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.
In today’s “from the Camobile” rant, I rant about…
Okay. There you have it. We’ve been doing this bloody podcasting thing for one whole year. Despite the critics, the poverty, the death threats, and troublesome technology, we have soldiered on, over hill and dale, podcasting for one whole year.
We tried very hard to think up something fun to do for our one year anniversary. But we couldn’t think of anything. So we just did a show.
And YES… I pulled out the Mick sock puppet for the occasion, just to please the three people who remember who he is. 🙂
On a (rare) serious note – Mick and I would like to thank all of you for listening in to our rants and raves over the last year and for participating in the conversation. We’ve certainly had fun so far and we’re starting to think this podcasting thing might have more legs than some people predicted. Whaddya think?
BTW, I forgot to point out, that G’DAY WORLD was the very first Australian podcast, the very first Skype podcast, and the very first show on The Podcast Network, which was itself the very first podcasting business! Surely those things are worth celebrating? A moment of silence?
Quick notes from the car after speaking at the Film Victoria Financing Summit.
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.
I’m thinking a lot these days about what I can do to give back something to my local community. My discussions with folks like Father Bob, Mike Seyfang and Mark Keogh have helped inspire my thinking. On today’s show, I share my thoughts on the subject and tell you a little about what I’m going to be contributing over the next year.
Today’s rant.
You know I just realised that this is only G’Day World #10. Ten!! Ten stinkin’ shows?? In a year?? Ten shows that didn’t involve interviews. Man… that’s just slack.
Today I’m talking about:
Doc Searls’ article “Saving The Net”.
Chris Anderson’s comments on the continuing decline in traditional media.
James Bamford’s article “The Man Who Sold The War”
The BBC’s report that the US army used “white phosphorus” as a weapon in Iraq.
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.