Don’t think I didn’t hear the announcement yesterday of the iPhone. MacWorld Expo is going on and Steve Jobs made the announcement. If you think this is just a neat looking new cell phone then think again. It’s a widescreen iPod, phone and internet communications device. It’s almost enough to make me want to switch from Sprint to Cingular since you’ll only be able to use one with just the one carrier (bummer). Watch the keynote address and iphone introduction.
Podcasts on Zune
For those of you (like me) who were wondering why Microsoft would spend millions pushing a digital audio player that doesn’t let you auto subscribe to podcasts – wonder no more. Now you can FeedYourZune.
Listen to the Blog Business Success Show
The Blog Business Success show went well last night I think. Hosted by Wayne Hurlbert, Blog Business World. You can still find the Blog Business Success Radio show on Blog Talk Radio. We had a nice hour long conversation which you can still listen to if you missed it live. We talked about agricultural communications, Talking News Releases, blogging, podcasting …
Live Podcast Call-in Show Tonight
One of the first people I found when I got started blogging was Wayne Hurlbert, Blog Business World. It was a lot of his ideas about how to use a blog as a business communications tool that formed some of my ideas about how to use this great platform. Well, Wayne’s a podcaster too and on something called Blog Talk …
More People Downloading Podcasts
According to a new report from the PEW Internet and American Life Project the number of people who have downloaded a podcast is growing. Quite quickly it seems to me. This graphic is from eMarketer.com where I saw the report first.
More People Listening to Podcasts Zune
I don’t think I’ve mentioned Microsoft’s new digital content player, the Zune but it’s now got an in-store date and price. I think this is important to note because Microsoft is not small deal in the business world and I’m guessing that if the unit plays like it’s described a lot of them will be bought, meaning that the audience for podcasts will just keep growing and growing and growing.
A Blogging & Podcasting Conference
Here’s a conference on blogging and podcasting that was just brought to my attention. Of course it’s in San Francisco. Not a bad place to visit in October. It’s being put on by the Advanced Learning Institute.
International Podcasting Expo
I don’t know if you’re familiar with the International Podcasting Expo but it’s coming up October 20 – 22.
A Virtual Podcast On Podcasting
If you’re wondering about this podcasting thing then you should check out a company called Ralston360. They’ve created a virtual podcast for you that explains podcasting. Spend a few minutes and watch this. It’s not only well done but they used the same video iPod I own as their screen image. This is high up on the cool factor and brought to my attention by Steve Rubel.
People Listen To The Whole Podcast
While a lot of people are sitting around wondering if this podcasting things is going anywhere and if anyone is listening, one company is doing research to find out. Podtrac, which claims to have the largest database of demographic information on the people who listen to podcasts just released the results of their quarterly survey. Here’s some interesting findings: