David Wallace aka The Lifekudger is a blogger and podcaster in Adelaide who has mashed me up. I think that’s the first time I’ve been mashed. Thanks David! Maybe I’ll get Ben Folds (is he still living in Adelaide?) to produce my first album a la Shatner.
Jon Watson, best known as Kelly Penguin Girl’s other half, oh yeah, also as the host of TPN’s GNU/Linux User Show, was interviewed recently by Alberta Venture Magazine about podcasting. He makes some excellent points, so check it out.
Margaret Simons from The Age attended the Australian Communications and Media Authority comference that Mick Stanic spoke at a couple of weeks ago and she has written a very insightful piece in today’s Age. We get a mention towards the end of the article:
New media cannot rely on audience habit. Therefore they must be truly content-driven to gain an audience.
Take a look at some of the sites and you will see what I mean. There is the world’s first on-line content portal for the independent film and music industry, boostdigital.com, for example. Or the podcast network, thepodcastnetwork.com, an Australian business that started this year and which already has 36 channels with 100,000 listeners in 150 countries, and is showing a profit.
There are great risks in the new media world but also great opportunities. Those who understand the power of content – of story – hold the future in their hands.
About a year ago, there were already a couple of thousand podcasts out there. Some were quite good. A lot were about fart jokes or people talking about how cool they were. Hey! Nothing much has changed! G’DAY WORLD started off as two Aussie guys having a yarn. Then we stumbled onto the idea that we could actually interview people over Skype. It was a revolutionary concept in podcasting at the time.
I’m running another survey – this one is for you to tell us what your favourite episodes of the show have been in the last year. Pick one or pick ’em all. Up to you. But the winners will get integrated (somehow) into our birthday show.
Some very nice people (and I know my mother was one of them… thanks Mum) have nominated TPN for the “Best New Site” category in the NetGuide Web Awards. Have you voted yet?
The only problem is… the folks at NetGuide have our URL listed as “www.podcastnetwork.com”… no “THE”… and the other URL doesn’t have a site… so I’m hoping the nice people at NetGuide will fix it for us.
Go and respond to the TPN “State Of The Podcast Nation” survey today and every one of you will receive FREE ENTRY into the heaven of your choice! Answer now and get 100 virgins thrown in for free!