
Dean,
I think this is a great way to share ideas. I think my students might need some time to conquer their shyness at first. Some adults too for that matter. I do wonder what plug-ins you used to be able to set this up. Can you share them?
Ann,
I used this method. http://www.steinarknutsen.com/how-to-post-audio-directly-to-wordpress-from-iphone/
Although it appears there is an audioboo plugin as well. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/audioboo-wp/
Since this worked, I may just leave it as is.
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You sort of know this…actually…you are one of the few people that know this…but this is something that’s been DEEPLY on my mind over the past 2 months. Well, 5 years actually. But 2 months ago I (well, work) made the capital investment in some gear to do but with the production value of professional radio stuff. While I love the ease of use of AudioBoo, I’m really working hard at tuning the workflow on a more professional level technically, while keeping that same…informal…conversational…contextual beauty of natural voice.
Here’s a big statement. Imagine a series of “rate of adoption” curves. Typically sort of “hockey stick” sorts of things. Now imagine “personal text publishing on the Internet” between 1997 and 2010. 2001-2002 was a magical period of time for many of us. *I very confident that we are at around 2000 right now with this audio thing.* There are a number of conditions that are just perfect. Workflow improvements. Mobile penetration. Media distribution models. Revenue models.
I’m wrong 98% of the time. But I reserve that 2% for crap that’s important. I believe strongly in this. Like I did when I saw high speed Internet for the first time in 1996. Napster in 1998. Google in 1999. Blogging in 2002. World of Warcraft in 2005. Twitter in 2006. I know there’s something here.
I think there’s room for both. Technically sound, professionally produced audio and turn on a recorder and yack. I just can see the adoption of your model as being real huge, however the long tail of content creation is still a valid concept.
Get your act together and start making stuff. 😉
I think Michael explained some of the problem in this post: http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/2009/04/talking-talk.html It is a real struggle for me to get audio on a blogger post which really takes the enjoyment out of a quick post. I would say the biggest problem is the listen to comment ratio. It is extremely frustrating to see that a post has had 20-30 views but maybe one or two comments. When you are using your voice, it is more personal. That would make the perception of being ignored much worse (I think).
Thanks for sharing this. I hope that podcasting isn’t dead yet – I cohost a weekly podcast geared toward middle school educators. I’ve played with AudioBoo, but this gives it a whole new relevance. I’ll have to give this some thought to see if it fits in with what we do. Anyway, thanks for all that you do. Keep the posts coming and keep sharing your thoughts.
Hi Dean,
Your post about Audioboo reminded me of iPadio, a similar service that I used for the first time this past September. (http://www.yourlearningcurve.com/2010/09/ipadio-daryls-phlog-3rd-phonecast.html) I haven’t used it as a podcasting platform more than once but your post today reminded me of its utility. It sure beats recording voice notes to myself!
Daryl from Montreal