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05/16/2005, 9:10am, EDT
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Wired News interviews podcast pioneer Adam Curry
Wired News has published an interview with former MTV veejay Adam Curry, now known for his work as a pioneer of podcasting. Curry helped create 'ipodder,' a tool that automates the process of downloading and listening to audio files. His Daily Source Code podcast has become an online hit, and he's developing a new software tool for podcasters -- a virtual studio for editing and producing. "It was back in July 2004. I just took bits and pieces of technology that already existed -- RSS, MP3s, iPods and other portable players -- and tried to bring them together to accomplish a simple task [...] I liked the fact that people were starting to blog audio files, but I didn't want to go have to look for them. I wanted that magical experience [...] for my computer to just go out and do all the work for me." In a recent report, the Washington Post looks at how the iPod has changed the public's view of traditional radio.
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Also, Dave Winer's contributions to podcasting are sadly underrepresented in the linked Wired article, as Dave himself will tell you (of course):
http://archive.scripting.com/2005/05/14
As for Lord's comments that "...The dude clearly has absolutely nothing to say, and one can only be amazed at the feeling of self importance he exsudes while being so utterly uninteresting". Guess what? That sentence describes most of the talkshow/commentary podcasts I've listened to - like DNDS, Keith & the Girl, Daily Source code, Jimmy Jett - as well as the mainstream radio shows out there like Rush, Savage, Bortz - and the TV talk shows like Regis, Springer, etc.. They all are self absorbed to a large extent and are full of themselves. You either find them entertaining and watch/listen or you don't AND YOU CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
Adam is a celebrity and knows people in the business. People like Dave Winer aren't famous (yet) and probably know few people. But hey - Dave should exude some more self-importance/confidence and get his name and his story out there. As long as it's interesting, people are bound to listen...and bash it at the same time.