I love radio stations. Specifically, the interviews with artists and producers. Those interviews provide a glimpse to the mindset of the creators to the audience that would help an fan understand a new released single or album. The artist is able to connect on a different level than what the music provides the listener. Fast forward to 2017, we are on the edge of a boom in our day. Talk radio has now become personal, digital, and widely accessible through our mobile devices. These recordings are called Podcasts.
Origins of Podcasting
Podcasting is word created by BBC journalist Ben Hammersley in 2004. The word brings the iPod and broadcast together, assembling the word podcast. The iPod changed the way that we did managed and purchased all of our audio content. Podcasts, through a specific app of your choosing, will be pushed to your device via subscription if you choose to do so. At any point of your day, you can listen to a speaker discuss and teach about any topic. No longer are we bound by watching the discussion and events live. You can listen over and over to those powerful words with unlimited access and take notes from some of the world’s greatest thinkers and people. Thank you Internet.
Status of Podcasting
Podcasting is something that I have been enjoying for the last ten years. In fact, I stumbled on to it on my iPhone when the there was an iPod app on the iPhone (Podcasts are a separate app now). I would listen to sermons, technology discussions, music reviews, and business updates regularly in the early days of podcasting. It was a very niche group of early adopters that enjoyed the resources.
Today, podcasting is the next frontier of digital information consumption. It’s so amazing how accessible this kind of technology is to everyone these days and this is the key to the success of podcasting.
Years ago, you would have to get all of the equipment necessary to create clear audio like microphones, equalizers, etc. Today, we have smartphones that have more power than laptops and better microphones. You can start a podcast with a voice memo and share it on SoundCloud. All. on. one. device.
Seth Gordon makes this incredible observation.
Something rare is happening, and it might not last long. Today, right now, anyone with a $300 laptop can use the very same tools as the people at the top of just about any industry.
The rest of the post is so profound and yet short and straight to the point, so click here if you want to check it out. It’s a wonderful time to create anything. It’s crazy to think the some of the regular software that we use on a daily bases at work is on our personal computers, tablets and phones. Even our residential internet infrastructure is faster and more reliable than most businesses these days. The ball is really in our court to create anything. Please don’t be surprised if I start a podcast soon. In the meantime, I have to catch up on my podcasts ?.
What do you all think? Do you see podcasting as a next wave of content contribution? Leave a note in the comments!
